Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Rock Springs Field Office, Wyoming and Associated Environmental Impact Statement and Call for Coal Information, 5607-5608 [2011-2201]
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Office, Attn: Permit number TE30950A–
0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 7915
Baymeadows Way, Suite 200,
Jacksonville, FL32256.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off
information during regular business
hours at the above office address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Gawera, telephone: (904) 731–3121, email: erin_gawera@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) and our implementing Federal
regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17 prohibit
the ‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife species
listed as endangered or threatened. Take
of listed fish or wildlife is defined under
the Act as ‘‘to harass, harm, pursue,
hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture,
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any
such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532).
However, under limited circumstances,
we issue permits to authorize incidental
take—i.e., take that is incidental to, and
not the purpose of, the carrying out of
an otherwise lawful activity.
Regulations governing incidental take
permits for threatened and endangered
species are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22,
respectively. The Act’s take prohibitions
do not apply to federally listed plants
on private lands unless such take would
violate State law. In addition to meeting
other criteria, an incidental take
permit’s proposed actions must not
jeopardize the existence of federally
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Applicant’s Proposal
The applicant is requesting take of
approximately 1.3 ac of occupied sand
skink foraging and sheltering habitat
incidental to construction of a church,
and seeks a 5-year permit. The 4.93-ac
project is located on parcel # 09–23–26–
00030000–2100 within Section 09,
Township 23 South, Range 26 East, Lake
County, Florida. The project includes
construction of a church and the
associated infrastructure, and
landscaping. The applicant proposes to
mitigate for the take of the sand skink
by the purchase of 2.6 mitigation credits
within the Morgan Lake Wales Preserve.
Our Preliminary Determination
We have determined that the
applicant’s proposal, including the
proposed mitigation and minimization
measures, would have minor or
negligible effects on the species covered
in the HCP. Therefore, we determined
that the ITP is a ‘‘low-effect’’ project and
qualifies for categorical exclusion under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), as provided by the Department
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of the Interior Manual (516 DM 2
Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6 Appendix 1).
A low-effect HCP is one involving (1)
minor or negligible effects on federally
listed or candidate species and their
habitats, and (2) minor or negligible
effects on other environmental values or
resources.
Next Steps
We will evaluate the plan and
comments we receive to determine
whether the ITP application meets the
requirements of section 10(a) of the Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we determine
that the application meets these
requirements, we will issue ITP
#TE30950A–0. We will also evaluate
whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7
of the Act by conducting an intraService section 7 consultation. We will
use the results of this consultation, in
combination with the above findings, in
our final analysis to determine whether
or not to issue the ITP. If the
requirements are met, we will issue the
permit to the applicant.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit
application, plan, and associated
documents, you may submit comments
by any one of the methods in
ADDRESSES.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under Section
10 of the Act and NEPA regulations (40
CFR 1506.6).
Dated: January 25, 2011.
David L. Hankla,
Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWY930000–L16100000–DS0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource
Management Plan for the Rock Springs
Field Office, Wyoming and Associated
Environmental Impact Statement and
Call for Coal Information
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (FLPMA), as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Rock Springs
Field Office (RSFO), Rock Springs,
Wyoming, intends to prepare a Resource
Management Plan (RMP) with an
associated Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and by this notice is
announcing the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues. The BLM
is also soliciting resource information
for coal and other resources for the
planning area. The Rock Springs RMP
will replace the existing Green River
RMP (1997).
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the RMP and
associated EIS. Comments on issues
may be submitted in writing until April
4, 2011 A series of public scoping
meetings will be held in Rock Springs,
Farson, and Lyman, Wyoming. The
meeting times and addresses will be
announced through the local news
media, newsletters, mailings, and the
BLM Web site at https://www.blm.gov/
wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/
RockSprings.html at least 15 days prior
to the event. In order to be included in
the Draft RMP/EIS, all comments must
be received prior to the close of the
scoping period or 30 days after the last
public scoping 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 Rock Springs RMP/EIS by any of
the following methods: Web site:
https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/
Planning/rmps/RockSprings.html; Email: RockSpringsRMP_WY@blm.gov;
Fax: (307) 352–0218; or Mail: 280 Hwy
191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming
82901.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the BLM RSFO,
during regular business hours 7:30 a.m.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information or to have your name added
to the project mailing list, contact VeraLynn Harrison, Project Manager, at (307)
352–0259 or Vera_Harrison@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document provides notice that the BLM
RSFO intends to prepare an RMP with
an associated EIS for the Rock Springs
planning area, announces the beginning
of the scoping process, and seeks public
input on issues and planning criteria.
The planning area includes portions of
Lincoln, Sweetwater, Uinta, Sublette,
and Fremont counties in southwestern
Wyoming. The Rock Springs RMP
decision area includes public lands
administered by the BLM RSFO and
encompasses approximately 3.6 million
acres of surface land and 3.5 million
acres of mineral estate. The decision
area excludes private, State, tribal trust,
or other Federal lands or subsurface
mineral estates not administered by the
BLM.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to identify issues that will
influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process. Preliminary issues have been
identified by BLM personnel through an
interdisciplinary process and include,
but are not limited to: cultural and
historic resources, Native American
concerns, energy and minerals
development, renewable energy and
associated transmission infrastructure,
fire and fuels management, lands and
realty actions, paleontological resources,
recreation management, special
designations, lands with wilderness
characteristics and Wild Lands,
vegetation management, livestock
grazing/rangeland management, visual
resources concerns, soil and water
management, wildlife habitat
management including protection of
sensitive species habitat, healthy
landscapes initiative, air quality and
global climate change, wild horse and
burro management, and the economic
effects of BLM actions. Additional
identified BLM management concerns
include: drought management, forest
resources, invasive species/noxious
weeds, public safety, and the wildlandurban interface.
Preliminary planning criteria include:
(1) The RSFO RMP revision will comply
with FLPMA and all other applicable
laws, regulations, and policies; (2) The
RSFO RMP revision will analyze
impacts from all alternatives in
accordance with regulations at 43 CFR
part 1610 and 40 CFR part 1500; (3)
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Decisions in the RSFO plan revision
will only apply to public lands and the
mineral estate managed by the BLM; (4)
The revision process will follow the
Land Use Planning Handbook H–1601–
1; (5) The planning process will include
broad-based public participation; (6)
The revision process will consider
management of lands with wilderness
characteristics and designation of Wild
Lands; and (7) Revised RSFO planning
decisions will consider and incorporate
existing plans and policies of adjacent
local, State, Federal, and tribal agencies
to the extent consistent with Federal
law and regulations applicable to public
lands. Parties interested in leasing and
developing Federal coal in the planning
area should provide coal resource data
for their area(s) of interest. Specifically,
information is requested on the location,
quality, and quantity of Federal coal
with development potential, and on
surface resource values related to the 20
coal unsuitability criteria described in
43 CFR part 3461. This information will
be used for any necessary updating of
coal screening determinations in the
planning area. The coal screening
process is described in 43 CFR 3420.1–
4.
Proprietary data marked as
confidential may be submitted in
response to this call for coal
information. Please submit all
proprietary information submissions to
the address listed above. The BLM will
treat submissions marked as
‘‘Confidential’’ in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations
governing the confidentiality of such
information. Public participation will be
encouraged throughout the process. The
BLM will collaborate and build
relationships with tribes, State and local
governments, Federal agencies, local
stakeholders, and others within the
community of interest for the RMP. You
may submit comments on issues and
planning criteria 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 be most helpful, you
should submit comments by the close of
the scoping period or within 30 days
after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. 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
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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 to be addressed in the plan and
will place them into one of three
categories:
1. Issues to be resolved by the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues that are beyond the scope of
this plan.
The BLM will explain in the RMP
Draft EIS why issues are placed in
categories two or three. The public is
also encouraged to identify any
management questions and concerns
that should be addressed in the plan.
The BLM will work collaboratively with
the 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: Threatened and
endangered species, wildlife, air
resources, vegetation, riparian and
wetlands, soils, invasive and noxious
weeds, rangeland management, fire
ecology and management, cultural
resources and Native American
concerns, hydrology, geology and
minerals, lands and realty, recreation,
visual resource management, public
safety, law enforcement, and geographic
information systems.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR
1610.2
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWY930000-L16100000-DS0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the
Rock Springs Field Office, Wyoming and Associated Environmental Impact
Statement and Call for Coal Information
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 (FLPMA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Rock
Springs Field Office (RSFO), Rock Springs, Wyoming, intends to prepare
a Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) and by this notice is announcing the beginning
of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.
The BLM is also soliciting resource information for coal and other
resources for the planning area. The Rock Springs RMP will replace the
existing Green River RMP (1997).
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process for the RMP and
associated EIS. Comments on issues may be submitted in writing until
April 4, 2011 A series of public scoping meetings will be held in Rock
Springs, Farson, and Lyman, Wyoming. The meeting times and addresses
will be announced through the local news media, newsletters, mailings,
and the BLM Web site at https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/RockSprings.html at least 15 days prior to the event. In order to
be included in the Draft RMP/EIS, all comments must be received prior
to the close of the scoping period or 30 days after the last public
scoping 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 Rock Springs RMP/EIS by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/RockSprings.html; E-mail: RockSpringsRMP_WY@blm.gov; Fax: (307) 352-
0218; or Mail: 280 Hwy 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the BLM
RSFO, during regular business hours 7:30 a.m.
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to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information or to have your name
added to the project mailing list, contact Vera-Lynn Harrison, Project
Manager, at (307) 352-0259 or Vera_Harrison@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM
RSFO intends to prepare an RMP with an associated EIS for the Rock
Springs planning area, announces the beginning of the scoping process,
and seeks public input on issues and planning criteria. The planning
area includes portions of Lincoln, Sweetwater, Uinta, Sublette, and
Fremont counties in southwestern Wyoming. The Rock Springs RMP decision
area includes public lands administered by the BLM RSFO and encompasses
approximately 3.6 million acres of surface land and 3.5 million acres
of mineral estate. The decision area excludes private, State, tribal
trust, or other Federal lands or subsurface mineral estates not
administered by the BLM.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to identify issues
that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning process. Preliminary issues have
been identified by BLM personnel through an interdisciplinary process
and include, but are not limited to: cultural and historic resources,
Native American concerns, energy and minerals development, renewable
energy and associated transmission infrastructure, fire and fuels
management, lands and realty actions, paleontological resources,
recreation management, special designations, lands with wilderness
characteristics and Wild Lands, vegetation management, livestock
grazing/rangeland management, visual resources concerns, soil and water
management, wildlife habitat management including protection of
sensitive species habitat, healthy landscapes initiative, air quality
and global climate change, wild horse and burro management, and the
economic effects of BLM actions. Additional identified BLM management
concerns include: drought management, forest resources, invasive
species/noxious weeds, public safety, and the wildland-urban interface.
Preliminary planning criteria include: (1) The RSFO RMP revision
will comply with FLPMA and all other applicable laws, regulations, and
policies; (2) The RSFO RMP revision will analyze impacts from all
alternatives in accordance with regulations at 43 CFR part 1610 and 40
CFR part 1500; (3) Decisions in the RSFO plan revision will only apply
to public lands and the mineral estate managed by the BLM; (4) The
revision process will follow the Land Use Planning Handbook H-1601-1;
(5) The planning process will include broad-based public participation;
(6) The revision process will consider management of lands with
wilderness characteristics and designation of Wild Lands; and (7)
Revised RSFO planning decisions will consider and incorporate existing
plans and policies of adjacent local, State, Federal, and tribal
agencies to the extent consistent with Federal law and regulations
applicable to public lands. Parties interested in leasing and
developing Federal coal in the planning area should provide coal
resource data for their area(s) of interest. Specifically, information
is requested on the location, quality, and quantity of Federal coal
with development potential, and on surface resource values related to
the 20 coal unsuitability criteria described in 43 CFR part 3461. This
information will be used for any necessary updating of coal screening
determinations in the planning area. The coal screening process is
described in 43 CFR 3420.1-4.
Proprietary data marked as confidential may be submitted in
response to this call for coal information. Please submit all
proprietary information submissions to the address listed above. The
BLM will treat submissions marked as ``Confidential'' in accordance
with applicable laws and regulations governing the confidentiality of
such information. Public participation will be encouraged throughout
the process. The BLM will collaborate and build relationships with
tribes, State and local governments, Federal agencies, local
stakeholders, and others within the community of interest for the RMP.
You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria 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
be most helpful, you should submit comments by the close of the scoping
period or within 30 days after the last public meeting, whichever is
later. 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 to be addressed in the plan
and will place them into one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved by the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues that are beyond the scope of this plan.
The BLM will explain in the RMP Draft EIS why issues are placed in
categories two or three. The public is also encouraged to identify any
management questions and concerns that should be addressed in the plan.
The BLM will work collaboratively with the 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: Threatened and endangered
species, wildlife, air resources, vegetation, riparian and wetlands,
soils, invasive and noxious weeds, rangeland management, fire ecology
and management, cultural resources and Native American concerns,
hydrology, geology and minerals, lands and realty, recreation, visual
resource management, public safety, law enforcement, and geographic
information systems.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 1610.2
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
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