Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Cottonwood Field Office Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, and Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Cottonwood Field Office Resource Management Plan, 11907-11908 [2010-5258]

Download as PDF srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 48 / Friday, March 12, 2010 / Notices allows Kiewit Mining Properties, Inc., to mine up to 42 million tons of coal per year. If the tract is leased to the existing Buckskin Mine, the new lease must be incorporated into the existing mining and reclamation plan for the mine. Before the Federal coal in the tract can be mined, the Secretary of the Interior must approve the revised MLA mining plan for the Buckskin Mine. The OSM is the Federal agency that is responsible for recommending approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of the revised MLA mining plan to the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. The Draft EIS analyzes and discloses to the public direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts associated with issuing a Federal coal lease in the decertified Powder River Federal Coal Production Region, Wyoming. A copy of the Draft EIS has been sent to affected Federal, state, and local government agencies; persons and entities identified as potentially being affected by a decision to lease the Federal coal in this tract; and persons who indicated to the BLM that they wished to receive a copy of the Draft EIS. The purpose of the public hearing is to solicit comments on the Draft EIS, on the proposed competitive sale of the Federal coal lease maintenance tract, and on the FMV and MER of the Federal coal. The Draft EIS analyzes leasing the tract as the Proposed Action. Under the Proposed Action, a competitive sale would be held and a lease issued for Federal coal contained in the tract as applied for by Kiewit Mining Properties, Inc. As part of the coal leasing process, the BLM is evaluating adding Federal coal to the tract to avoid bypassing coal or to prompt competitive interest in unleased Federal coal in this area. An alternate tract configuration that BLM is evaluating is described and analyzed as a separate alternative in the Draft EIS. Under the BLM Preferred Alternative, a competitive sale would be held and a lease issued for Federal coal resources contained in a tract configured by the BLM from the lands included within the study area. The tract could be larger or smaller than the Proposed Action. The Draft EIS also analyzes the alternative of rejecting the application to lease Federal coal as the No Action Alternative. The Proposed Action and alternatives being considered in the Draft EIS are in conformance with the approved Resource Management Plan for Public Lands Administered by the BLM Buffalo Field Office (2001). Requests to be included on the mailing list for this project, for copies of the Draft EIS, or to be notified of the VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:18 Mar 11, 2010 Jkt 220001 dates of the comment period and public hearing, may be sent in writing, by facsimile, or electronically to the addresses listed in the ADDRESSES section above. For those submitting comments on the Draft EIS, please make the comments as specific as possible with reference to page numbers and sections of the document. Comments that contain only opinions or preferences will not receive a formal response; however, they will be considered and included as part of the BLM decision-making process. Please note that public comments and information submitted to the BLM —including the commenter’s name, street address, and e-mail address—will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 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. Ruth Welch, Associate State Director. [FR Doc. 2010–5257 Filed 3–10–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–22–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLIDC02000–L16100000–DR0000– LXSS034D0000–4500006432] Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Cottonwood Field Office Resource Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement, and Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Cottonwood Field Office Resource Management Plan AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of intent. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Cottonwood Field Office located in northern Idaho. The Idaho State Director signed the ROD on PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11907 December 21, 2009, excluding decisions regarding domestic sheep and goat grazing to be addressed in a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The signed ROD constitutes the final decision of the BLM for all other management direction and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately. The BLM Cottonwood Field Office, Cottonwood, Idaho, intends to prepare a Supplemental EIS for the Cottonwood RMP to analyze the impacts of domestic sheep and goat grazing in four allotments that overlap or occur in the vicinity of bighorn sheep habitat. These four allotments are located along the Salmon River, east of Riggins, Idaho, in Idaho County. The BLM will provide opportunities for public participation upon publication of the Draft Supplemental EIS. DATES: The ROD includes several implementation-level decisions regarding motorized travel routes. The decisions identifying routes of travel within designated areas for motorized vehicles are implementation decisions and are appealable under 43 CFR Part 4. These decisions are contained in the Travel and Transportation section of the Approved RMP. Any party adversely affected by the proposed route identifications may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice of Availability pursuant to 43 CFR, Part 4, Subpart E. The appeal should state the specific route(s), as identified in Appendix A of the Approved RMP, on which the decision is being appealed. The appeal must be filed with the Cottonwood Field Manager at the above listed address. Please consult the appropriate regulations (43 CFR, Part 4, Subpart E) for further appeal requirements. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ Approved RMP are available upon request from the Field Manager, Cottonwood Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522, or at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ id/st/en/fo/cottonwood/planning/ cottonwood_resource.html. Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available for public inspection at the Cottonwood Field Office, 1 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho. Interested persons may also review the ROD/Approved RMP at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ id/st/en/fo/cottonwood/planning/ cottonwood_resource.html. Appeals must be filed with the Field Manager of the Cottonwood Field Office at 1 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522. E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1 11908 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 48 / Friday, March 12, 2010 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact the Cottonwood Field Office, telephone (208) 962–3245; address 1 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522. The Cottonwood RMP was developed with broad public participation through a four-year collaborative planning process in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. This RMP addresses management on approximately 130,000 acres of public land in the Cottonwood Field Office. The Cottonwood RMP is designed to achieve or maintain desired future conditions developed through the planning process. It includes a series of management actions to meet the desired resource conditions for forest, upland, and riparian vegetation; wildlife habitats; cultural and visual resources; and recreation. The BLM received five protest letters on the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. The BLM Director granted only those protest issues related to domestic sheep grazing within bighorn sheep habitat and remanded this specific portion of the RMP back to the BLM Idaho State Office for further analysis. No inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies, or programs were identified during the Governor’s consistency review of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. As a result, with the exception of decisions regarding domestic sheep and goat grazing, the approved Cottonwood RMP is essentially the same as Alternative B in the Proposed RMP/Final EIS published in June 2008, and only minor editorial modifications were made in preparing the ROD and Approved RMP. By this Notice, the BLM, Cottonwood Field Office is announcing its intent to prepare a Draft Supplemental EIS to analyze the impacts of domestic sheep and goat grazing in four allotments that overlap or occur in the vicinity of bighorn sheep habitat along the Salmon River east of Riggins, Idaho. The area has been grazed historically by domestic sheep and goats and overlaps with bighorn sheep habitat. The BLM will be inviting other government entities (Federal, State, Tribal and local), with special expertise or jurisdiction, to be cooperators during preparation of the Supplemental EIS. Upon completion, this Draft Supplemental EIS will be srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:18 Mar 11, 2010 Jkt 220001 released for public review and comment. Thomas H. Dyer, Idaho State Director. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1502.9, and 1508.22. [FR Doc. 2010–5258 Filed 3–11–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigations Nos. 701–TA–467 (Final) and 731–TA–1164–1165 (Final)] Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From China and Taiwan AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Scheduling of the final phase of countervailing duty and antidumping investigations. SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of countervailing duty investigation No. 701–TA–467 (Final) under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)) (the Act) and the final phase of antidumping investigation Nos. 731–TA–1164–1165 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of subsidized and less-than-fairvalue imports from China and by lessthan-fair-value imports from Taiwan of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (‘‘narrow woven ribbons’’), provided for in subheading 5806.32 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.1 For further information concerning the conduct of this phase of the investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application, consult the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 1 For purposes of these investigations, the Department of Commerce has defined the subject merchandise as ‘‘* * * narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge, in any length, but with a width (measured at the narrowest span of the ribbon) less than or equal to 12 centimeters, composed of, in whole or in part, manmade fibers (whether artificial or synthetic, including but not limited to nylon, polyester, rayon, polypropylene, and polyethylene teraphthalate), metal threads and/or metalized yarns, or any combination thereof.’’ A full description and discussion of the merchandise subject to these investigations and of excluded products can be found in the Department of Commerce Federal Register notices 75 FR 7236 and 75 FR 7244 published February 18, 2010, and in materials posted on the U.S. International Trade Commission Web site, https://www.usitc.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). DATES: Effective Date: February 17, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Duncan (202–708–4727, russell.duncan@usitc.gov), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 205–1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (https:// www.usitc.gov). The public record for these investigations may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. The final phase of these investigations is being scheduled as a result of affirmative preliminary determinations by the Department of Commerce that certain benefits which constitute subsidies within the meaning of section 703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b) are being provided to manufacturers, producers, or exporters in China of narrow woven ribbons, and that such products from China and Taiwan are being sold in the United States at less than fair value within the meaning of section 733 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations were requested in a petition filed on July 9, 2009, by Berwick Offray LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lion Ribbon Company, Inc., Berwick, PA. Participation in the investigations and public service list. Persons, including industrial users of the subject merchandise and, if the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer organizations, wishing to participate in the final phase of these investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in section 201.11 of the Commission’s rules, no later than 21 days prior to the hearing date specified in this notice. A party that filed a notice of appearance during the preliminary phase of the investigations need not file an additional notice of appearance during this final phase. The Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the investigations. E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11907-11908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5258]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLIDC02000-L16100000-DR0000-LXSS034D0000-4500006432]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the 
Cottonwood Field Office Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement, and Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Cottonwood Field Office Resource Management 
Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) 
for the Cottonwood Field Office located in northern Idaho. The Idaho 
State Director signed the ROD on December 21, 2009, excluding decisions 
regarding domestic sheep and goat grazing to be addressed in a 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The signed ROD 
constitutes the final decision of the BLM for all other management 
direction and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.
    The BLM Cottonwood Field Office, Cottonwood, Idaho, intends to 
prepare a Supplemental EIS for the Cottonwood RMP to analyze the 
impacts of domestic sheep and goat grazing in four allotments that 
overlap or occur in the vicinity of bighorn sheep habitat. These four 
allotments are located along the Salmon River, east of Riggins, Idaho, 
in Idaho County. The BLM will provide opportunities for public 
participation upon publication of the Draft Supplemental EIS.

DATES: The ROD includes several implementation-level decisions 
regarding motorized travel routes. The decisions identifying routes of 
travel within designated areas for motorized vehicles are 
implementation decisions and are appealable under 43 CFR Part 4. These 
decisions are contained in the Travel and Transportation section of the 
Approved RMP. Any party adversely affected by the proposed route 
identifications may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice 
of Availability pursuant to 43 CFR, Part 4, Subpart E. The appeal 
should state the specific route(s), as identified in Appendix A of the 
Approved RMP, on which the decision is being appealed. The appeal must 
be filed with the Cottonwood Field Manager at the above listed address. 
Please consult the appropriate regulations (43 CFR, Part 4, Subpart E) 
for further appeal requirements.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available upon request 
from the Field Manager, Cottonwood Field Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522, or at the following 
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/cottonwood/planning/cottonwood_resource.html. Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available 
for public inspection at the Cottonwood Field Office, 1 Butte Drive, 
Cottonwood, Idaho. Interested persons may also review the ROD/Approved 
RMP at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/cottonwood/planning/cottonwood_resource.html.
    Appeals must be filed with the Field Manager of the Cottonwood 
Field Office at 1 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact the 
Cottonwood Field Office, telephone (208) 962-3245; address 1 Butte 
Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cottonwood RMP was developed with broad 
public participation through a four-year collaborative planning process 
in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
as amended, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended. This RMP addresses management on approximately 130,000 acres 
of public land in the Cottonwood Field Office. The Cottonwood RMP is 
designed to achieve or maintain desired future conditions developed 
through the planning process. It includes a series of management 
actions to meet the desired resource conditions for forest, upland, and 
riparian vegetation; wildlife habitats; cultural and visual resources; 
and recreation.
    The BLM received five protest letters on the Proposed RMP/Final 
EIS. The BLM Director granted only those protest issues related to 
domestic sheep grazing within bighorn sheep habitat and remanded this 
specific portion of the RMP back to the BLM Idaho State Office for 
further analysis. No inconsistencies with State or local plans, 
policies, or programs were identified during the Governor's consistency 
review of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. As a result, with the exception 
of decisions regarding domestic sheep and goat grazing, the approved 
Cottonwood RMP is essentially the same as Alternative B in the Proposed 
RMP/Final EIS published in June 2008, and only minor editorial 
modifications were made in preparing the ROD and Approved RMP.
    By this Notice, the BLM, Cottonwood Field Office is announcing its 
intent to prepare a Draft Supplemental EIS to analyze the impacts of 
domestic sheep and goat grazing in four allotments that overlap or 
occur in the vicinity of bighorn sheep habitat along the Salmon River 
east of Riggins, Idaho. The area has been grazed historically by 
domestic sheep and goats and overlaps with bighorn sheep habitat. The 
BLM will be inviting other government entities (Federal, State, Tribal 
and local), with special expertise or jurisdiction, to be cooperators 
during preparation of the Supplemental EIS. Upon completion, this Draft 
Supplemental EIS will be released for public review and comment.

Thomas H. Dyer,
Idaho State Director.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1502.9, and 1508.22.

[FR Doc. 2010-5258 Filed 3-11-10; 8:45 am]
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