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protect that habitat. Moreover, the
Management Plan/EIS failed to discuss
alternatives to the status quo regarding
livestock grazing in Craters of the Moon.
Specifically, the Court found that the
EIS supporting the Management Plan
violated NEPA and FLPMA by failing to:
(1) Consider a no-grazing alternative; (2)
Consider the recommendations for sagegrouse conservation contained within a
2004 Nature Conservancy Report and
the 2004 Western Association of Fish
and Wildlife Agencies Conservation
Assessment; (3) Fully discuss the
agency’s Special Status Species Policy
and National Sage Grouse Habitat
Conservation Strategy; and (4) Consider
any alternative that would have reduced
grazing levels. In November 2012, the
Court remanded all issues concerning
the Craters of the Moon Management
Plan to the BLM, without vacatur, for
the purpose of revising the Management
Plan. Accordingly, through the
amendment process announced in this
Notice, the BLM will analyze a nograzing alternative and reduced grazing
alternative(s) for BLM-managed lands
within the Craters of the Moon.
The BLM’s ongoing Idaho and
Southwestern Montana Sub-Regional
EIS/RMP amendment process (SubRegional EIS/RMP amendment) will
address measures for sage-grouse
conservation and is expected to result in
a plan amendment to the existing
Craters of the Moon Management Plan.
The BLM anticipates that the SubRegional EIS/RMP amendment effort
will be completed in the fall of 2014.
The amendment announced in this
Notice is expected to primarily address
issues related to management of
livestock grazing in the Craters of the
Moon planning area. However, the BLM
may also address additional issues
relating to the conservation measures for
sage-grouse identified in the U.S.
District Court’s Orders that are not
addressed in the Sub-Regional EIS/RMP
amendment process.
The BLM has identified the following
preliminary issues: The need to comply
with the Idaho District Court’s
September 28, 2011, and November 20,
2012, Orders by analyzing Land Use
Plan-level grazing allocations, including
a no grazing alternative and a reduced
grazing alternative in Craters of the
Moon; and the need to develop
conservation measures for sage-grouse
in Craters of the Moon. Preliminary
planning criteria include: Compliance
with FLPMA, NEPA, and all other
relevant Federal law, Executive orders,
and management policies of the BLM;
valid existing rights will be recognized;
and Native American Tribal
consultations will be conducted in
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accordance with policy and tribal
concerns will be given due
consideration.
You may submit comments to the
BLM on issues and planning criteria for
the plan amendment at any public
scoping meeting, or you may submit
them using one of the methods listed in
the ADDRESSES section above. The
public is encouraged to help identify
concerns specifically related to livestock
grazing and sage-grouse conservation
that should be addressed during the
plan amendment process. To be most
helpful, you should submit comments
by the close of the 30-day scoping
period or within 30 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will use the NEPA public
participation requirements to assist the
agency in satisfying the public
involvement requirements under
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C.
470(f)) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3).
The information about historic and
cultural resources within the area
potentially affected by the proposed
action will assist the BLM in identifying
and evaluating impacts to such
resources in the context of both NEPA
and Section 106 of the NHPA.
The BLM will consult with Indian
tribes on a government-to-government
basis in accordance with Executive
Order 13175 and other policies. Federal,
State, and local agencies, along with
tribes and other stakeholders that may
be interested in or affected by the
proposed action that the BLM is
evaluating, are invited to participate in
the scoping process.
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 BLM will evaluate all
submissions and identify issues to be
addressed in the Plan amendment.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary
approach to develop the Plan
amendment. Specialists with expertise
in the following disciplines will be
involved in the planning process:
rangeland management, outdoor
recreation, archaeology, wildlife,
botany, fire ecology, and soils.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR
1610.5–5(b).
Holly Hampton,
Monument Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Resource Management Plan and
Associated Environmental Impact
Statement for the Buffalo Resource
Management Plan Revision, Buffalo
Field Office, WY
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) 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 Buffalo
Field Office and by this notice is
announcing the opening of a 90-day
comment period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMP/EIS
within 90 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) of the Draft RMP/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 the project Web site: https://
www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/
Planning/rmps/buffalo.html.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/
st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/
buffalo.html.
• Email:
BRMP_Rev_WYMail@blm.gov;
• Fax: (307) 684–1122;
• Mail: Buffalo RMP, BLM Buffalo
Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo,
WY 82834; or
• By personal delivery to the Buffalo
Field Office or at a BLM-hosted public
meeting.
Copies of the Draft RMP/EIS are
available in the Buffalo Field Office at
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the above address and at the following
locations:
• Bureau of Land Management,
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY
82003
• Bureau of Land Management, High
Plains District Office, 2987 Prospector
Drive, Casper, WY 82604
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Bills, Buffalo RMP Team
Leader, BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425
Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834;
telephone 307–684–1133; or email
BRMP_Rev_WYMail@blm.gov.
The
planning area includes lands within the
BLM Buffalo Field Office’s
administrative boundaries, including all
of Campbell, Johnson, and Sheridan
counties in Wyoming. The planning
area includes all lands, regardless of
jurisdiction, totaling approximately 7.35
million acres; however, the BLM will
only make decisions on lands that fall
under the BLM’s jurisdiction. BLMadministered surface, totaling
approximately 782,000 acres, and
Federal mineral estate, totaling
approximately 4.8 million acres, make
up the decision area. BLM issued a
Notice of Intent (NOI) on November 14,
2008, for the Buffalo RMP Revision
Project and associated EIS, which
initiated public scoping. Public
meetings were held December 1–5,
2008. Approximately 130 members of
the public attended the public scoping
meetings held in Wright, Buffalo,
Gillette, Sheridan, and Kaycee. The
revised RMP will replace the 1985
Buffalo RMP as amended. The Draft
RMP/EIS includes a series of
management actions, within four
management alternatives, designed to
address management challenges and
issues raised during scoping. These
include, but are not limited to, energy
development (coal, oil and gas,
renewable energy, and uranium),
wildlife habitat management including
that of the greater sage-grouse, livestock
grazing, air quality, lands with
wilderness characteristics, suitability for
wild and scenic river designation,
special management areas including
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
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(ACEC), and travel management. The
four alternatives are:
A. Alternative A: (No Action):
Continues existing management;
B. Alternative B: Emphasizes
conservation of natural and cultural
resources while providing for
compatible development and use;
C. Alternative C: Emphasizes resource
development and use while protecting
natural and cultural resources; and
D. Alternative D (Preferred): Provides
development opportunities while
protecting sensitive resources.
The preferred alternative has been
identified as described in 40 CFR
1502.14(e). However, identification of a
preferred alternative does not represent
the final agency decision. The proposed
RMP and final EIS will reflect changes
or adjustments based on information
received during public comment, new
information, or changes in BLM policies
or priorities. The proposed RMP may
include portions of alternatives
analyzed in the draft RMP/EIS. For this
reason, the BLM encourages comments
on all alternatives and management
actions described in the Draft RMP/EIS.
In accordance with 43 CFR 1610.7–
2(b) and BLM Manual 1613, this NOA
announces a concurrent public
comment period on proposed Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern
(ACECs). There are no designated
ACECs in the existing BFO land use
plan (Alternative A) and Alternative C
does not propose designating any
ACECs. Alternative B proposes eight
ACECs and Alternative D proposes three
ACECs. The management restrictions
which would occur if areas proposed for
designation were formally designated
are different in alternatives B and D. In
Alternative B, management for all
ACEC’s would prohibit all surfacedisturbing activities not compatible
with the area’s values, including closing
to all forms of solid and fluid mineral
leasing and development;
recommending withdrawal of all ACECs
from locatable mineral entry; excluding
ROWs; and either closing or limiting
motorized vehicles to designated roads
and trails. ACECs would be managed as
visual resource management (VRM)
class II, retention, under Alternative B.
Alternative D proposes ACEC specific
management for the values of concern.
The values of concern and the acres that
would be designated under Alternatives
B and D are as follows:
• Burnt Hollow, (Alternative B 17,208
acres, Alternative D not designated)
Values: Visual resources, geologic
features, and fragile watersheds.
• Cantontment Reno, (Alternative B
523 acres, Alternative D not designated)
Value: Historic resources.
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• Dry Creek Petrified Tree,
(Alternative B 2,567 acres, Alternative D
not designated) Value: Geologic
features.
• Fortification Creek, (Alternatives B
& D 32,602 acres) Values: Visual
resources, wildlife resources, and fragile
watersheds. Alternative D management
would prohibit all surface-disturbing
activities not compatible with the area’s
values; close the area to all forms of
mineral activity including solid and
fluid mineral leasing; recommend
withdrawal from locatable mineral
entry; exclude Rights of Ways (ROWs);
and limit motorized vehicles to
designated roads and trails.
• Hole-in-the-Wall, (Alternative B
11,952 acres, Alternative D not
designated) Values: Visual and cultural
resources.
• Pumpkin Buttes, (Alternatives B &
D 1,733 acres) Value: Cultural resources.
Alternative D management would
prohibit surface-disturbing activities not
compatible with the area’s values
including a No Surface Occupancy
stipulation for new fluid mineral leases;
recommend withdrawal from locatable
mineral entry; exclude ROWs; and close
the area to motorized vehicles.
• Sagebrush Ecosystem, (Alternative
B 467,897 acres, Alternative D not
designated) Value: Sagebrush
ecosystems with dependent rare and
sensitive species.
• Welch Ranch, (Alternatives B 1,748
acres, Alternative D 1,116 acres) Values:
Visual resources, wildlife resources, and
presence of a natural hazard. Alternative
D management would prohibit all
surface-disturbing activities not
compatible with the area’s values
including closing the area to all forms
of mineral leasing and development
including solid minerals; recommend
withdrawal from locatable mineral entry
and exclude ROWs. Travel would be
limited to administrative use on
designated routes.
You may submit comments in writing
to the BLM at any public meeting, or
you may submit them to the BLM using
one of the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES section above. In order to
reduce the use of paper and control
costs, the BLM strongly encourages the
public to submit comments
electronically at the project Web site or
via email. Only comments submitted
using the methods described in the
ADDRESSES section above will be
accepted. Comments submitted must
include the commenter’s name and
street address. Whenever possible,
please include reference to either the
page or section in the Draft RMP/EIS to
which the comment applies. Before
including your address, phone number,
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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.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, are
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director, Wyoming.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Public Land Order No. 7816; Partial
Revocation of the Executive Order
dated April 17, 1926; Idaho
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
AGENCY:
This order partially revokes a
withdrawal created by an Executive
Order insofar as it affects 1,037.66 acres
of public lands withdrawn from
settlement, sale, location, or entry under
the public land laws, including location
for non-metaliferous minerals under the
United States mining laws, for
protection of springs and waterholes
and designated as Public Water Reserve
No. 107. This order also opens the lands
to conveyance out of Federal ownership.
DATES: Effective Date: June 28, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Underhill, BLM, Idaho State
Office, 208–373–3866 or Jan Parmenter,
BLM, Idaho Falls District Office, 208–
524–7562 or John Sullivan, BLM Boise
District Office, 208–384–3338. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 to reach any of the
contacts stated above. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with
either of the above individuals. You will
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The
Bureau of Land Management has
determined that portions of the
withdrawal created by an Executive
Order dated April 17, 1926, which
established Public Water Reserve No.
107, encumber several parcels of land
that are isolated from larger tracks of
Federal land making management
difficult, or are part of an Idaho State
land exchange. The partial revocation of
the withdrawal is needed to facilitate
the land conveyances out of Federal
ownership.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, (43 U.S.C.
1714), it is ordered as follows:
1. The withdrawal created by the
Executive Order dated April 17, 1926,
which established Public Water Reserve
No. 107, is hereby revoked insofar as it
affects the following described lands:
Boise Meridian
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SUMMARY:
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
T. 6 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 27, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
T. 7 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 1, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 2, lot 4;
Sec. 10, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 11, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.
T. 9 S., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 20, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 21, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 28, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 34, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.
T. 9 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 11, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
T. 9 S., R. 4 W.,
Sec. 6, lot 7 and 12, and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,
NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 7, lot 1 and NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
T. 9 S., R. 44 E.,
Sec. 7, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4;
Sec. 17, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 1,037.66
acres in Caribou and Owyhee Counties.
2. At 9 a.m., on July 29, 2013, the
lands described in Paragraph 1 will be
open to conveyance pursuant to the
land disposal and conveyance
authorities of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, (43 U.S.C. 1713), subject to
valid existing rights, the provisions of
existing withdrawals, other segregations
of record, and the requirements of
applicable law.
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Dated: May 30, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management
and Budget.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission of the United States, DOJ.
ACTION: Notice of a New System of
Records.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of
1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission (Commission),
Department of Justice, proposes to
establish a new system of records to
enable the Commission to carry out its
statutory responsibility to receive,
examine, adjudicate and render final
decisions with respect to claims for
compensation of U.S. nationals referred
to the Commission by the Department of
State under 22 U.S.C. 1623(a)(1)(C)
(‘‘Claims Referred by the Department of
State’’). The Claims Referred by the
Department of State System will include
documentation provided by the
claimants as well as background
material that will assist the Commission
in the processing of their claims. The
system will also include the final
decision of the Commission regarding
the claim.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4) and (11), the public is given
a 30-day period in which to comment.
Accordingly, please submit any
comments by July 29, 2013. The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB),
which has oversight responsibility
under the Act, requires a 40-day period
in which to conclude its review of the
system.
ADDRESSES: The public, OMB, and
Congress are invited to submit any
comments to the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission of the United
States, 600 E Street NW., Suite 6002,
Washington, DC 20579.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Administrative Office, Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission, U.S.
Department of Justice, 600 E Street NW.,
Suite 6002, Washington, DC 20579, or
by telephone at (202) 616–6975.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r),
the Department has provided a report to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and
Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Buffalo Resource
Management Plan Revision, Buffalo Field Office, WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) 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 Buffalo Field Office and
by this notice is announcing the opening of a 90-day comment period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMP/EIS within 90 days following the date
the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of
Availability (NOA) of the Draft RMP/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 the project Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/buffalo.html.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/buffalo.html.
Email: BRMP_Rev_WYMail@blm.gov;
Fax: (307) 684-1122;
Mail: Buffalo RMP, BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort
Street, Buffalo, WY 82834; or
By personal delivery to the Buffalo Field Office or at a
BLM-hosted public meeting.
Copies of the Draft RMP/EIS are available in the Buffalo Field
Office at
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the above address and at the following locations:
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82003
Bureau of Land Management, High Plains District Office,
2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, WY 82604
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Bills, Buffalo RMP Team Leader,
BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834;
telephone 307-684-1133; or email BRMP_Rev_WYMail@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area includes lands within the
BLM Buffalo Field Office's administrative boundaries, including all of
Campbell, Johnson, and Sheridan counties in Wyoming. The planning area
includes all lands, regardless of jurisdiction, totaling approximately
7.35 million acres; however, the BLM will only make decisions on lands
that fall under the BLM's jurisdiction. BLM-administered surface,
totaling approximately 782,000 acres, and Federal mineral estate,
totaling approximately 4.8 million acres, make up the decision area.
BLM issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) on November 14, 2008, for the
Buffalo RMP Revision Project and associated EIS, which initiated public
scoping. Public meetings were held December 1-5, 2008. Approximately
130 members of the public attended the public scoping meetings held in
Wright, Buffalo, Gillette, Sheridan, and Kaycee. The revised RMP will
replace the 1985 Buffalo RMP as amended. The Draft RMP/EIS includes a
series of management actions, within four management alternatives,
designed to address management challenges and issues raised during
scoping. These include, but are not limited to, energy development
(coal, oil and gas, renewable energy, and uranium), wildlife habitat
management including that of the greater sage-grouse, livestock
grazing, air quality, lands with wilderness characteristics,
suitability for wild and scenic river designation, special management
areas including Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), and
travel management. The four alternatives are:
A. Alternative A: (No Action): Continues existing management;
B. Alternative B: Emphasizes conservation of natural and cultural
resources while providing for compatible development and use;
C. Alternative C: Emphasizes resource development and use while
protecting natural and cultural resources; and
D. Alternative D (Preferred): Provides development opportunities
while protecting sensitive resources.
The preferred alternative has been identified as described in 40
CFR 1502.14(e). However, identification of a preferred alternative does
not represent the final agency decision. The proposed RMP and final EIS
will reflect changes or adjustments based on information received
during public comment, new information, or changes in BLM policies or
priorities. The proposed RMP may include portions of alternatives
analyzed in the draft RMP/EIS. For this reason, the BLM encourages
comments on all alternatives and management actions described in the
Draft RMP/EIS.
In accordance with 43 CFR 1610.7-2(b) and BLM Manual 1613, this NOA
announces a concurrent public comment period on proposed Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs). There are no designated ACECs
in the existing BFO land use plan (Alternative A) and Alternative C
does not propose designating any ACECs. Alternative B proposes eight
ACECs and Alternative D proposes three ACECs. The management
restrictions which would occur if areas proposed for designation were
formally designated are different in alternatives B and D. In
Alternative B, management for all ACEC's would prohibit all surface-
disturbing activities not compatible with the area's values, including
closing to all forms of solid and fluid mineral leasing and
development; recommending withdrawal of all ACECs from locatable
mineral entry; excluding ROWs; and either closing or limiting motorized
vehicles to designated roads and trails. ACECs would be managed as
visual resource management (VRM) class II, retention, under Alternative
B.
Alternative D proposes ACEC specific management for the values of
concern. The values of concern and the acres that would be designated
under Alternatives B and D are as follows:
Burnt Hollow, (Alternative B 17,208 acres, Alternative D
not designated) Values: Visual resources, geologic features, and
fragile watersheds.
Cantontment Reno, (Alternative B 523 acres, Alternative D
not designated) Value: Historic resources.
Dry Creek Petrified Tree, (Alternative B 2,567 acres,
Alternative D not designated) Value: Geologic features.
Fortification Creek, (Alternatives B & D 32,602 acres)
Values: Visual resources, wildlife resources, and fragile watersheds.
Alternative D management would prohibit all surface-disturbing
activities not compatible with the area's values; close the area to all
forms of mineral activity including solid and fluid mineral leasing;
recommend withdrawal from locatable mineral entry; exclude Rights of
Ways (ROWs); and limit motorized vehicles to designated roads and
trails.
Hole-in-the-Wall, (Alternative B 11,952 acres, Alternative
D not designated) Values: Visual and cultural resources.
Pumpkin Buttes, (Alternatives B & D 1,733 acres) Value:
Cultural resources. Alternative D management would prohibit surface-
disturbing activities not compatible with the area's values including a
No Surface Occupancy stipulation for new fluid mineral leases;
recommend withdrawal from locatable mineral entry; exclude ROWs; and
close the area to motorized vehicles.
Sagebrush Ecosystem, (Alternative B 467,897 acres,
Alternative D not designated) Value: Sagebrush ecosystems with
dependent rare and sensitive species.
Welch Ranch, (Alternatives B 1,748 acres, Alternative D
1,116 acres) Values: Visual resources, wildlife resources, and presence
of a natural hazard. Alternative D management would prohibit all
surface-disturbing activities not compatible with the area's values
including closing the area to all forms of mineral leasing and
development including solid minerals; recommend withdrawal from
locatable mineral entry and exclude ROWs. Travel would be limited to
administrative use on designated routes.
You may submit comments in writing to the BLM at any public
meeting, or you may submit them to the BLM using one of the methods
listed in the ADDRESSES section above. In order to reduce the use of
paper and control costs, the BLM strongly encourages the public to
submit comments electronically at the project Web site or via email.
Only comments submitted using the methods described in the ADDRESSES
section above will be accepted. Comments submitted must include the
commenter's name and street address. Whenever possible, please include
reference to either the page or section in the Draft RMP/EIS to which
the comment applies. Before including your address, phone number,
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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.
All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, are available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director, Wyoming.
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