Dixie National Forest; Tropic To Hatch 138kV Transmission Line Project, Correction to Include Notice of Intent To Amend the Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan, 13412-13413 [E9-6027]
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Authority: (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1))
Dated: March 22, 2009.
E. Enrique Gomez,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9–6806 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Dixie National Forest; Tropic To Hatch
138kV Transmission Line Project,
Correction to Include Notice of Intent
To Amend the Bureau of Land
Management, Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument
Management Plan
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AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA and
Bureau of Land Management, USDI.
ACTION: Correction to notice of intent.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) subparts 1500–1508, and 43 CFR
subpart 1610.5–5 (Planning
Regulations), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument intends to prepare an
amendment to the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument
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Management Plan (MMP) with an
associated environmental impact
statement (EIS) in cooperation with the
U.S. Forest Service as lead agency. The
Dixie National Forest published a
Notice of Intent in the Federal Register
to initiate this proposal on February 21,
2008, but did not include the BLM’s
Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument (GSENM) Notice of Intent
into its heading. The publication of this
Federal Register notice is to make the
public aware that this action also
applies to a possible land use plan
amendment to the MMP. Discussion of
the GSENM amendment was in the body
of the original Federal Register notice,
but was not evident in the title. The
public is now provided a second
opportunity to review and provide
comments on this possible amendment
to the BLM’s MMP based on the
planning criteria identified in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
DATES: Public comments should be
submitted in writing to the address
listed below within 30 days following
the publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Paul Chapman, Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument, Tropic to
Hatch 138kV Transmission Line, BLM
Project Leader, 190 East Center, Kanab,
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Utah 84741. E-mail: tropic_to_hatch_
transmission_line_eis_
comments@fs.fed.us. E-mailed
comments must be submitted in MS
Word (*.doc) or rich text format (*.rtf)
and should include the project name in
the subject line. Written comments may
also be submitted at the above address
during regular business hours of 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
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. Comments may be published as
part of the EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Chapman, Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument project coordinator,
190 East Center, Kanab, Utah 84741 or
phone (435) 644–4309.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice of Intent to amend the MMP
responds to a proposal from Garkane
Energy Cooperative to construct, operate
and maintain a 138 kilovolt (kV) electric
transmission line in Garfield County,
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Utah. The project is known as the
Garkane Energy Cooperative Tropic to
Hatch 138kV Transmission Line and is
proposed to cross over USFS, Park
Service and/or BLM lands. A plan
amendment for BLM’s MMP is needed
to analyze the proposal which occurs
outside of the current utility right-ofway identified in the MMP (February,
2000). The proposal occurs in an area
identified as a Primitive Management
Zone and Visual Resource Management
(VRM) Class II zone as described in the
MMP. The construction of transmission
lines is not provided for in this zone
(Decisions #LAND–7 and VRM–1). In
summary, these decisions state: (1) ‘‘In
the primitive zone, utility rights-of-way
will not be permitted. In cases of
extreme need for local (not regional)
needs and where other alternatives are
not available, a plan amendment could
be considered for those facilities.’’ and
(2) ‘‘Utilizing the results of the visual
resource inventory and other resource
allocation considerations, 68 percent
lands within the Monument will be
assigned to VRM Class II and 32 percent
of the lands within the Monument will
be assigned to VRM Class III, as shown
on Map 6.’’ However, the construction
of new utility rights-of-way is provided
for in the MMP (Decision #LAND–5 and
VRM–1). The proposed plan
amendment would change the
Management Zone from Primitive to
Passage and VRM Class II to III. This
amendment would consider a right-ofway corridor within the Passage Zone to
accommodate an existing utility rightof-way, the proposed utility right-ofway, and the possibility of additional
rights-of-way in the future. Therefore,
this corridor would be considered in the
amendment to change the Primitive
Zone to a Passage Zone and the VRM
Class II to a VRM Class III.
The Bureau of Land Management
planning regulations (43 CFR 1600)
require the preparation of planning
criteria to guide the development of
resource management plan
amendments. Planning criteria ensure
that plans are tailored to the identified
issues and ensure that unnecessary data
collections and analysis are avoided.
These general planning criteria will be
used to develop the MMP amendment
for the Tropic to Hatch Transmission
Line Project. The planning criteria
primarily remain the same as were
presented in the February 21, 2008
Federal Register notice, with a slight
change to the first bulleted criteria. This
criterion has been broadened to include
a right-of-way corridor, instead of only
one right-of-way project. The planning
criteria are as follows:
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• The plan amendment will consider
a right-of-way utility corridor currently
within a primitive zone adjacent to an
existing utility right-of-way.
• The plan amendment will be
completed in compliance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and all other applicable laws.
• The plan amendment will meet the
intent of the Proclamation that
established Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument which protects
objects of geological, paleontological,
archaeological, biological, and historic
values within the Monument.
The lead Federal agency indentified
for the proposed project is the
Department of Agriculture, Dixie
National Forest. The Bureau of Land
Management (Kanab Field Office and
Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument) and the National Park
Service are cooperating agencies. For
more information regarding the
proposed project, refer to the Notice of
Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement, published in the
Federal Register on February 21, 2008
(Volume 73, Number 35, page 9517–
9521).
Dated: March 12, 2009.
Robert G. MacWhorter,
Forest Supervisor, Dixie National Forest.
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notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C
47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose
is to provide interested persons an
opportunity to submit comments on the
proposed actions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
If the Committee approves the
proposed additions, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice for each product or service will
be required to procure the services
listed below from nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. If approved, the action will not
result in any additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance
requirements for small entities other
than the small organizations that will
furnish the services to the Government.
2. If approved, the action will result
in authorizing small entities to furnish
the services to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in
connection with the services proposed
for addition to the Procurement List.
Comments on this certification are
invited. Commenters should identify the
statement(s) underlying the certification
on which they are providing additional
information.
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed additions to and
deletions from Procurement List.
End of Certification
SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing
to add to the Procurement List services
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities, and to
delete products and services previously
furnished by such agencies.
Comments Must Be Received on or
Before: April 27, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.
Services
Service Type/Location: Administrative
Services, HUD Birmingham Field Office,
950 22nd St North, Birmingham, AL.
NPA: Tommy Nobis Enterprises, Inc.,
Marietta, GA.
Contracting Activity: Dept. of Housing and
Urban Development, Chicago, IL.
Service Type/Location: Switchboard
Operation, Tuskegee VA Medical Center,
2400 Hospital Road, Tuskegee, AL.
NPA: Bobby Dodd Institute, Inc., Atlanta,
GA.
Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans
Affairs, Augusta, GA.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services,
Allegheny National Forest, 4 Farm Colony
Drive, Warren, PA.
NPA: Bollinger Enterprises, North Warren,
PA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT
COMMENTS CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback,
Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703)
603–0655, or e-mail
CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
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for addition to Procurement List for
production by the nonprofit agencies
listed:
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E9-6027]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Dixie National Forest; Tropic To Hatch 138kV Transmission Line
Project, Correction to Include Notice of Intent To Amend the Bureau of
Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management
Plan
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA and Bureau of Land Management, USDI.
ACTION: Correction to notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subparts 1500-
1508, and 43 CFR subpart 1610.5-5 (Planning Regulations), notice is
hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument intends to prepare an amendment to the
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan (MMP) with
an associated environmental impact statement (EIS) in cooperation with
the U.S. Forest Service as lead agency. The Dixie National Forest
published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to initiate this
proposal on February 21, 2008, but did not include the BLM's Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Notice of Intent into its
heading. The publication of this Federal Register notice is to make the
public aware that this action also applies to a possible land use plan
amendment to the MMP. Discussion of the GSENM amendment was in the body
of the original Federal Register notice, but was not evident in the
title. The public is now provided a second opportunity to review and
provide comments on this possible amendment to the BLM's MMP based on
the planning criteria identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
below.
DATES: Public comments should be submitted in writing to the address
listed below within 30 days following the publication of this notice in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Paul Chapman, Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument, Tropic to Hatch 138kV Transmission Line,
BLM Project Leader, 190 East Center, Kanab, Utah 84741. E-mail:
tropic_to_hatch_transmission_line_eis_comments@fs.fed.us. E-
mailed comments must be submitted in MS Word (*.doc) or rich text
format (*.rtf) and should include the project name in the subject line.
Written comments may also be submitted at the above address during
regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
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. Comments may be published as part of the EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Chapman, Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument project coordinator, 190 East Center,
Kanab, Utah 84741 or phone (435) 644-4309.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice of Intent to amend the MMP
responds to a proposal from Garkane Energy Cooperative to construct,
operate and maintain a 138 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line in
Garfield County,
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Utah. The project is known as the Garkane Energy Cooperative Tropic to
Hatch 138kV Transmission Line and is proposed to cross over USFS, Park
Service and/or BLM lands. A plan amendment for BLM's MMP is needed to
analyze the proposal which occurs outside of the current utility right-
of-way identified in the MMP (February, 2000). The proposal occurs in
an area identified as a Primitive Management Zone and Visual Resource
Management (VRM) Class II zone as described in the MMP. The
construction of transmission lines is not provided for in this zone
(Decisions LAND-7 and VRM-1). In summary, these decisions
state: (1) ``In the primitive zone, utility rights-of-way will not be
permitted. In cases of extreme need for local (not regional) needs and
where other alternatives are not available, a plan amendment could be
considered for those facilities.'' and (2) ``Utilizing the results of
the visual resource inventory and other resource allocation
considerations, 68 percent lands within the Monument will be assigned
to VRM Class II and 32 percent of the lands within the Monument will be
assigned to VRM Class III, as shown on Map 6.'' However, the
construction of new utility rights-of-way is provided for in the MMP
(Decision LAND-5 and VRM-1). The proposed plan amendment would
change the Management Zone from Primitive to Passage and VRM Class II
to III. This amendment would consider a right-of-way corridor within
the Passage Zone to accommodate an existing utility right-of-way, the
proposed utility right-of-way, and the possibility of additional
rights-of-way in the future. Therefore, this corridor would be
considered in the amendment to change the Primitive Zone to a Passage
Zone and the VRM Class II to a VRM Class III.
The Bureau of Land Management planning regulations (43 CFR 1600)
require the preparation of planning criteria to guide the development
of resource management plan amendments. Planning criteria ensure that
plans are tailored to the identified issues and ensure that unnecessary
data collections and analysis are avoided. These general planning
criteria will be used to develop the MMP amendment for the Tropic to
Hatch Transmission Line Project. The planning criteria primarily remain
the same as were presented in the February 21, 2008 Federal Register
notice, with a slight change to the first bulleted criteria. This
criterion has been broadened to include a right-of-way corridor,
instead of only one right-of-way project. The planning criteria are as
follows:
The plan amendment will consider a right-of-way utility
corridor currently within a primitive zone adjacent to an existing
utility right-of-way.
The plan amendment will be completed in compliance with
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and all other applicable
laws.
The plan amendment will meet the intent of the
Proclamation that established Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument which protects objects of geological, paleontological,
archaeological, biological, and historic values within the Monument.
The lead Federal agency indentified for the proposed project is the
Department of Agriculture, Dixie National Forest. The Bureau of Land
Management (Kanab Field Office and Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument) and the National Park Service are cooperating agencies. For
more information regarding the proposed project, refer to the Notice of
Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, published in the
Federal Register on February 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 35, page 9517-
9521).
Dated: March 12, 2009.
Robert G. MacWhorter,
Forest Supervisor, Dixie National Forest.
[FR Doc. E9-6027 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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