80 FR 10711 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Tres Rios Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 39 (February 27, 2015)

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Tres Rios Field Office located in Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, San Juan and San Miguel counties in southwest Colorado. The document also serves as the BLM's decision to adopt the U.S. Forest Service oil and gas leasing decisions for Federal mineral estate administered by the San Juan National Forest in Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande and San Juan counties. The Colorado State Director signed the ROD on February 27, 2015, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Tres 
Rios Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental 
Impact Statement, Colorado

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 Approved Resource Management 
Plan (RMP) for the Tres Rios Field Office located in Archuleta, 
Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, San Juan and San 
Miguel counties in southwest Colorado. The document also serves as the 
BLM's decision to adopt the U.S. Forest Service oil and gas leasing 
decisions for Federal mineral estate administered by the San Juan 
National Forest in Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, 
Montezuma, Rio Grande and San Juan counties. The Colorado State 
Director signed the ROD on February 27, 2015, which constitutes the 
final decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective 
immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available upon request 
from the Field Manager, BLM Tres Rios Field Office, 29211 Highway 184, 
Dolores, CO 81323; or via the internet at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/sjplc/land_use_planning.html. The ROD/Approved RMP are available for 
public inspection at the Tres Rios Field Office, and the San Juan 
Public Lands

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Center, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Jones, Southwest District NEPA 
Coordinator; telephone 970-240-5381; address 2465 South Townsend 
Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401; email gmjones@blm.gov. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP provides management for 503,589 
acres of BLM land in southwest Colorado. The RMP describes the actions 
to meet desired resource conditions for upland and riparian vegetation; 
fish and wildlife habitat; water resources; air quality; cultural, 
paleontological and visual resources; as well as livestock grazing; 
mineral and alternative energy; and recreation.
    The BLM and the U.S. Forest Service initiated scoping for the RMP 
in 1999. The agencies sought public input via meetings and interviews, 
including an intensive year of facilitated public meetings in 2005, in 
order to develop the Draft Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP)/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Draft was published for a 90-
day public comment period in December 2007. Based on public comments, 
the agencies identified the need to prepare a Supplement to the Draft 
EIS to consider the Reasonable Foreseeable Development potential of oil 
and gas in the Gothic Shale Gas Play, which was published in August 
2011. The preferred alternative for the Draft LRMP was carried forward 
into the Proposed LRMP/Final EIS, which was published in September 
2013, initiating the protest period and Governor's Consistency Review. 
During the protest period for the Proposed LRMP, the BLM received 14 
valid protest submissions. The BLM granted one protest in part and 
dismissed the remaining protests. The BLM granted in part one protest 
regarding 15 potential Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) 
that BLM determined met both the relevance and importance criteria, but 
were not analyzed in the range of alternatives in the Draft EIS due to 
a procedural error. The BLM will evaluate these areas, as well as the 
two existing ACECs that will continue to be designated as ACECs in the 
Approved RMP, in a future plan amendment. The decisions in the Approved 
RMP will protect these areas from impairment of their identified 
relevant and important values.
    As a result of the Governor's Consistency Review, the BLM modified 
its direction to maintain minimum instream flow levels for the benefit 
of fisheries from a standard to a guideline. The BLM has also made 
minor editorial modifications to the Approved RMP to provide further 
clarification of some of the decisions.
    The ROD also serves as the BLM's decision to adopt the U.S. Forest 
Service oil and gas leasing decision for Federal mineral estate 
administered by the San Juan National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service 
outlined its decision in the San Juan National Forest's September 2013 
Record of Decision, Oil and Gas Leasing Availability. The BLM concurs 
with the selection of Alternative B as described in the U.S. Forest 
Service Record of Decision. In the Approved RMP, the BLM also 
designates routes for mechanized travel in the Phil's World and Mud 
Springs portion of the planning area that were analyzed in the 2008 
Cortez-Mancos Travel Management Plan Environmental Assessment (CO-800-
2006-090-EA). These route designations are implementation decisions and 
are appealable under 43 CFR part 4. These decisions are contained in 
Section 2.13 of the Approved RMP. Any party adversely affected by the 
proposed route designations may appeal within 30 days of publication of 
this Notice of Availability pursuant to 43 CFR part 4, subpart E. The 
appeal should state the specific route(s), as identified in Appendix A 
of the Approved RMP, for which the decision is being appealed. The 
appeal must be filed with the Tres Rios Field Manager at the above 
listed address. Please consult the appropriate regulations (43 CFR part 
4, subpart E) for further appeal requirements.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.

Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
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Alabama Reasons: Secured Area compromising national security.
4660 Boiler House (MSFC) EPA Bldg. 7145 Reasons: Secured Area
Off of Dodd Road 6100 Columbus Ave. Land
Marshall Space Flight AL 35812 Sandusky OH 44870
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Property Number: 71201510006 Property Number: 71201510013 72/1047/138 Storage Bldg. #3,
Status: Excess Status: Unutilized Bldg. 264
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3005 Ferguson Road Sandusky OH 44870
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Status: Unutilized Comments: public access denied & no Decision for the Tres Rios Field Office
Comments: public access denied & no alternative method to gain access w/out Approved Resource Management Plan/
alternative method to gain access w/out compromising national security.
compromising national security. Reasons: Secured Area
Final Environmental Impact Statement,
Reasons: Secured Area Colorado
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Montana 6100 Columbus Ave. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Sandusky OH 44870 Interior.
Loundberg Cabin Infra #1100
Landholding Agency: NASA
14 Miles East of Townsend off Hwy. 12 ACTION: Notice of Availability.
Property Number: 71201510016
Townsend Banger District MT
Status: Unutilized
Landholding Agency: Agriculture
Comments: public access denied & no SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Property Number: 15201510009 Management (BLM) announces the
alternative method to gain access w/out
Status: Excess compromising national security. availability of the Record of Decision
Comments: property located in a floodway Reasons: Secured Area (ROD) for the Approved Resource
that has not been contained or corrected.
Texas Management Plan (RMP) for the Tres
Reasons: Floodway
Rios Field Office located in Archuleta,
Lundberg Pump house Infra #1101 72/1047/142 Mission Simulation
Dev. Facility Building 35 Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma,
14 Miles E. of Townsend off Hwy. 12
Townsend Ranger District MT 2101 NASA Pkwy/Johnson Space Ctr. Montrose, San Juan and San Miguel
Landholding Agency: Agriculture Houston TX 77058 counties in southwest Colorado. The
Property Number: 15201510010 Landholding Agency: NASA document also serves as the BLM’s
Status: Excess Property Number: 71201510008 decision to adopt the U.S. Forest Service
Comments: property located in floodway Status: Unutilized oil and gas leasing decisions for Federal
which has not been corrected or contained. Comments: public access denied & no mineral estate administered by the San
Reasons: Floodway alternative method to gain access w/out Juan National Forest in Archuleta,
compromising national security.
New York Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral,
Reasons: Secured Area
Building 620 Montezuma, Rio Grande and San Juan
72/1047/68 Storage Bldg. #1
2245 McGuire Street counties. The Colorado State Director
Bldg. 262A
Niagara Falls NY 14304 Johnson Space Ctr.; 2101 NASA Pkwy signed the ROD on February 27, 2015,
Landholding Agency: Air Force Houston TX 77058 which constitutes the final decision of
Property Number: 18201510007 Landholding Agency: NASA the BLM and makes the Approved RMP
Status: Underutilized Property Number: 71201510010 effective immediately.
Comments: public access denied & no Status: Unutilized
alternative method to gain access w/out ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/
Comments: public access denied & no Approved RMP are available upon
compromising national security. alternative method to gain access w/out
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Reasons: Secured Area request from the Field Manager, BLM
compromising national security.
Ohio Reasons: Secured Area Tres Rios Field Office, 29211 Highway
184, Dolores, CO 81323; or via the
Reactor Office Bldg. 1142 72/1047/169 Storage Bldg.
6100 Columbus Ave. No. 2, Bldg. 262B internet at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/
Sandusky OH 44870 Johnson Space Ctr. 2101 NASA Pkwy fo/sjplc/land_use_planning.html. The
Landholding Agency: NASA Houston TX 77058 ROD/Approved RMP are available for
Property Number: 71201510009 Landholding Agency: NASA public inspection at the Tres Rios Field
Status: Unutilized Property Number: 71201510011 Office, and the San Juan Public Lands

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Center, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO amendment. The decisions in the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
81301. Approved RMP will protect these areas
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina from impairment of their identified Bureau of Reclamation
Jones, Southwest District NEPA relevant and important values. [RR02054000, 15XR0687NA,
Coordinator; telephone 970–240–5381; As a result of the Governor’s RX.18527901.3000000]
address 2465 South Townsend Avenue, Consistency Review, the BLM modified
Montrose, CO 81401; email gmjones@ Central Valley Project Improvement
its direction to maintain minimum
blm.gov. Persons who use a Act Water Management Plans
instream flow levels for the benefit of
telecommunications device for the deaf AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
fisheries from a standard to a guideline.
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Interior.
The BLM has also made minor editorial
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
modifications to the Approved RMP to ACTION: Notice of availability.
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is provide further clarification of some of
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
available 24 hours a day, seven days a the decisions.
has made available to the public the
week, to leave a message or question The ROD also serves as the BLM’s Water Management Plans for 10 entities.
with the above individual. You will decision to adopt the U.S. Forest Service For the purpose of this announcement,
receive a reply during normal business oil and gas leasing decision for Federal Water Management Plans (Plans) are
hours. mineral estate administered by the San considered the same as Water
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP Juan National Forest. The U.S. Forest Conservation Plans. Reclamation is
provides management for 503,589 acres Service outlined its decision in the San publishing this notice in order to allow
of BLM land in southwest Colorado. The Juan National Forest’s September 2013 the public an opportunity to review the
RMP describes the actions to meet Record of Decision, Oil and Gas Leasing Plans and comment on the preliminary
desired resource conditions for upland Availability. The BLM concurs with the determinations.
and riparian vegetation; fish and selection of Alternative B as described DATES: Submit written comments on the
wildlife habitat; water resources; air in the U.S. Forest Service Record of preliminary determinations on or before
quality; cultural, paleontological and Decision. In the Approved RMP, the March 30, 2015.
visual resources; as well as livestock BLM also designates routes for ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
grazing; mineral and alternative energy; mechanized travel in the Phil’s World Ms. Angela Anderson, Bureau of
and recreation. and Mud Springs portion of the Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP–
The BLM and the U.S. Forest Service 410, Sacramento, California 95825; or
planning area that were analyzed in the
initiated scoping for the RMP in 1999. email at aanderson@usbr.gov.
2008 Cortez-Mancos Travel
The agencies sought public input via FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
meetings and interviews, including an Management Plan Environmental
Assessment (CO–800–2006–090–EA). be placed on a mailing list for any
intensive year of facilitated public subsequent information, please contact
meetings in 2005, in order to develop These route designations are
Ms. Anderson at the email address
the Draft Land and Resource implementation decisions and are
above or 916–978–5215 (TDD 978–
Management Plan (LRMP)/ appealable under 43 CFR part 4. These
5608).
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). decisions are contained in Section 2.13
of the Approved RMP. Any party SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To meet
The Draft was published for a 90-day
adversely affected by the proposed route the requirements of the Central Valley
public comment period in December
designations may appeal within 30 days Project Improvement Act of 1992 and
2007. Based on public comments, the
of publication of this Notice of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the
agencies identified the need to prepare
Bureau of Reclamation developed and
a Supplement to the Draft EIS to Availability pursuant to 43 CFR part 4,
published the Criteria for Evaluating
consider the Reasonable Foreseeable subpart E. The appeal should state the
Water Management Plans (Criteria).
Development potential of oil and gas in specific route(s), as identified in Each of the 10 entities listed below has
the Gothic Shale Gas Play, which was Appendix A of the Approved RMP, for developed a Plan that has been
published in August 2011. The which the decision is being appealed. evaluated and preliminarily determined
preferred alternative for the Draft LRMP The appeal must be filed with the Tres to meet the requirements of these
was carried forward into the Proposed Rios Field Manager at the above listed Criteria. The following Water
LRMP/Final EIS, which was published address. Please consult the appropriate Management Plans are available for
in September 2013, initiating the protest regulations (43 CFR part 4, subpart E) review:
period and Governor’s Consistency for further appeal requirements.
Review. During the protest period for • City of Fairfield
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR • City of Vacaville
the Proposed LRMP, the BLM received • City of Vallejo
14 valid protest submissions. The BLM 1506.10.
• Glide Water District
granted one protest in part and Ruth Welch, • Kanawha Water District
dismissed the remaining protests. The BLM Colorado State Director. • San Joaquin River Exchange
BLM granted in part one protest Contractors: Consisting of Central
[FR Doc. 2015–04075 Filed 2–26–15; 8:45 am]
regarding 15 potential Areas of Critical California Irrigation District,
Environmental Concern (ACEC) that BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P
Columbia Canal Company, Firebaugh
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

BLM determined met both the relevance Canal Water District, and San Luis
and importance criteria, but were not Canal Company
analyzed in the range of alternatives in • Solano County Water Agency
the Draft EIS due to a procedural error. • Suisun-Solano Water Authority
The BLM will evaluate these areas, as • West Stanislaus Irrigation District
well as the two existing ACECs that will • City of West Sacramento
continue to be designated as ACECs in We are inviting the public to
the Approved RMP, in a future plan comment on our preliminary (i.e., draft)

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Availability.
Contact		Gina Jones, Southwest District NEPA
FR Citation		80 FR 10711

80 FR 10711 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Tres Rios Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 39 (February 27, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management