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eliminated from the Proposal to avoid
resource conflicts, Sage Grouse PHMA,
pre-existing rights, existing uses and
infrastructure. Use of existing corridors
would be maximized. Management of
existing corridors would remain the
same and would not be reserved for the
transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Additional new
corridors (200 ft or 300 ft wide) would
be created for the transport of CO2, EOR
products, and other compatible uses.
Additional Corridors would be not be
created in Sage Grouse PHMA.
Alternative D: Alternative D is the
agency preferred alternative and
dedicates portions of existing corridors
and creates new corridors reserved for
the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Routes would be
modified or eliminated from the
Proposal to avoid resource conflicts,
Sage Grouse PHMA, pre-existing rights,
existing uses and infrastructure.
Portions (200 ft or 300 ft wide) of
existing corridors would be reserved for
the transport of CO2, EOR products, and
other compatible uses. Additional
Corridors would be not be created in
Sage Grouse PHMA.
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 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,
43 CFR 1610.2
Duane Spencer,
BLM Wyoming 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
Associated Environmental Impact
Statement for the Browns Canyon
National Monument, Colorado
Bureau of Land Management.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, and the National Forest
Management Act of 1976, as amended,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Royal Gorge Field Office (RGFO), Can˜on
City, Colorado, and U.S. Forest Service
(USFS), Pike-San Isabel National Forests
and Comanche-Cimarron National
Grasslands (PSICC), Pueblo, Colorado,
have prepared a Proposed Resource
Management Plan (RMP) and Forest
Plan (FP) amendment, supported by an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
for the Browns Canyon National
Monument, and by this notice are
announcing its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state
that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the
regulations may protest the BLM’s
Proposed RMP. The USFS has waived
its objection procedures and instead
adopted the BLM’s administrative
review process (36 CFR 219.59). 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 (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register The EPA
publishes its NOAs in the Federal
Register weekly, usually on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: The Proposed RMP–FP
amendment and Final EIS is available
on the BLM ePlanning project website at
https://go.usa.gov/xn2eC. Click the
Documents and Reports link on the left
side of the screen to find the electronic
versions of these materials. Hard copies
of the Proposed RMP–FP amendment
and Final EIS are also available for
public inspection by appointment at the
BLM RGFO, 3028 E. Main St., Can˜on
City, CO 81212, and at the PSICC Salida
Ranger District, 5575 Cleora Road,
Salida, CO 81201.
All protests must be in writing and
filed with the BLM Director, either as a
hard copy or electronically via the
BLM’s ePlanning project website listed
previously. To submit a protest
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electronically, go to the BLM ePlanning
project website and follow the protest
instructions highlighted at the top of the
home page. If submitting a protest in
hard copy, it must be mailed to one of
the following addresses:
Regular Mail: Director (210), Attn:
Protest Coordinator, P.O. Box 261117,
Lakewood, CO 80226.
Overnight Delivery: Director (210),
Attn: Protest Coordinator, 2850
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Vieira, Project Manager,
telephone 719–246–9966; address 5575
Cleora Road, Salida, CO 81201; email
blm_co_brownscanyon@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 Mr. Vieira 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
BCNM was established by Presidential
Proclamation 9232. The BLM and USFS
have prepared the Proposed RMP–FP
amendment and Final EIS for BCNM to
evaluate the management strategy for
monument resources, objects, and
values, including resource uses and
special designations within the BCNM.
The planning area is located in Chaffee
County, Colorado, and encompasses
approximately 21,600 acres. The BCNM
RMP–FP amendment will determine
management for approximately 9,790
acres of BLM-administered surface land
and approximately 11,810 acres of
USFS-administered national forest. The
monument also includes a portion of the
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, a
cooperatively managed area along the
Arkansas River administered by the
BLM, the USFS, and Colorado Parks and
Wildlife (CPW).
Major planning issues considered in
the Proposed RMP–FP amendment and
Final EIS are conserving and protecting
monument resources, objects or values
including bighorn sheep, peregrine
falcon, terrestrial and avian wildlife
habitat, cultural and historical
resources, geological features and
riparian values; maintaining monument
values and settings; understanding and
addressing tribal values including
religious and other significant sites;
addressing existing uses such as
livestock grazing; and managing for
sustainable outdoor recreation, visitor
growth and visitor enjoyment. The
Proposed RMP–FP amendment and
Final EIS also considers BLM decisions
regarding wild and scenic rivers, areas
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of critical environmental concern,
management of lands with wilderness
characteristics and USFS decisions
regarding wilderness suitability
determinations.
The Proposed RMP–FP amendment
and Final EIS describe and analyze
three action alternatives and the No
Action alternative. Each includes goals,
objectives, allowable uses and
management actions to address
management challenges and issues and
reflects management direction in
Presidential Proclamation 9232.
Alternative A continues existing
management, as reflected in decisions
from the Royal Gorge Resource Area
Management Plan (BLM 1996) and the
Pike and San Isabel National Forests
and Cimarron and Comanche National
Grasslands Land and Resource
Management Plan (USFS 1984), as
amended. Alternative B focuses on
protecting monument resources, objects,
and values while providing primarily
non-motorized recreation activities,
such as hiking and boating, in a
predominantly primitive and backcountry setting. Alternative B limits
future recreational infrastructure
development while still allowing varied
river-based and upland outdoor
recreation experiences and outcomes.
Alternative C focuses on a wider variety
of river and upland recreation
opportunities in backcountry, middle
and front country settings to enhance
the local economy and quality of life for
residents and visitors. Alternative C
includes protections for monument
resources, objects, and values though
emphasizes more proactive management
of natural resources to address stressors
and drivers, and a wider range of
recreation opportunities and access as
compared with management under
Alternative B. Alternative D is the
Proposed RMP–FP amendment and is a
reasonable combination of management
components from Alternatives A, B, and
C presented in the Draft RMP–FP
amendment and Draft EIS. The BLM and
USFS developed the Proposed RMP–FP
amendment consistent with DOI shared
conservation and USFS ecosystem
service and sustainable recreation
priorities.
The BCNM Draft RMP–FP amendment
and Draft EIS public comment period
began on October 4, 2019. The BLM and
USFS held three open-house public
meetings in November 2019 and two
webinars in December 2019. The BLM
and USFS consulted with cooperating
agencies and considered and
incorporated public comments, as
appropriate, in the Proposed RMP–FP
amendment and Final EIS.
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Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
Proposed RMP–FP amendment may be
found online at https://www.blm.gov/
programs/planning-and-nepa/publicparticipation/filing-a-plan-protest 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 or submitted electronically
through the BLM ePlanning project
website as described earlier. Protests
submitted electronically by any means
other than the ePlanning project website
protest section, including by fax, also
must be submitted in hard copy.
Before including your phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your protest,
you should be aware that your entire
protest—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your protest 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, 43 CFR 1610.5
Jamie E. Connell,
Colorado State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCOF02400.L16100000.DQ0000.LXSSC0100000.20X]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan
and Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Browns Canyon
National Monument, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
as amended, and the National Forest Management Act of 1976, as amended,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office (RGFO),
Ca[ntilde]on City, Colorado, and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Pike-San
Isabel National Forests and Comanche-Cimarron National Grasslands
(PSICC), Pueblo, Colorado, have prepared a Proposed Resource Management
Plan (RMP) and Forest Plan (FP) amendment, supported by an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), for the Browns Canyon National
Monument, and by this notice are announcing its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the regulations may protest the BLM's
Proposed RMP. The USFS has waived its objection procedures and instead
adopted the BLM's administrative review process (36 CFR 219.59). 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 (EPA) publishes its Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register The EPA publishes its NOAs in the Federal Register weekly,
usually on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: The Proposed RMP-FP amendment and Final EIS is available on
the BLM ePlanning project website at https://go.usa.gov/xn2eC. Click
the Documents and Reports link on the left side of the screen to find
the electronic versions of these materials. Hard copies of the Proposed
RMP-FP amendment and Final EIS are also available for public inspection
by appointment at the BLM RGFO, 3028 E. Main St., Ca[ntilde]on City, CO
81212, and at the PSICC Salida Ranger District, 5575 Cleora Road,
Salida, CO 81201.
All protests must be in writing and filed with the BLM Director,
either as a hard copy or electronically via the BLM's ePlanning project
website listed previously. To submit a protest electronically, go to
the BLM ePlanning project website and follow the protest instructions
highlighted at the top of the home page. If submitting a protest in
hard copy, it must be mailed to one of the following addresses:
Regular Mail: Director (210), Attn: Protest Coordinator, P.O. Box
261117, Lakewood, CO 80226.
Overnight Delivery: Director (210), Attn: Protest Coordinator, 2850
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Vieira, Project Manager,
telephone 719-246-9966; address 5575 Cleora Road, Salida, CO 81201;
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 Mr. Vieira 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 BCNM was established by Presidential
Proclamation 9232. The BLM and USFS have prepared the Proposed RMP-FP
amendment and Final EIS for BCNM to evaluate the management strategy
for monument resources, objects, and values, including resource uses
and special designations within the BCNM. The planning area is located
in Chaffee County, Colorado, and encompasses approximately 21,600
acres. The BCNM RMP-FP amendment will determine management for
approximately 9,790 acres of BLM-administered surface land and
approximately 11,810 acres of USFS-administered national forest. The
monument also includes a portion of the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation
Area, a cooperatively managed area along the Arkansas River
administered by the BLM, the USFS, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife
(CPW).
Major planning issues considered in the Proposed RMP-FP amendment
and Final EIS are conserving and protecting monument resources, objects
or values including bighorn sheep, peregrine falcon, terrestrial and
avian wildlife habitat, cultural and historical resources, geological
features and riparian values; maintaining monument values and settings;
understanding and addressing tribal values including religious and
other significant sites; addressing existing uses such as livestock
grazing; and managing for sustainable outdoor recreation, visitor
growth and visitor enjoyment. The Proposed RMP-FP amendment and Final
EIS also considers BLM decisions regarding wild and scenic rivers,
areas
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of critical environmental concern, management of lands with wilderness
characteristics and USFS decisions regarding wilderness suitability
determinations.
The Proposed RMP-FP amendment and Final EIS describe and analyze
three action alternatives and the No Action alternative. Each includes
goals, objectives, allowable uses and management actions to address
management challenges and issues and reflects management direction in
Presidential Proclamation 9232.
Alternative A continues existing management, as reflected in
decisions from the Royal Gorge Resource Area Management Plan (BLM 1996)
and the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche
National Grasslands Land and Resource Management Plan (USFS 1984), as
amended. Alternative B focuses on protecting monument resources,
objects, and values while providing primarily non-motorized recreation
activities, such as hiking and boating, in a predominantly primitive
and back-country setting. Alternative B limits future recreational
infrastructure development while still allowing varied river-based and
upland outdoor recreation experiences and outcomes. Alternative C
focuses on a wider variety of river and upland recreation opportunities
in backcountry, middle and front country settings to enhance the local
economy and quality of life for residents and visitors. Alternative C
includes protections for monument resources, objects, and values though
emphasizes more proactive management of natural resources to address
stressors and drivers, and a wider range of recreation opportunities
and access as compared with management under Alternative B. Alternative
D is the Proposed RMP-FP amendment and is a reasonable combination of
management components from Alternatives A, B, and C presented in the
Draft RMP-FP amendment and Draft EIS. The BLM and USFS developed the
Proposed RMP-FP amendment consistent with DOI shared conservation and
USFS ecosystem service and sustainable recreation priorities.
The BCNM Draft RMP-FP amendment and Draft EIS public comment period
began on October 4, 2019. The BLM and USFS held three open-house public
meetings in November 2019 and two webinars in December 2019. The BLM
and USFS consulted with cooperating agencies and considered and
incorporated public comments, as appropriate, in the Proposed RMP-FP
amendment and Final EIS.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the Proposed RMP-FP amendment may be found online at https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/filing-a-plan-protest 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 or submitted electronically through the BLM ePlanning project
website as described earlier. Protests submitted electronically by any
means other than the ePlanning project website protest section,
including by fax, also must be submitted in hard copy.
Before including your phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware
that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your protest 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, 43 CFR
1610.5
Jamie E. Connell,
Colorado State Director.
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