Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit Renewals, Gunnison Field Office, Colorado, 31088 [2019-13853]
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit
Renewals, Gunnison Field Office,
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
SUMMARY:
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Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit
Renewals in the Gunnison Field Office
and by this notice is announcing the
opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Domestic
Sheep Grazing Permit Renewals 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 future meetings or hearings
and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media releases,
and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: Comments related to the
Draft EIS for Domestic Sheep Grazing
Permit Renewals must be submitted by
the following methods:
• Electronic comments must be
submitted through the BLM’s ePlanning
website at https://go.usa.gov/xQTyQ.
• Hard copy comments must be
submitted via mail or hand-delivered to
the Gunnison Field Office, 210 West
Spencer, Gunnison, CO 81230.
A copy of the Draft EIS is available at
the Gunnison Field Office at the address
above or on the RMP ePlanning website
at https://go.usa.gov/xQTyQ. Click the
Documents link on the left side of the
screen to find the electronic version of
the document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, telephone: 970–642–4955; 210
West Spencer, Gunnison, CO 81230;
email: kmurphy@blm.gov. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact Ms. Murphy during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
Gunnison Field office is proposing to
renew the permits on nine domestic
sheep grazing allotments, totaling
65,710 acres in Gunnison, Hinsdale and
Ouray counties in Colorado.
The BLM published a Notice of Intent
initiating public scoping in 2015 to
identify issues through public
participation and collaboration with
partners. Initial scoping with internal
staff, cooperating agencies, and the
public identified the risk of contact and
disease transmission between domestic
sheep and Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep as the primary issue. Additional
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issues identified during scoping include
potential impacts to threatened and
endangered species, local and regional
economics, cultural resources, Native
American religious concerns, and public
land health.
The Draft EIS includes alternatives
that respond to the purpose and need,
reduce the risk of contact and disease
transmission, make progress in
achieving land health standards, meet
objectives of the Canada Lynx
Conservation Assessment and Strategy,
and meet the habitat and management
guidelines of the Candidate
Conservation Agreement for Gunnison
Sage-Grouse.
Alternatives analyzed in the EIS
include the Proposed Action generated
by the permittee applications. This
alternative would provide grazing on
nine allotments. Alternative B is the no
action alternative and would continue
current management. Alternative C
emphasizes a reduction in the risk of
contact between domestic sheep/goats
and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep by
not authorizing domestic sheep/goat
grazing in pastures that overlap with
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep’s
summer range. Alternative D
emphasizes reduction of risk by not
authorizing domestic sheep/goat grazing
in the overall range of Rocky Mountain
bighorn sheep. Alternative E is the No
Grazing alternative. The BLM completed
a risk of contact model for each of the
action alternatives to aid in analyzing
the potential levels of sheep interaction.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted, including
names, street addresses, and email
addresses of persons who submit
comments, will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address during regular business hours (8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through
Friday, except holidays.
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.
Jamie E. Connell,
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 Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit Renewals, Gunnison Field
Office, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: 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
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Domestic Sheep Grazing
Permit Renewals in the Gunnison Field Office and by this notice is
announcing the opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit Renewals 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 future meetings or hearings and any other public
involvement activities at least 15 days in advance through public
notices, media releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: Comments related to the Draft EIS for Domestic Sheep Grazing
Permit Renewals must be submitted by the following methods:
Electronic comments must be submitted through the BLM's
ePlanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xQTyQ.
Hard copy comments must be submitted via mail or hand-
delivered to the Gunnison Field Office, 210 West Spencer, Gunnison, CO
81230.
A copy of the Draft EIS is available at the Gunnison Field Office
at the address above or on the RMP ePlanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xQTyQ. Click the Documents link on the left side of the
screen to find the electronic version of the document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, telephone: 970-642-4955; 210 West Spencer, Gunnison, CO 81230;
email: [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-
8339 to contact Ms. Murphy during normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or
question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM Gunnison Field office is proposing
to renew the permits on nine domestic sheep grazing allotments,
totaling 65,710 acres in Gunnison, Hinsdale and Ouray counties in
Colorado.
The BLM published a Notice of Intent initiating public scoping in
2015 to identify issues through public participation and collaboration
with partners. Initial scoping with internal staff, cooperating
agencies, and the public identified the risk of contact and disease
transmission between domestic sheep and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep as
the primary issue. Additional issues identified during scoping include
potential impacts to threatened and endangered species, local and
regional economics, cultural resources, Native American religious
concerns, and public land health.
The Draft EIS includes alternatives that respond to the purpose and
need, reduce the risk of contact and disease transmission, make
progress in achieving land health standards, meet objectives of the
Canada Lynx Conservation Assessment and Strategy, and meet the habitat
and management guidelines of the Candidate Conservation Agreement for
Gunnison Sage-Grouse.
Alternatives analyzed in the EIS include the Proposed Action
generated by the permittee applications. This alternative would provide
grazing on nine allotments. Alternative B is the no action alternative
and would continue current management. Alternative C emphasizes a
reduction in the risk of contact between domestic sheep/goats and Rocky
Mountain bighorn sheep by not authorizing domestic sheep/goat grazing
in pastures that overlap with Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep's summer
range. Alternative D emphasizes reduction of risk by not authorizing
domestic sheep/goat grazing in the overall range of Rocky Mountain
bighorn sheep. Alternative E is the No Grazing alternative. The BLM
completed a risk of contact model for each of the action alternatives
to aid in analyzing the potential levels of sheep interaction.
Please note that public comments and information submitted,
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who
submit comments, will be available for public review and disclosure at
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
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.
Jamie E. Connell,
BLM Colorado State Director.
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