Notice of Availability of the Draft West Eugene Wetlands Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Oregon, 64349-64350 [2012-25624]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 203 / Friday, October 19, 2012 / Notices may supplement the reserves at the Deserado Mine. The Federal coal resources are located in Moffatt County and Rio Blanco County, Colorado. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Sixth Principal Meridian T. 3 N., R. 101 W., Sec. 17, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 19, lot 1, NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 20, NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4; Sec. 21, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 22, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄2, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 23, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 26, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 27, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 34, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, and NW1⁄4; Sec. 35, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and N1⁄2NW1⁄4. These lands contain 3,154.76 acres, more or less. The EA addresses the cultural, socioeconomic, environmental, and cumulative impacts that would likely result from leasing these coal lands. Two alternatives are addressed in the EA: Alternative 1: (Proposed Action) The tracts would be leased as requested in the application; and Alternative 2: (No Action) The application would be rejected or denied. The Federal coal reserves would be bypassed. Proprietary data marked as confidential may be submitted to the BLM in response to this solicitation of public comments. Data so marked shall be treated in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the confidentiality of such information. A copy of the comments submitted by the public on the EA, unsigned FONSI, FMV and MER, except those portions identified as proprietary by the author and meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, will be available for public inspection at the BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado, 80215, during regular business hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Comments on the EA, FMV, and MER should address, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: 1. The quality and quantity of the coal resources; 2. The method of mining to be employed to obtain MER of the coal, including specifications of the seams to be mined, timing and rate of production, restriction to mining, and the inclusion VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:06 Oct 18, 2012 Jkt 229001 of the tracts in an existing mining operation; 3. The FMV appraisal including, but not limited to, the evaluation of the tract as an incremental unit of an existing mine, quality and quantity of the coal resource, selling price of the coal, mining and reclamation costs, net present value discount factors, depreciation and other tax accounting factors, value of the surface estate, the mining method or methods, and any comparable sales data on similar coal lands. The values given above may or may not change as a result of comments received from the public and changes in market conditions between now and when final economic evaluations are completed. Written comments on the EA, MER, and FMV should be sent to Paul Daggett at the above address or sent via email to pdaggett@blm.gov prior to close of business November 20, 2012. Please note ‘‘Coal Lease By Application’’ in the subject line for all emails. Substantive comments, whether written or oral, will receive equal consideration prior to any lease offering. Before including your address, phone number, email 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 foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR parts 3422 and 3425. Dated: August 21, 2012. Helen M. Hankins, BLM Colorado State Director. [FR Doc. 2012–25781 Filed 10–18–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [12X LLORE00000 L63500000.DP0000 LXSS021H0000.HAG12–0291] Notice of Availability of the Draft West Eugene Wetlands Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Oregon Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability. AGENCY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64349 Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West Eugene Wetlands and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period. DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Draft RMP/ Draft EIS within 90 days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice of the Draft RMP/Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or hearings and any other public participation activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media releases, and/or mailings. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft EIS by any of the following methods: • Web site: https://www.blm.gov/or/ districts/eugene/index.php. • Email: BLM_OR_EU_Mail@blm.gov. • Fax: 541–683–6981. • Mail: P.O. Box 10226, Eugene, Oregon 97440–2226. Copies of the West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft EIS are available at the Eugene District Office, 3106 Pierce Parkway, Springfield, Oregon 97477. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Hardt, Planning and Environmental Coordinator, telephone 541–683–6690; address P.O. Box 10226, Eugene, Oregon 97440–2226; email BLM_OR_EU_Mail@blm.gov. 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, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft EIS, the BLM analyzes the environmental consequences of seven alternatives for managing approximately 1,340 acres of BLM-administered lands in and near the city of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. The planning area does not currently have an RMP. The planning area is made up of acquired lands and survey hiatuses. This RMP is being developed separately from the Eugene District RMP because the planning area is geographically and ecologically distinct from the rest of the BLM-administered lands in the Eugene District and many of the resources and issues in the planning area are unrelated E:\FR\FM\19OCN1.SGM 19OCN1 64350 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 203 / Friday, October 19, 2012 / Notices to those addressed in the Eugene District RMP. The approved West Eugene Wetlands RMP will apply only to the BLM-administered lands in the West Eugene Wetlands. The purpose of the action is to manage the planning area to contribute to the recovery of species listed under the Endangered Species Act, while providing other benefits. There are specific considerations in the planning area that lead the BLM to focus management on threatened and endangered species, including the Fender’s blue butterfly and the plants Bradshaw’s lomatium, Willamette daisy, Kincaid’s lupine, and golden paintbrush: The scarcity of the listed species and their habitat, the importance of the planning area to the recovery of the listed species, and the purposes for which the BLM acquired the lands in the planning area. Therefore, the purpose and need for this RMP is more focused than the broad mandate of multiple use. The West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft EIS analyzes in detail six action alternatives and the No Action alternative. The No Action alternative would continue the current management approach into the future with no change in the management actions and level of management intensity in the planning area. Because the current management approach was not developed in an RMP, there are no land use allocations, management objectives, or management direction established for the planning area. The design of the action alternatives varies primarily in the amount and location of lands within the planning area that would be allocated to the restoration of threatened and endangered species habitat. The action alternatives also vary in the management emphasis for lands which are not managed for habitat restoration. Additionally, the action alternatives vary in whether herbicides would be included as a management tool. Under the action alternatives, most or all of the planning area would be allocated to two land use allocations: tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Prairie Restoration Area, which would have a management objective to restore and maintain habitat for prairie-related species; and Natural Maintenance Area, which would have a management objective to maintain existing resources and provide opportunities for a variety of goods and services. Alternative 1 would allocate most of the planning area to the Prairie Restoration Area. Alternatives 2A and 2B would allocate to the Prairie Restoration Area all designated critical habitat. Alternative 2B would emphasize providing commodities and VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:06 Oct 18, 2012 Jkt 229001 services to the extent compatible with threatened and endangered species management, and would make approximately two-thirds of the planning area open to saleable mineral development. Alternatives 3A, 3B, and 3C would allocate to the Prairie Restoration Area all good quality habitat that is currently occupied by threatened or endangered species. Alternative 3C would enhance recreation opportunities to the extent compatible with threatened and endangered species management. Alternatives 1, 2A, 2B, and 3A would include herbicides among the management tools. The only nomination for an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) received in this planning effort was continued designation of the currently designated Long Tom ACEC. Under Alternatives 1, 3A, 3B, and 3C, the site of the currently designated Long Tom ACEC would be included within the Prairie Restoration Area and would not need special management to protect the relevant and important values of the ACEC. Therefore, under these alternatives, the ACEC designation for this site would be removed. Under the No Action alternative and Alternatives 2A and 2B, the Long Tom site would continue to be designated as an ACEC. Under all action alternatives, motorized vehicle use would be limited to designated roads throughout the planning area. This planning effort will include implementation decisions related to travel management networks, including a travel management plan identifying the specific roads and trails that will be available for public use and the limitations on use of roads and trails. Alternative 2A is the BLM preferred alternative. The land-use planning process was initiated on June 8, 2011, through a Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register (76 FR 33341), notifying the public of a formal scoping period and soliciting public participation. Cooperating agencies in the preparation of this land use plan are the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Following the close of the public review and comment period, any substantive public comments will be used to revise the Draft RMP/Draft EIS in preparation for its release to the public as the Proposed RMP and Final EIS. The BLM will respond to each substantive comment received during the public review and comment period by making appropriate revisions to the document, PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 or explaining why the comment did not warrant a change. A notice of the availability of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS will be published in the Federal Register. Please note that public comments and information submitted—including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who submit comments—will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, email 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. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2. Virginia Grilley, Eugene District Manager. [FR Doc. 2012–25624 Filed 10–18–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–33–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLAZ910000.L12100000.XP0000LXSS150A 00006100.241A] State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meetings Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix, Arizona, as indicated below. DATES: The RAC will meet on November 28 for Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Grazing Administration training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; November 29 for new Member Orientation and the Recreation and Communities and Energy and Minerals Working Group meetings from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and November 30 for the Business meeting from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ADDRESSES: Training will be held at the Phoenix District Office, and the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\19OCN1.SGM 19OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
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Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Draft West Eugene Wetlands Resource 
Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a 
Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the West Eugene Wetlands and by this notice is 
announcing the opening of the comment period.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS within 90 days following 
the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice of 
the Draft RMP/Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce 
future meetings or hearings and any other public participation 
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media 
releases, and/or mailings.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the West Eugene Wetlands 
Draft RMP/Draft EIS by any of the following methods:
     Web site: https://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/index.php.
     Email: BLM_OR_EU_Mail@blm.gov.
     Fax: 541-683-6981.
     Mail: P.O. Box 10226, Eugene, Oregon 97440-2226.
    Copies of the West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft EIS are 
available at the Eugene District Office, 3106 Pierce Parkway, 
Springfield, Oregon 97477.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Hardt, Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, telephone 541-683-6690; address P.O. Box 
10226, Eugene, Oregon 97440-2226; email BLM_OR_EU_Mail@blm.gov. 
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, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft 
EIS, the BLM analyzes the environmental consequences of seven 
alternatives for managing approximately 1,340 acres of BLM-administered 
lands in and near the city of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. The 
planning area does not currently have an RMP. The planning area is made 
up of acquired lands and survey hiatuses. This RMP is being developed 
separately from the Eugene District RMP because the planning area is 
geographically and ecologically distinct from the rest of the BLM-
administered lands in the Eugene District and many of the resources and 
issues in the planning area are unrelated

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to those addressed in the Eugene District RMP. The approved West Eugene 
Wetlands RMP will apply only to the BLM-administered lands in the West 
Eugene Wetlands.
    The purpose of the action is to manage the planning area to 
contribute to the recovery of species listed under the Endangered 
Species Act, while providing other benefits. There are specific 
considerations in the planning area that lead the BLM to focus 
management on threatened and endangered species, including the Fender's 
blue butterfly and the plants Bradshaw's lomatium, Willamette daisy, 
Kincaid's lupine, and golden paintbrush: The scarcity of the listed 
species and their habitat, the importance of the planning area to the 
recovery of the listed species, and the purposes for which the BLM 
acquired the lands in the planning area. Therefore, the purpose and 
need for this RMP is more focused than the broad mandate of multiple 
use.
    The West Eugene Wetlands Draft RMP/Draft EIS analyzes in detail six 
action alternatives and the No Action alternative. The No Action 
alternative would continue the current management approach into the 
future with no change in the management actions and level of management 
intensity in the planning area. Because the current management approach 
was not developed in an RMP, there are no land use allocations, 
management objectives, or management direction established for the 
planning area.
    The design of the action alternatives varies primarily in the 
amount and location of lands within the planning area that would be 
allocated to the restoration of threatened and endangered species 
habitat. The action alternatives also vary in the management emphasis 
for lands which are not managed for habitat restoration. Additionally, 
the action alternatives vary in whether herbicides would be included as 
a management tool. Under the action alternatives, most or all of the 
planning area would be allocated to two land use allocations:

    Prairie Restoration Area, which would have a management 
objective to restore and maintain habitat for prairie-related 
species; and Natural Maintenance Area, which would have a management 
objective to maintain existing resources and provide opportunities 
for a variety of goods and services.

    Alternative 1 would allocate most of the planning area to the 
Prairie Restoration Area. Alternatives 2A and 2B would allocate to the 
Prairie Restoration Area all designated critical habitat. Alternative 
2B would emphasize providing commodities and services to the extent 
compatible with threatened and endangered species management, and would 
make approximately two-thirds of the planning area open to saleable 
mineral development.
    Alternatives 3A, 3B, and 3C would allocate to the Prairie 
Restoration Area all good quality habitat that is currently occupied by 
threatened or endangered species. Alternative 3C would enhance 
recreation opportunities to the extent compatible with threatened and 
endangered species management.
    Alternatives 1, 2A, 2B, and 3A would include herbicides among the 
management tools. The only nomination for an Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern (ACEC) received in this planning effort was 
continued designation of the currently designated Long Tom ACEC. Under 
Alternatives 1, 3A, 3B, and 3C, the site of the currently designated 
Long Tom ACEC would be included within the Prairie Restoration Area and 
would not need special management to protect the relevant and important 
values of the ACEC. Therefore, under these alternatives, the ACEC 
designation for this site would be removed. Under the No Action 
alternative and Alternatives 2A and 2B, the Long Tom site would 
continue to be designated as an ACEC.
    Under all action alternatives, motorized vehicle use would be 
limited to designated roads throughout the planning area. This planning 
effort will include implementation decisions related to travel 
management networks, including a travel management plan identifying the 
specific roads and trails that will be available for public use and the 
limitations on use of roads and trails.
    Alternative 2A is the BLM preferred alternative.
    The land-use planning process was initiated on June 8, 2011, 
through a Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register (76 FR 
33341), notifying the public of a formal scoping period and soliciting 
public participation. Cooperating agencies in the preparation of this 
land use plan are the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the City 
of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, and the Confederated Tribes of 
Grand Ronde. Following the close of the public review and comment 
period, any substantive public comments will be used to revise the 
Draft RMP/Draft EIS in preparation for its release to the public as the 
Proposed RMP and Final EIS. The BLM will respond to each substantive 
comment received during the public review and comment period by making 
appropriate revisions to the document, or explaining why the comment 
did not warrant a change. A notice of the availability of the Proposed 
RMP and Final EIS will be published in the Federal Register.
    Please note that public comments and information submitted--
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who 
submit comments--will be available for public review and disclosure at 
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
    Before including your address, phone number, email 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.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2.

Virginia Grilley,
Eugene District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2012-25624 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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