Notice of Availability of Approved Land Use Plan Amendments/Record of Decision for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, 19518-19519 [2013-07452]
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conducting presence/absence/
population surveys and assisting in
species recovery efforts. These activities
will be conducted throughout the range
of each species: Ouachita rock
pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri),
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia
monodonta), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), Curtis pearlymussel
(Epioblasma florentina curtisii),
snuffbox (E. triquetra), turgid blossom
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streckeri), scaleshell (Leptodea
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(Plethobasus cyphyus), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), and
winged mapleleaf (Q. fragosa).
Dated: March 21, 2013.
Kenneth A. Garrahan,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Availability of Approved Land
Use Plan Amendments/Record of
Decision for Allocation of Oil Shale
and Tar Sands Resources on Lands
Administered by the Bureau of Land
Management in Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming and Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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) announces the
availability of the Approved Land Use
Plan Amendments/Record of Decision
(ROD) for Allocation of Oil Shale and
Tar Sands Resources on Lands
Administered by the BLM in Colorado,
Utah, and Wyoming. The BLM Principal
Deputy Director signed the ROD on
March 22, 2013, which constitutes the
final decision of the BLM and makes the
Approved Plan Amendments effective
immediately.
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The ROD/Approved Plan
Amendments document is available
now electronically on the following
Web site: https://ostseis.anl.gov. Copies
of the ROD/Approved Plan
Amendments will be available after
April 1, 2013, upon request from the
BLM Office locations listed below.
Copies of the ROD will be available after
April 1, 2013, for public inspection at
the same BLM Office locations:
Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield
Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
Northwest District Office, 2815 H Road,
Grand Junction, CO 81506.
White River Field Office, 220 East
Market Street, Meeker, CO 81641.
Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300
River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652.
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South,
Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.
Green River District Office, 170 South
500 East, Vernal, UT 84078.
Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West,
Price, UT 84501.
Color Country District Office, 176 East
D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, UT
84721.
Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900
North, Richfield, UT 84701.
Canyon Country District Office, 82 East
Dogwood, Moab, UT 84532.
Monticello Field Office, 365 North
Main, Monticello, UT 84535.
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY
82009.
High Desert District Office, 280
Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,
WY 82901.
Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway
189 North, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third,
Rawlins, WY 82301.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherri Thompson, BLM Project
Manager, at 303–239–3758,
(sthompso@blm.gov), Bureau of Land
Management, 2850 Youngfield Street,
Lakewood, CO 80215 or Mitchell
Leverette, BLM Division Chief, Solid
Minerals, at 202–912–7113,
(mleveret@blm.gov), Bureau of Land
Management, 20 M Street SE.,
Washington, DC 20003. 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
individuals 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 individuals.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
decision in the ROD selects a modified
version of Alternative 2(b), the proposed
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plan in the Final Oil Shale and Tar
Sands Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), as the Approved
Land Use Plan Amendments, which
would amend 10 land use plans in
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to make
approximately 679,000 acres of lands
containing oil shale resources open for
application for future leasing and
development and approximately
132,000 acres open for application for
future leasing and development of tar
sands.
The Environmental Protection Agency
published a Notice of Availability for
the Final Programmatic EIS in the
Federal Register on November 9, 2012
(77 FR 67362), initiating the BLM’s 30day protest period on the Proposed Plan
Amendments for oil shale and tar sands
allocation. The protest period closed on
December 10, 2012. Eighteen protests
were received; protests came from local
governments, the State of Utah,
industry, industry interest groups,
environmental groups, and an
individual. The BLM has resolved all
valid protest issues.
The BLM has made minor
modifications and editorial
clarifications to the Approved Plan
Amendments. These modifications
provided further clarification of some of
the decisions.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Michael D. Nedd,
Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty
Management.
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Notice of Invitation to Participate; Coal
Exploration License Application UTU–
89454, UT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Mineral
Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the
Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act
of 1976, and to Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) regulations, all
interested qualified parties are hereby
invited to participate with Ark Land
Company on a pro rata cost sharing
basis in its program for the exploration
of coal deposits owned by the United
States of America in Sevier County,
Utah.
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The notice of invitation to
participate in this coal exploration
license was published, once each week
for 2 consecutive weeks in the Richfield
Reaper (beginning the last week of
December 2012), and by virtue of this
announcement in the Federal Register.
Any person seeking to participate in this
exploration program must send written
notice to the BLM and Ark Land
Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES
section below, no later than May 1,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration
plan are available for review from 7:45
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, excluding Federal holidays,
(serialized under the number of UTU–
89454) in the public room of the BLM
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South,
Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.
The written notice to participate in
the exploration program should be sent
to the following addresses: Bureau of
Land Management, Utah State Office,
Division of Lands and Minerals, Attn:
Stan Perkes, 440 West 200 South, Suite
500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 and Ark
Land Company, c/o Sufco Mine, Attn:
Mark Bunnell, 597 South SR 24, Salina,
UT 84654.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan
Perkes, Mining Engineer, at 801–539–
4036 or by email: sperkes@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: The
purpose of the exploration program is to
gain additional geologic knowledge of
the coal underlying the exploration area
for the purpose of assessing the coal
resources. The exploration program is
fully described and is being conducted
pursuant to an exploration license and
plan approved by the BLM. The
exploration plan may be modified to
accommodate the legitimate exploration
needs of persons seeking to participate.
The area to be explored includes the
following-described lands in Sevier
County, Utah:
DATES:
Salt Lake Meridian, Utah
T. 21 S., R. 4 E., SLM, Utah
Sec. 14, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,
W1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec. 15, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4.
Containing 520.00 acres.
The Federal coal within the abovedescribed lands is currently not leased
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWO320000 L13100000 DT0000 LXSIOSHL0000]
Notice of Availability of Approved Land Use Plan Amendments/
Record of Decision for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources
on Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado,
Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
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) announces the
availability of the Approved Land Use Plan Amendments/Record of
Decision (ROD) for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on
Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The BLM
Principal Deputy Director signed the ROD on March 22, 2013, which
constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved Plan
Amendments effective immediately.
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ADDRESSES: The ROD/Approved Plan Amendments document is available now
electronically on the following Web site: https://ostseis.anl.gov.
Copies of the ROD/Approved Plan Amendments will be available after
April 1, 2013, upon request from the BLM Office locations listed below.
Copies of the ROD will be available after April 1, 2013, for public
inspection at the same BLM Office locations:
Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
Northwest District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
White River Field Office, 220 East Market Street, Meeker, CO 81641.
Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO
81652.
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT
84101.
Green River District Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, UT 84078.
Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501.
Color Country District Office, 176 East D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City,
UT 84721.
Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701.
Canyon Country District Office, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, UT 84532.
Monticello Field Office, 365 North Main, Monticello, UT 84535.
Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009.
High Desert District Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, WY
82901.
Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway 189 North, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third, Rawlins, WY 82301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherri Thompson, BLM Project Manager,
at 303-239-3758, (sthompso@blm.gov), Bureau of Land Management, 2850
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215 or Mitchell Leverette, BLM
Division Chief, Solid Minerals, at 202-912-7113, (mleveret@blm.gov),
Bureau of Land Management, 20 M Street SE., Washington, DC 20003.
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 individuals 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 individuals. You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The decision in the ROD selects a modified
version of Alternative 2(b), the proposed plan in the Final Oil Shale
and Tar Sands Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as the
Approved Land Use Plan Amendments, which would amend 10 land use plans
in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to make approximately 679,000 acres of
lands containing oil shale resources open for application for future
leasing and development and approximately 132,000 acres open for
application for future leasing and development of tar sands.
The Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of
Availability for the Final Programmatic EIS in the Federal Register on
November 9, 2012 (77 FR 67362), initiating the BLM's 30-day protest
period on the Proposed Plan Amendments for oil shale and tar sands
allocation. The protest period closed on December 10, 2012. Eighteen
protests were received; protests came from local governments, the State
of Utah, industry, industry interest groups, environmental groups, and
an individual. The BLM has resolved all valid protest issues.
The BLM has made minor modifications and editorial clarifications
to the Approved Plan Amendments. These modifications provided further
clarification of some of the decisions.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Michael D. Nedd,
Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-07452 Filed 3-29-13; 8:45 am]
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