Notice of Realty Action-Proposed Disposal of Public Land; and Notice of Intent To Prepare a Management Framework Plan Amendment and Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Shoshone Field Office, Idaho, 12890-12891 [E9-6583]
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Dated: March 20, 2009.
Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Acting
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDT03000–L14300000.EU0000; IDI–
36320]
Notice of Realty Action—Proposed
Disposal of Public Land; and Notice of
Intent To Prepare a Management
Framework Plan Amendment and
Associated Environmental Impact
Statement for the Shoshone Field
Office, Idaho
PWALKER on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action and
Notice of Intent.
SUMMARY: A parcel of public land
totaling 2480 acres in Blaine County,
Idaho, is being considered for disposal
out of Federal ownership, either through
sale at no less than the appraised fair
market value or through a land
exchange proposal, to include the State
of Idaho, under the provisions of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA). Disposal of this
parcel out of Federal ownership would
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require amendment of the 1980 Bennett
Hills/Timmerman Hills Management
Framework Plan (MFP) prior to the
disposal action.
DATES: The scoping period will
commence on March 25, 2009. In order
to ensure consideration in the
environmental analysis of the proposed
disposal, comments must be received by
May 11, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Since the FAA is the lead
agency for the EIS process, comments
regarding the notice of realty action and
proposed plan amendment should be
addressed to Ms. Cayla Morgan, Federal
Aviation Administration, Seattle
Airports District Office, 1601 Lind
Avenue, SW., Suite 250, Renton,
Washington 98057–3356 with a copy
sent to Ms. Lori A. Armstrong, Field
Manager, Bureau of Land Management,
400 West F Street, Shoshone, Idaho
83352.
For
information regarding the potential
disposal action please contact Ms. Tara
Hagen, Realty Specialist, Bureau of
Land Management, 400 West F Street,
Shoshone, Idaho 83352. For information
regarding the environmental analysis
and replacement airport project please
contact Ms. Cayla Morgan, Federal
Aviation Administration, at the above
address or telephone (425) 227–2653.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the FLPMA (43 U.S.C.
1701), as amended; the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended;
and the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR parts
1500–1508); the Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), in cooperation with the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) intends
to prepare a MFP amendment and
associated environmental impact
statement (EIS), to consider the location
and construction of a replacement
airport for the Friedman Memorial
Airport (SUN) and potential disposal of
public land in Blaine County, Idaho.
The FAA has been identified as the lead
agency with the BLM as a cooperating
agency; one of the alternative sites
occurs wholly on public land
administered by the BLM. The EIS will
analyze the potential environmental
impacts of the construction and
operation of an airport facility,
associated utility and access rights-ofway, protection of easement interests, as
well as the consideration of the
potential disposal of a parcel of public
land totaling 2480 acres either by sale or
land exchange. This notice initiates the
public scoping process regarding the
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notice of realty action and the proposed
MFP amendment.
The sponsor of the project, Friedman
Memorial Airport Authority (Airport
Authority), has requested funding and
approval from the FAA to construct and
operate a replacement airport for the
Friedman Memorial Airport in Blaine
County, Idaho. The FAA published a
Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for a
Replacement Airport near Hailey, Idaho,
in the Federal Register on November 1,
2007 (Vol. 72, No. 211, page 61945) in
response to the Airport Authority’s
application. As a result of initial studies
by the FAA the Airport Authority has
now submitted a proposal to the BLM to
acquire approximately 2480 acres of
public land by either sale or inclusion
of the public land within a land
exchange, which would include the
State of Idaho as a party, if the
alternative site located wholly of public
land in conjunction with the
aforementioned project is determined by
the EIS to be the preferred location for
the replacement airport.
The following described public land
in Blaine County, Idaho, is being
considered for disposal out of Federal
ownership in conjunction with the
FAA’s replacement airport project under
the authority of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat.
2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713):
Boise Meridian
T. 2 S., R. 18 E.,
Sec. 25: Entire Section;
Sec. 26: Entire Section;
Sec. 27: Entire Section;
Sec. 34: N2N2; and
Sec. 35: N2NW, E2.
The area described contains 2480 acres in
Blaine County.
Pursuant to the MFP (as amended),
sites associated with disposal of public
land for airport facilities not currently
identified for disposal out of Federal
ownership in the MFP will be
considered through the MFP
amendment process.
Subject to limitations prescribed by
law and regulation, prior to patent
issuance, a Holder of any right-of-way
within the public land may be given the
opportunity to amend the right-of-way
for conversion to a new term, including
perpetuity, if applicable, or to an
easement. Conveyance of any mineral
interests pursuant to either Section 206
or Section 209 of the FLPMA will be
analyzed during processing of the
proposed disposal action.
On March 25, 2009, the abovedescribed land will be segregated from
appropriation under the public land
laws, including the mining laws, except
the sale and exchange provisions of the
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FLPMA. Until completion of the
disposal action, the BLM is no longer
accepting land use applications
affecting the identified public land,
except applications for the amendment
of previously filed right-of-way
applications or existing authorizations
to increase the term of the grants in
accordance with 43 CFR 2807.15 and
2886.15. The segregative effect will
terminate upon issuance of a patent,
publication in the Federal Register of a
termination of the segregation, or on
March 25, 2011 unless extended by the
BLM State Director in accordance with
43 CFR 2711.1–2(d) prior to the
termination date.
Public Comments: During the initial
stages of project development the FAA
and the Airport Authority conducted
several public meetings. The results of
those meetings will be incorporated into
the BLM MFP amendment process and
additional public involvement will
occur through the submission of written
comments. While additional public
meetings are not identified at this point,
if additional meetings are scheduled, a
notice in the local newspapers will
announce the date and time at least 15
days prior to any public meeting. For a
period extending until May 11, 2009,
interested parties and the general public
may submit in writing any comments
concerning the BLM’s MFP amendment
or the public land being considered for
disposal including notification of any
encumbrances or other claims relating
to the identified land. Please submit
comments to Ms. Morgan, with a copy
sent to Ms. Armstrong at the addresses
listed above. In order to ensure
consideration in the environmental
analysis of the proposed project,
comments must be in writing and
postmarked or delivered no later than
May 11, 2009. Comments transmitted
via e-mail will not be accepted.
Comments, including names and street
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BLM
Shoshone Field Office during regular
business hours, except holidays.
Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. 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. If you wish to have your name or
address withheld from public disclosure
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under the Freedom of Information Act,
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. Any
determination by the FAA or the BLM
to release or withhold the names and/
or addresses of those who comment will
be made on a case-by-case basis. Such
requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by law. The FAA and the BLM
will make available for public review, in
their entirety, all comments submitted
by businesses or organizations,
including comments by individuals in
their capacity as an official or
representative of a business or
organization.
Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2; 43 CFR 1610.5–
2)
Further information about the EIS will
be posted when available at the
following Web site: https://
www.airportsites.net/SUN-EIS.
Lori A. Armstrong,
Shoshone Field Manager.
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Bureau of Land Management
[LLCOS02000; L10200000.EE0000]
Notice of Intent To Amend the San
Juan/San Miguel Resource
Management Plan and Prepare the
Beaver Meadows-Sauls Creek Travel
Management Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) intends to amend
the San Juan/San Miguel Resource
Management Plan (RMP) to limit OffHighway Vehicle (OHV) use to
designated roads and motorized trails
on lands within the Beaver MeadowsSauls Creek Travel Management
Landscape. The Landscape project
analysis area encompasses
approximately 797 acres of BLM lands
and approximately 54,397 acres of
Forest Service lands on the Columbine
Field Office/Ranger District in the
vicinity of Bayfield, Colorado. Both
agencies will conduct a joint
Environmental Assessment (EA) which
will also determine designated
motorized routes within the landscape
in addition to the San Juan/San Miguel
RMP amendment.
DATES: Initial scoping has been
conducted as described below in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Additional
scoping comments will be accepted
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through April 24, 2009 if they relate to
the scope of issues regarding the
proposal to amend the San Juan/San
Miguel RMP for the 797-acre BLM
parcel, and if the issues have not
already been identified below. An
additional 30-day public comment
period will be announced with the
release of a Pre-Decisional EA, and will
be advertised in the local media and San
Juan Public Lands Center Web site at
https://www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/
projects/projects.shtml. This is
anticipated to occur in the spring of
2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the
proposal to amend the San Juan/San
Miguel RMP for the BLM parcel should
be sent to Nancy Berry, Recreation
Forester, Columbine Field Office, P.O.
Box 439, Bayfield, CO 81122 or
nberry@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Berry at the above address or email, telephone number 970–375–3304.
The BLM
recognizes the use of motorized and
non-motorized vehicles as acceptable
uses of the public lands. In response to
Presidential Executive Orders 11644
and 11989, and in accordance with the
BLM National Strategy for OHV Use on
Public Lands, and 43 CFR 8342, this EA
proposes to amend the San Juan/San
Miguel RMP to limit motorized use to
designated routes and will designate
routes within the landscape. This EA
analysis is being conducted jointly by
the BLM and the Forest Service under
authority as a Service First office.
This notice is required under BLM
regulations for the proposed amendment
of the San Juan/San Miguel RMP which
would change the travel management
designation for 797 acres of BLM land
from ‘‘open’’ to ‘‘limited.’’ This notice is
not required for the project-level route
designations on either BLM or Forest
Service lands. For this reason, this
notice is seeking scoping comments
only as they relate to the proposal to
amend the San Juan/San Miguel RMP.
Initial scoping was conducted through
direct mailings, public meetings, public
field trips, and newspaper
announcements during the fall of 2008.
Scoping replies resulted in the
identification of a scope of issues to be
analyzed in the EA. These issues are:
1. Impacts to Resources, including
erosion, noxious weeds, wildlife, air
quality, roadless areas;
2. Impacts to social niches, including
noise, safety, providing for motorized
and non-motorized opportunities, and
requests for certain specific routes;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDT03000-L14300000.EU0000; IDI-36320]
Notice of Realty Action--Proposed Disposal of Public Land; and
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Management Framework Plan Amendment and
Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Shoshone Field
Office, Idaho
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action and Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: A parcel of public land totaling 2480 acres in Blaine County,
Idaho, is being considered for disposal out of Federal ownership,
either through sale at no less than the appraised fair market value or
through a land exchange proposal, to include the State of Idaho, under
the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(FLPMA). Disposal of this parcel out of Federal ownership would require
amendment of the 1980 Bennett Hills/Timmerman Hills Management
Framework Plan (MFP) prior to the disposal action.
DATES: The scoping period will commence on March 25, 2009. In order to
ensure consideration in the environmental analysis of the proposed
disposal, comments must be received by May 11, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Since the FAA is the lead agency for the EIS process,
comments regarding the notice of realty action and proposed plan
amendment should be addressed to Ms. Cayla Morgan, Federal Aviation
Administration, Seattle Airports District Office, 1601 Lind Avenue,
SW., Suite 250, Renton, Washington 98057-3356 with a copy sent to Ms.
Lori A. Armstrong, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 400 West F
Street, Shoshone, Idaho 83352.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the potential
disposal action please contact Ms. Tara Hagen, Realty Specialist,
Bureau of Land Management, 400 West F Street, Shoshone, Idaho 83352.
For information regarding the environmental analysis and replacement
airport project please contact Ms. Cayla Morgan, Federal Aviation
Administration, at the above address or telephone (425) 227-2653.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the FLPMA (43 U.S.C.
1701), as amended; the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
(42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended; and the Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); the Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in cooperation with the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to prepare a MFP
amendment and associated environmental impact statement (EIS), to
consider the location and construction of a replacement airport for the
Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) and potential disposal of public land
in Blaine County, Idaho. The FAA has been identified as the lead agency
with the BLM as a cooperating agency; one of the alternative sites
occurs wholly on public land administered by the BLM. The EIS will
analyze the potential environmental impacts of the construction and
operation of an airport facility, associated utility and access rights-
of-way, protection of easement interests, as well as the consideration
of the potential disposal of a parcel of public land totaling 2480
acres either by sale or land exchange. This notice initiates the public
scoping process regarding the notice of realty action and the proposed
MFP amendment.
The sponsor of the project, Friedman Memorial Airport Authority
(Airport Authority), has requested funding and approval from the FAA to
construct and operate a replacement airport for the Friedman Memorial
Airport in Blaine County, Idaho. The FAA published a Notice of Intent
to Prepare an EIS for a Replacement Airport near Hailey, Idaho, in the
Federal Register on November 1, 2007 (Vol. 72, No. 211, page 61945) in
response to the Airport Authority's application. As a result of initial
studies by the FAA the Airport Authority has now submitted a proposal
to the BLM to acquire approximately 2480 acres of public land by either
sale or inclusion of the public land within a land exchange, which
would include the State of Idaho as a party, if the alternative site
located wholly of public land in conjunction with the aforementioned
project is determined by the EIS to be the preferred location for the
replacement airport.
The following described public land in Blaine County, Idaho, is
being considered for disposal out of Federal ownership in conjunction
with the FAA's replacement airport project under the authority of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43
U.S.C. 1713):
Boise Meridian
T. 2 S., R. 18 E.,
Sec. 25: Entire Section;
Sec. 26: Entire Section;
Sec. 27: Entire Section;
Sec. 34: N2N2; and
Sec. 35: N2NW, E2.
The area described contains 2480 acres in Blaine County.
Pursuant to the MFP (as amended), sites associated with disposal of
public land for airport facilities not currently identified for
disposal out of Federal ownership in the MFP will be considered through
the MFP amendment process.
Subject to limitations prescribed by law and regulation, prior to
patent issuance, a Holder of any right-of-way within the public land
may be given the opportunity to amend the right-of-way for conversion
to a new term, including perpetuity, if applicable, or to an easement.
Conveyance of any mineral interests pursuant to either Section 206 or
Section 209 of the FLPMA will be analyzed during processing of the
proposed disposal action.
On March 25, 2009, the above-described land will be segregated from
appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws,
except the sale and exchange provisions of the
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FLPMA. Until completion of the disposal action, the BLM is no longer
accepting land use applications affecting the identified public land,
except applications for the amendment of previously filed right-of-way
applications or existing authorizations to increase the term of the
grants in accordance with 43 CFR 2807.15 and 2886.15. The segregative
effect will terminate upon issuance of a patent, publication in the
Federal Register of a termination of the segregation, or on March 25,
2011 unless extended by the BLM State Director in accordance with 43
CFR 2711.1-2(d) prior to the termination date.
Public Comments: During the initial stages of project development
the FAA and the Airport Authority conducted several public meetings.
The results of those meetings will be incorporated into the BLM MFP
amendment process and additional public involvement will occur through
the submission of written comments. While additional public meetings
are not identified at this point, if additional meetings are scheduled,
a notice in the local newspapers will announce the date and time at
least 15 days prior to any public meeting. For a period extending until
May 11, 2009, interested parties and the general public may submit in
writing any comments concerning the BLM's MFP amendment or the public
land being considered for disposal including notification of any
encumbrances or other claims relating to the identified land. Please
submit comments to Ms. Morgan, with a copy sent to Ms. Armstrong at the
addresses listed above. In order to ensure consideration in the
environmental analysis of the proposed project, comments must be in
writing and postmarked or delivered no later than May 11, 2009.
Comments transmitted via e-mail will not be accepted. Comments,
including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available
for public review at the BLM Shoshone Field Office during regular
business hours, except holidays. Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. 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. If you wish to have your name or address
withheld from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act,
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Any
determination by the FAA or the BLM to release or withhold the names
and/or addresses of those who comment will be made on a case-by-case
basis. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. The
FAA and the BLM will make available for public review, in their
entirety, all comments submitted by businesses or organizations,
including comments by individuals in their capacity as an official or
representative of a business or organization.
Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1-2; 43 CFR 1610.5-2)
Further information about the EIS will be posted when available at
the following Web site: https://www.airportsites.net/SUN-EIS.
Lori A. Armstrong,
Shoshone Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-6583 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]
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