Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the 2015 Buffalo Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan, Wyoming, 29691-29692 [2023-09735]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_WY_FRN_MO4500169330]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the 2015 Buffalo Field Office Approved
Resource Management Plan, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Draft Resource Management
Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the 2015 Buffalo
Field Office Approved RMP and by this
notice is providing information
announcing the opening of the comment
period on the Draft RMP Amendment/
Supplemental EIS.
DATES: This notice announces the
opening of a 90-day comment period for
the Draft RMP Amendment/
Supplemental EIS beginning with the
date following the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) publication
of its Notice of Availability (NOA) in the
Federal Register. The EPA usually
publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
To afford the BLM the opportunity to
consider comments in the Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final EIS, please
ensure your comments are received
prior to the close of the 90-day comment
period or 15 days after the last public
meeting, whichever is later.
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SUMMARY:
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The BLM will hold one in-person
public meeting on May 31, 2023, from
5 to 7 p.m. MT in Gillette, Wyoming, at
the George Amos Building, 412 South
Gillette Avenue, Gillette, Wyoming
82716. The BLM will also host one
online public meeting on June 5, 2023,
from 5 to 7 p.m. MT.
ADDRESSES: The Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS is
available for review on the BLM
ePlanning project website at https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/
project/2021239/510.
Written comments related to the Draft
RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS
may be submitted by any of the
following methods:
• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/2021239/510.
• Email: BLM_WY_Buffalo_WYMail@
blm.gov.
• Mail: Buffalo RMP Amendment
SEIS, Attn: Thomas Bills, Project
Manager, BLM Buffalo Field Office,
1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined online at https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/
project/2021239/510 and at the Buffalo
Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Bills, Project Manager,
telephone 307–684–1131; address BLM
Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street,
Buffalo, WY 82834; email tbills@
blm.gov. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to
access telecommunications relay
services for contacting Mr. Bills.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document provides notice that the BLM
Wyoming State Director has prepared a
Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental
EIS and provides information
announcing the opening of the comment
period on the Draft RMP Amendment/
Supplemental EIS. The RMP
amendment provides additional
analysis for land use planning in
accordance with the Montana District
Court’s order and would change the
existing 2015 Buffalo Field Office
Approved RMP and 2019 Buffalo Field
Office Approved RMP Amendment.
The Buffalo planning area is located
in Campbell, Johnson, and Sheridan
Counties, Wyoming. The Coal
Development Potential Area is located
within Campbell County, Wyoming, and
encompasses approximately 48 billion
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short tons of recoverable BLMadministered Federal coal.
Purpose and Need
The purpose of this Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS is to
address a United States District Court of
Montana order (Western Organization of
Resource Councils, et al. v. BLM; CV
00076–GF–BMM; 8/3/2022). In relation
to land use planning, the BLM must
prepare a Draft RMP Amendment/
Supplemental EIS to address the
following direction in the court order:
(1) complete new coal screening and
NEPA analysis that considers no-leasing
and limited coal leasing alternatives,
and
(2) disclose the public health impacts,
both climate and non-climate, of
burning fossil fuels (coal and oil and
gas) from the planning areas.
Alternatives Including the Preferred
Alternatives
The BLM has analyzed three
alternatives in detail, including the no
action alternative, varying the amount of
BLM-administered Federal coal
authorized to be available for leasing.
The alternatives are: (1) approximately
48.0 billion short tons of recoverable
BLM-administered coal within the Coal
Development Potential Area established
in the 2019 RMP amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS would be suitable for
further consideration of leasing (No
Action); (2) the Coal Development
Potential Area would be unavailable for
leasing (no leasing alternative); and (3)
a reduced level of coal (1.24 billion
short tons of recoverable BLMadministered coal) would be available
for leasing within the Coal Development
Potential Area.
The BLM considered three additional
alternatives but dismissed these
alternatives from detailed analysis as
explained in the Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS.
Identifying a preferred alternative(s)
does not indicate any final decision
commitments from the BLM. In
developing the Final SEIS and Potential
RMPA, which is the next phase of the
planning process, the decision maker
may select various components from
each of the alternatives analyzed in the
Draft SEIS. The Final SEIS and Potential
RMPA may also reflect changes and
adjustments based on comments
received on the Draft SEIS, new
information, or changes in BLM policies
or priorities.
The BLM used the impact analysis,
along with recommendations from
cooperating agencies; consideration of
planning criteria; and anticipated
resolution of resource conflicts to
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identify Alternatives A (no leasing) and
C (limited leasing) as co-preferred
alternatives from the suite of
alternatives analyzed. Specifically, the
identification of the co-preferred
alternatives was based on the following.
• Two different alternatives have
been identified has co-preferred
alternatives for the purpose of public
comment and review;
• Satisfaction of statutory
requirements and the court order; and
• Provision of an acceptable approach
to addressing key planning issues.
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Schedule for the Decision-Making
Process
The BLM will provide additional
opportunities for public participation
consistent with the NEPA and land use
planning processes, including a 30-day
public protest period and a 60-day
Governor’s consistency review on the
Proposed RMP Amendment. The
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final
Supplemental EIS is anticipated to be
available for public protest in
September 2023 with an Approved RMP
and Record of Decision in December
2023.
The BLM will hold one in-person
public meeting on May 31, 2023, from
5 to 7 p.m. MT in Gillette, Wyoming, at
the George Amos Building, 412 S
Gillette Ave., Gillette, WY 82716. The
BLM will also host one online public
meeting on June 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. MT.
The date(s) and location(s) of any
additional meetings will be announced
at least 15 days in advance through local
media, newspapers, ePlanning project
page (see ADDRESSES), and BLM website
(see ADDRESSES).
The BLM will continue to consult
with Indian Tribal Nations on a
government-to-government basis in
accordance with Executive Order 13175,
BLM MS 1780, and other Departmental
policies. Tribal concerns, including
impacts on Indian trust assets and
potential impacts to cultural resources,
will be given due consideration.
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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
21:48 May 05, 2023
Jkt 259001
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2.)
Andrew S. Archuleta,
Wyoming State Director.
[FR Doc. 2023–09735 Filed 5–5–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500169907]
Notice of Use Authorizations; Special
Recreation Permits, Other Than on
Developed Recreation Sites;
Adjustment in Fees
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of fee adjustments.
ACTION:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is adjusting certain
Special Recreation Permit (SRP) fees for
various recreation activities on BLMmanaged public lands and related
waters. The BLM is adjusting the
minimum fee for commercial,
competitive, and organized group
activities and events, and assigned sites.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory
Roegner, Division of Recreation and
Visitor Services, telephone: (385) 258–
0496, email: croegner@blm.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 43 CFR
2932.31 authorizes the BLM Director to
periodically adjust SRP fees. This notice
establishes that, effective immediately:
(i) the minimum fee for commercial use
is $130 per year (an increase from $115);
(ii) the minimum fee for both
competitive events and organized group
activities is $7 per person per day (an
increase from $6) or $130 (an increase
from $115), whichever is greater; and
(iii) the minimum fee for an assigned
site for exclusive use is $260 per site (an
increase from $230). Individual states
have the option of imposing application
fees as a matter of cost recovery and/or
establishing higher minimum fees for
certain other SRPs. The next fee
adjustment is scheduled for March 1,
2026.
The intended effect of the fee
calculation process is to ensure fees
cover administrative costs of permit
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U.S. Government for use of the public
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BLM, in coordination with the U.S.
Forest Service, automatically adjusts the
minimum commercial, competitive,
organized group activity SRP fees, and
minimum assigned site fees every 3
years.
These fees are calculated and adjusted
based on the change in the Implicit
Price Deflator-Gross Domestic Product
Index (IPD–GDP). The IPD–GDP is
available from the U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis in Table 1.1.9, at the following
website: https://www.bea.gov/iTable/.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1740, 16 U.S.C. 6802,
and 43 CFR 2932.31.)
Troy Frost,
Deputy Assistant Director, National
Conservation Lands and Community
Partnerships.
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National Indian Gaming Commission.
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2023.
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Dena Wynn, Office of General Counsel
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_WY_FRN_MO4500169330]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the 2015
Buffalo Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan, Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 2015 Buffalo
Field Office Approved RMP and by this notice is providing information
announcing the opening of the comment period on the Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS.
DATES: This notice announces the opening of a 90-day comment period for
the Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS beginning with the date
following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) publication of
its Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
To afford the BLM the opportunity to consider comments in the
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS, please ensure your comments are
received prior to the close of the 90-day comment period or 15 days
after the last public meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will hold one in-person public meeting on May 31, 2023,
from 5 to 7 p.m. MT in Gillette, Wyoming, at the George Amos Building,
412 South Gillette Avenue, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. The BLM will also
host one online public meeting on June 5, 2023, from 5 to 7 p.m. MT.
ADDRESSES: The Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS is available for
review on the BLM ePlanning project website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2021239/510.
Written comments related to the Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental
EIS may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2021239/510.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Buffalo RMP Amendment SEIS, Attn: Thomas Bills,
Project Manager, BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo,
WY 82834.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined online at
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2021239/510 and at the
Buffalo Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Bills, Project Manager,
telephone 307-684-1131; address BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort
Street, Buffalo, WY 82834; email [email protected]. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services for contacting Mr. Bills. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM
Wyoming State Director has prepared a Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental
EIS and provides information announcing the opening of the comment
period on the Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS. The RMP amendment
provides additional analysis for land use planning in accordance with
the Montana District Court's order and would change the existing 2015
Buffalo Field Office Approved RMP and 2019 Buffalo Field Office
Approved RMP Amendment.
The Buffalo planning area is located in Campbell, Johnson, and
Sheridan Counties, Wyoming. The Coal Development Potential Area is
located within Campbell County, Wyoming, and encompasses approximately
48 billion short tons of recoverable BLM-administered Federal coal.
Purpose and Need
The purpose of this Draft RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS is to
address a United States District Court of Montana order (Western
Organization of Resource Councils, et al. v. BLM; CV 00076-GF-BMM; 8/3/
2022). In relation to land use planning, the BLM must prepare a Draft
RMP Amendment/Supplemental EIS to address the following direction in
the court order:
(1) complete new coal screening and NEPA analysis that considers
no-leasing and limited coal leasing alternatives, and
(2) disclose the public health impacts, both climate and non-
climate, of burning fossil fuels (coal and oil and gas) from the
planning areas.
Alternatives Including the Preferred Alternatives
The BLM has analyzed three alternatives in detail, including the no
action alternative, varying the amount of BLM-administered Federal coal
authorized to be available for leasing. The alternatives are: (1)
approximately 48.0 billion short tons of recoverable BLM-administered
coal within the Coal Development Potential Area established in the 2019
RMP amendment/Final Supplemental EIS would be suitable for further
consideration of leasing (No Action); (2) the Coal Development
Potential Area would be unavailable for leasing (no leasing
alternative); and (3) a reduced level of coal (1.24 billion short tons
of recoverable BLM-administered coal) would be available for leasing
within the Coal Development Potential Area.
The BLM considered three additional alternatives but dismissed
these alternatives from detailed analysis as explained in the Draft RMP
Amendment/Supplemental EIS.
Identifying a preferred alternative(s) does not indicate any final
decision commitments from the BLM. In developing the Final SEIS and
Potential RMPA, which is the next phase of the planning process, the
decision maker may select various components from each of the
alternatives analyzed in the Draft SEIS. The Final SEIS and Potential
RMPA may also reflect changes and adjustments based on comments
received on the Draft SEIS, new information, or changes in BLM policies
or priorities.
The BLM used the impact analysis, along with recommendations from
cooperating agencies; consideration of planning criteria; and
anticipated resolution of resource conflicts to
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identify Alternatives A (no leasing) and C (limited leasing) as co-
preferred alternatives from the suite of alternatives analyzed.
Specifically, the identification of the co-preferred alternatives was
based on the following.
Two different alternatives have been identified has co-
preferred alternatives for the purpose of public comment and review;
Satisfaction of statutory requirements and the court
order; and
Provision of an acceptable approach to addressing key
planning issues.
Schedule for the Decision-Making Process
The BLM will provide additional opportunities for public
participation consistent with the NEPA and land use planning processes,
including a 30-day public protest period and a 60-day Governor's
consistency review on the Proposed RMP Amendment. The Proposed RMP
Amendment/Final Supplemental EIS is anticipated to be available for
public protest in September 2023 with an Approved RMP and Record of
Decision in December 2023.
The BLM will hold one in-person public meeting on May 31, 2023,
from 5 to 7 p.m. MT in Gillette, Wyoming, at the George Amos Building,
412 S Gillette Ave., Gillette, WY 82716. The BLM will also host one
online public meeting on June 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. MT. The date(s) and
location(s) of any additional meetings will be announced at least 15
days in advance through local media, newspapers, ePlanning project page
(see ADDRESSES), and BLM website (see ADDRESSES).
The BLM will continue to consult with Indian Tribal Nations on a
government-to-government basis in accordance with Executive Order
13175, BLM MS 1780, and other Departmental policies. Tribal concerns,
including impacts on Indian trust assets and potential impacts to
cultural resources, will be given due consideration.
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.)
Andrew S. Archuleta,
Wyoming State Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-09735 Filed 5-5-23; 8:45 am]
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