Notice of Intent To Prepare Resource Management Plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument That Are Excluded From the Boundaries and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, Utah, 2179-2180 [2018-00518]
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Written notices protesting
this survey must be sent to the State
Director, BLM Eastern States, 20 M
Street SE, Suite 950, Washington, DC
20003.
ADDRESSES:
Authority: 43 CFR 1831.1.
Dominica Van Koten,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
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Dominica Van Koten, Chief Cadastral
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Postal Service: BLM–ES, 20 M Street SE,
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Cadastral Survey. Persons who use a
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The plat,
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notes of the dependent resurvey of a
portion of the township boundaries and
of the sub-divisional lines. The survey
of the sub-division of sections 2, 4, 6, 7,
8, 9, 11, 13, 14, and 17; and the survey
of the ordinary high water mark of Holy
Lake in section 4, Township 64 North,
Range 12 West, Fourth Principal
Meridian, in the State of Minnesota;
approved September 29, 2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[18X LLUT030000 L17110000.XZ0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare Resource
Management Plans for the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National
Monument—Grand Staircase,
Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon
Units and Federal Lands Previously
Included in the Monument That Are
Excluded From the Boundaries and
Associated Environmental Impact
Statement, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended (FLPMA), and
Presidential Proclamation 6920 as
modified by Proclamation 9682, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument (GSENM) and Kanab Field
Office, Kanab, Utah, intends to prepare
Resource Management Plans (RMPs) for
the GSENM-Grand Staircase,
Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon
Units, and Federal lands previously
included in the Monument that were
excluded from the boundaries by
Proclamation 9682. The BLM will
prepare a single Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to satisfy the NEPA
requirements for these RMPs. By this
Notice, the BLM is announcing the
beginning of the scoping process to
solicit public comments and identify
issues. The RMPs will replace the
existing Grand Staircase Escalante
National Monument Management Plan
(the ‘‘1999 Monument Management
Plan’’), which was completed in 1999.
DATES: This Notice initiates the public
scoping process for the RMPs and
associated EIS. 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 website at:
https://www.blm.gov/utah. In order to
be considered in the Draft EIS, all
comments must be received prior to
March 19, 2018 or 15 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later. We
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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 planning process by any of the
following methods:
• Website: Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument: https://goo.gl/
EHvhbc.
• Mail: 669 S Hwy. 89A Kanab, UT
84741.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the GSENM and the
BLM Kanab Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Betenson, Associate
Monument Manager, telephone (435)
644–1200; address 669 S Hwy. 89A
Kanab, UT 84741; email BLM_UT_CCD_
monuments@blm.gov. Contact Mr.
Betenson to add your name to our
mailing list. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the above individual during
normal business hours. 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: This
document provides notice that the BLM
GSENM and Kanab Field Office, Kanab,
Utah, intend to prepare RMPs for the
GSENM-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits,
and Escalante Canyon Units, and
Federal lands previously included in
the GSENM that are excluded from the
boundaries by Proclamation 9682. The
BLM will prepare a single EIS for this
planning process. This document
announces the beginning of the scoping
process, and seeks public input on
issues and planning criteria. The
planning area is located in Kane and
Garfield Counties, Utah and
encompasses approximately 1.87
million acres of public land.
On December 4, 2017, President
Donald Trump signed Presidential
Proclamation 9682 modifying the
boundaries of the GSENM as established
by Proclamation 6920 to exclude from
designation and reservation
approximately 861,974 acres of land.
Lands that remain part of the GSENM
are included in three units, known as
the Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and
Escalante Canyons Units of the
monument and are reserved for the care
and management of the objects of
historic and scientific interest described
in Proclamation 6920 as modified by
Proclamation 9682.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to determine relevant issues
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that will inform the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process. Preliminary issues for the
planning area have been identified by
BLM personnel; Federal, State, and local
agencies; and other stakeholders. These
preliminary issues include
paleontology, geology, cultural and
historic resources, travel management,
livestock grazing, vegetation and fire
management, outdoor recreation,
wildlife, and other resources.
Preliminary planning criteria include:
(1) The public planning process for the
RMPs will be guided by Presidential
Proclamation 6920 as modified by
Proclamation 9682 in addition to
FLPMA and NEPA. (2) Those Federal
lands excluded from the Monument will
remain in Federal ownership and will
be managed by the BLM under
applicable laws. (3) The BLM will use
current scientific information, and
results of inventory, monitoring, and
coordination to determine appropriate
management. (4) The BLM will strive for
consistency of management decisions
with other adjoining planning
jurisdictions, both Federal and nonFederal. (5) Decisions made in the
planning process will only apply to
Federal lands and, where appropriate, to
split-estate lands where the subsurface
mineral estate is managed by the BLM.
(6) Existing Wilderness Study Areas
(WSAs) will continue to be managed to
prevent impairment and ensure
continued suitability for designation as
wilderness. Should Congress release all
or part of a WSA from wilderness study,
resource management will be
determined by preparing an amendment
to the RMPs. (7) A baseline reasonably
foreseeable development scenario will
be developed for oil and gas and other
mineral resources for Federal lands
previously included in the GSENM that
are now excluded from the monument
boundaries. (8) The BLM will consider
changes to off-highway vehicle (OHV)
area designations. (9) The public is
invited to nominate or recommend areas
on public lands that are excluded from
the modified monument boundaries as
potentially new special management
areas as part of this planning process
(BLM Manual 1613.3.31). (10) Parties
interested in leasing and development
of Federal coal in areas that are
excluded from the monument should
provide coal resource data for their
area(s) of interest. Specifically,
information is requested on surface
resource values related to the 20 coal
unsuitability criteria described at 43
CFR part 3461. This information will be
used for any necessary updating of coal
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screening determinations (43 CFR
3420.1–4) and in the environmental
analysis, completion of which would be
necessary before any proposal to lease
or develop Federal coal in such areas.
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, and to ensure inclusion in the
Draft EIS, you should submit comments
prior to the close of the 60-day scoping
period or 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 BLM will evaluate identified
issues to be addressed in the plans, and
will place them into one of three
categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plans;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of the
plans.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the Draft RMP/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 plans. 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 utilize and coordinate
the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill
the public involvement process under
the National Historic Preservation Act
(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 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.
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 full
consideration consistent with these
authorities and policies. Federal, State,
and local agencies, along with tribes and
other stakeholders that may be
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interested in or affected by the proposed
action that 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 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,
forestry, outdoor recreation,
archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and
fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology,
soils, sociology and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Edwin L. Roberson,
State Director.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Cave Management: Cave
Nominations and Requests for
Confidential Information
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
are proposing to renew an information
collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
19, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM,
Washington DC 20240, Attention: Jean
Sonneman; by email to jesonnem@
blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1004–0165 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Dorothy Morgan by
email at dmorgan@blm.gov, or by
telephone at 202–689–5684.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[18X LLUT030000 L17110000.XZ0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare Resource Management Plans for the
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument--Grand Staircase,
Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously
Included in the Monument That Are Excluded From the Boundaries and
Associated Environmental Impact Statement, Utah
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, as amended (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended (FLPMA), and Presidential Proclamation 6920 as
modified by Proclamation 9682, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) and Kanab Field
Office, Kanab, Utah, intends to prepare Resource Management Plans
(RMPs) for the GSENM-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon
Units, and Federal lands previously included in the Monument that were
excluded from the boundaries by Proclamation 9682. The BLM will prepare
a single Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to satisfy the NEPA
requirements for these RMPs. By this Notice, the BLM is announcing the
beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and
identify issues. The RMPs will replace the existing Grand Staircase
Escalante National Monument Management Plan (the ``1999 Monument
Management Plan''), which was completed in 1999.
DATES: This Notice initiates the public scoping process for the RMPs
and associated EIS. 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 website at: https://www.blm.gov/utah. In order
to be considered in the Draft EIS, all comments must be received prior
to March 19, 2018 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 planning process by any of the following methods:
Website: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
https://goo.gl/EHvhbc.
Mail: 669 S Hwy. 89A Kanab, UT 84741.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the GSENM
and the BLM Kanab Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Betenson, Associate Monument
Manager, telephone (435) 644-1200; address 669 S Hwy. 89A Kanab, UT
84741; email [email protected]. Contact Mr. Betenson to add
your name to our mailing list. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business
hours. 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: This document provides notice that the BLM
GSENM and Kanab Field Office, Kanab, Utah, intend to prepare RMPs for
the GSENM-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units, and
Federal lands previously included in the GSENM that are excluded from
the boundaries by Proclamation 9682. The BLM will prepare a single EIS
for this planning process. This document announces the beginning of the
scoping process, and seeks public input on issues and planning
criteria. The planning area is located in Kane and Garfield Counties,
Utah and encompasses approximately 1.87 million acres of public land.
On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump signed Presidential
Proclamation 9682 modifying the boundaries of the GSENM as established
by Proclamation 6920 to exclude from designation and reservation
approximately 861,974 acres of land. Lands that remain part of the
GSENM are included in three units, known as the Grand Staircase,
Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons Units of the monument and are
reserved for the care and management of the objects of historic and
scientific interest described in Proclamation 6920 as modified by
Proclamation 9682.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant
issues
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that will inform the scope of the environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning process. Preliminary issues for
the planning area have been identified by BLM personnel; Federal,
State, and local agencies; and other stakeholders. These preliminary
issues include paleontology, geology, cultural and historic resources,
travel management, livestock grazing, vegetation and fire management,
outdoor recreation, wildlife, and other resources. Preliminary planning
criteria include: (1) The public planning process for the RMPs will be
guided by Presidential Proclamation 6920 as modified by Proclamation
9682 in addition to FLPMA and NEPA. (2) Those Federal lands excluded
from the Monument will remain in Federal ownership and will be managed
by the BLM under applicable laws. (3) The BLM will use current
scientific information, and results of inventory, monitoring, and
coordination to determine appropriate management. (4) The BLM will
strive for consistency of management decisions with other adjoining
planning jurisdictions, both Federal and non-Federal. (5) Decisions
made in the planning process will only apply to Federal lands and,
where appropriate, to split-estate lands where the subsurface mineral
estate is managed by the BLM. (6) Existing Wilderness Study Areas
(WSAs) will continue to be managed to prevent impairment and ensure
continued suitability for designation as wilderness. Should Congress
release all or part of a WSA from wilderness study, resource management
will be determined by preparing an amendment to the RMPs. (7) A
baseline reasonably foreseeable development scenario will be developed
for oil and gas and other mineral resources for Federal lands
previously included in the GSENM that are now excluded from the
monument boundaries. (8) The BLM will consider changes to off-highway
vehicle (OHV) area designations. (9) The public is invited to nominate
or recommend areas on public lands that are excluded from the modified
monument boundaries as potentially new special management areas as part
of this planning process (BLM Manual 1613.3.31). (10) Parties
interested in leasing and development of Federal coal in areas that are
excluded from the monument should provide coal resource data for their
area(s) of interest. Specifically, information is requested on surface
resource values related to the 20 coal unsuitability criteria described
at 43 CFR part 3461. This information will be used for any necessary
updating of coal screening determinations (43 CFR 3420.1-4) and in the
environmental analysis, completion of which would be necessary before
any proposal to lease or develop Federal coal in such areas.
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, and to ensure inclusion in the Draft EIS, you should
submit comments prior to the close of the 60-day scoping period or 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 BLM will
evaluate identified issues to be addressed in the plans, and will place
them into one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plans;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of the plans.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the Draft RMP/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 plans. 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 utilize and coordinate the NEPA scoping process to
help fulfill the public involvement process under the National Historic
Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 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.
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 full
consideration consistent with these authorities and policies. Federal,
State, and local agencies, along with tribes and other stakeholders
that may be interested in or affected by the proposed action that 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
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, forestry, outdoor recreation, archaeology,
paleontology, wildlife and fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology,
soils, sociology and economics.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Edwin L. Roberson,
State Director.
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