Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and the Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington County, Utah, 93707-93708 [2016-30755]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision and the Approved Resource
Management Plans for the Beaver Dam
Wash and Red Cliffs National
Conservation Areas; and Approved
Amendment to the St. George Field
Office Resource Management Plan in
Washington County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Records of Decision
(RODs) and the Approved Resource
Management Plans (RMPs) for the
Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs
National Conservation Areas (NCA
RMPs); and Approved Amendment to
the St. George Field Office RMP (RMP
Amendment) located in Washington
County, Utah. The Utah State Director
signed the RODs on December 21, 2016,
which constitutes the final decision of
the BLM and makes the Approved NCA
RMPs and RMP Amendment effective.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the RODs and
Approved NCA RMPs/RMP Amendment
are available upon request from
Interagency Public Information Center,
345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT
84790, or via the Internet at https://bit.ly/
2fhtN3P. Copies of the RODs and
Approved NCA RMPs/RMP Amendment
are available for public inspection at the
BLM Utah State Office Public Room,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, UT 84101, during normal
business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith Rigtrup, RMP Planner, telephone
435–865–3000; address 345 East
Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 84790;
email krigtrup@blm.gov. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf may call the Federal Relay Service
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(FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the
above individual during normal
business hours. The FRS 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
Approved NCA RMPs provide
comprehensive management plans for
the long-term conservation and
management of the Beaver Dam Wash
NCA (63,480 acres of public land) and
the Red Cliffs NCA (44,859 acres of
public land). The NCA RMPs prescribe
appropriate uses and conservation
measures and are consistent with the
planning process and other provisions
directed by the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
11, at Title 1, Subtitle O, hereinafter
OPLMA). The need to amend the St.
George Field Office RMP (approved in
1999) is also derived from OPLMA.
Section 1977(b)(1) of OPLMA, directed
the BLM to develop a comprehensive
travel management plan for public lands
in Washington County. The 1999 St.
George Field Office RMP needed to be
amended to modify certain existing offhighway vehicle (OHV) area
designations (open, limited or closed)
before this comprehensive travel
management plan could be developed.
The decisions contained in the
Approved NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment do not apply to private and
State lands within the boundaries of the
NCAs or the St. George Field Office
planning area.
The Approved NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment were developed from the
Proposed NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment that were released, along
with the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), on September 2, 2016.
The Proposed RMPs and RMP
Amendment combined components of
the four alternatives that were presented
in the Draft NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment, and associated Draft EIS,
released for public review on July 17,
2015. The NCA RMPs address the longterm management of public land
resources and land uses, while fulfilling
the conservation purpose of the NCAs
for which the public lands received
Congressional designation through
OPLMA.
There were 41 protests of the
Proposed NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment. All valid protests were
resolved during the BLM Director’s Plan
Protest Resolution Process, prior to the
signing of the RODs. The Governor’s
Consistency Review, which also took
place after the release of the proposed
plans, identified three concerns. The
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BLM provided the Utah Governor with
a detailed response and made editorial
modifications in preparing the
Approved NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment to address issues raised by
the Governor. The NCA RMPs are the
culmination of a significant effort by the
BLM and interested members of the
public, community stakeholders, and
other local, state and federal partners to
provide long-term management
direction for the first NCAs designated
by Congress in Utah.
Certain decisions in the Approved
NCA RMPs are implementation
decisions and are appealable to the
Interior Board of Land Appeals. These
implementation level decisions are
noted in the RODs for the Beaver Dam
Wash and Red Cliffs NCAs (under
livestock grazing and recreation) and are
appealable under 43 CFR part 4. Any
party adversely affected by the
implementation level decisions may
appeal within 30 days of publication of
this Notice of Availability in accordance
with the provisions of 43 CFR, part 4,
subpart E. The appeal should state the
specific numbered decision and the
rationale for the appeal. Within 30 days
of the posting of this decision (‘‘date of
service’’), a Notice of Appeal must be
filed in writing to: State Director-BLM
Utah State Office 440 West 200 South,
Suite 500 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101–
1345. At the same time, a copy of the
Notice of Appeal must also be sent to:
Regional Solicitor—U.S. Department of
the Interior, 6201 Federal Building,
1235 South State Street, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84138–1180.
Please consult the appropriate
regulations (43 CFR, part 4, subpart E)
for further appeal requirements.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Edwin L. Roberson,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 17XR0680A1,
RX.31580001.0090104]
Agency Information Collection;
Renewal of a Currently Approved
Information Collection (OMB Control
Number 1006–0005)
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
We, the Bureau of
Reclamation, intend to submit a request
for renewal of an existing approved
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) titled,
Individual Landholder’s and Farm
Operator’s Certification and Reporting
Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR
part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB
Control Number 1006–0005.
DATES: Submit written comments on
this information collection request on or
before February 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or
requests for copies of the proposed
forms to Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of
Reclamation, Office of Policy and
Administration, 84–55000, P.O. Box
25007, Denver, CO 80225–0007; or via
email to smcphee@usbr.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie McPhee at (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This information collection is
required under the Reclamation Reform
Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation
Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426,
and Information Requirements for
Certain Farm Operations In Excess of
960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428.
This information collection requires
certain landholders (direct or indirect
landowners or lessees) and farm
operators to complete forms
demonstrating their compliance with
the acreage limitation provisions of
Federal reclamation law. The forms in
this information collection are
submitted to districts that use the
information to establish each
landholder’s status with respect to
landownership limitations, full-cost
Burden
estimate
per form
(in minutes)
Form No.
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pricing thresholds, lease requirements,
and other provisions of Federal
reclamation law. In addition, forms are
submitted by certain farm operators to
provide information concerning the
services they provide and the nature of
their farm operating arrangements. All
landholders whose entire westwide
landholdings total 40 acres or less are
exempt from the requirement to submit
RRA forms. Landholders who are
‘‘qualified recipients’’ have RRA forms
submittal thresholds of 80 acres or 240
acres depending on the district’s RRA
forms submittal threshold category
where the land is held. Only farm
operators who provide multiple services
to more than 960 acres held in trusts or
by legal entities are required to submit
forms.
II. Changes to the RRA Forms and
Their Instructions
No changes have been made to the
currently approved RRA forms and the
corresponding instructions to generate
the proposed RRA forms that will be
effective in the 2018 water year.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1006–0005.
Title: Individual Landholder’s and
Farm Operator’s Certification and
Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation,
43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
Form Number: Form 7–2180, Form 7–
2180EZ, Form 7–2181, Form 7–2184,
Form 7–2190, Form 7–2190EZ, Form 7–
2191, Form 7–2194, Form 7–21TRUST,
Form 7–21PE, Form 7–21PE–IND, Form
7–21FARMOP, Form 7–21VERIFY,
Form 7–21FC, Form 7–21XS, Form 7–
21XSINAQ, Form 7–21CONT–I, Form
7–21CONT–L, Form 7–21CONT–O, and
Form 7–21INFO.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Landholders and farm
operators of certain lands in our
projects, whose landholdings exceed
specified RRA forms submittal
thresholds.
Estimated Annual Total Number of
Respondents: 13,960.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.02.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 14,239.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 10,432 hours.
Estimated Completion Time per
Respondent: See table below.
Number of
respondents
60
45
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3,595
373
21DEN1
Annual
number of
responses
3,667
380
Annual
burden on
respondents
(in hours)
3,667
285
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[17X L1109AF LLUTC03000.L16100000.DR0000.LXSS004J0000 24-1A]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and the Approved
Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs
National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George
Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington County, Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Records of Decision (RODs) and the Approved Resource Management
Plans (RMPs) for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National
Conservation Areas (NCA RMPs); and Approved Amendment to the St. George
Field Office RMP (RMP Amendment) located in Washington County, Utah.
The Utah State Director signed the RODs on December 21, 2016, which
constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved NCA
RMPs and RMP Amendment effective.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the RODs and Approved NCA RMPs/RMP Amendment are
available upon request from Interagency Public Information Center, 345
East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 84790, or via the Internet at
https://bit.ly/2fhtN3P. Copies of the RODs and Approved NCA RMPs/RMP
Amendment are available for public inspection at the BLM Utah State
Office Public Room, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT
84101, during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday
through Friday, except holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Rigtrup, RMP Planner, telephone
435-865-3000; address 345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 84790;
email krigtrup@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to
contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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 Approved NCA RMPs provide comprehensive
management plans for the long-term conservation and management of the
Beaver Dam Wash NCA (63,480 acres of public land) and the Red Cliffs
NCA (44,859 acres of public land). The NCA RMPs prescribe appropriate
uses and conservation measures and are consistent with the planning
process and other provisions directed by the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11, at Title 1, Subtitle O,
hereinafter OPLMA). The need to amend the St. George Field Office RMP
(approved in 1999) is also derived from OPLMA. Section 1977(b)(1) of
OPLMA, directed the BLM to develop a comprehensive travel management
plan for public lands in Washington County. The 1999 St. George Field
Office RMP needed to be amended to modify certain existing off-highway
vehicle (OHV) area designations (open, limited or closed) before this
comprehensive travel management plan could be developed. The decisions
contained in the Approved NCA RMPs and RMP Amendment do not apply to
private and State lands within the boundaries of the NCAs or the St.
George Field Office planning area.
The Approved NCA RMPs and RMP Amendment were developed from the
Proposed NCA RMPs and RMP Amendment that were released, along with the
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), on September 2, 2016. The
Proposed RMPs and RMP Amendment combined components of the four
alternatives that were presented in the Draft NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment, and associated Draft EIS, released for public review on July
17, 2015. The NCA RMPs address the long-term management of public land
resources and land uses, while fulfilling the conservation purpose of
the NCAs for which the public lands received Congressional designation
through OPLMA.
There were 41 protests of the Proposed NCA RMPs and RMP Amendment.
All valid protests were resolved during the BLM Director's Plan Protest
Resolution Process, prior to the signing of the RODs. The Governor's
Consistency Review, which also took place after the release of the
proposed plans, identified three concerns. The
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BLM provided the Utah Governor with a detailed response and made
editorial modifications in preparing the Approved NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment to address issues raised by the Governor. The NCA RMPs are
the culmination of a significant effort by the BLM and interested
members of the public, community stakeholders, and other local, state
and federal partners to provide long-term management direction for the
first NCAs designated by Congress in Utah.
Certain decisions in the Approved NCA RMPs are implementation
decisions and are appealable to the Interior Board of Land Appeals.
These implementation level decisions are noted in the RODs for the
Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs NCAs (under livestock grazing and
recreation) and are appealable under 43 CFR part 4. Any party adversely
affected by the implementation level decisions may appeal within 30
days of publication of this Notice of Availability in accordance with
the provisions of 43 CFR, part 4, subpart E. The appeal should state
the specific numbered decision and the rationale for the appeal. Within
30 days of the posting of this decision (``date of service''), a Notice
of Appeal must be filed in writing to: State Director-BLM Utah State
Office 440 West 200 South, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345.
At the same time, a copy of the Notice of Appeal must also be sent to:
Regional Solicitor--U.S. Department of the Interior, 6201 Federal
Building, 1235 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1180.
Please consult the appropriate regulations (43 CFR, part 4, subpart
E) for further appeal requirements.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Edwin L. Roberson,
State Director.
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