Notice of Intent To Extend the Public Scoping Period for the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas Resource Management Plan and Call for Coal Information, 76318-76319 [2013-29964]
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methods, including public notices in
local newspapers and a notice in the
Federal Register (77 FR 26569, May 4,
2012). We held a public meeting to
solicit comments on the Draft EIS/EIR
on May 30, 2012. We identified and
analyzed four alternatives in the Draft
EIS/EIR.
Following public review of the Draft
EIS/EIR, the Service and CDFW, in
coordination with PCGID–PID, River
Partners, and the design engineers,
identified the preferred alternative,
which includes installation of
traditional riprap on the northwest bank
of the Riparian Sanctuary, including a
low berm along the gravel bar and a toe
trench just off the gravel bar; removal of
upstream rock; and site-specific
plantings on the Riparian Sanctuary. A
notice of availability of the Final EIS/
EIR was published in the Federal
Register on March 15, 2013. The record
of decision documents our decision to
support the implementation of the
preferred alternative described in the
Final EIS/EIR.
We provide this notice under
regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations for implementing the
National Environmental Policy Act (40
CFR 1506.6).
Alexandra Pitts,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region .
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Dina L. Torres,
Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Division
of Lands and Cadastral.
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AGENCY:
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision to
Koniag, Inc. The decision will approve
conveyance of only the surface estate in
certain lands pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1601, et seq.). The lands are located on
Kodiak Island, Alaska, and aggregate
45.57 acres. Notice of the decision will
also be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the Anchorage
Daily News.
DATES: Any party claiming a property
interest in the lands affected by the
SUMMARY:
decision may appeal the decision in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4 within the following time
limits:
1. Unknown parties, parties unable to
be located after reasonable efforts have
been expended to locate, parties who
fail or refuse to sign their return receipt,
and parties who receive a copy of the
decision by regular mail which is not
certified, return receipt requested, shall
have until January 16, 2014 to file an
appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have
waived their rights. Notices of appeal
transmitted by electronic means, such as
facsimile or email, will not be accepted
as timely filed.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
AK 99513–7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by
email at blm_ak_akso_public_room@
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 BLM during normal
business hours. In addition, the FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
BLM. The BLM will reply during
normal business hours.
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Extend the Public
Scoping Period for the Oklahoma,
Kansas, and Texas Resource
Management Plan and Call for Coal
Information
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the
SUMMARY:
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Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
extending the scoping period for the
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas planning
area, which was originally initiated on
July 26, 2013 (78 FR 45266). The
purpose of the ongoing scoping process
is to solicit public comments and
identify issues. The BLM is also
soliciting resource information for coal
and other resources in the planning
area.
DATES: This notice extends the scoping
period for the Resource Management
Plan (RMP) with an associated
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Comments on issues may be submitted
in writing until January 24, 2014. The
date(s) and location(s) of scoping
meetings will be announced at least 15
days advance through the local media,
newspapers and the BLM Web site at:
https://www.blm.gov/nm/oktrmp. In
order to be included in the Draft EIS, all
comments must be received prior to the
close of the scoping period or 15 days
after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. We will provide additional
opportunities for public participation
upon publication of the Draft EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria related
to the Oklahoma/Kansas/Texas RMP by
any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nm/
oktrmp.
• Email: BLM_NM_OKT_RMP@
blm.gov.
• Fax: 918- 621–4130; Attention:
Laurence Levesque.
• Mail: Oklahoma Field Office, BLM,
7906 East 33rd Street, Suite 101, Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74145; Attention: Laurence
Levesque.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Oklahoma Field
Office at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurence Levesque, Planning and
Environmental Specialist; telephone
918–621–4136; address 7906 East 33rd
Street, Suite 101, Tulsa, OK 74145;
email laurence_levesque@blm.gov.
Contact Mr. Levesque if you wish to
have your name added to our mailing
list. 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: This
document provides notice that the BLM
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Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, is extending the scoping
period for an RMP with an associated
EIS for the Oklahoma, Kansas, and
Texas planning area. The EIS will also
analyze decisions for Indian lands and
mineral interests administered by the
BIA Eastern Oklahoma and Southern
Plans Regional Offices. The BLM will be
the lead agency in the RMP/EIS
development effort, and the BIA will
participate as a cooperating agency and
sign a separate Record of Decision for
management decisions for Indian lands
and mineral interests. For additional
information regarding the planning area,
issues, and planning criteria, please
refer to the original Notice of Intent
published on July 26, 2013 (78 FR
45266).
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. To be most
helpful, you should submit comments
by the close of the 30 day scoping
period or within 15 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later.
Parties interested in leasing and
development of Federal coal in the
planning area should provide coal
resource data for their area(s) of interest.
Specifically, information is requested on
the location, quality, and quantity of
Federal coal with development
potential, and on surface resource
values related to the 20 coal
unsuitability criteria described in 43
CFR part 3461. This information will be
used for any necessary updating of coal
screening determination (43 CFR
3420.1–4) in the Decision Area and in
the environmental analysis for the RMP.
In addition to coal resource data, the
BLM seeks resource information and
data for other public land values (e.g.,
air quality, cultural and historic
resources, fire/fuels, fisheries, forestry,
lands and realty, non-energy minerals
and geology, oil and gas, paleontology,
rangeland management, recreation, soil,
water, and wildlife) in the planning
area. The purpose of this request is to
assure that the planning effort has
sufficient information and data to
consider a reasonable range of resource
uses, management options, and
alternatives for the public lands.
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: Minerals and geology,
archaeology, wildlife and fisheries,
lands and realty, hydrology, soils,
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livestock grazing, recreation, sociology,
and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2
Sheila K. Mallory,
Acting State Director, Minerals.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Invitation—Coal Exploration
License Application MTM 106757,
Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Members of the public are
hereby invited to participate with Signal
Peak Energy, LLC on a pro rata cost
sharing basis in a program for the
exploration of coal deposits owned by
the United States of America in lands
located in Yellowstone and Musselshell
Counties, Montana, encompassing
2,039.64 acres.
DATES: Any party seeking to participate
in this exploration program must send
written notice to both the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) and Signal
Peak Energy, LLC as provided in the
ADDRESSES section below no later than
January 16, 2014 or 10 calendar days
after the last publication of this Notice
in the Roundup Record Tribune and
Winnett Times newspaper, whichever is
later. This Notice will be published
once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in
the Roundup Record Tribune and
Winnett Times, Roundup, Montana.
Such written notice must refer to serial
number MTM 106757.
ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration
license and plan are available for review
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, in the public room at the BLM
Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, MT. The exploration
license application and exploration plan
are also available for viewing on the
Montana State Office coal Web site at
https://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/prog/
energy/coal.html.
A written notice to participate in the
exploration licenses should be sent to
the State Director, BLM Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
MT 59101–4669 and Signal Peak
Energy, LLC, 100 Portal Drive,
Roundup, MT 59072.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Drake by telephone at 406–896–
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5349 or by email at cdrake@blm.gov; or
Connie Schaff by telephone at 406–896–
5060 or by email at cschaff@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
exploration activities will be performed
pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and
to the regulations at 43 CFR part 3410.
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 will be 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 lands to be explored for coal
deposits in exploration license MTM
106757 are described as follows:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 5 N., R. 27 E.,
Sec. 4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, S1⁄2;
T. 6 N., R. 27 E.,
Sec. 24, NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and
S1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 32, SW1⁄4;
Sec. 34, SE1⁄4;
T. 6 N., R. 28 E.,
Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, E1⁄2, and
E1⁄2W1⁄2.
Containing 2,039.64 acres.
The Federal coal within the lands
described for exploration license MTM
106757 is currently unleased for
development of Federal coal reserves.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
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Filing of Plats of Survey: California
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The plats of survey of lands
described below are scheduled to be
officially filed in the Bureau of Land
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Extend the Public Scoping Period for the
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas Resource Management Plan and Call for Coal
Information
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 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
extending the scoping period for the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas
planning area, which was originally initiated on July 26, 2013 (78 FR
45266). The purpose of the ongoing scoping process is to solicit public
comments and identify issues. The BLM is also soliciting resource
information for coal and other resources in the planning area.
DATES: This notice extends the scoping period for the Resource
Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS). Comments on issues may be submitted in writing until January 24,
2014. The date(s) and location(s) of scoping meetings will be announced
at least 15 days advance through the local media, newspapers and the
BLM Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/nm/oktrmp. In order to be included
in the Draft EIS, all comments must be received prior to the close of
the scoping period or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. We will provide additional opportunities for public
participation upon publication of the Draft EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria
related to the Oklahoma/Kansas/Texas RMP by any of the following
methods:
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nm/oktrmp.
Email: BLM_NM_OKT_RMP@blm.gov.
Fax: 918- 621-4130; Attention: Laurence Levesque.
Mail: Oklahoma Field Office, BLM, 7906 East 33rd Street,
Suite 101, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145; Attention: Laurence Levesque.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the
Oklahoma Field Office at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence Levesque, Planning and
Environmental Specialist; telephone 918-621-4136; address 7906 East
33rd Street, Suite 101, Tulsa, OK 74145; email laurence_levesque@blm.gov. Contact Mr. Levesque if you wish to have your name
added to our mailing list. 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: This document provides notice that the BLM
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Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is extending the scoping period
for an RMP with an associated EIS for the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas
planning area. The EIS will also analyze decisions for Indian lands and
mineral interests administered by the BIA Eastern Oklahoma and Southern
Plans Regional Offices. The BLM will be the lead agency in the RMP/EIS
development effort, and the BIA will participate as a cooperating
agency and sign a separate Record of Decision for management decisions
for Indian lands and mineral interests. For additional information
regarding the planning area, issues, and planning criteria, please
refer to the original Notice of Intent published on July 26, 2013 (78
FR 45266).
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. To
be most helpful, you should submit comments by the close of the 30 day
scoping period or within 15 days after the last public meeting,
whichever is later.
Parties interested in leasing and development of Federal coal in
the planning area should provide coal resource data for their area(s)
of interest. Specifically, information is requested on the location,
quality, and quantity of Federal coal with development potential, and
on surface resource values related to the 20 coal unsuitability
criteria described in 43 CFR part 3461. This information will be used
for any necessary updating of coal screening determination (43 CFR
3420.1-4) in the Decision Area and in the environmental analysis for
the RMP. In addition to coal resource data, the BLM seeks resource
information and data for other public land values (e.g., air quality,
cultural and historic resources, fire/fuels, fisheries, forestry, lands
and realty, non-energy minerals and geology, oil and gas, paleontology,
rangeland management, recreation, soil, water, and wildlife) in the
planning area. The purpose of this request is to assure that the
planning effort has sufficient information and data to consider a
reasonable range of resource uses, management options, and alternatives
for the public lands.
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: Minerals and geology,
archaeology, wildlife and fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology,
soils, livestock grazing, recreation, sociology, and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2
Sheila K. Mallory,
Acting State Director, Minerals.
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