Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Trout Creek Geographic Management Area, Jordan Resource Area, Vale District, OR, 68075-68076 [E9-30379]
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proposed to be covered under the Plan.
The EIR/EIS will also analyze the
impacts of the conservation strategy
proposed by Shell Wind Energy to
minimize and mitigate those impacts to
the maximum extent practicable. We
anticipate that the conservation strategy
will identify several biological goals,
including development of high quality,
suitable habitat necessary for the longterm persistence of the covered species
and retention and recruitment of
specific habitat elements, including
older, larger and more structurally
complex or decadent trees to provide for
successful reproduction of marbled
murrelets and spotted owls. The
environmental review will analyze a full
range of reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action, including a No Action
alternative, and describe the associated
environmental impacts of each. We are
currently in the process of developing
alternatives for analysis.
In connection with developing
alternative approaches, we will
consider, for example, modified lists of
covered species, modified permit
coverage areas (i.e., portions of the
landscape subject to permit coverage),
modified permit terms, and different
resource management strategies that
would serve the purpose of minimizing
and mitigating the impacts of incidental
take. We will consider other reasonable
project alternatives recommended
during this scoping process in order to
develop a full range of alternatives.
We invite comments and suggestions
from all interested parties to ensure
consideration of a full range of
reasonable alternatives related to
development of the EIR/EIS. The
USFWS requests that comments be as
specific as possible. Comments are
requested to include information, issues
and concerns regarding:
(1) The direct, indirect, and
cumulative effects that implementation
of any reasonable alternatives could
have on endangered and threatened
species and their habitats;
(2) Other reasonable alternatives, and
their associated effects;
(3) Measures that would minimize
and mitigate potentially adverse effects
of the proposed project;
(4) Baseline environmental conditions
in and adjacent to the covered lands;
(5) Adaptive management or
monitoring provisions that may be
incorporated into the alternatives, and
their benefits to listed species;
(6) Other plans or projects that might
be relevant to this project; and
(7) Any other information pertinent to
evaluating the effects of this project on
the human environment.
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The environmental review will
analyze the effects that the considered
alternatives would have on the marbled
murrelet, spotted owl, yellow-billed
cuckoo and willow flycatcher, as well as
on other components of the human
environment, including but not limited
to cultural resources, social resources
(including public safety), economic
resources, water and air quality, global
climate change, and environmental
justice.
Direct any comments or questions to
the USFWS contact listed above in
ADDRESSES. All comments and materials
we receive, including names and
addresses, will become part of the
administrative record and may be
released to the public. 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 may 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.
Reasonable Accommodation
Persons needing reasonable
accommodations to attend and
participate in public meetings should
contact James Bond (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) as soon as
possible. To allow sufficient time to
process requests, please call no later
than 1 week before the public meeting.
Information regarding this proposed
action is available in alternative formats
upon request.
Ken McDermond,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8,
Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORV00000–L10200000.DF0000; HAG 9–
0189]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Trout Creek Geographic
Management Area, Jordan Resource
Area, Vale District, OR
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Vale District Office,
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Vale, Oregon intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for proposed actions pertaining to
livestock grazing systems and rangeland
developments that will affect 10
livestock grazing permit terms and
conditions in the Trout Creek
Geographic Management Area (TCGMA)
Vale District. Actions may include, for
example, installation and/or removal of
fences and water developments, changes
to duration or season of use of grazing,
and other changes to the terms and
conditions of affected grazing permits.
By this notice the BLM is announcing
the beginning of the scoping process
and soliciting input on the
identification of issues.
DATES: To identify relevant issues, the
BLM will announce public scoping
meetings through local news media,
newsletters, and the BLM Web site:
http:www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/
plans/tcgma_eis.php at least 15 days
prior to each meeting.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues related to the TCGMA EIS by
any of the following methods:
• District Web site:
http:www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/
plans/valermp.php.
• E-mail: TCGMA_EIS@blm.gov
• Fax: (541) 473–6213.
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
Vale District Office, 100 Oregon Street,
Vale, OR 97918.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Vale District
Office during regular business areas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
Trisha Skerjanec, (541) 473–6222; or email trisha_skerjanec@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document provides notice that the BLM
District Office, Vale, Oregon, intends to
prepare an EIS for proposed actions for
livestock grazing systems and rangeland
developments that will affect 10
livestock grazing permit terms and
conditions in the TCGMA. The project
area covers about 627,900 acres of comingled Federal, private, and State land
located in Southeastern Oregon and
Northwestern Nevada. About 586,900
acres (or 94.4 percent) of the land is
public domain administered by the
BLM. Subsequent grazing decisions will
be based on the EIS and Record of
Decision (ROD) and conform to the BLM
grazing regulations at 43 CFR subpart
4180, Fundamentals of Rangeland
Health Standards and Guidelines for
Grazing Administration, and the
Southeastern Oregon Resource
Management Plan and ROD.
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The analysis will involve a variety of
issues pertaining to the following:
rangeland vegetation, rangeland grazing
use, wild horses, special status plants,
water resources and riparian areas, fish
and aquatic habitat, including a Federal
threatened species of fish, wildlife, and
wildlife habitat, special status animals,
recreation, wilderness study areas, land
outside of wilderness study areas
possessing wilderness characteristics,
and archeological and paleontological
materials.
This document also announces the
beginning of the public scoping process
and seeks public input on the
aforementioned issues. The BLM has
previously held scoping meetings for
this land area in preparation for an
Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact. However, for
reasons related to ongoing litigation, the
Vale District now will examine its
proposed action through an EIS. Thus,
for procedural reasons, a second
opportunity for public scoping is
available with this EIS. The purpose of
the public scoping is to determine
concerns and ideas that will help guide
the decision-making process. You may
submit comments on the
aforementioned issues in writing to the
BLM at any public scoping meeting, or
you may submit them to the BLM using
one of the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES section above. To have your
name added to the mailing list, reply to
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
To be most helpful, you should
submit comments by January 21, 2010.
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. The minutes and list of attendees
for each scoping meeting will be
available to the public and open for 30
days after the meeting to any participant
who wishes to clarify the views he or
she expressed.
The BLM will evaluate identified
issues, and will place them into one of
three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the EIS;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this EIS.
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The BLM will provide an explanation
in the EIS as to why we placed an issue
in category two or three.
Carolyn R. Freeborn,
Jordan Field Manager, Vale District Office.
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Notice of Public Meeting; Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held January
12 and 13, 2010.
The meetings will be in the Bureau of
Land Management—Central Montana
District Office conference room (920 NE
Main St.), Lewistown, Montana.
The January 12 meeting will begin at
10 a.m. with a 30-minute public
comment period and will adjourn at
5:30 p.m.
The January 13 meeting will begin at
8 a.m. with a 30-minute public
comment period and will adjourn at
3 p.m.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior on a variety of management
issues associated with public land
management in Montana. During these
meetings the council will participate in/
discuss/act upon:
RAC comments and discussions;
Introductions of staff and RAC
members;
A RAC charter review;
The consensus format;
Orientation for new RAC members;
RAC expectations;
District managers’ and Oil and Gas Field
Station Updates;
A RAC work plan for 2010;
An update on the HiLine RMP;
An update on Sage grouse;
Initial discussion on monument amenity
fees;
Bison discussion and possible RAC
subgroup;
Potential for expanding review of Forest
Service fee proposals;
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A review of the recent Cottonwood
Workshop;
Stewardship agreements;
A general discussion; and
Administrative details (next meeting
date, location, travel vouchers, etc.). All
RAC meetings are open to the public.
The public may present written
comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC
meeting will also have time allocated for
hearing public comments. Depending on
the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time
for individual oral comments may be
limited.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary
L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, Central Montana
District Manager, Central Montana
District Office, P.O. Box 1160,
Lewistown, Montana 59457, 406/538–
1900.
Dated: December 11, 2009.
Gary L. Benes,
Central Montana District Manager.
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the U.S. International Trade
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granting a consent motion by
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investigation based on a settlement
agreement with respondent.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORV00000-L10200000.DF0000; HAG 9-0189]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Trout Creek Geographic Management Area, Jordan Resource Area, Vale
District, OR
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vale District Office,
Vale, Oregon intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for proposed actions pertaining to livestock grazing systems and
rangeland developments that will affect 10 livestock grazing permit
terms and conditions in the Trout Creek Geographic Management Area
(TCGMA) Vale District. Actions may include, for example, installation
and/or removal of fences and water developments, changes to duration or
season of use of grazing, and other changes to the terms and conditions
of affected grazing permits. By this notice the BLM is announcing the
beginning of the scoping process and soliciting input on the
identification of issues.
DATES: To identify relevant issues, the BLM will announce public
scoping meetings through local news media, newsletters, and the BLM Web
site: http:www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/plans/tcgma_eis.php at least
15 days prior to each meeting.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues related to the TCGMA EIS
by any of the following methods:
District Web site: http:www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/plans/valermp.php.
E-mail: TCGMA_EIS@blm.gov
Fax: (541) 473-6213.
Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, 100
Oregon Street, Vale, OR 97918.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the Vale
District Office during regular business areas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact Trisha Skerjanec, (541)
473-6222; or e-mail trisha_skerjanec@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM
District Office, Vale, Oregon, intends to prepare an EIS for proposed
actions for livestock grazing systems and rangeland developments that
will affect 10 livestock grazing permit terms and conditions in the
TCGMA. The project area covers about 627,900 acres of co-mingled
Federal, private, and State land located in Southeastern Oregon and
Northwestern Nevada. About 586,900 acres (or 94.4 percent) of the land
is public domain administered by the BLM. Subsequent grazing decisions
will be based on the EIS and Record of Decision (ROD) and conform to
the BLM grazing regulations at 43 CFR subpart 4180, Fundamentals of
Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines for Grazing Administration,
and the Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan and ROD.
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The analysis will involve a variety of issues pertaining to the
following: rangeland vegetation, rangeland grazing use, wild horses,
special status plants, water resources and riparian areas, fish and
aquatic habitat, including a Federal threatened species of fish,
wildlife, and wildlife habitat, special status animals, recreation,
wilderness study areas, land outside of wilderness study areas
possessing wilderness characteristics, and archeological and
paleontological materials.
This document also announces the beginning of the public scoping
process and seeks public input on the aforementioned issues. The BLM
has previously held scoping meetings for this land area in preparation
for an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.
However, for reasons related to ongoing litigation, the Vale District
now will examine its proposed action through an EIS. Thus, for
procedural reasons, a second opportunity for public scoping is
available with this EIS. The purpose of the public scoping is to
determine concerns and ideas that will help guide the decision-making
process. You may submit comments on the aforementioned issues in
writing to the BLM at any public scoping meeting, or you may submit
them to the BLM using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. To have your name added to the mailing list, reply to
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
To be most helpful, you should submit comments by January 21, 2010.
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. The minutes and list of attendees for each scoping
meeting will be available to the public and open for 30 days after the
meeting to any participant who wishes to clarify the views he or she
expressed.
The BLM will evaluate identified issues, and will place them into
one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the EIS;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this EIS.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the EIS as to why we placed
an issue in category two or three.
Carolyn R. Freeborn,
Jordan Field Manager, Vale District Office.
[FR Doc. E9-30379 Filed 12-21-09; 8:45 am]
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