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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource
Management Plan for the DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area
and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness,
Colorado and Associated
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (FLPMA), as amended, and the
Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
of 2009 (Omnibus Act), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Grand
Junction and Uncompahgre Field
Offices, Grand Junction and Montrose,
Colorado intend to prepare a Resource
Management Plan (RMP) with an
associated Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area
(NCA) and Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness. By this notice, the BLM is
announcing the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the RMP with
associated EIS. Comments on issues and
planning criteria may be submitted in
writing until September 2, 2010. The
date(s) and location(s) of any scoping
meetings will be announced at least 15
days in advance through local media,
newspapers, and the Colorado BLM
Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/co/st/
en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html. In order
to be considered in the development of
the Draft RMP/EIS, all comments must
be received prior to the close of the 30
day scoping period or 30 days after the
last public meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will provide additional
opportunities for public participation
upon publication of the Draft RMP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria related
to the Dominguez-Escalante NCA and
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness RMP/
EIS at any public scoping meeting or by
any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/co/st/
en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html.
• E-mail: dencarmp@blm.gov.
• Fax: 970–244–3083.
• Mail: Grand Junction Field Office,
2815 H Road, Grand Junction, Colorado
81506.
SUMMARY:
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Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Grand Junction
Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information and/or to have you
name added to our mailing list, contact
Katie A. Stevens, Interim NCA Manager,
telephone (970) 244–3049; address 2815
H Road, Grand Junction, Colorado
81506; or by e-mail: Katie_A_
Stevens@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP
will replace portions of the existing
1987 Grand Junction Resource Area
RMP and the 1989 Uncompahgre Basin
RMP. This new planning process will
allow the BLM to focus specifically on
developing management to conserve,
protect and enhance the resources and
values of the NCA and the wilderness
area as set forth in Section 2402(b) of
the Omnibus Act, including the
geological, cultural, archaeological,
paleontological, natural, scientific,
recreational, wilderness, wildlife,
riparian, historical, educational, and
scenic resources of the public land; and
the water resources of area streams,
based on seasonally available flows, that
are necessary to support aquatic,
riparian, and terrestrial species and
communities. In developing new
management for the NCA and
Wilderness Area, the BLM will comply
with the direction set forth in the
Omnibus Act, which allows certain uses
(including grazing, measures to control
fire, insects and disease) to continue in
accordance with current laws and
regulations. The Omnibus Act also
withdraws the NCA and the Wilderness
Area from certain other uses, including
all forms of entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the
mining laws; and operation of the
mineral leasing, mineral materials, and
geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid
existing rights. Congress’ withdrawal of
the area to these uses may foreclose
certain alternatives. However, the
withdrawal in and of itself does not
necessarily preclude consideration of
these uses in the RMP.
The planning area is located in Mesa,
Delta, and Montrose Counties, Colorado
and encompasses approximately
209,610 acres of public land. The
purpose of the public scoping process is
to determine relevant issues that will
influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process. Preliminary issues for the
planning area have been identified by
BLM personnel, Federal, state, and local
agencies, and other stakeholders. The
issues include:
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• Is special management needed to
restore, maintain, or enhance priority
species (including special status
species) and their habitats?
• How should uses, including
recreational, grazing, and motorized and
mechanized vehicle use be managed to
provide for wildlife (including special
status species) habitat needs?
• What goals, objectives, and
management actions, including desired
future conditions and land restoration
actions, are necessary to continue
progress toward achieving land health
standards?
• What goals, objectives and
management actions, including desired
future conditions and riparian and
aquatic restoration actions, are
necessary to ensure that these water
resources are of sufficient quality and
quantity to support aquatic, riparian,
and terrestrial species and
communities?
• How should the Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness be managed to protect
wilderness values and provide
outstanding opportunities for solitude
and/or primitive and unconfined
recreation?
• Is special management still
warranted for the relevant and
important values recognized in the two
existing Areas of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC) nominations, and
should additional lands be considered
for ACEC status?
• What stream segments are suitable
for designation as Wild, Scenic, or
Recreational under the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act?
• What Visual Resource Management
classes will be necessary outside the
wilderness to provide adequate
protection for the scenic resources and
visual quality of the NCA?
• How should the cultural resources
and archaeological values (prehistoric
and historic) of the area be protected
and preserved, while still allowing for
appropriate information/education
efforts?
• What recreational experiences and
outcomes should be used to focus future
recreation management in the NCA?
Preliminary planning criteria include:
• Completing the RMP in compliance
with FLPMA, NEPA, the Omnibus Act,
and all other applicable laws, rules,
regulations, policies, and guidelines
(including environmental laws and
Executive Orders listed as supplemental
authorities in Appendix 1 of the NEPA
Handbook H–1790–1);
• Ensuring that proposed
management within the wilderness is
consistent with the Wilderness Act of
1964 and develop a Wilderness
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Management Plan during the RMP
process;
• Initiating broad-based public
participation as an integral part of the
planning and EIS development process;
• Working with the DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area
Advisory Council consistent with their
established charter;
• Inviting cooperating agency and
local government input;
• Consulting with Native American
Tribes and other governments at
required intervals;
• Developing adaptive management
criteria and protocols and also clearly
identify the criteria that would trigger
re-evaluation of management;
• Developing a comprehensive travel
management plan during the RMP
process to identify all travel needs for
the public, as well as administrative and
resource management activities such as
research and monitoring, permitting, or
emergency or fire access;
• Designating all public lands within
the planning area as open, limited, or
closed to off-road vehicle use,
mechanized use, and/or non-motorized
use;
• Incorporating Standards for Public
Land Health and Guidelines for
Livestock Grazing Management into the
planning process; and
• Responding to the Omnibus Act by
developing management to ‘‘conserve
and protect for the benefit and
enjoyment of present and future
generations [those resources and values
identified as purposes in the legislation,
including the] geological, cultural,
archeological, paleontological, natural,
scientific, recreational, wilderness,
wildlife, riparian, historical,
educational, and scenic resources of the
public land; and the water resources of
area streams, based on seasonally
available flows, that are necessary to
support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial
species and communities.’’
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.
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The BLM will evaluate identified
issues to be addressed in the plan, and
will place them into one of three
categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this
plan. A public comment that suggests
developing management for one of the
resource uses from which the area was
withdrawn by the legislation would
likely fall within this category.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the Draft RMP/EIS as to why an issue
was placed in category two or three. The
public is also encouraged to help
identify any management questions and
concerns that should be addressed in
the plan. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to
identify the management decisions that
are best suited to local, regional, and
national needs and concerns.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary
approach to develop the plan in order
to consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified. Specialists
with expertise in the following
disciplines will be involved in the
planning process: rangeland
management, minerals and geology,
forestry, outdoor recreation, wilderness,
archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and
fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology,
soils, sociology and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.
Lynn E. Rust,
Acting State Director.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Resource Management Plan
Amendment for the Proposed
Modification to the Thompson Creek
Mine Plan of Operations, Section 404
Clean Water Act Permit Application,
and Public Land Disposal, Custer and
Bannock Counties, ID
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
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AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
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Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Challis Field Office, Idaho intends to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to analyze the potential
environmental effects of the proposed
approval by the BLM and U.S. Forest
Service (Forest Service) of a modified
mining plan of operations (MMPO) for
the Thompson Creek molybdenum mine
in Custer County, Idaho and the
potential for disposal of BLMadministered public lands. The MMPO
would allow an approximate 15-year
extension of the mine life and an
expansion of some facilities, requiring
additional surface disturbance on
approximately 350 acres of Federal
lands and approximately 80 acres of
private land. The EIS will include
analysis of the potential environmental
effects to waters of the United States
that could occur under the MMPO. The
Thompson Creek Mining Company
(TCMC), has also proposed to exchange
900 acres of private lands owned by
TCMC in Custer and Bannock counties
for 5,000 acres of BLM-administered
public land in the vicinity of the mine
in Custer County, including the BLMadministered public land involved in
the MMPO. The EIS will also evaluate
a proposed amendment to the BLM
Challis Field Office 1999 Resource
Management Plan (RMP), to identify if
the public land involved would be
available for disposal pursuant to the
FLPMA.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the EIS. To be
included in the Draft EIS comments
must be submitted in writing using any
of the methods described in the
ADDRESSES section below until 30 days
after publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or 30 days after the last
public meeting held to obtain scoping
input, whichever is later. When a public
meeting is held, documentation of that
meeting and the list of attendees will be
available to the public for 30 days so
that any participant who wishes to
clarify the views he or she expressed
may do so. The date(s) and location(s)
of any public scoping meetings will be
announced at least 15 days in advance
of the meetings through local media,
newspapers, individual mailing, and the
following BLM Web site: https://www.
blm.gov/id/st/en/info/nepa/nepa/
thompson_creek_mine.html. Additional
opportunities for public participation
will be provided upon publication of
the Draft EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
regarding the proposed actions and
planning criteria, and request to have
your name added to the mailing list for
the EIS by any of the following methods:
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• E-mail: tcm_eis@jbr.com;
• Fax: (801) 942–1852, attention
Brian Buck; or
• Mail: Thompson Creek Mine EIS,
c/o Brian Buck, JBR Environmental
Consultants, 8160 South Highland
Drive, Sandy, Utah 84093.
The public may also examine
documents pertinent to the proposed
actions at the BLM Challis Field Office,
1151 Blue Mountain Road, Challis,
Idaho 83226 during regular business
hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Project information and documents will
also be available on the following Web
site: https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/info/
nepa/nepa/thompson_creek_mine.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
BLM Challis Field Office, telephone
(208) 879–6200; address 1151 Blue
Mountain Road, Challis, Idaho 83226.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at (800) 877–8339 between 8 a.m.
and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TCMC
owns and operates the Thompson Creek
molybdenum mine, located 7 miles
northwest of Clayton and 21 miles
southwest of Challis in Custer County,
Idaho. The mine has been in operation
since 1981 and is permitted for about
3,400 acres of surface disturbance, of
which approximately 2,300 acres are
private land and approximately 1,100
acres are Federal lands administered by
the BLM and the Forest Service.
TCMC has proposed to modify its
mining plan of operations. The
proposed MMPO would allow mining to
be extended by about 15 years, ending
around 2030. The MMPO would expand
two waste rock storage facilities and the
tailings impoundment, requiring
additional surface disturbance on about
350 acres of Federal lands, and 80 acres
of private land. As a separate action
TCMC has proposed to exchange 900
acres of private land owned by TCMC in
Custer and Bannock counties for 5,000
acres of BLM-administered land near
the mine in Custer County. The BLM is
currently conducting a feasibility
analysis of the proposed exchange.
Upon completion of the feasibility
analysis, the BLM may enter into an
Agreement to Initiate a Land Exchange
with TCMC and subsequently publish a
separate Notice of Exchange Proposal
(NOEP) in the newspapers servicing
Custer and Bannock counties. Public
comments received in response to the
NOEP would be considered in the EIS
if the NOEP is issued.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCON06000 L16100000.DO]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness, Colorado and Associated Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (FLPMA), as amended, and the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
of 2009 (Omnibus Act), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand
Junction and Uncompahgre Field Offices, Grand Junction and Montrose,
Colorado intend to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an
associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Dominguez-
Escalante National Conservation Area (NCA) and Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness. By this notice, the BLM is announcing the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process for the RMP
with associated EIS. Comments on issues and planning criteria may be
submitted in writing until September 2, 2010. The date(s) and
location(s) of any scoping meetings will be announced at least 15 days
in advance through local media, newspapers, and the Colorado BLM Web
site at: https://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html. In
order to be considered in the development of the Draft RMP/EIS, all
comments must be received prior to the close of the 30 day scoping
period or 30 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will provide additional opportunities for public participation
upon publication of the Draft RMP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria
related to the Dominguez-Escalante NCA and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness
RMP/EIS at any public scoping meeting or by any of the following
methods:
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html.
E-mail: dencarmp@blm.gov.
Fax: 970-244-3083.
Mail: Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road, Grand
Junction, Colorado 81506.
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Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the Grand
Junction Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information and/or to have
you name added to our mailing list, contact Katie A. Stevens, Interim
NCA Manager, telephone (970) 244-3049; address 2815 H Road, Grand
Junction, Colorado 81506; or by e-mail: Katie_A_Stevens@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP will replace portions of the
existing 1987 Grand Junction Resource Area RMP and the 1989 Uncompahgre
Basin RMP. This new planning process will allow the BLM to focus
specifically on developing management to conserve, protect and enhance
the resources and values of the NCA and the wilderness area as set
forth in Section 2402(b) of the Omnibus Act, including the geological,
cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, scientific,
recreational, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational,
and scenic resources of the public land; and the water resources of
area streams, based on seasonally available flows, that are necessary
to support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species and communities.
In developing new management for the NCA and Wilderness Area, the BLM
will comply with the direction set forth in the Omnibus Act, which
allows certain uses (including grazing, measures to control fire,
insects and disease) to continue in accordance with current laws and
regulations. The Omnibus Act also withdraws the NCA and the Wilderness
Area from certain other uses, including all forms of entry,
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing,
mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid
existing rights. Congress' withdrawal of the area to these uses may
foreclose certain alternatives. However, the withdrawal in and of
itself does not necessarily preclude consideration of these uses in the
RMP.
The planning area is located in Mesa, Delta, and Montrose Counties,
Colorado and encompasses approximately 209,610 acres of public land.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant
issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis,
including alternatives, and guide the planning process. Preliminary
issues for the planning area have been identified by BLM personnel,
Federal, state, and local agencies, and other stakeholders. The issues
include:
Is special management needed to restore, maintain, or
enhance priority species (including special status species) and their
habitats?
How should uses, including recreational, grazing, and
motorized and mechanized vehicle use be managed to provide for wildlife
(including special status species) habitat needs?
What goals, objectives, and management actions, including
desired future conditions and land restoration actions, are necessary
to continue progress toward achieving land health standards?
What goals, objectives and management actions, including
desired future conditions and riparian and aquatic restoration actions,
are necessary to ensure that these water resources are of sufficient
quality and quantity to support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial
species and communities?
How should the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness be managed to
protect wilderness values and provide outstanding opportunities for
solitude and/or primitive and unconfined recreation?
Is special management still warranted for the relevant and
important values recognized in the two existing Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACEC) nominations, and should additional lands
be considered for ACEC status?
What stream segments are suitable for designation as Wild,
Scenic, or Recreational under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act?
What Visual Resource Management classes will be necessary
outside the wilderness to provide adequate protection for the scenic
resources and visual quality of the NCA?
How should the cultural resources and archaeological
values (prehistoric and historic) of the area be protected and
preserved, while still allowing for appropriate information/education
efforts?
What recreational experiences and outcomes should be used
to focus future recreation management in the NCA?
Preliminary planning criteria include:
Completing the RMP in compliance with FLPMA, NEPA, the
Omnibus Act, and all other applicable laws, rules, regulations,
policies, and guidelines (including environmental laws and Executive
Orders listed as supplemental authorities in Appendix 1 of the NEPA
Handbook H-1790-1);
Ensuring that proposed management within the wilderness is
consistent with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and develop a Wilderness
Management Plan during the RMP process;
Initiating broad-based public participation as an integral
part of the planning and EIS development process;
Working with the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation
Area Advisory Council consistent with their established charter;
Inviting cooperating agency and local government input;
Consulting with Native American Tribes and other
governments at required intervals;
Developing adaptive management criteria and protocols and
also clearly identify the criteria that would trigger re-evaluation of
management;
Developing a comprehensive travel management plan during
the RMP process to identify all travel needs for the public, as well as
administrative and resource management activities such as research and
monitoring, permitting, or emergency or fire access;
Designating all public lands within the planning area as
open, limited, or closed to off-road vehicle use, mechanized use, and/
or non-motorized use;
Incorporating Standards for Public Land Health and
Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management into the planning process;
and
Responding to the Omnibus Act by developing management to
``conserve and protect for the benefit and enjoyment of present and
future generations [those resources and values identified as purposes
in the legislation, including the] geological, cultural, archeological,
paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, wilderness,
wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of
the public land; and the water resources of area streams, based on
seasonally available flows, that are necessary to support aquatic,
riparian, and terrestrial species and communities.''
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.
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The BLM will evaluate identified issues to be addressed in the
plan, and will place them into one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan. A public comment that
suggests developing management for one of the resource uses from which
the area was withdrawn by the legislation would likely fall within this
category.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the Draft RMP/EIS as to why
an issue was placed in category two or three. The public is also
encouraged to help identify any management questions and concerns that
should be addressed in the plan. The BLM will work collaboratively with
interested parties to identify the management decisions that are best
suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to develop the plan
in order to consider the variety of resource issues and concerns
identified. Specialists with expertise in the following disciplines
will be involved in the planning process: rangeland management,
minerals and geology, forestry, outdoor recreation, wilderness,
archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and fisheries, lands and realty,
hydrology, soils, sociology and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.
Lynn E. Rust,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-19060 Filed 8-2-10; 8:45 am]
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