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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Lewistown
Field Office Greater Sage-Grouse Draft
Land Use Plan Amendments and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement,
Montana
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
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Lewistown Field Office (LFO) Greater
Sage-Grouse (GRSG) Draft Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment
and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the LFO 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
Amendment/Draft EIS within 90 days
following the date the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes notice of
the Draft RMP Amendment/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 LFO GRSG Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS by any of the
following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/eplfront-office/eplanning/lup/lup_
register.do
• Email: blm_mt_lfo_sage_grouse@
blm.gov
• Fax: 406–538–1904
• Mail: BLM—Greater Sage-Grouse
EIS, 920 Northeast Main St., Lewistown,
MT 59457
Copies of the LFO GRSG Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS are available at
the LFO at the above address or on the
Web site at: https://blm.gov/f9kd.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Carr, Project Lead, telephone
406–538–1913; see address above; email
acarr@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
SUMMARY:
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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 BLM
prepared the LFO GRSG Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS to address a
range of alternatives focused on specific
conservation measures across the LFO
range of the GRSG. This Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS is one of 15
separate planning efforts undertaken as
part of the BLM’s and United States
Forest Service’s (USFS) National Greater
Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy. The
Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS
proposes to amend the RMPs for the
LFO. The current management decisions
for resources are described in the
following RMPs:
• Judith RMP (1994)
• Headwaters RMP (1984)
The planning area includes
approximately 7.3 million acres of BLM,
USFS, State, local, and private lands
located in central Montana, in five
counties (Petroleum, Fergus, Judith
Basin, Chouteau and Meagher). Within
the planning area, the BLM administers
approximately 593,995 surface acres
and 1,113,841 acres of Federal mineral
(subsurface) estate. Management
decisions made as a result of this Draft
RMP Amendment/Draft EIS will apply
only to the BLM-administered lands and
Federal mineral estate within two
categories of habitat identified in
cooperation with Montana Fish,
Wildlife and Parks:
• Preliminary Priority Habitat
(PPH)—Areas identified as having the
highest conservation value to
maintaining sustainable GRSG
populations; include breeding, late
brood-rearing and winter concentration
areas (233,219 surface acres; 281,748
acres of Federal mineral estate).
• Preliminary General Habitat
(PGH)—Areas of seasonal or year-round
habitat outside of priority habitat
(112,341 surface acres; 175,848 acres of
Federal mineral estate).
The formal public scoping process for
the RMP Amendment/EIS began on
December 9, 2011, with the publication
of a Notice of Intent in the Federal
Register (76 FR 77008). Another notice
was published in the Federal Register to
extend the scoping period until March
19, 2012. The BLM held a scoping open
house on January 10, 2012. The BLM
used public scoping comments to help
identify planning issues that directed
the formulation of alternatives and
framed the scope of analysis in the Draft
RMP Amendment/Draft EIS. The
scoping process was also used to
introduce the public to preliminary
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planning criteria, which set limits on
the scope of the Draft RMP Amendment/
Draft EIS.
Issues considered in the Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS include GRSG
habitat, energy and mineral
development, recreation, travel
management, rights-of-way including
transmission, livestock grazing,
wildland fire management, vegetation
management, drought and climate
change, special designations, fish and
wildlife, socioeconomics and
environmental justice, and agricultural
conversion.
The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS
evaluates four alternatives in detail,
including the No Action Alternative
(Alternative A) and three action
alternatives (Alternatives B, C and D).
The BLM identified Alternative D as the
preferred alternative. Identification of
this alternative, however, does not
represent final agency direction, and the
Proposed RMP Amendment may reflect
changes or adjustments based on
information received during the public
comment period, from new information,
or from changes in BLM policies or
priorities. The Proposed RMP
Amendment may include objectives and
actions described in the other analyzed
alternatives or otherwise within the
spectrum of alternatives analyzed.
Alternative A would retain the
current management goals, objectives,
and direction specified in the current
RMPs for the LFO. Alternative B
includes conservation measures from
the Sage-Grouse National Technical
Team Report. Alternative C includes
conservation measures various
conservation groups submitted to the
BLM. Alternative D includes
conservation measures the BLM
developed with the cooperating
agencies.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.7–2(b), this
notice announces a concurrent public
comment period on proposed Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).
One ACEC is proposed in Alternative C.
The Sage-Grouse Habitat ACEC
(approximately 96,000 acres) would
include the following resource use
limitations if it were formally
designated:
Designate as a Right-of-Way exclusion
area; close to livestock grazing; allow
vegetation treatments only for the
benefit of GRSG; and recommend for
withdrawal from mineral entry.
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 (7:30 a.m. to 4:30
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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.
Katherine P. Kitchell,
Acting State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
General Management Plan/Wilderness
Study/Environmental Impact Statement
for the Ozark National Scenic
Riverways, Missouri
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Draft General Management Plan/
Wilderness Study/Environmental
Impact Statement (GMP/WS/EIS) for the
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
(Riverways) in Missouri.
DATES: The Draft GMP/WS/EIS will
remain available for public review and
comment for 60 days following the
publishing of the Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft GMP/
WS/EIS will be available to the public
by request by writing to the
Superintendent, Ozark National Scenic
Riverways, 404 Watercress Drive, PO
Box 490, Van Buren, MO 63965. The
document is available on the Internet at
the NPS Planning, Environment, and
Public Comment Web site (PEPC) at
https://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/ozar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Bill Black, at the
address above, or by telephone at 573–
323–4236.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
NPS, announce the availability of the
Draft GMP/WS/EIS for the Riverways.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Lewistown Field Office Greater
Sage-Grouse Draft Land Use Plan Amendments and Draft Environmental
Impact Statement, Montana
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
Lewistown Field Office (LFO) Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) Draft Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the LFO 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 Amendment/Draft EIS within 90 days
following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice
of the Draft RMP Amendment/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 LFO GRSG Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/lup/lup_register.do
Email: blm_mt_lfo_sage_grouse@blm.gov
Fax: 406-538-1904
Mail: BLM--Greater Sage-Grouse EIS, 920 Northeast Main
St., Lewistown, MT 59457
Copies of the LFO GRSG Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS are available
at the LFO at the above address or on the Web site at: https://blm.gov/f9kd.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Carr, Project Lead, telephone
406-538-1913; see address above; email acarr@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
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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 BLM prepared the LFO GRSG Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS to address a range of alternatives focused on
specific conservation measures across the LFO range of the GRSG. This
Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS is one of 15 separate planning efforts
undertaken as part of the BLM's and United States Forest Service's
(USFS) National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy. The Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS proposes to amend the RMPs for the LFO. The current
management decisions for resources are described in the following RMPs:
Judith RMP (1994)
Headwaters RMP (1984)
The planning area includes approximately 7.3 million acres of BLM,
USFS, State, local, and private lands located in central Montana, in
five counties (Petroleum, Fergus, Judith Basin, Chouteau and Meagher).
Within the planning area, the BLM administers approximately 593,995
surface acres and 1,113,841 acres of Federal mineral (subsurface)
estate. Management decisions made as a result of this Draft RMP
Amendment/Draft EIS will apply only to the BLM-administered lands and
Federal mineral estate within two categories of habitat identified in
cooperation with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks:
Preliminary Priority Habitat (PPH)--Areas identified as
having the highest conservation value to maintaining sustainable GRSG
populations; include breeding, late brood-rearing and winter
concentration areas (233,219 surface acres; 281,748 acres of Federal
mineral estate).
Preliminary General Habitat (PGH)--Areas of seasonal or
year-round habitat outside of priority habitat (112,341 surface acres;
175,848 acres of Federal mineral estate).
The formal public scoping process for the RMP Amendment/EIS began
on December 9, 2011, with the publication of a Notice of Intent in the
Federal Register (76 FR 77008). Another notice was published in the
Federal Register to extend the scoping period until March 19, 2012. The
BLM held a scoping open house on January 10, 2012. The BLM used public
scoping comments to help identify planning issues that directed the
formulation of alternatives and framed the scope of analysis in the
Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS. The scoping process was also used to
introduce the public to preliminary planning criteria, which set limits
on the scope of the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS.
Issues considered in the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS include GRSG
habitat, energy and mineral development, recreation, travel management,
rights-of-way including transmission, livestock grazing, wildland fire
management, vegetation management, drought and climate change, special
designations, fish and wildlife, socioeconomics and environmental
justice, and agricultural conversion.
The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS evaluates four alternatives in
detail, including the No Action Alternative (Alternative A) and three
action alternatives (Alternatives B, C and D). The BLM identified
Alternative D as the preferred alternative. Identification of this
alternative, however, does not represent final agency direction, and
the Proposed RMP Amendment may reflect changes or adjustments based on
information received during the public comment period, from new
information, or from changes in BLM policies or priorities. The
Proposed RMP Amendment may include objectives and actions described in
the other analyzed alternatives or otherwise within the spectrum of
alternatives analyzed.
Alternative A would retain the current management goals,
objectives, and direction specified in the current RMPs for the LFO.
Alternative B includes conservation measures from the Sage-Grouse
National Technical Team Report. Alternative C includes conservation
measures various conservation groups submitted to the BLM. Alternative
D includes conservation measures the BLM developed with the cooperating
agencies.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.7-2(b), this notice announces a concurrent
public comment period on proposed Areas of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC). One ACEC is proposed in Alternative C. The Sage-Grouse
Habitat ACEC (approximately 96,000 acres) would include the following
resource use limitations if it were formally designated:
Designate as a Right-of-Way exclusion area; close to livestock
grazing; allow vegetation treatments only for the benefit of GRSG; and
recommend for withdrawal from mineral entry.
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 (7:30 a.m. to 4:30
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.
Katherine P. Kitchell,
Acting State Director.
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