Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Bering Sea-Western Interior Planning Area, Alaska and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 42970-42972 [2013-17224]
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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource
Management Plan for the Bering SeaWestern Interior Planning Area, Alaska
and Associated Environmental Impact
Statement
Dated: July 12, 2013.
Michelle Trout,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
AGENCY:
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, intends to prepare a Resource
Management Plan (RMP) with an
associated Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the RMP for the
Bering Sea-Western Interior (BSWI)
Planning Area and by this notice
announces the beginning of the scoping
process to solicit public comments and
identify issues. The RMP will replace
the existing 1981 Southwest Planning
Area Management Framework Plan and
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portions of the 1986 Central Yukon RMP
Record of Decision.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the RMP and
associated EIS. Comments on issues
may be submitted in writing until
December 16, 2013.
The date(s) and location(s) of any
scoping meetings will be announced at
least 15 days in advance through local
media, newspapers and the BLM Web
site at: www.blm.gov/ak. All comments
must be received prior to the close of
the 150-day scoping period or 15 days
after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. Additional opportunities for
public participation will be announced
upon publication of the Draft RMP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria related
to the Bering Sea-Western Interior RMP/
EIS by any of the following methods:
• In person at public scoping
meetings in communities within the
planning area. The BLM will announce
the meeting dates, times and specific
locations through news releases and on
the BLM Web site at www.blm.gov/ak
• Web site: www.blm.gov/ak
• email:
BSWI_RMP_COMMENT@blm.gov
• fax: 907–267–1267
• mail: BLM Anchorage Field Office,
Attention—BSWI RMP, 4700 BLM Road,
Anchorage, AK 99507
Documents pertinent to this planning
effort may be examined at the BLM
Anchorage Field Office, 4700 BLM
Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, and on the
BLM Alaska Web site: www.blm.gov/ak.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
RMP Team Lead, Anchorage Field
Office, telephone: 907–267–1246;
address: BLM Anchorage Field Office,
4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507;
email:
BSWI_RMP_COMMENT@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. FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
question with the above individual. You
will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document provides notice that the BLM
Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, intends to prepare an RMP with
an associated EIS for the Bering SeaWestern Interior Planning Area,
announces the beginning of the public
scoping process, and seeks public input
on issues and planning criteria. The
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Planning Area is located in western
Alaska and encompasses approximately
62 million acres of land, including 10.6
million acres managed by the BLM. The
planning area includes all lands south
of the Central Yukon watershed to the
southern boundary of the Kuskokwim
River watershed, and all lands west of
Denali National Park and Preserve to the
Bering Sea, including Saint Lawrence,
Saint Matthew and Nunivak islands.
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 for the
planning area have been identified by
the BLM; Federal, state, and local
agencies; and other stakeholders. The
issues include: Subsistence resource
uses, special recreation permitting,
mineral development, the Iditarod
National Historic Trail and Unalakleet
Wild River National Landscape
Conservation System units, air, soil and
water, vegetation, special status species,
fish and wildlife, cultural resources,
paleontology, traditional cultural
properties, visual resources, wildland
fire management, lands with wilderness
characteristics, forestry, livestock
grazing, recreation and visitor service,
trails and travel management, lands and
realty, social and economic conditions,
renewable energy, hazardous materials
and sites, and climate change.
The preliminary planning criteria
include:
1. Opportunities for public comment
and participation in the formulation of
the plan will be encouraged throughout
the RMP/EIS process;
2. Valid existing rights will be
recognized and protected;
3. The BLM will consider subsistence
uses and minimize adverse impacts in
accordance with Section 810 of the
ANILCA;
4. In accordance with the provisions
of 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(F), salmon will be
accorded recognition as an international
subsistence resource pursuant to the
provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty
of 1985 and those of the Yukon River
Salmon Act of 2000, Public Law 106–
450, 16 U.S.C. 5727 et seq., November
7, 2000;
5. The BLM will work cooperatively
with State and Federal agencies,
federally recognized tribes, and
municipal governments. Agencies
(including federally recognized tribal
governments) with jurisdiction by law
or special expertise will be consulted to
determine if cooperating agency status
is appropriate and desired;
6. Department of the Interior
guidance, Alaska Department of Fish
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and Game objectives, and Federal
Subsistence Board requirements and
mandates will be considered in
decisions related to wildlife
management;
7. The RMP will be consistent with
the Bureau’s H–1601–1 Land Use
Planning Handbook, Appendix C;
Program-Specific and Resource-Specific
Decision Guidance and supplemental
program guidance manuals and
handbooks;
8. The plan will be consistent with
the standards and guidance set forth in
FLPMA, NEPA, Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations, the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA), the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act, the National Trails
System Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act, ANILCA, the Surface Mine
Reclamation and Enforcement Act of
1977, and other pertinent Federal laws,
regulations, and policies;
9. The plan will be consistent with
the BLM-Alaska Land Health Standards;
10. Designations for Off-Highway
Vehicles for all public lands within the
Planning Area will be completed
according to the regulations found in 43
CFR Subpart 8342;
11. Multiple-Use classifications will
be consistent with the provisions of 43
CFR Parts 2400, 2410, 2420, 2430, 2440,
2450, 2460 and 2470;
12. Current and potentially new
special management areas, such as
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
(ACECs), will be considered using the
criteria found in 43 CFR 1610.7–2;
13. Lands addressed in the RMP will
be BLM-administered surface lands and
subsurface estate. No decisions will be
made for lands not managed by the
BLM;
14. Review and classification of
waterways as eligible for inclusion in
the National Wild and Scenic River
System will be consistent with the
Bureau’s Manual 6400—Wild and
Scenic Rivers—Policy and Program
Direction for Identification, Evaluation,
Planning, and Management;
15. The BLM will incorporate
Environmental Justice considerations in
the planning alternatives to respond to
Environmental Justice issues facing
minority populations, low income
communities, and tribes living near
public lands and using public land
resources;
16. Social scientific data and methods
will be integrated into the entire
planning process, from preparing the
pre-plan to implementation and
monitoring;
17. Impacts from the alternatives
considered in the RMP will be analyzed
in an EIS developed in accordance with
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regulations at 43 CFR Subpart 1610 and
40 CFR Part 1502;
18. Decisions in the plan will be
compatible with existing plans and
policies of adjacent local, state, and
Federal agencies to the maximum extent
possible while remaining consistent
with the purposes, policies, and
programs of Federal law, and
regulations applicable to public lands;
19. The plan will assess all BLMmanaged lands in the planning area for
wilderness characteristics using criteria
established by BLM Manual 6310. The
RMP will examine options for managing
lands with wilderness characteristics
and determine the most appropriate
land use allocations for these lands.
Considering wilderness characteristics
in the land use planning process may
result in several outcomes, including,
but not limited to: (1) Emphasizing
other multiple uses as a priority over
protecting wilderness characteristics; (2)
emphasizing other multiple uses while
applying management restrictions
(conditions of use, mitigation measures)
to reduce impacts to wilderness
characteristics; and, (3) the protection of
wilderness characteristics as a priority
over other uses.
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. All comments
must be received prior to the close of
the 150-day scoping period or 15 days
after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. 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 identified
issues and will place them into one of
three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this
plan.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the Draft RMP/Draft EIS as to why an
issue was placed in category two or
three. The public is also encouraged to
help identify any management questions
and concerns that should be addressed
in the plan. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to
identify the management decisions that
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are best suited to local, regional, and
national needs and concerns.
The BLM will use NEPA public
participation requirements to assist the
agency in satisfying the public
involvement requirements under
Section 106 of the 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.
Pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971, as
well as Executive Order 13175, the BLM
will also consult with Alaska Native
corporations. Tribal concerns, including
impacts on Indian trust assets and
potential impacts to cultural resources,
will be given due consideration.
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 and, if eligible, may
request or be requested by the BLM to
participate in the development of the
environmental analysis for the RMP as
a cooperating agency.
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: Lands and realty,
wildlife, fisheries, subsistence,
vegetation, outdoor recreation, fire
management, forestry, minerals and
geology, air quality, paleontology,
hydrology, soils, socioeconomics and
visual resource management.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Collect Fees on the
John Day River, Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to applicable
provisions of the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), the
Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM)
Prineville District Office is proposing to
begin collecting fees for day and
overnight trips (floats) on the Service
Creek (River Mile 157) to Tumwater
Falls (River Mile 10) stretch of the John
Day River, between Service Creek,
Oregon, and the confluence of the John
Day River and the Columbia River,
Oregon. The John Day River system was
designated as a National Wild and
Scenic River on October 28, 1988, and
as a Special Area in the John Day Basin
Resource Management Plan (February
2001).
SUMMARY:
To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the proposal to
collect fees by August 19, 2013.
Effective 6 months after publication of
this notice, the BLM’s Prineville District
Office will initiate fee collection
between Service Creek and Tumwater
Falls on the John Day River, unless the
BLM publishes a Federal Register
notice to the contrary.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this fee collection proposal by any of
the following methods:
• Email:
BLM_OR_PR_JDRiver_Study@blm.gov
with ‘‘fee proposal’’ in the title.
• Fax: (541) 416–6798.
• Mail: Chip Faver, BLM Central
Oregon Field Manager, Prineville
District Office, 3050 Northeast 3rd
Street, Prineville, Oregon 97754.
Copies of the fee proposal are
available at the BLM Prineville District
Office at the above address and online
at https://www.blm.gov/or/resources/
recreation/johnday/boat-fee.php
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heidi Mottl, Recreation Planner, at the
email or physical addresses above, or
via phone at 541–416–6700. 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
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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
Service Creek to Tumwater Falls stretch
of the John Day River offers outstanding
opportunities for overnight and day-use
floating in a raft, drift boat, kayak, or
canoe. The special area also provides
access to high-quality, outdoor
recreation opportunities (primarily
fishing, sightseeing, hunting, camping,
hiking, and swimming). Maintaining a
naturally appearing recreation setting, a
quality social setting, and enhancing the
visitor experience on the river while
protecting natural resources, requires
substantial Federal investment. The
BLM is committed to finding the proper
balance between public use and the
protection of resources.
Fee amounts will be posted on the
BLM Prineville District Office Web site
and at the Prineville District. Copies of
the Fee Business Plan are available at
the Prineville District Office, on the
Prineville District Web site and the BLM
Oregon State Office.
The BLM may collect fees in
conjunction with a Special Recreation
Permit (SRP) as required to manage
visitor use, protect natural resources,
and achieve the goals of the John Day
Basin Resource Management Plan. The
special area qualifies as a site wherein
visitors can be charged a fee in
conjunction with an SRP authorized
under Section 803(h) of the REA, 16
U.S.C. 6802(h). In accordance with the
REA and implementing regulations at 43
CFR part 2930, visitors would obtain an
individual or group SRP to float within
the Service Creek to Tumwater Falls
stretch of the John Day River. All fees
collected would be used for expenses
within the river corridor.
The BLM’s goal for the John Day River
fee program is to ensure that funding is
available to protect resources and
outstanding remarkable recreation
values, maintain the area in a naturally
appearing condition consistent with the
recreation setting established by the
RMP, and enhance visitor services and
safety, including expanding garbage
services and improving the Clarno boat
launch.
In 1998, the John Day River System
was established as a fee area under the
Recreational Fee Demonstration
Program, and in 2010, the BLM
completed the John Day River Study to
establish boating use capacities on the
river. In July 2012, the BLM published
the John Day River Fee Business Plan
(plan), which outlines the operational
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the
Bering Sea-Western Interior Planning Area, Alaska and Associated
Environmental Impact Statement
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, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare a
Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the RMP for the Bering Sea-Western Interior (BSWI)
Planning Area and by this notice announces the beginning of the scoping
process to solicit public comments and identify issues. The RMP will
replace the existing 1981 Southwest Planning Area Management Framework
Plan and portions of the 1986 Central Yukon RMP Record of Decision.
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process for the RMP and
associated EIS. Comments on issues may be submitted in writing until
December 16, 2013.
The date(s) and location(s) of any scoping meetings will be
announced at least 15 days in advance through local media, newspapers
and the BLM Web site at: www.blm.gov/ak. All comments must be received
prior to the close of the 150-day scoping period or 15 days after the
last public meeting, whichever is later. Additional opportunities for
public participation will be announced upon publication of the Draft
RMP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria
related to the Bering Sea-Western Interior RMP/EIS by any of the
following methods:
In person at public scoping meetings in communities within
the planning area. The BLM will announce the meeting dates, times and
specific locations through news releases and on the BLM Web site at
www.blm.gov/ak
Web site: www.blm.gov/ak
email: BSWI_RMP_COMMENT@blm.gov
fax: 907-267-1267
mail: BLM Anchorage Field Office, Attention--BSWI RMP,
4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507
Documents pertinent to this planning effort may be examined at the
BLM Anchorage Field Office, 4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, and on
the BLM Alaska Web site: www.blm.gov/ak.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact RMP Team Lead, Anchorage
Field Office, telephone: 907-267-1246; address: BLM Anchorage Field
Office, 4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507; email: BSWI_RMP_COMMENT@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. FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM
Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare an RMP
with an associated EIS for the Bering Sea-Western Interior Planning
Area, announces the beginning of the public scoping process, and seeks
public input on issues and planning criteria. The
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Planning Area is located in western Alaska and encompasses
approximately 62 million acres of land, including 10.6 million acres
managed by the BLM. The planning area includes all lands south of the
Central Yukon watershed to the southern boundary of the Kuskokwim River
watershed, and all lands west of Denali National Park and Preserve to
the Bering Sea, including Saint Lawrence, Saint Matthew and Nunivak
islands. 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 for the planning area have been identified by the BLM; Federal,
state, and local agencies; and other stakeholders. The issues include:
Subsistence resource uses, special recreation permitting, mineral
development, the Iditarod National Historic Trail and Unalakleet Wild
River National Landscape Conservation System units, air, soil and
water, vegetation, special status species, fish and wildlife, cultural
resources, paleontology, traditional cultural properties, visual
resources, wildland fire management, lands with wilderness
characteristics, forestry, livestock grazing, recreation and visitor
service, trails and travel management, lands and realty, social and
economic conditions, renewable energy, hazardous materials and sites,
and climate change.
The preliminary planning criteria include:
1. Opportunities for public comment and participation in the
formulation of the plan will be encouraged throughout the RMP/EIS
process;
2. Valid existing rights will be recognized and protected;
3. The BLM will consider subsistence uses and minimize adverse
impacts in accordance with Section 810 of the ANILCA;
4. In accordance with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(F),
salmon will be accorded recognition as an international subsistence
resource pursuant to the provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty of
1985 and those of the Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000, Public Law 106-
450, 16 U.S.C. 5727 et seq., November 7, 2000;
5. The BLM will work cooperatively with State and Federal agencies,
federally recognized tribes, and municipal governments. Agencies
(including federally recognized tribal governments) with jurisdiction
by law or special expertise will be consulted to determine if
cooperating agency status is appropriate and desired;
6. Department of the Interior guidance, Alaska Department of Fish
and Game objectives, and Federal Subsistence Board requirements and
mandates will be considered in decisions related to wildlife
management;
7. The RMP will be consistent with the Bureau's H-1601-1 Land Use
Planning Handbook, Appendix C; Program-Specific and Resource-Specific
Decision Guidance and supplemental program guidance manuals and
handbooks;
8. The plan will be consistent with the standards and guidance set
forth in FLPMA, NEPA, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act, the National Trails System Act, the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act, ANILCA, the Surface Mine Reclamation and Enforcement
Act of 1977, and other pertinent Federal laws, regulations, and
policies;
9. The plan will be consistent with the BLM-Alaska Land Health
Standards;
10. Designations for Off-Highway Vehicles for all public lands
within the Planning Area will be completed according to the regulations
found in 43 CFR Subpart 8342;
11. Multiple-Use classifications will be consistent with the
provisions of 43 CFR Parts 2400, 2410, 2420, 2430, 2440, 2450, 2460 and
2470;
12. Current and potentially new special management areas, such as
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), will be considered
using the criteria found in 43 CFR 1610.7-2;
13. Lands addressed in the RMP will be BLM-administered surface
lands and subsurface estate. No decisions will be made for lands not
managed by the BLM;
14. Review and classification of waterways as eligible for
inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System will be
consistent with the Bureau's Manual 6400--Wild and Scenic Rivers--
Policy and Program Direction for Identification, Evaluation, Planning,
and Management;
15. The BLM will incorporate Environmental Justice considerations
in the planning alternatives to respond to Environmental Justice issues
facing minority populations, low income communities, and tribes living
near public lands and using public land resources;
16. Social scientific data and methods will be integrated into the
entire planning process, from preparing the pre-plan to implementation
and monitoring;
17. Impacts from the alternatives considered in the RMP will be
analyzed in an EIS developed in accordance with regulations at 43 CFR
Subpart 1610 and 40 CFR Part 1502;
18. Decisions in the plan will be compatible with existing plans
and policies of adjacent local, state, and Federal agencies to the
maximum extent possible while remaining consistent with the purposes,
policies, and programs of Federal law, and regulations applicable to
public lands;
19. The plan will assess all BLM-managed lands in the planning area
for wilderness characteristics using criteria established by BLM Manual
6310. The RMP will examine options for managing lands with wilderness
characteristics and determine the most appropriate land use allocations
for these lands. Considering wilderness characteristics in the land use
planning process may result in several outcomes, including, but not
limited to: (1) Emphasizing other multiple uses as a priority over
protecting wilderness characteristics; (2) emphasizing other multiple
uses while applying management restrictions (conditions of use,
mitigation measures) to reduce impacts to wilderness characteristics;
and, (3) the protection of wilderness characteristics as a priority
over other uses.
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. All
comments must be received prior to the close of the 150-day scoping
period or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later.
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 identified issues and will place them into
one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the Draft RMP/Draft EIS as
to why an issue was placed in category two or three. The public is also
encouraged to help identify any management questions and concerns that
should be addressed in the plan. The BLM will work collaboratively with
interested parties to identify the management decisions that
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are best suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns.
The BLM will use NEPA public participation requirements to assist
the agency in satisfying the public involvement requirements under
Section 106 of the 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. Pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)
of 1971, as well as Executive Order 13175, the BLM will also consult
with Alaska Native corporations. Tribal concerns, including impacts on
Indian trust assets and potential impacts to cultural resources, will
be given due consideration. 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 and, if eligible, may request or
be requested by the BLM to participate in the development of the
environmental analysis for the RMP as a cooperating agency.
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: Lands and realty, wildlife,
fisheries, subsistence, vegetation, outdoor recreation, fire
management, forestry, minerals and geology, air quality, paleontology,
hydrology, soils, socioeconomics and visual resource management.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
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