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implement hunting permit fees. Under
FLREA provisions, the refuge will
identify and post the specific hunting
fees. Unless we publish a notice in the
Federal Register withdrawing this
action, we will implement the fees on
the date in the DATES section.
Hunting Permit Fees
Under section 3 of the FLREA, we
will implement the hunting permit fees
in table 1.
Public Comments
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Submitting Comments
Bureau of Land Management
Please make your comments as
specific as possible and explain the
basis for them. In addition, please
include sufficient information with your
comments to allow us to authenticate
any scientific or commercial data you
reference or provide. Such information
may lead to a final decision that differs
from this proposal.
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TABLE 1—ANNUAL HUNTING PERMIT Public Availability of Comments
FEES; GREEN RIVER NATIONAL
If you submit a comment at https://
WILDLIFE REFUGE
Hunter type
Adult (16–64 years of age) ...
Youth (under 16 years of
age).
Youth—Quota Hunt ...............
Veteran ..................................
Adult over 65 years of age ...
Permit fee
$20.00
Free
10.00
10.00
10.00
The implementation of these fees will
provide the refuge with funds to offset
expenses related to managing the hunt
program, other visitor services, law
enforcement salaries, and expansion
and improvements of visitor amenities.
It is our policy to allow only activities
that are appropriate and compatible
with the refuge’s purposes.
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Background
In accordance with regulations
governing the National Wildlife Refuge
System (50 CFR part 25, subpart E) a
refuge may implement fees and other
reasonable charges for public
recreational use of lands administered
by that refuge. When considering fees, a
refuge is required by our regulations to
evaluate the following:
• The direct and indirect cost to the
Government;
• The benefits to the permit holder;
• The public policy or interest served;
• The comparable fees charged by
non-Federal public agencies; and
• The economic and administrative
feasibility of fee collection.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee), allows National Wildlife
Refuges to provide wildlife-dependent
recreation to visitors, but these laws
require refuges to manage for the
conservation of fish, wildlife, and
habitat for current as well as future
generations of Americans. To fulfill
these obligations, Green River National
Wildlife Refuge plans to use collected
fees to defray costs associated with
visitor amenities.
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www.regulations.gov, your entire
comment, including any personal
identifying information, will be posted
on the website. If you submit a
hardcopy comment that includes
personal identifying information, such
as your address, phone number, or
email address, you may request at the
top of your document that we withhold
this information from public review;
however, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Next Steps
If public comments were to provide
substantive reasons why we should not
implement the proposed hunting permit
fee program at the refuge, we would
reevaluate our plan and publish a
subsequent notice in the Federal
Register withdrawing this action.
Otherwise, we will implement the
proposed fee program at the Green River
National Wildlife Refuge on the date
specified in the DATES section of this
document, and the refuge will post fee
amounts and expenditures on site.
Authority
Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801–
6814).
Michael Oetker,
Regional Director, Southeast Region, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Tri-State Fuel Breaks
Project
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Tri-state
Fuel Breaks Project located in
southeastern Oregon. The ROD
constitutes the decision of the BLM.
DATES: The ROD was signed on
December 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available online
at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanningui/project/2034234/510.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs
Specialist, telephone (541) 523–1407;
address 100 Oregon Street Vale, OR
97918; email lbogardus@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: The BLM
has determined that the analysis
contained within the FEIS is adequate to
reach an informed decision regarding
implementation of the Project in
Oregon. The BLM selects Alternative 5,
with minor route segments selected
from other alternatives as described in
the FEIS, for construction and
maintenance of approximately 26,585
acres of fuel breaks, along
approximately 552 miles of roads and
within approximately 332 miles of the
roadbed through mechanical, chemical,
and/or biological (i.e., targeted grazing)
treatments on BLM-administered lands
in Oregon. Alternative 5 was developed
in response to public comments.
Individually, Alternatives 2, 3, and 4
each primarily benefit a single resource.
Alternative 5 blends elements of
Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 to provide a
strategic benefit to firefighters while
minimizing disturbance to natural and
cultural resources. A phased
implementation of actions will occur to
provide opportunity to review treatment
SUMMARY:
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effectiveness and adapt subsequent
implementation actions and will also
provide an opportunity for additional
coordination with Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) prior to
fuel break construction along lesstraveled roads. During the first phase,
the BLM will focus on well-traveled
routes in order to further enhance the
knowledge base on successful treatment
timing and techniques, ecological
impacts of treatments, and adaptive
management responses. Treatments and
methods in Oregon will be the same as
those identified and analyzed in the
FEIS. Up to four new mineral material
sites will be developed as the first phase
of fuel break development is nearing
completion.
All practicable means to avoid or
minimize environmental harm from the
Project that were analyzed in the FEIS
have been adopted in this decision and
are included as appendices. Design
features provide implementation timing
restrictions and other protections to
minimize impacts to wildlife. These
features include buffers for sensitive
plant occurrences from non-native
seeded species, mechanical treatment
avoidance buffers to protect riparian
resources, and treatment buffers no
more than 200 feet from either side of
centerline along roads to conform to the
2024 Southeastern Oregon Resource
Management Plan Amendment, which
established 250-foot setbacks for
Wilderness Study Areas.
The Project includes a robust
monitoring and adaptive management
plan to manage invasive annual species
and noxious weeds within fuel breaks,
collect ecological trend data to provide
information on the ecological effects of
vegetative treatments, and outline
appropriate management responses. The
Project also includes management
direction and required design features
from the 2015 Oregon Greater Sagegrouse Approved Resource Management
Plan Amendment, as described in
Appendix 3 to the ROD. A
programmatic agreement (Appendix 4 to
the ROD) describes how BLM will meet
its responsibilities under Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act
and avoid or minimize adverse impacts
to cultural resources during Project
implementation and maintenance.
There have been no changes made to
the selected alternative between the
publication of the FEIS and the ROD.
The Department of the Interior has
approved the BLM’s decision. Approval
of the Record of Decision therefore
constitutes the final decision of the
Department of the Interior and is not
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subject to appeal under Departmental
regulations at 43 CFR part 4.
Barry R. Bushue,
BLM Oregon/Washington State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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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)
announces the availability of the draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for P4 Production LLC’s (P4) Caldwell
Canyon Revised Mine and Reclamation
Plan Project (Project) in Caribou County,
Idaho.
DATES: To afford the BLM the
opportunity to consider comments in
the Draft EIS, please ensure that the
BLM receives your comments within 45
days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) of the draft EIS in the Federal
Register. The EPA usually publishes its
NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: The draft EIS and associated
documents are available for review on
the BLM project website at https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/
project/2026858/510.
Written comments related to the
Project may be submitted by any of the
following methods:
• BLM’s National NEPA Register
(ePlanning) at: https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/
project/2026858/510.
• Email: BLM_ID_
CaldwellRevisedMRP_EIS@blm.gov.
• Mail: Caldwell Canyon Revised
Mine EIS, C/O Stantec Consulting
Services Inc., 2890 East Cottonwood
Parkway, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT
84121.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barry Myers, project lead, at telephone
(208) 559–3662; address 4350 Cliffs
Drive, Pocatello, ID 83204; or email
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bmyers@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 for
contacting Mr. Myers. 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:
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for P4
Production LLC’s Caldwell Canyon
Revised Mine and Reclamation Plan
Project, Caribou County, Idaho
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Purpose and Need
The purpose of the EIS is to evaluate
and respond to the Revised Mine and
Reclamation Plan (RMRP) submitted for
the recovery of phosphate ore contained
within Federal phosphate leases IDI–02,
IDI–014080, and IDI–013738, and to
modify leases, in accordance with the
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended.
The need for the Project is to develop
the phosphate ore resource in
accordance with established
requirements (including, but not limited
to, applicable Federal and State laws
and regulations, lease terms, and land
use plans) using an economically viable
method, and to allow P4 the ability to
exercise its right under the Mineral
Leasing Act to develop the leases.
Proposed Action
P4’s application proposes mining of
existing Federal phosphate leases IDI–
02, IDI–014080, and IDI–013738, and
State of Idaho Mineral Lease E07959, by
constructing two open pits, partially
backfilling the inactive Dry Valley Mine
South Extension Panel D pit with initial
overburden materials, constructing haul
and access roads, installing various
utility lines, and constructing water
management features, monitoring wells,
shop and office facilities, while
implementing environmental protection
measures and reclamation.
Portions of the two open pits, the
North and South Pits, would extend
beyond the existing Federal and State
lease boundaries. To accommodate
those portions of the pits that extend
outside the current Federal and State
leases, P4 proposes expanding their
leases in accordance with 43 CFR
Subpart 3510. Operations would be
conducted over an estimated 40-year
period and would occur on public lands
administered by the BLM, on National
Forest System lands, on lands
administered by the Idaho Department
of Lands, and on private lands.
Total disturbance for the Project
would be approximately 1,832 acres,
with approximately 418 acres of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO4820000251]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Tri-
State Fuel Breaks Project
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Tri-state Fuel Breaks Project located in
southeastern Oregon. The ROD constitutes the decision of the BLM.
DATES: The ROD was signed on December 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available online at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2034234/510.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs
Specialist, telephone (541) 523-1407; address 100 Oregon Street Vale,
OR 97918; email [email protected]. 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-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM has determined that the analysis
contained within the FEIS is adequate to reach an informed decision
regarding implementation of the Project in Oregon. The BLM selects
Alternative 5, with minor route segments selected from other
alternatives as described in the FEIS, for construction and maintenance
of approximately 26,585 acres of fuel breaks, along approximately 552
miles of roads and within approximately 332 miles of the roadbed
through mechanical, chemical, and/or biological (i.e., targeted
grazing) treatments on BLM-administered lands in Oregon. Alternative 5
was developed in response to public comments. Individually,
Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 each primarily benefit a single resource.
Alternative 5 blends elements of Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 to provide a
strategic benefit to firefighters while minimizing disturbance to
natural and cultural resources. A phased implementation of actions will
occur to provide opportunity to review treatment
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effectiveness and adapt subsequent implementation actions and will also
provide an opportunity for additional coordination with Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) prior to fuel break construction
along less-traveled roads. During the first phase, the BLM will focus
on well-traveled routes in order to further enhance the knowledge base
on successful treatment timing and techniques, ecological impacts of
treatments, and adaptive management responses. Treatments and methods
in Oregon will be the same as those identified and analyzed in the
FEIS. Up to four new mineral material sites will be developed as the
first phase of fuel break development is nearing completion.
All practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental harm from
the Project that were analyzed in the FEIS have been adopted in this
decision and are included as appendices. Design features provide
implementation timing restrictions and other protections to minimize
impacts to wildlife. These features include buffers for sensitive plant
occurrences from non-native seeded species, mechanical treatment
avoidance buffers to protect riparian resources, and treatment buffers
no more than 200 feet from either side of centerline along roads to
conform to the 2024 Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan
Amendment, which established 250-foot setbacks for Wilderness Study
Areas.
The Project includes a robust monitoring and adaptive management
plan to manage invasive annual species and noxious weeds within fuel
breaks, collect ecological trend data to provide information on the
ecological effects of vegetative treatments, and outline appropriate
management responses. The Project also includes management direction
and required design features from the 2015 Oregon Greater Sage-grouse
Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, as described in Appendix 3
to the ROD. A programmatic agreement (Appendix 4 to the ROD) describes
how BLM will meet its responsibilities under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act and avoid or minimize adverse
impacts to cultural resources during Project implementation and
maintenance.
There have been no changes made to the selected alternative between
the publication of the FEIS and the ROD.
The Department of the Interior has approved the BLM's decision.
Approval of the Record of Decision therefore constitutes the final
decision of the Department of the Interior and is not subject to appeal
under Departmental regulations at 43 CFR part 4.
Barry R. Bushue,
BLM Oregon/Washington State Director.
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