Notice of Intent To Amend the Resource Management Plan for the Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office and Prepare an Associated Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado, 8105-8107 [2015-02946]
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III. Data
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Title: Probate of Indian Estates, Except
for Members of the Osage Nation and
Five Civilized Tribes.
Brief Description of Collection: This
part contains the procedures that the
Secretary of the Interior follows to
initiate the probate of the trust estate for
a deceased person who owns an interest
in trust or restricted property. The
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order distribution of the trust assets in
the decedent’s estate. A response is
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Type of Review: Extension without
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Respondents: Indians, businesses, and
tribal authorities.
Number of Respondents: 65,751.
Frequency of Response: One per
respondent each year with the exception
of tribes that may be required to provide
enrollment information on an average of
approximately 10 times/year.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
76,695.
Estimated Time per Response: Ranges
from 0.5 hours to 45.5 hours (see table
below).
Number of
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Hours per
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Total burden
hours
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2,000
0.5
0.5
500
1,000
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Provide probate documents ..................................................
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21,235
5,660
5,850
35,100
5
45.5
2
2
0.5
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11,320
11,700
17,550
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15.104
15.105
15.203
15.301
15.305
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,037,513.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Dated: February 10, 2015.
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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Notice of Intent To Amend the
Resource Management Plan for the
Bureau of Land Management Gunnison
Field Office and Prepare an Associated
Environmental Impact Statement,
Colorado
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice.
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)
Gunnison Field Office, Gunnison,
Colorado, intends to prepare a Resource
Management Plan (RMP) amendment
with an associated Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) and by this
notice is announcing the beginning of
the scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the RMP
amendment with associated EIS.
Comments on issues may be submitted
in writing until March 16, 2015. 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:
https://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/
SUMMARY:
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gfo.html. In order to be included in the
Draft EIS, all comments must be
received prior to the close of the 30-day
scoping period or 15 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later. The
BLM will provide additional
opportunities for public participation as
appropriate.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria related
to the Gunnison Field Office RMP
amendment/EIS by any of the following
methods:
• Email: blm_co_gfo_nepa_
comments@blm.gov.
• Fax: 970–642–4990.
• Mail: 210 West Spencer Street,
Suite A, Gunnison, CO 81230.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the BLM Gunnison
Field Office at the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation
Planner; telephone, 970–642–4955;
address, 210 West Spencer Street, Suite
A, Gunnison, CO 81230; email, blm_
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co_gfo_nepa_comments@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: This
document provides notice that the BLM
Gunnison Field Office intends to
prepare an RMP amendment with an
associated EIS for 16 domestic sheep
grazing allotments, announces the
beginning of the scoping process and
seeks public input on issues and
planning criteria. The planning area is
located in Gunnison, Hinsdale, and
portions of Montrose, Ouray, and San
Juan counties, Colorado. The planning
area encompasses approximately
115,000 acres of public land. The BLM
will analyze grazing that is currently
authorized by five livestock grazing
permits in the planning area. The five
livestock grazing permits authorize
sheep grazing on twelve grazing
allotments. Eight of those allotments
completely or partly overlap with
mapped Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
(RMBS) habitat. Livestock grazing
authorized by these five permits has not
yet been fully analyzed in compliance
with NEPA; therefore, these permits are
currently being authorized under the
authority of Public Law 108–108 and
Public Law 111–8. In addition, the BLM
will analyze livestock grazing on four
other livestock grazing allotments
located in areas south and west of Lake
City, Colorado, which are currently
vacant (domestic livestock grazing is not
currently permitted on those
allotments). Although there is no
demand for livestock grazing on these
four vacant allotments, the risk of
contact with RMBS is high if permitted.
Because the BLM may change livestock
grazing allocations through this process,
the BLM may need to amend its
Resource Management Plan. These
changes could include making some
areas and related allotments unavailable
to livestock grazing; adjusting area-wide
forage availability for livestock; and
making some areas or allotments that
are currently unavailable to livestock
grazing available for that use.
Over the past 30 years, the bighorn
sheep population in the area has
increased to a level indicating a healthy,
stable population. New information
about disease transmission between
domestic sheep and RMBS indicates
that contact between the species can
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pose a risk to the health of the RMBS
population. The potential for disease
transmission is a particular concern in
areas where the risk of contact between
species is high and design criteria or
mitigation measures to achieve
separation may not be effective. To fully
analyze the direct, indirect and
cumulative impacts of authorizing
livestock grazing in bighorn sheep
habitat areas, the EIS will consider the
five livestock grazing permits, including
the associated grazing allotments
outside of RMBS habitat, as well as four
allotments that are currently vacant and
unpermitted.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to determine relevant issues
that will influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process. Preliminary issues for the plan
amendment area have been identified by
BLM personnel; Federal, State, and local
agencies; and other stakeholders. The
issues include: RMBS population
health, domestic sheep grazing, socioeconomics, riparian area conditions,
noxious weeds, Canada lynx habitat,
Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat and
upland soils. Preliminary planning
criteria include:
1. The BLM will continue to manage
the Gunnison Field Office in accordance
with the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1701 (et seq.), other applicable laws and
regulations and all existing public land
laws.
2. The RMP amendment will be
developed using an interdisciplinary
approach to identify alternatives and
analyze resource impacts, including
cumulative impacts to natural and
cultural resources and the social and
economic environment.
3. The amendment process will follow
the FLPMA planning process and the
BLM will develop an EIS analyzing the
amendment, consistent with NEPA.
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 earlier in the
ADDRESSES section. 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.
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
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. The minutes and list of attendees
for each scoping meeting will be
available to the public and open for 30
days after the meeting to any participant
who wishes to clarify the views he or
she expressed.
The BLM will evaluate identified
issues to be addressed in the plan
amendment, and will place them into
one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan
amendment;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan
amendment.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the Draft RMP amendment/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
amendment. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to
identify the management decisions that
are best suited to local, regional, and
national needs and concerns.
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. 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 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 as a cooperating
agency. The BLM will use an
interdisciplinary approach to develop
the plan amendment 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: rangeland
management, minerals and geology,
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forestry, outdoor recreation,
archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and
fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology,
soils, sociology, and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR
1610.2
Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine
County, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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 (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Egan Field Office,
Ely, Nevada has prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
EIS) for the proposed Gold Rock Mine
Project in White Pine County, NV, and
by this notice is announcing the
opening of the public comment period
on the Draft EIS.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft EIS
within 45 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce any public meetings or other
public involvement activities at least 15
days in advance through public notices,
media releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Gold Rock Mine Project by
any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://on.doi.gov/
1zAxyW9.
• fax: 775–289–1910.
• mail: BLM Ely District, Egan Field
Office, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely, NV
89301–9408.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
in the Egan Field Office at the above
address and on the Ely District’s Web
page at https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/
ely_field_office/blm_programs/
minerals/mining_projects/gold_rock_
project.html.
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For
further information contact Dan
Netcher, Project Manager, telephone
775–289–1872; address BLM Ely
District, Egan Field Office, HC 33 Box
33500, Ely, NV 89301–9408; email
dnetcher@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:
Midway Gold US Inc. (Midway)
proposes to construct and operate an
open-pit gold mining operation on the
eastern side of the Pancake Mountain
Range, approximately 50 miles west of
Ely in White Pine County, Nevada. The
proposed location is 15 miles south of
U.S. Route 50 near Newark Valley and
the northern Railroad Valley, in the
same geographic area as the reclaimed
and closed Easy Junior Mine. Midway
submitted the Gold Rock Mine Project
Plan of Operations on March 21, 2013.
The BLM’s approval of the mine plan as
proposed (the Proposed Action) would
authorize approximately 3,946 acres of
disturbance on land administered by the
BLM. Under the Proposed Action, the
proposed operations and associated
disturbance would include a proposed
power line extending south from the
Pan Mine to the west side of the
proposed Gold Rock Mine Project site.
Also under the Proposed Action, a
county road that currently passes
through the Gold Rock Mine Project area
would be re-located onto existing and
new BLM and county roads. An updated
inventory of lands with wilderness
characteristics was completed and
found no lands with wilderness
characteristics in the project area.
The projected life of the project is 48
years: 10 years of mining and additional
time for associated construction,
reclamation, closure, and post-closure
monitoring periods. Midway is
currently conducting exploration
activities in the project area; which
activities were analyzed in two separate
environmental assessments (EAs): The
Midway Gold Rock Project Final
Environmental Assessment (June 2012),
and the Environmental Assessment for
the Midway Gold Rock Project,
Exploration Amendment (October
2012).
On September 5, 2013, a Notice of
Intent (NOI) was published in the
Federal Register inviting scoping
comments on the Proposed Action. A
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legal notice was prepared by the BLM
and published in the Ely Times, the
Eureka Sentinel, the High Desert
Advocate, and the Reno Gazette-Journal
informing the public of the BLM’s
intention to prepare the Gold Rock Mine
EIS. Public scoping meetings were held
in September 2013 in Ely, Eureka, and
Reno, Nevada. On November 7, 2013,
the BLM learned that the email account
set up to receive scoping comments on
the Gold Rock Mine Project EIS, along
with all of its contents, had disappeared
during the first week of October 2013
and was not recoverable. On March 28,
2014, the BLM published a second
Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS in the
Federal Register, extending the scoping
period for another 30-day public input
period, inviting the public to submit
comments, and requesting that anyone
who submitted scoping comments by
email during the initial 30-day scoping
period (September 5, 2013, through
October 7, 2013) resubmit their
comments by mail, by fax, or through
the ePlanning system during this 30-day
extension of the public input period. No
changes were made to the Proposed
Action. No scoping meetings were held
during this 30-day extension of the
public input period, as these meetings
were not affected by the technical
difficulties with the email account. In
total, 60 comment documents were
received during scoping. The comments
were incorporated in a Scoping
Summary Report and were considered
in the preparation of this Draft EIS.
Concerns raised during scoping
include: Positive and negative
socioeconomic impacts on the
communities of Ely and Eureka, and to
White Pine County; changes to the
quantity and quality of surface water
and groundwater; potential occurrence
of acid drainage from waste rock
disposal areas into surface or
groundwater; impacts to soils through
reduced infiltration or increased
erosion; potential occurrence of a
release of pollutants and hazardous
materials to the environment during
operations or following closure; impacts
to wild horses and their habitat; impacts
to vegetation communities, and
vegetative food resources for wildlife;
short- and long-term impacts on wildlife
population dynamics and habitats;
potential impacts to population and
habitat of greater sage-grouse; potential
impacts to Native American traditional
and religious values regarding greater
sage-grouse, antelope traps and geologic
and mineral resources; impacts to air
quality through point (equipment) and
non-point (site roads and facilities)
pollution sources; potential impacts to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Amend the Resource Management Plan for the
Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office and Prepare an
Associated Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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)
Gunnison Field Office, Gunnison, Colorado, intends to prepare a
Resource Management Plan (RMP) amendment with an associated
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and by this notice is announcing
the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and
identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process for the RMP
amendment with associated EIS. Comments on issues may be submitted in
writing until March 16, 2015. 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: https://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/gfo.html. In order to be included in the Draft EIS, all
comments must be received prior to the close of the 30-day scoping
period or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will provide additional opportunities for public participation
as appropriate.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria
related to the Gunnison Field Office RMP amendment/EIS by any of the
following methods:
Email: gfo_nepa_comments@blm.gov">blm_co_gfo_nepa_comments@blm.gov.
Fax: 970-642-4990.
Mail: 210 West Spencer Street, Suite A, Gunnison, CO
81230.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the BLM
Gunnison Field Office at the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation
Planner; telephone, 970-642-4955; address, 210 West Spencer Street,
Suite A, Gunnison, CO 81230; email, blm_
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co_gfo_nepa_comments@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: This document provides notice that the BLM
Gunnison Field Office intends to prepare an RMP amendment with an
associated EIS for 16 domestic sheep grazing allotments, announces the
beginning of the scoping process and seeks public input on issues and
planning criteria. The planning area is located in Gunnison, Hinsdale,
and portions of Montrose, Ouray, and San Juan counties, Colorado. The
planning area encompasses approximately 115,000 acres of public land.
The BLM will analyze grazing that is currently authorized by five
livestock grazing permits in the planning area. The five livestock
grazing permits authorize sheep grazing on twelve grazing allotments.
Eight of those allotments completely or partly overlap with mapped
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (RMBS) habitat. Livestock grazing
authorized by these five permits has not yet been fully analyzed in
compliance with NEPA; therefore, these permits are currently being
authorized under the authority of Public Law 108-108 and Public Law
111-8. In addition, the BLM will analyze livestock grazing on four
other livestock grazing allotments located in areas south and west of
Lake City, Colorado, which are currently vacant (domestic livestock
grazing is not currently permitted on those allotments). Although there
is no demand for livestock grazing on these four vacant allotments, the
risk of contact with RMBS is high if permitted. Because the BLM may
change livestock grazing allocations through this process, the BLM may
need to amend its Resource Management Plan. These changes could include
making some areas and related allotments unavailable to livestock
grazing; adjusting area-wide forage availability for livestock; and
making some areas or allotments that are currently unavailable to
livestock grazing available for that use.
Over the past 30 years, the bighorn sheep population in the area
has increased to a level indicating a healthy, stable population. New
information about disease transmission between domestic sheep and RMBS
indicates that contact between the species can pose a risk to the
health of the RMBS population. The potential for disease transmission
is a particular concern in areas where the risk of contact between
species is high and design criteria or mitigation measures to achieve
separation may not be effective. To fully analyze the direct, indirect
and cumulative impacts of authorizing livestock grazing in bighorn
sheep habitat areas, the EIS will consider the five livestock grazing
permits, including the associated grazing allotments outside of RMBS
habitat, as well as four allotments that are currently vacant and
unpermitted.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant
issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis,
including alternatives, and guide the planning process. Preliminary
issues for the plan amendment area have been identified by BLM
personnel; Federal, State, and local agencies; and other stakeholders.
The issues include: RMBS population health, domestic sheep grazing,
socio-economics, riparian area conditions, noxious weeds, Canada lynx
habitat, Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat and upland soils. Preliminary
planning criteria include:
1. The BLM will continue to manage the Gunnison Field Office in
accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43
U.S.C. 1701 (et seq.), other applicable laws and regulations and all
existing public land laws.
2. The RMP amendment will be developed using an interdisciplinary
approach to identify alternatives and analyze resource impacts,
including cumulative impacts to natural and cultural resources and the
social and economic environment.
3. The amendment process will follow the FLPMA planning process and
the BLM will develop an EIS analyzing the amendment, consistent with
NEPA.
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 earlier in the ADDRESSES section.
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.
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 minutes and list of attendees for each scoping
meeting will be available to the public and open for 30 days after the
meeting to any participant who wishes to clarify the views he or she
expressed.
The BLM will evaluate identified issues to be addressed in the plan
amendment, and will place them into one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan amendment;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan amendment.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the Draft RMP amendment/
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 amendment. The BLM will
work collaboratively with interested parties to identify the management
decisions that are best suited to local, regional, and national needs
and concerns.
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. 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 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
as a cooperating agency. The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach
to develop the plan amendment 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:
rangeland management, minerals and geology,
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forestry, outdoor recreation, archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and
fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology, soils, sociology, and
economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 1610.2
Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
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