Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Roan Plateau Planning Area, Colorado, 43225-43226 [2016-15527]
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Title: Economic Contribution of
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
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William Lellis,
Acting Associate Director, Ecosystems.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Roan Plateau Planning Area,
Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared
a Proposed Resource Management Plan
(RMP) Amendment and Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Roan Plateau
planning area and by this notice
announces its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state
that any person who meets the
conditions identified in the regulations
may protest the BLM’s Proposed RMP
Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS. A
person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must file the protest
within 30 days of the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Roan Plateau
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS have been sent to
affected Federal, State and local
government agencies and to other
stakeholders. Copies of the Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental
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EIS are also available for public
inspection at the Colorado River Valley
Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road,
Silt, CO 81652. Interested persons may
also review the Proposed RMP
Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS on
the Internet at www.blm.gov/co/st/en/
BLM_Programs/land_use_planning/
rmp/roan_plateau.html.
All protests must be in writing and
mailed to one of the following
addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Protest Coordinator, P.O. Box
71383, Washington, DC 20024–1383.
Overnight Delivery: BLM Director
(210), Attention: Protest Coordinator, 20
M Street SE., Room 2134LM,
Washington, DC 20003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Larson, Project Manager; telephone
(970) 876–9048; see Colorado River
Valley Field Office address above; email
glarson@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, seven 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 Roan Plateau Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental
EIS to evaluate a range of management
decisions for resources, resource uses,
and special designations in the planning
area. The Proposed RMP/Final
Supplemental EIS also responds to a
June 22, 2012, ruling by the United
States District Court for the District of
Colorado remanding the 2007 Roan
Plateau Record of Decision. The Court
set aside the 2007 Roan Plateau RMP
Amendment and remanded the matter
to the BLM for further action in
accordance with the Court’s decision. In
particular, the Court found that the
Final EIS was deficient insofar as it
failed to adequately address the: (i)
‘‘Community Alternative’’ that various
local governments, environmental
organizations and individual members
of the public recommended during the
planning process leading up to the 2007
plan amendment; (ii) Cumulative airquality impacts of the RMP Amendment
decision in conjunction with
anticipated oil and gas development on
private lands outside the Roan Plateau
planning area; and (iii) Issue of potential
ozone impacts from proposed oil and
gas development. Based on the Court’s
ruling and new information available
since the BLM developed the Final EIS,
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the BLM determined that a new RMP
Amendment and supplemental analysis
under NEPA were warranted. The
parties involved in the litigation
regarding the 2007 plan amendment
reached a settlement in November 2014.
Based on that agreement, the Roan
Plateau Proposed RMP Amendment/
Final Supplemental EIS includes an
alternative that was identified in the
November 2014 settlement. That
‘‘Settlement Alternative’’ was identified
as the Proposed Alternative in the Draft
Supplemental EIS.
The planning area, which is in westcentral Colorado, includes
approximately 73,602 acres of BLMmanaged land (Federal surface, Federal
mineral estate, or both). It is located
primarily in Garfield County with a
small portion in southern Rio Blanco
County. The Roan Plateau RMP
Amendment proposes to amend the
management decisions in the Glenwood
Springs and White River RMPs as they
relate to the planning area.
The Roan Plateau RMP Amendment
process began originally with scoping in
2000. The BLM published the Draft EIS
in November 2004 and the Final EIS in
August 2006. The BLM then issued two
Records of Decision, one in June 2007
and a second, pertaining to Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern, in
March 2008. Following the District
Court ruling in 2012, the BLM
published a Notice of Intent to develop
the Draft RMP Amendment/
Supplemental EIS on January 28, 2013
(78 FR 5834), which initiated a second
scoping period. The Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS was
published on November 20, 2015 (80 FR
72732), and made available for public
comment. The BLM held three public
meetings to discuss the Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS and
received approximately 50,000
comment submissions during the
comment period. The BLM carefully
considered those comments. The BLM
made changes to the Proposed RMP
Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS in
response to comments received from the
public and cooperating agencies, United
States Fish and Wildlife Service
consultation, and extensive internal
BLM reviews. These changes included
the addition of clarifying text and
updated information, however, none of
the changes constituted a substantial
change in the proposed land use plan
decisions or the analysis in the Draft
Supplemental EIS that would require
additional supplementation.
Major issues considered in the
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS include fluid
minerals management; social and
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economic impacts; riparian habitat
management; recreation; and air, water,
and ecological resources. The RMP also
addresses decisions regarding Wild and
Scenic Rivers, Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern, and lands with
wilderness characteristics. Decisions
related to Greater Sage-Grouse
management in the proposed
Amendment are consistent with last
year’s Northwestern Colorado Greater
Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan
Amendment Record of Decision.
The Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS focuses on evaluating
new information and new issues raised
since the BLM developed the 2006 Roan
Plateau Final EIS. This includes an
evaluation of four alternatives including
the No Action Alternative (Alternative
I). Alternative II is based on the
Proposed Plan from the 2006 Roan RMP
Amendment/Final EIS and includes
updated decisions and analysis based
on new information and issues raised
during the scoping period for the
Supplemental EIS. Alternative III is
based on the ‘‘Community Alternative’’
raised during the original EIS process by
Rock the Earth. Alternative III was
augmented with input from other
Supplemental EIS scoping comments.
This alternative allows oil and gas
leasing throughout the planning area,
but limits surface disturbance on BLM
lands above the rim. Wilderness
characteristics would be managed for
protection in this alternative, and all
eligible river segments in the planning
area would be determined to be suitable
for designation as Wild and Scenic
Rivers. Alternative III also analyzes two
proposed sub-alternatives for target
shooting restrictions in an open OffHighway Vehicle area. Alternative IV is
the BLM’s Proposed Alternative and is
based on the terms of the 2014
Settlement Agreement. This alternative
would allow for leasing at the base of
the plateau (11,170 acres) and within
several retained lease areas on the top
of the plateau (1,830 acres). Other
resource management decisions in this
alternative would be similar to
Alternative II.
Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS may be found in the
‘‘Dear Reader’’ Letter of the Roan
Plateau Proposed RMP Amendment/
Final Supplemental EIS and at 43 CFR
1610.5–2. All protests must be in
writing and mailed to the appropriate
address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES
section above. Emailed protests will not
be accepted as valid protests unless the
protesting party also provides the
original letter by either regular or
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overnight mail postmarked by the close
of the protest period. Under these
conditions, the BLM will consider the
emailed protest as an advance copy, and
it will receive full consideration. If you
wish to provide the BLM with such
advance notification, please direct
emails to protest@blm.gov.
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.
Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Resource Management Plan and Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Dominguez-Escalante National
Conservation Area, Colorado
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
Proposed Resource Management Plan
(RMP)/Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area
(D–E NCA) located in Mesa, Delta and
Montrose counties in Colorado and by
this notice is announcing its
availability.
SUMMARY:
The BLM planning regulations
state that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the
regulations may protest the BLM’s
Proposed RMP/Final EIS. A person who
meets the conditions and files a protest
must file the protest within 30 days of
the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its notice
of availability in the Federal Register.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCON04000 L16100000.DT0000-16X]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the
Roan Plateau Planning Area, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Roan Plateau
planning area and by this notice announces its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the
conditions identified in the regulations may protest the BLM's Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS. A person who meets the conditions
and files a protest must file the protest within 30 days of the date
that the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Roan Plateau Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS have been sent to affected Federal, State and local
government agencies and to other stakeholders. Copies of the Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS are also available for public
inspection at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River
Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652. Interested persons may also review the
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS on the Internet at
www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Programs/land_use_planning/rmp/roan_plateau.html.
All protests must be in writing and mailed to one of the following
addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Protest Coordinator,
P.O. Box 71383, Washington, DC 20024-1383.
Overnight Delivery: BLM Director (210), Attention: Protest
Coordinator, 20 M Street SE., Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Larson, Project Manager;
telephone (970) 876-9048; see Colorado River Valley Field Office
address above; email glarson@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, seven 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 Roan Plateau Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS to evaluate a range of management
decisions for resources, resource uses, and special designations in the
planning area. The Proposed RMP/Final Supplemental EIS also responds to
a June 22, 2012, ruling by the United States District Court for the
District of Colorado remanding the 2007 Roan Plateau Record of
Decision. The Court set aside the 2007 Roan Plateau RMP Amendment and
remanded the matter to the BLM for further action in accordance with
the Court's decision. In particular, the Court found that the Final EIS
was deficient insofar as it failed to adequately address the: (i)
``Community Alternative'' that various local governments, environmental
organizations and individual members of the public recommended during
the planning process leading up to the 2007 plan amendment; (ii)
Cumulative air-quality impacts of the RMP Amendment decision in
conjunction with anticipated oil and gas development on private lands
outside the Roan Plateau planning area; and (iii) Issue of potential
ozone impacts from proposed oil and gas development. Based on the
Court's ruling and new information available since the BLM developed
the Final EIS,
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the BLM determined that a new RMP Amendment and supplemental analysis
under NEPA were warranted. The parties involved in the litigation
regarding the 2007 plan amendment reached a settlement in November
2014. Based on that agreement, the Roan Plateau Proposed RMP Amendment/
Final Supplemental EIS includes an alternative that was identified in
the November 2014 settlement. That ``Settlement Alternative'' was
identified as the Proposed Alternative in the Draft Supplemental EIS.
The planning area, which is in west-central Colorado, includes
approximately 73,602 acres of BLM-managed land (Federal surface,
Federal mineral estate, or both). It is located primarily in Garfield
County with a small portion in southern Rio Blanco County. The Roan
Plateau RMP Amendment proposes to amend the management decisions in the
Glenwood Springs and White River RMPs as they relate to the planning
area.
The Roan Plateau RMP Amendment process began originally with
scoping in 2000. The BLM published the Draft EIS in November 2004 and
the Final EIS in August 2006. The BLM then issued two Records of
Decision, one in June 2007 and a second, pertaining to Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern, in March 2008. Following the District
Court ruling in 2012, the BLM published a Notice of Intent to develop
the Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS on January 28, 2013 (78 FR
5834), which initiated a second scoping period. The Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS was published on November 20, 2015 (80 FR
72732), and made available for public comment. The BLM held three
public meetings to discuss the Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS and
received approximately 50,000 comment submissions during the comment
period. The BLM carefully considered those comments. The BLM made
changes to the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS in
response to comments received from the public and cooperating agencies,
United States Fish and Wildlife Service consultation, and extensive
internal BLM reviews. These changes included the addition of clarifying
text and updated information, however, none of the changes constituted
a substantial change in the proposed land use plan decisions or the
analysis in the Draft Supplemental EIS that would require additional
supplementation.
Major issues considered in the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS include fluid minerals management; social and economic
impacts; riparian habitat management; recreation; and air, water, and
ecological resources. The RMP also addresses decisions regarding Wild
and Scenic Rivers, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, and lands
with wilderness characteristics. Decisions related to Greater Sage-
Grouse management in the proposed Amendment are consistent with last
year's Northwestern Colorado Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Management
Plan Amendment Record of Decision.
The Proposed RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS focuses on
evaluating new information and new issues raised since the BLM
developed the 2006 Roan Plateau Final EIS. This includes an evaluation
of four alternatives including the No Action Alternative (Alternative
I). Alternative II is based on the Proposed Plan from the 2006 Roan RMP
Amendment/Final EIS and includes updated decisions and analysis based
on new information and issues raised during the scoping period for the
Supplemental EIS. Alternative III is based on the ``Community
Alternative'' raised during the original EIS process by Rock the Earth.
Alternative III was augmented with input from other Supplemental EIS
scoping comments. This alternative allows oil and gas leasing
throughout the planning area, but limits surface disturbance on BLM
lands above the rim. Wilderness characteristics would be managed for
protection in this alternative, and all eligible river segments in the
planning area would be determined to be suitable for designation as
Wild and Scenic Rivers. Alternative III also analyzes two proposed sub-
alternatives for target shooting restrictions in an open Off-Highway
Vehicle area. Alternative IV is the BLM's Proposed Alternative and is
based on the terms of the 2014 Settlement Agreement. This alternative
would allow for leasing at the base of the plateau (11,170 acres) and
within several retained lease areas on the top of the plateau (1,830
acres). Other resource management decisions in this alternative would
be similar to Alternative II.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS may be
found in the ``Dear Reader'' Letter of the Roan Plateau Proposed RMP
Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2. All protests
must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as set forth
in the ADDRESSES section above. Emailed protests will not be accepted
as valid protests unless the protesting party also provides the
original letter by either regular or overnight mail postmarked by the
close of the protest period. Under these conditions, the BLM will
consider the emailed protest as an advance copy, and it will receive
full consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct emails to protest@blm.gov.
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.
Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
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