Notice of Availability of the Final Utah Sage Grouse Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, 74379-74380 [2020-25649]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Final Utah
Sage Grouse Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Utah State Office
has prepared a final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the management of Greater SageGrouse habitat, and by this notice is
announcing its availability.
SUMMARY:
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The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final
Supplemental EIS are available for
public inspection at the Utah Bureau of
Land Management State Office, 440
West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101–1345. Interested
persons may also review the final
Supplemental EIS on the internet at:
https://goo.gl/o2AQWQ.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Fletcher, Utah Sage-Grouse
Implementation Lead, at 435–865–3035;
Utah Bureau of Land Management State
Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101–1345;
cfletcher@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 Mrs. Fletcher 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
has prepared this final Supplemental
EIS to review its previous NEPA
analysis and clarify and augment it
where necessary. This final
Supplemental EIS addressed four
specific issues: The range of
alternatives, the need to take a hard look
at environmental impacts, cumulative
effects analysis, and the BLM’s
approach to compensatory mitigation.
The final Supplemental EIS will help
the BLM determine whether its 2015
and 2019 land use planning and NEPA
processes have sufficiently addressed
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat
conservation or whether the BLM
should initiate a new land use planning
process to consider additional
alternatives or new information.
Comments on the draft Supplemental
EIS (85 FR 10185) received from the
public and internal BLM review were
considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the final Supplemental
EIS. To address public comments raised
during this supplemental analysis, the
BLM convened a team of biologists and
land use planners to evaluate scientific
literature provided to the agency. Upon
review, the BLM found that the most
up-to-date Greater Sage-Grouse science
and other information has incrementally
increased, and built upon, the
knowledgebase of Greater Sage-Grouse
management evaluated by the BLM most
recently in its 2019 land use plan
DATES:
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amendments, but does not change the
scope or direction of the BLM’s
management; however, new science
does suggest adaptations to management
may be warranted at site-specific scales.
After reviewing public comments and
completing the new science evaluation,
the BLM determined that the most
recent scientific information relating to
Greater Sage-Grouse is consistent with
the BLM’s environmental analysis in
supporting its 2019 Greater Sage-Grouse
land use plan amendments.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Gregory Sheehan,
BLM Utah State Director.
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Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Final
Wyoming Sage Grouse Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Wyoming State
Office has prepared a final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the management of
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat, and by this
notice is announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final
Supplemental EIS are available for
public inspection at the Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management State
Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road,
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009. Interested
persons may also review the final
Supplemental EIS on the internet at:
https://go.usa.gov/xGeWV.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenny Marzluf, Wyoming Sage-Grouse
Implementation Lead, at 307–775–6090;
Wyoming Bureau of Land Management
State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road,
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; jmarzluf@
blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
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Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact Ms. Marzluf 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.
The BLM
has prepared this final Supplemental
EIS to review its previous NEPA
analysis and clarify and augment it
where necessary. This final
Supplemental EIS addressed four
specific issues: The range of
alternatives, the need to take a hard look
at environmental impacts, cumulative
effects analysis, and the BLM’s
approach to compensatory mitigation.
The final Supplemental EIS will help
the BLM determine whether its 2015
and 2019 land use planning and NEPA
processes have sufficiently addressed
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat
conservation or whether the BLM
should initiate a new land use planning
process to consider additional
alternatives or new information.
Comments on the draft Supplemental
EIS (85 FR 10185) received from the
public and internal BLM review were
considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the final Supplemental
EIS. To address public comments raised
during this supplemental analysis, the
BLM convened a team of biologists and
land use planners to evaluate scientific
literature provided to the agency. Upon
review, the BLM found that the most
up-to-date Greater Sage-Grouse science
and other information has incrementally
increased, and built upon, the
knowledgebase of Greater Sage-Grouse
management evaluated by the BLM most
recently in its 2019 land use plan
amendments, but does not change the
scope or direction of the BLM’s
management; however, new science
does suggest adaptations to management
may be warranted at site-specific scales.
After reviewing public comments and
completing the new science evaluation,
the BLM determined that the most
recent scientific information relating to
Greater Sage-Grouse is consistent with
the BLM’s environmental analysis in
supporting its 2019 Greater Sage-Grouse
land use plan amendments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Kimber Liebhauser,
Acting BLM Wyoming State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[212.LLWO230000.
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Notice of Availability of the Final Idaho
Sage Grouse Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Idaho State Office
has prepared a final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the management of Greater SageGrouse habitat, and by this notice is
announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final
Supplemental EIS are available for
public inspection at the Idaho Bureau of
Land Management State Office 1387 S
Vinnell Way Boise, Idaho 83709.
Interested persons may also review the
final Supplemental EIS on the internet
at: https://goo.gl/Jd8uVf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Murdock, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, at 208–
373–4050; Idaho Bureau of Land
Management State Office, 1387 S
Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709;
pmurdock@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. Murdock 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
has prepared this final Supplemental
EIS to review its previous NEPA
analysis and clarify and augment it
where necessary. This final
Supplemental EIS addressed four
specific issues: the range of alternatives,
the need to take a hard look at
environmental impacts, cumulative
effects analysis, and the BLM’s
approach to compensatory mitigation.
The final Supplemental EIS will help
the BLM determine whether its 2015
and 2019 land use planning and NEPA
processes have sufficiently addressed
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[212.LLWO230000. L11700000.PH0000.LXSGPL000000]
Notice of Availability of the Final Utah Sage Grouse Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
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, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office
has prepared a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the management of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat, and by this notice
is announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a
minimum of 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register. The EPA usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Supplemental EIS are available for
public inspection at the Utah Bureau of Land Management State Office,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345.
Interested persons may also review the final Supplemental EIS on the
internet at: https://goo.gl/o2AQWQ.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Fletcher, Utah Sage-Grouse
Implementation Lead, at 435-865-3035; Utah Bureau of Land Management
State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101-1345; [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 Mrs. Fletcher 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 has prepared this final Supplemental
EIS to review its previous NEPA analysis and clarify and augment it
where necessary. This final Supplemental EIS addressed four specific
issues: The range of alternatives, the need to take a hard look at
environmental impacts, cumulative effects analysis, and the BLM's
approach to compensatory mitigation. The final Supplemental EIS will
help the BLM determine whether its 2015 and 2019 land use planning and
NEPA processes have sufficiently addressed Greater Sage-Grouse habitat
conservation or whether the BLM should initiate a new land use planning
process to consider additional alternatives or new information.
Comments on the draft Supplemental EIS (85 FR 10185) received from
the public and internal BLM review were considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the final Supplemental EIS. To address public comments
raised during this supplemental analysis, the BLM convened a team of
biologists and land use planners to evaluate scientific literature
provided to the agency. Upon review, the BLM found that the most up-to-
date Greater Sage-Grouse science and other information has
incrementally increased, and built upon, the knowledgebase of Greater
Sage-Grouse management evaluated by the BLM most recently in its 2019
land use plan
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amendments, but does not change the scope or direction of the BLM's
management; however, new science does suggest adaptations to management
may be warranted at site-specific scales.
After reviewing public comments and completing the new science
evaluation, the BLM determined that the most recent scientific
information relating to Greater Sage-Grouse is consistent with the
BLM's environmental analysis in supporting its 2019 Greater Sage-Grouse
land use plan amendments.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Gregory Sheehan,
BLM Utah State Director.
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