Notice of Intent To Amend the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan and Prepare the Beaver Meadows-Sauls Creek Travel Management Plan, 12891-12892 [E9-6636]
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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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3. Impacts to adjacent residents,
including Forest Lakes, Deer Valley, and
Pine Springs Ranch subdivisions.
Other issues are not to be included in
the analysis because they were
determined to be outside the scope of
the proposed action; already decided by
law, regulation, plan, or higher level
decision; irrelevant to the decision to be
made; opinion, conjectural, or not
supported by factual evidence; or purely
supportive of the proposed action.
These issues led to the development
of four alternatives that will be analyzed
in the EA: Alternative 1—No Action—
existing travel management designation
would remain in place; Alternative 2—
cross-country motorized travel would
no longer be allowed and all motorized
travel would be restricted to existing
open system roads and trails;
Alternative 3—would provide
motorized opportunities on designated
roads and trails utilizing some closed
roads and some user created routes, in
addition to the existing open roads and
trails in Alternative 2, while protecting
the resources from impacts; Alternative
4—would be similar to Alternative 3,
with additional miles of designated
motorized trails. These alternatives will
be described in detail when the PreDecisional EA is released.
purchase the Federally-owned mineral
estate in the land described below:
Willamette Meridian
T. 28 S., R. 12 W.,
Sec. 29, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
The area described contains 36.01 acres,
more or less, in Coos County, Oregon.
On March 25, 2009, the mineral
interest described above will be
segregated to the extent that it will not
be open to appropriation under the
public land laws including the mining
laws. The segregative effect of the
application shall terminate either upon
issuance of a patent or other document
of conveyance of such mineral interests,
or upon rejection of the application, or
two years from the date of filing of the
application, February 9, 2006,
whichever comes first. Due to a delay in
processing the application as a result of
mutual interest in coalbed methane
exploration, the two year segregative
effect will begin on March 25, 2009, as
agreed to by the applicant and the
Bureau of Land Management.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2720.1–1(2)(b))
Dated: March 19, 2009.
Roberta B. Estes,
Acting District Manager.
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Dated: March 20, 2009.
Matthew Janowiak,
Acting Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. E9–6636 Filed 3–24–09; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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[NM 115588 LLNMF01000
L14300000.ES0000]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP)
Classification; San Juan County, NM
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–63495; LLORC00000: L14300000
EU0000; HAG–09–0074]
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
Notice of Realty Action: Receipt of
Application for the Conveyance of
Federally-Owned Mineral Interests;
Oregon
PWALKER on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
SUMMARY: This action informs the public
of the receipt of an application from the
surface estate owner for the acquisition
of the Federally-owned mineral estate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Rodriguez, Realty Specialist, Coos Bay
District, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend,
Oregon 97459, at (541) 751–4462.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to Section 209 of
the Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat.
2757), William H. Hitner Jr. and Pamela
J. Hitner has filed an application to
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SUMMARY: The following described
public land is determined suitable for
classification for leasing and patenting
to the San Juan County, Aztec, New
Mexico, under the provisions of the
R&PP Act, as amended (44 Stat. 741, as
amended; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). San
Juan County proposes to use the land for
a regional fire station.
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 29 N., R. 12 W.,
Sec. 2: N1⁄2 NW1⁄4SW1⁄42;
Containing 20 acres, more or less.
DATES: On or before 45 days from
publication date, interested parties may
submit comments regarding the
proposed leasing and conveyance, or
classification of the lands to the Bureau
of Land Management at the following
address. Any adverse comments will be
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reviewed by the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Farmington Field
Manager, 1235 La Plata Highway, Suite
A, Farmington, NM 87401, who may
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty
action. In the absence of any adverse
comments, this realty action becomes
the final determination of the
Department of the Interior and is
effective 60 days from publication date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Albert Gonzales, Realty Specialist,
Bureau of Land Management,
Farmington Field Office, 1235 La Plata
Highway, Suite A, Farmington, NM
87401, at 505–599–6334.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Publication of this notice segregates the
public land described above from all
other forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including the general
mining laws, except for leasing and
conveyance under the R&PP Act and
leasing under the mineral leasing laws
for a period of 2 years from date of this
publication in the Federal Register. The
segregation affect will terminate upon
issuance of the lease and patent to San
Juan County, or 2 years from the date of
this publication, whichever occurs first.
The lease, when issued, will be
subject to the following terms:
1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to
all applicable regulations of the
Secretary of the Interior.
2. Provisions of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 197
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901–6987 and
the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980 as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601
and all applicable regulations.
3. Provisions of Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
4. Provisions that the lease be
operated in compliance with the
approved Development Plan.
The patent, when issued, will be
subject to the following terms:
1. Reservation to the United States of
a right-of-way for ditches and canals in
accordance with 43 U.S.C. 945.
2. Reservation to the United States of
all minerals.
3. All valid existing rights, e.g., rightsof-way and leases of record.
4. Provisions that if the patentee or its
successor attempts to transfer title to or
control over the land to another or the
land is devoted to a use other than that
for which the land was conveyed,
without the consent of the Secretary of
the Interior or his delegate, or prohibits
or restricts, directly or indirectly, or
permits it agents, employees,
contractors, or subcontractors, including
without limitation, lessees, sublessees
and permittees), to prohibit or restrict,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to amend the San
Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP) to limit Off-Highway
Vehicle (OHV) use to designated roads and motorized trails on lands
within the Beaver Meadows-Sauls 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
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 e-
mail, telephone number 970-375-3304.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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;
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3. Impacts to adjacent residents, including Forest Lakes, Deer
Valley, and Pine Springs Ranch subdivisions.
Other issues are not to be included in the analysis because they
were determined to be outside the scope of the proposed action; already
decided by law, regulation, plan, or higher level decision; irrelevant
to the decision to be made; opinion, conjectural, or not supported by
factual evidence; or purely supportive of the proposed action.
These issues led to the development of four alternatives that will
be analyzed in the EA: Alternative 1--No Action--existing travel
management designation would remain in place; Alternative 2--cross-
country motorized travel would no longer be allowed and all motorized
travel would be restricted to existing open system roads and trails;
Alternative 3--would provide motorized opportunities on designated
roads and trails utilizing some closed roads and some user created
routes, in addition to the existing open roads and trails in
Alternative 2, while protecting the resources from impacts; Alternative
4--would be similar to Alternative 3, with additional miles of
designated motorized trails. These alternatives will be described in
detail when the Pre-Decisional EA is released.
Dated: March 20, 2009.
Matthew Janowiak,
Acting Field Office Manager.
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