Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Proposed Blackfoot Bridge Mine, Caribou County, ID, 35467 [2011-15241]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 117 / Friday, June 17, 2011 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDI02000.L71220000.EO0000.
LVTFD0980300]
Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision for the Proposed Blackfoot
Bridge Mine, Caribou County, ID
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is announcing the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the proposed Blackfoot Bridge
Mine.
DATES: The ROD is now available.
Implementation of this decision may
begin at the close of an appeal-filing
period which begins June 17, 2011 and
ends 30 days after June 17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Blackfoot
Bridge Mine ROD are available in the
BLM Pocatello Field Office at the
following address: 4350 Cliffs Drive,
Pocatello, Idaho 83204. In addition, an
electronic copy of the ROD is available
at the following Web site: https://
www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/0.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle
Free, Bureau of Land Management,
Pocatello Field Office, 4350 Cliffs Drive,
Pocatello, Idaho 83204, phone (208)
478–6368, fax (208) 478–6376. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
has made the decision to approve the
Blackfoot Bridge Mine and Reclamation
Plan as defined by Alternative 1A,
subject to the environmental protection
measures of the Proposed Action and
Alternative 1A, mitigation, monitoring,
and conditions developed in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
and subject to additional conditions
described in the ROD. The BLM has also
decided to recommend the proposed
lease modification to lease I–05613.
This decision is consistent with the
Prefered Alternative as described and
analyzed in the Final EIS.
The BLM approves of Alternative 1A
because this alternative employs
reasonable measures to satisfy
regulatory requirements and adequately
reduces potential environmental
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impacts on local and regional water
quality. A Geosynthetic Clay Liner
Laminate cover system is the most
notable of these mitigation measures,
but other measures such as an
Overburden Seepage Management
System, will also reduce potential
impacts. The effectiveness of these
measures is enhanced by the
development of specific management
plans for the implementation of
additional environmental control
measures. As detailed in the Final EIS,
these measures include, but are not
limited to the Water Management Plan,
the Environmental Monitoring Plan, and
the Adaptive Management Plan.
As conditions of approval for the
Blackfoot Bridge Mine, P4 or the Federal
lease holder, its employees, contractors,
agents, assignees, and operators must
comply with the mitigation and
monitoring measures as well as other
requirements defined in the Final EIS,
the ROD, and conditions defined by
cooperating agencies in their decisions.
Conditions of Approval defined in the
ROD cover performance bonding,
monitoring, construction quality
assurance, oversight funding, water
rights, and other requirements.
Implementation of the decision may
begin at the close of an appeal-filing
period which begins with this notice
and ends in 30 days. Information and
procedures for taking appeals to the
Interior Board of Land Appeals are
provided in Appendix IV of the ROD.
Authority: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 40 CFR
part 1500.
Joe Kraayenbrink,
BLM Idaho Falls District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2031–A154–422]
Deer and Vegetation Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement,
Fire Island National Seashore, New
York
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for a
Deer and Vegetation Management Plan,
Fire Island National Seashore, New
York.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
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U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park
Service is preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for a Deer and
Vegetation Management Plan at Fire
Island National Seashore, New York.
The purpose of taking action at this time
is to address issues associated with the
abundance and distribution of whitetailed deer at Fire Island National
Seashore (Seashore). The issues include
impacts from deer on the natural and
cultural resources of the Seashore as
well as impacts resulting from deerhuman interaction. Actions addressing
these issues will be designed and
undertaken in support of the long-term
protection, preservation, and restoration
of Seashore resources.
Information collected as part of
research conducted at the Seashore has
indicated the need for a management
plan to address changes in deer
abundance and deer behavior due to the
presence of human food sources and
habituation to the unthreatening
presence of humans; adverse impacts on
native vegetation resulting from current
levels of deer browsing; and adverse
impacts on natural and cultural
resources at the William Floyd Estate
resulting from current deer population
levels.
DATES: The National Park Service will
accept comments from the public
through July 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review and
comment online at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/fiis, at Park
Headquarters (120 Laurel St, Patchogue,
NY 11772), the Fire Island Lighthouse,
and the Wilderness Visitor Center.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula Valentine (631–687–4759) or
Lindsay Ries (631–687–4768).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 30
years, Seashore staff have been involved
with issues linked to the deer
population on Fire Island. Initially,
concerns were focused around a
noticeable increase in the number of
deer within the communities of western
Fire Island and the appearance of Lyme
disease among island residents and park
employees. Later, a re-evaluation of
permanent sample plots established in
1967 in the Sunken Forest area of the
Seashore documented the impacts of
deer browsing on understory vegetation
within a decade of the Seashore’s
establishment. As a result of these
concerns, Seashore staff, along with
academic and agency scientists,
embarked on a series of investigations
documenting and describing deer
abundance and distribution across the
island; ecology of Lyme disease and its
host vectors including ticks, birds, and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDI02000.L71220000.EO0000. LVTFD0980300]
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Proposed
Blackfoot Bridge Mine, Caribou County, ID
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing the
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Blackfoot
Bridge Mine.
DATES: The ROD is now available. Implementation of this decision may
begin at the close of an appeal-filing period which begins June 17,
2011 and ends 30 days after June 17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Blackfoot Bridge Mine ROD are available in the
BLM Pocatello Field Office at the following address: 4350 Cliffs Drive,
Pocatello, Idaho 83204. In addition, an electronic copy of the ROD is
available at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/0.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Free, Bureau of Land Management,
Pocatello Field Office, 4350 Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, Idaho 83204,
phone (208) 478-6368, fax (208) 478-6376. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours
a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM has made the decision to approve the
Blackfoot Bridge Mine and Reclamation Plan as defined by Alternative
1A, subject to the environmental protection measures of the Proposed
Action and Alternative 1A, mitigation, monitoring, and conditions
developed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and
subject to additional conditions described in the ROD. The BLM has also
decided to recommend the proposed lease modification to lease I-05613.
This decision is consistent with the Prefered Alternative as described
and analyzed in the Final EIS.
The BLM approves of Alternative 1A because this alternative employs
reasonable measures to satisfy regulatory requirements and adequately
reduces potential environmental impacts on local and regional water
quality. A Geosynthetic Clay Liner Laminate cover system is the most
notable of these mitigation measures, but other measures such as an
Overburden Seepage Management System, will also reduce potential
impacts. The effectiveness of these measures is enhanced by the
development of specific management plans for the implementation of
additional environmental control measures. As detailed in the Final
EIS, these measures include, but are not limited to the Water
Management Plan, the Environmental Monitoring Plan, and the Adaptive
Management Plan.
As conditions of approval for the Blackfoot Bridge Mine, P4 or the
Federal lease holder, its employees, contractors, agents, assignees,
and operators must comply with the mitigation and monitoring measures
as well as other requirements defined in the Final EIS, the ROD, and
conditions defined by cooperating agencies in their decisions.
Conditions of Approval defined in the ROD cover performance bonding,
monitoring, construction quality assurance, oversight funding, water
rights, and other requirements.
Implementation of the decision may begin at the close of an appeal-
filing period which begins with this notice and ends in 30 days.
Information and procedures for taking appeals to the Interior Board of
Land Appeals are provided in Appendix IV of the ROD.
Authority: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C.
181 et seq.); the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 40 CFR part 1500.
Joe Kraayenbrink,
BLM Idaho Falls District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2011-15241 Filed 6-16-11; 8:45 am]
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