Notice of Availability of Draft Carrizo Plain National Monument Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, California, 4227-4228 [E9-1217]
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DATES: The BLM must receive written
comments on the Draft RMP/EIS within
90 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings
and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media news
releases, and/or mailings.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of Draft Carrizo
Plain National Monument Resource
Management Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement,
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
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Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft
Resource Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/
EIS) for the Carrizo Plain National
Monument (CPNM) planning area,
managed by the Bakersfield Field Office.
This notice announces the opening of
the comment period.
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: cacarrizormp@ca.blm.gov.
• Fax: (661) 391–6143.
• Mail: CPNM RMP, Bureau of Land
Management, 3801 Pegasus Drive,
Bakersfield CA 93308.
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Copies of the CPNM Draft RMP/Draft
EIS are available in the Bakersfield Field
Office at the above address; at the BLM
California State Office—2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA; and online at
https://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CPNM RMP Line (661) 391–6034.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
planning area for the CPNM RMP is in
the Bakersfield Field Office’s area of
management responsibility. The
planning area comprises the Carrizo
Plain National Monument located in
Coast Range of Central California. The
BLM administers 200,000 acres of
public lands in the planning area. The
planning decisions in the RMP will only
apply to the BLM-administered public
lands and mineral estate within the
planning area. The CPNM Draft RMP/
EIS was developed through a
collaborative planning process and
considers four alternatives including a
no-action alternative. The primary
issues addressed include: recreation,
protection of sensitive natural and
cultural resources, livestock grazing;
guidance for energy and mineral
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development, motorized vehicle route
designation, and other planning issues
raised during the scoping process.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and e-mail addresses of
respondents will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address during regular business hours (8
a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Timothy Z. Smith,
Bakersfield Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–060–1320–EL, WYW163340]
Notice of Availability of the West
Antelope II Coal Lease by Application
Final Environmental Impact Statement,
Wyoming.
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AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the West Antelope II Coal
Lease by Application (LBA) Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
The tract is being considered for sale as
a result of a coal lease application
received from the operator of the
adjacent Antelope Mine in Campbell
and Converse Counties, Wyoming.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the West Antelope
II Coal LBA FEIS within 30 days
following the date the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) publishes their
Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
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• E-mail: casper_wymail@blm.gov.
• Fax: 307–261–7587.
• Mail: Casper Field Office, Bureau of
Land Management, Attn: Sarah Bucklin,
2987 Prospector Drive, Casper,
Wyoming 82604.
Copies of the FEIS are available at the
following BLM office locations: BLM
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming
82009; and BLM Casper Field Office,
2987 Prospector Lane, Casper, Wyoming
82604. The FEIS is available
electronically on the following Web site:
https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/
NEPA/cfodocs/West_Antelope_II.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Bucklin or Mike Karbs at the BLM
Casper Field Office address above or
telephone 307–361–7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS
analyzes and discloses to the public
direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of issuing a
Federal coal lease in the Wyoming
portion of the Powder River Basin. The
BLM is considering a coal lease issuance
as a result of an April 6, 2005,
application submitted by Antelope Coal
Company (Antelope) to lease Federal
coal near the Antelope Mine
approximately 50 miles north of
Douglas, Wyoming.
The applicant proposes to lease the
tract as a maintenance tract to extend
the life of the existing mining operations
at the Antelope Mine under the
provisions of the Leasing on
Application regulations at 43 CFR
subpart 3425. This tract, case number
WYW163340, is referred to as the West
Antelope II tract.
The following lands in Campbell and
Converse Counties, Wyoming, are
included in the tract as applied for:
T. 40 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 5: Lot 18;
Section 8: Lots 1 through 3, 6 through
11, 14 through 16;
Section 9: Lots 2 through 16;
Section 10: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14.
T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 9: Lots 9 through 16;
Section 10: Lots 11 through 15;
Section 14: Lots 3 and 4;
Section 15: Lots 1 through 5, 12, 13;
Section 20: Lots 14 through 16;
Section 21: Lots 1 through 16;
Section 22: Lots 2, 7, 8, 14 through 16;
Section 27: Lots 6 through 11;
Section 28: Lots 1 through 8;
Section 29: Lots 1 through 3, 6
through 8.
Containing 4,108.6 acres more or less.
Antelope estimates that
approximately 429.7 million tons of
Federal coal are included in the tract for
which they applied. The Office of
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Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSM), the USDA-Forest
Service, the Land Quality and Air
Quality Divisions of the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality
(WDEQ), and the Converse County
Board of Commissioners are cooperating
agencies in the preparation of the FEIS.
If the tract is leased as a maintenance
tract, the new lease will be incorporated
into the existing mining and
reclamation plan for the adjacent mine.
The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary)
must approve the revision to the
Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) mining plan
before the Federal coal can be mined. If
the tract is leased, the OSM is the
Federal agency that would be
responsible for recommending approval,
approval with conditions, or
disapproval of the revised MLA mining
plan to the Office of the Secretary. The
WDEQ has entered into a cooperative
agreement with the Secretary to regulate
surface coal mining operations on
Federal and non-Federal lands within
the State of Wyoming.
On October 17, 2006, the BLM
published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
prepare an EIS for the West Antelope II
coal lease application in the Federal
Register. A notice announcing the
availability of the Draft EIS (DEIS) was
published in the Federal Register by the
EPA on February 8, 2008. A 60-day
comment period on the DEIS
commenced with publication of the
EPA’s notice of availability and ended
on April 8, 2008. The BLM published a
Notice of Availability and Notice of
Public Hearing in the Federal Register
on March 17, 2008. The BLM’s Federal
Register notice announced the date and
time of a public hearing, which was
held on March 24, 2008, in Douglas,
Wyoming. The purpose of the hearing
was to solicit comments on the DEIS,
fair market value, and the maximum
economic recovery of the Federal coal.
Four statements were given as testimony
at the public hearing; they are
summarized in an appendix in the FEIS.
During the DEIS comment period, the
BLM received 14 comment letters,
included in an appendix to the FEIS
with BLM’s responses to the comments.
The FEIS analyzes leasing the West
Antelope II coal tract as-applied-for as
the Proposed Action. Under the
Proposed Action, a competitive sale
would be held and a lease issued for
Federal coal in the tract as applied for
by Antelope. As part of the coal leasing
process, the BLM identified an
alternative tract configuration to assure
the maximum economic recovery of the
coal, avoid isolating or bypassing
marketable coal, and potentially prompt
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-160-1610DP-025B]
Notice of Availability of Draft Carrizo Plain National Monument
Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement,
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the Carrizo Plain National
Monument (CPNM) planning area, managed by the Bakersfield Field Office.
This notice announces the opening of the comment period.
DATES: The BLM must receive written comments on the Draft RMP/EIS
within 90 days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM
will announce future meetings or hearings and any other public
involvement activities at least 15 days in advance through public
notices, media news releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: cacarrizormp@ca.blm.gov.
Fax: (661) 391-6143.
Mail: CPNM RMP, Bureau of Land Management, 3801 Pegasus
Drive, Bakersfield CA 93308.
Copies of the CPNM Draft RMP/Draft EIS are available in the Bakersfield
Field Office at the above address; at the BLM California State Office--
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA; and online at https://www.ca.blm.gov/
bakersfield.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CPNM RMP Line (661) 391-6034.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area for the CPNM RMP is in the
Bakersfield Field Office's area of management responsibility. The
planning area comprises the Carrizo Plain National Monument located in
Coast Range of Central California. The BLM administers 200,000 acres of
public lands in the planning area. The planning decisions in the RMP
will only apply to the BLM-administered public lands and mineral estate
within the planning area. The CPNM Draft RMP/EIS was developed through
a collaborative planning process and considers four alternatives
including a no-action alternative. The primary issues addressed
include: recreation, protection of sensitive natural and cultural
resources, livestock grazing; guidance for energy and mineral
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development, motorized vehicle route designation, and other planning
issues raised during the scoping process.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and e-mail addresses of respondents
will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address
during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through
Friday, except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Timothy Z. Smith,
Bakersfield Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-1217 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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