80 FR 30716 - Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Bighorn Basin Resource Management Plan Revision, Cody and Worland Field Offices, Wyoming
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 103 (May 29, 2015)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 103 (May 29, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-12941 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 30716-30718] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-12941] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWYR0000.L16100000.DP0000.LXSS042K0000] Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Bighorn Basin Resource Management Plan Revision, Cody and Worland Field Offices, Wyoming AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management, Interior. [[Page 30717]] ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Cody and Worland Field Offices and by this notice is announcing its availability. DATES: The BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may protest the BLM's Proposed RMP/Final EIS. 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 publishes its notice of availability in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Bighorn Basin Proposed RMP/Final EIS have been sent to affected Federal, State, Tribal, and local Government agencies and to other stakeholders and members of the public. Copies of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS are available for public inspection at:The Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009 The Bureau of Land Management, Cody Field Office, 1002 Blackburn Avenue, Cody, Wyoming 82414 The Bureau of Land Management, Worland Field Office, 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401 Interested persons may also review the Proposed RMP/Final EIS on the internet at http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/bighorn.html. All protests must be in writing and mailed to one of the following addresses: Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Protest Coordinator, P.O. Box 71383, Washington, DC 20024-1383. Overnight Delivery: BLM Director (210), Attention: Protest Coordinator, 20 M Street SE., Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20003. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Elliott, RMP Project Manager, telephone: 307-347-5193; address: 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401; email: [email protected]. 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, 7 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 Planning Area includes lands within the BLM Cody and Worland Field Offices' administrative boundaries, in all of Big Horn, Park, and Washakie counties, and most of Hot Springs County in north-central Wyoming. The Planning Area includes all lands, regardless of jurisdiction, totaling 5.6 million acres; however, the BLM will only make decisions on lands that fall under the BLM's jurisdiction. Lands within the Planning Area under the BLM's jurisdiction make up the Decision Area. The Decision Area consists of BLM-administered surface, totaling 3.2 million acres, and the Federal mineral estate, totaling 4.2 million acres. The revised RMP will replace the Washakie and Grass Creek RMPs in the Worland Field Office, Wyoming, and the Cody RMP in the Cody Field Office, Wyoming. The Proposed RMP/Final EIS includes a series of management actions, within six management alternatives, designed to address management challenges and issues raised during scoping, including, but not limited to: recreation, areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs), wildlife habitats, livestock grazing, energy development, air quality and global climate change, and wilderness characteristics. Protection of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat is analyzed in all alternatives considered. The six alternatives are: Alternative A (No Action Alternative): Continues existing management practices; Alternative B: Fosters conservation of natural and cultural resources while providing for compatible development and use; Alternative C: Emphasizes resource development and use; Alternative D (Proposed Plan): Provides development opportunities and protects sensitive resources; Alternative E: Provides conservation of natural and cultural resources and protection of Greater Sage-Grouse Key Habitat Areas through the designation of an ACEC; and Alternative F: Provides development opportunities and protects sensitive resources and protection of Greater Sage-Grouse Core Habitat Areas through the designation of an ACEC. The Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare the Bighorn Basin RMP/EIS was published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2008, and the Draft RMP/EIS was released to the public on April 22, 2011. On July 12, 2013 the Supplement to the Draft RMP/EIS was published in the Federal Register to include Alternatives E and F. Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS and Supplemental Draft EIS received from the public and internal BLM review were considered and incorporated as appropriate into the proposed plan. As modified, Alternative D is now presented as the Proposed Bighorn Basin RMP in the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. Alternative D generally allows resource use if the activity can be conducted in a manner that conserves physical, biological, heritage and visual resources. Alternative D proposes ACEC designations for: Big Cedar Ridge (264 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Paleontological. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Right-of-way (ROW) exclusion area, no-surface occupancy (NSO) restriction applied to fluid mineral leases, closed to geophysical exploration, closed to mineral material disposals and related exploration and development activities, motorized vehicle use limited to existing roads and trails, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite (1,798 acres): Value(s) of Concern--Paleontological. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Closed to surface disturbing activities except to enhance public education, heavy equipment restriction on fire suppression activities, motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, interpretive area closed to livestock grazing, an NSO restriction applied to fluid mineral leases, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Sheep Mountain Anticline (13,260 acres): Value(s) of Concern--Geologic, Caves, Cultural and Scenic. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, generally closed to surface disturbing activities, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Spanish Point Karst (11,854 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Caves, Recreational, Sinking Stream Segments and Water Quality. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, closed to geophysical exploration, closed to off highway vehicle use, ROW avoidance/mitigation area, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Brown/Howe Dinosaur Area (5,521 acres): Value(s) of Concern--Paleontological. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Closed to mineral material disposals, unavailable for fluid [[Page 30718]] mineral leasing, ROW avoidance/mitigation area, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Carter Mountain (10,947 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Vegetation, Wildlife, Cultural, Recreational, Special Status Species, Watershed and Soils. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Heavy equipment restriction on fire suppression activities, ROW avoidance/mitigation area, motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, closed to surface-disturbing activities on slopes greater than 7 percent, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, closed to mineral material disposals, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Five Springs Falls (163 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Recreational, Scenic, Special Status Species, Geologic and Public Safety. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Heavy equipment restriction on fire suppression activities, ROW avoidance/mitigation area, climbing not allowed on the cliff that forms the falls, motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, and unavailable for fluid mineral leasing. Little Mountain (21,478 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Caves, Cultural, Paleontological, Scenic, Recreational, Special Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Heavy equipment restriction for fire suppression activities, motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, a ROW avoidance/ mitigation area, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. Upper Owl Creek (13,572 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Cultural, Fish, Recreational, Scenic, Soils, Special Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, closed to surface- disturbing activities, pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws for 13,238 acres, ROW avoidance/mitigation area, and unavailable for fluid mineral leasing. Clarks Fork Canyon (4,759 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Geologic, Open Space, Recreational, Special Status Species, and Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Close 1,211 acres to motorized vehicle use with the remainder limited to designated roads and trails, closed to surface-disturbing activities, closed to mineral material disposals, closed to geophysical exploration, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws, renewable energy ROW exclusion area, and ROW avoidance/ mitigation area. Sheep Mountain (25,962 acres): Value(s) of Concern-- Special Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--Motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, closed to mineral material disposals, pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws, closed to surface-disturbing activities, and ROW avoidance/mitigation area. Paleocene, Eocene Thermal Maximum (14,913 acres): Value(s) of Concern--Paleontological. Proposed Use Limitation(s)--NSO restriction applied to fluid mineral leases, and closed to mineral material disposals. The Proposed plan also makes a determination that 20 waterways (92 miles) are not suitable for WSR designation and releases those eligible waterways from further interim protection. The Bighorn Basin Proposed RMP/Final EIS is one of a total of 15 separate EISs that make up the BLM and Forest Service National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy. Greater-Sage Grouse habitat within the planning area consists of: Priority Habitat Management Area (PHMA)--Areas identified as having the highest conservation value for maintaining sustainable greater sage-grouse populations; include breeding, late brood-rearing, and winter concentration areas. General Habitat Management Area (GHMA)--Areas of seasonal or year-round habitat outside of PHMA. Alternative D supports management of greater sage-grouse seasonal habitats and maintaining habitat connectivity to achieve population objectives. Alternative D would limit or eliminate new surface disturbance in PHMA, while minimizing disturbance in GHMA. Alternative D is also consistent with guidelines provided in the Governor's Sage- Grouse Implementation Team's Core Population Area strategy and the Governor's Executive Order (WY EO 2011-05). The BLM and Forest Service, via the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Management Zone Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Team, will develop a Regional Mitigation Strategy to guide the application of the mitigation hierarchy to address impacts within that Zone. The Regional Mitigation Strategy should consider any State- level greater sage-grouse mitigation guidance that is consistent with the requirements. The Regional Mitigation Strategy will be developed in a transparent manner, based on the best science available and standardized metrics. Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM regarding the Proposed RMP/Final EIS may be found in the ``Dear Reader'' letter of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS for the Bighorn Basin RMP Revision Project 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 above. Emailed protests will not be accepted as valid protests unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the emailed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance notification, please direct emails to [email protected]. Before including your address, 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 may 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 Mary Jo Rugwell, Acting State Director, Wyoming. [FR Doc. 2015-12941 Filed 5-28-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-22-P
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• Limitations on the Following Uses: mineral entry; 4,986 acres closed to hierarchy to address impacts within that
This ACEC would be managed as a development of solid leasable minerals Zone. The Regional Mitigation Strategy
ROW exclusion area, no land disposals and 7,291 acres are open to solid should consider any State-level greater
permitted; travel limited to designated leasable mineral development with sage-grouse mitigation guidance that is
routes; closed (no lease) to fluid mineral NSO; 4,986 acres closed to mineral consistent with the requirements. The
leasing, continue the 240 acre mineral material sales; the ACEC closed to Regional Mitigation Strategy will be
entry withdrawal; closed to renewable renewable energy development; animal developed in a transparent manner,
energy development; closed to animal trapping/traplines prohibited on 4,986 based on the best science available and
trapping/traplines; target shooting not acres; target shooting prohibited in the standardized metrics. Development of
permitted due to resource concerns; and ACEC due to resource concerns; and the additional regional mitigation strategies
scattering of cremains not permitted. scattering of cremains prohibited. for other resource programs may occur
Pryor Foothills Research Natural Area The Proposed RMP does not adopt the for implementation level decisions.
(RNA) ACEC (2,606 acres). following ACEC: Greater Sage-Grouse Instructions for filing a protest with
• Values: Special status plants and Habitat ACEC. the Director of the BLM regarding the
rare plant communities and significant The Proposed RMP is also Proposed RMP/Final EIS may be found
historic and cultural values. recommending the following river in the ‘‘Dear Reader’’ Letter of the
• Limitations on the Following Uses: segments (3.15 miles) as suitable to Billings and Pompeys Pillar National
The ACEC would be managed as a ROW protect their outstandingly remarkable Monument Proposed RMP/Final EIS
avoidance area; no land disposals values, free-flowing nature, and and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. All protests
permitted; travel limited to designated classification. The following segments must be in writing and mailed to the
routes; VRM Class II area; plant would be recommended as suitable for appropriate address, as set forth in the
collecting allowed for scientific use or inclusion in the National Wild and ADDRESSES section above. Emailed
range studies only (no collection of Scenic River System: protests will not be accepted as valid
special status plant species without a • Crooked Creek (above fish barrier— protests unless the protesting party also
permit); the ACEC managed as a NSO 1.59 miles) tentative management class provides the original letter by either
within 1⁄4 mile buffer on known would be Wild. regular or overnight mail postmarked by
sensitive plant sites and Controlled • Crooked Creek (below fish barrier— the close of the protest period. Under
Surface Use (area must be inventoried 1.56 miles) tentative management class these conditions, the BLM will consider
for special status plants prior to surface would be Scenic. the emailed protest as an advance copy
disturbing activities) (Note: all lands in Wild and Scenic River eligible and and it will receive full consideration. If
this ACEC east of Crooked Creek Road suitable segments (14.08 miles total) you wish to provide the BLM with such
(839 acres) are within an Lands with would be managed as NSO for oil and advance notification, please direct
Wilderness Characteristics unit which is gas leasing, exploration, and emails to protest@blm.gov.
No Lease to fluid mineral leasing); the development within 1⁄2 mile of the Before including your address, phone
ACEC is recommended for withdrawal eligible and suitable river segments. The number, email address, or other
from mineral entry; closed to solid WSR eligible and suitable segments personal identifying information in your
leasable minerals and mineral material would be managed as exclusion areas protest, you should be aware that your
sales; and renewable energy for wind energy development. entire protest—including your personal
development not permitted; The Proposed RMP/Final EIS is one of identifying information—may be made
Stark Site ACEC (799 acres). a total of 15 separate EISs that make up publicly available at any time. While
• Values: Unique cultural resources. the BLM and Forest Service National you may ask us in your protest to
• Limitations on the Following Uses: Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy. withhold your personal identifying
The ACEC would be managed as a ROW Greater-Sage Grouse habitat within the information from public review, we
avoidance area; motorized travel limited planning area consists of: cannot guarantee that we will be able to
to designated routes; managed as a VRM • Priority Habitat Management Area do so.
Class II area, recommended for (PHMA)—Areas identified as having the
withdrawal from mineral entry; fluid highest conservation value for Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
mineral leasing leased with a NSO maintaining sustainable greater sage- 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5
stipulation, Open to solid mineral grouse populations; include breeding, Jamie E. Connell,
leasing with NSO; closed to mineral late brood-rearing, and winter State Director, Montana/Dakotas.
material sales; closed to target shooting concentration areas. [FR Doc. 2015–12937 Filed 5–28–15; 8:45 am]
due to resource concerns; and scattering • General Habitat Management Area
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of cremains not permitted. (GHMA)—Areas of seasonal or year-
Weatherman Draw ACEC (12,277 round habitat outside of PHMA.
acres). Alternative D supports management DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Values: Unique cultural values. of greater sage-grouse seasonal habitats
• Limitations on the Following Uses: and maintaining habitat connectivity to Bureau of Land Management
The ACEC would be managed as a ROW achieve population objectives.
exclusion area on 4,986 acres and a Alternative D would limit or eliminate [LLWYR0000.L16100000.DP0000.
ROW avoidance area on 7,291 acres; no LXSS042K0000]
new surface disturbance in PHMA,
land disposals permitted; travel limited while minimizing disturbance in Notice of Availability of the Proposed
to designated routes; the ACEC managed GHMA. Resource Management Plan and Final
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as a VRM Class II area; 4,986 acres The BLM and Forest Service, via the
Environmental Impact Statement for
closed (no lease) to fluid mineral leasing Western Association of Fish and
the Bighorn Basin Resource
and 7,291 acres available to fluid Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA)
Management Plan Revision, Cody and
mineral leasing with a NSO stipulation; Management Zone Greater Sage-Grouse
Worland Field Offices, Wyoming
600 acres are currently withdrawn from Conservation Team, will develop a
mineral entry and 4,386 are Regional Mitigation Strategy to guide AGENCY:The Bureau of Land
recommended for withdrawal from the application of the mitigation Management, Interior.
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mineral leasing, ROW avoidance/ area, and ROW avoidance/mitigation based on the best science available and
mitigation area, and pursue a area. standardized metrics.
withdrawal from appropriation under • Sheep Mountain (25,962 acres): Instructions for filing a protest with
the mining laws. Value(s) of Concern—Special Status the Director of the BLM regarding the
• Carter Mountain (10,947 acres): Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Proposed RMP/Final EIS may be found
Value(s) of Concern—Vegetation, Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized in the ‘‘Dear Reader’’ letter of the
Wildlife, Cultural, Recreational, Special vehicle use limited to designated roads Proposed RMP/Final EIS for the Bighorn
Status Species, Watershed and Soils. and trails, unavailable for fluid mineral Basin RMP Revision Project and at 43
Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Heavy leasing, closed to mineral material CFR 1610.5–2. All protests must be in
equipment restriction on fire disposals, pursue a withdrawal from writing and mailed to the appropriate
suppression activities, ROW avoidance/ appropriation under the mining laws, address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES
mitigation area, motorized vehicle use closed to surface-disturbing activities, section above. Emailed protests will not
limited to designated roads and trails, and ROW avoidance/mitigation area. be accepted as valid protests unless the
closed to surface-disturbing activities on • Paleocene, Eocene Thermal protesting party also provides the
slopes greater than 7 percent, Maximum (14,913 acres): Value(s) of original letter by either regular or
unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, Concern—Paleontological. Proposed overnight mail postmarked by the close
closed to mineral material disposals, Use Limitation(s)—NSO restriction of the protest period. Under these
and pursue a withdrawal from applied to fluid mineral leases, and conditions, the BLM will consider the
appropriation under the mining laws. closed to mineral material disposals. emailed protest as an advance copy and
• Five Springs Falls (163 acres): The Proposed plan also makes a it will receive full consideration. If you
Value(s) of Concern—Recreational, determination that 20 waterways (92 wish to provide the BLM with such
Scenic, Special Status Species, Geologic miles) are not suitable for WSR advance notification, please direct
and Public Safety. Proposed Use designation and releases those eligible emails to protest@blm.gov.
Limitation(s)—Heavy equipment waterways from further interim Before including your address, phone
restriction on fire suppression activities, protection. number, email address, or other
ROW avoidance/mitigation area, The Bighorn Basin Proposed RMP/
personal identifying information in your
climbing not allowed on the cliff that Final EIS is one of a total of 15 separate
protest, you should be aware that your
forms the falls, motorized vehicle use EISs that make up the BLM and Forest
entire protest—including your personal
limited to designated roads and trails, Service National Greater Sage-Grouse
identifying information—may be made
and unavailable for fluid mineral Planning Strategy. Greater-Sage Grouse
publicly available at any time. While
leasing. habitat within the planning area
you may ask us in your protest to
• Little Mountain (21,478 acres): consists of:
• Priority Habitat Management Area withhold your personal identifying
Value(s) of Concern—Caves, Cultural,
(PHMA)—Areas identified as having the information from public review, we
Paleontological, Scenic, Recreational,
highest conservation value for cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Special Status Species, Vegetation and
Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)— maintaining sustainable greater sage- do so.
Heavy equipment restriction for fire grouse populations; include breeding, Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR
suppression activities, motorized late brood-rearing, and winter 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5
vehicle use limited to designated roads concentration areas. Mary Jo Rugwell,
and trails, a ROW avoidance/mitigation • General Habitat Management Area Acting State Director, Wyoming.
area, unavailable for fluid mineral (GHMA)—Areas of seasonal or year-
[FR Doc. 2015–12941 Filed 5–28–15; 8:45 am]
leasing, and pursue a withdrawal from round habitat outside of PHMA.
Alternative D supports management BILLING CODE 4310–22–P
appropriation under the mining laws.
• Upper Owl Creek (13,572 acres): of greater sage-grouse seasonal habitats
Value(s) of Concern—Cultural, Fish, and maintaining habitat connectivity to
Recreational, Scenic, Soils, Special achieve population objectives. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Alternative D would limit or eliminate Bureau of Land Management
Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized new surface disturbance in PHMA,
vehicle use limited to designated roads while minimizing disturbance in [LLMTM00000
and trails, closed to surface-disturbing GHMA. Alternative D is also consistent L16100000.DQ0000.LXSS048E0000 MO#
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activities, pursue a withdrawal from with guidelines provided in the
appropriation under the mining laws for Governor’s Sage-Grouse Implementation Notice of Availability of the HiLine
13,238 acres, ROW avoidance/ Team’s Core Population Area strategy District Proposed Resource
mitigation area, and unavailable for and the Governor’s Executive Order Management Plan and Final
fluid mineral leasing. (WY EO 2011–05). Environmental Impact Statement,
• Clarks Fork Canyon (4,759 acres): The BLM and Forest Service, via the
HiLine District, Montana
Value(s) of Concern—Geologic, Open Western Association of Fish and
Space, Recreational, Special Status Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Species, and Wildlife. Proposed Use Management Zone Greater Sage-Grouse Interior.
Limitation(s)—Close 1,211 acres to Conservation Team, will develop a ACTION: Notice of Availability.
motorized vehicle use with the Regional Mitigation Strategy to guide
remainder limited to designated roads the application of the mitigation SUMMARY: In accordance with the
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and trails, closed to surface-disturbing hierarchy to address impacts within that National Environmental Policy Act of
activities, closed to mineral material Zone. The Regional Mitigation Strategy 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the
disposals, closed to geophysical should consider any State-level greater Federal Land Policy and Management
exploration, unavailable for fluid sage-grouse mitigation guidance that is Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the
mineral leasing, pursue a withdrawal consistent with the requirements. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
from appropriation under the mining Regional Mitigation Strategy will be prepared a Proposed Resource
laws, renewable energy ROW exclusion developed in a transparent manner, Management Plan (RMP) and Final
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| Dates | The BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may protest the BLM's Proposed RMP/Final EIS. 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 publishes its notice of availability in the Federal Register. | |
| Contact | Holly Elliott, RMP Project Manager, | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 30716 |
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