80 FR 57332 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision; and Approved Land Management Plan Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse Sub-Regions Northwest Colorado, and Wyoming
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 184 (September 23, 2015)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 184 (September 23, 2015)
| Page Range | 57332-57333 | |
| FR Document | 2015-24168 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 57332-57333] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-24168] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 184 / Wednesday, September 23, 2015 / Notices [[Page 57332]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision; and Approved Land Management Plan Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse Sub-Regions Northwest Colorado, and Wyoming AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Forest Service announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved Land Management Plan (LMP) Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) sub-regions of Northwest Colorado and Wyoming. The Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Regional Foresters signed the ROD on September 16, 2015, which constitutes the final decision of the Forest Service. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and LMP Amendments are available upon request and are also available for public inspection at the addresses listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Interested persons may also review the ROD and Approved LMP amendments and on the World Wide Web at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/r4/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Northwest Colorado GRSG LMP Amendment contact Dennis Jaeger, Routt National Forest Supervisor, telephone 307-745-2400; address Routt National Forest 2468 Jackson Street, Laramie, WY 82070; email: [email protected]. For the Wyoming GRSG LMP amendment contact Pam Bode, Wyoming State Liaison, telephone 307-352-0259; address Bridger-Teton National Forest, 340 North Cache, Jackson, Wyoming 83001; email: [email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved Land Management Plan (LMP) Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) sub-regions of Northwest Colorado and Wyoming were developed through a collaborative planning process and incorporate land-use plan level conservation measures into existing Forest Service LMPs to conserve, enhance, and restore GRSG and its habitat by reducing, eliminating, or minimizing threats to GRSG and its habitat. The ROD and Approved LMP Amendments include management direction that limits or eliminates new surface disturbance in GRSG Priority Habitat Management Areas, while minimizing disturbance in GRSG General Habitat Management Areas. In addition to establishing protective management direction, the Approved LMP Amendments establish a suite of management provisions, such as the establishment of disturbance limits, GRSG habitat objectives, mitigation requirements, monitoring protocols, and adaptive management triggers and responses, as well as other conservation measures throughout the range. The cumulative effect of these conservation measures is to protect, improve, and restore GRSG habitat across the remaining range of the species in the Rocky Mountain Region and provide greater certainty that Forest Service activities and authorizations in GRSG habitat will lead to conservation of GRSG and its habitat as well as other sagebrush- steppe associated species in the Region. The ROD and Approved LMP Amendments amend the following Forest Service LMPs: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Forest System Date of Sub-region unit current LMP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NW Colorado.................... Routt National Forest.. 1998 Wyoming........................ Thunder Basin National 2002 Grassland. Bridger-Teton National 1990 Forest. Medicine Bow National 2003 Forest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Northwest Colorado and Wyoming Draft Land Use Plan Amendments (LUPAs)/Draft Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and Proposed LUPAs/Final EISs also included proposed GRSG management direction on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands. However, the BLM completed a separate ROD and Resource Management Plan Amendments/ Revisions under BLM planning authorities. Management decisions within the Forest Service ROD and Approved LMP Amendments apply only to National Forest System lands. Notice of Availability for the Rocky Mountain Region GRSG Proposed LUPs/Final EISs were published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2015, which initiated a 30-day protest period. The BLM and Forest Service received 55 timely and valid protest submissions for all Rocky Mountain region Proposed LUPAs/Final EISs. After careful consideration of the all issues raised in these protests, the Deputy Chief for the National Forest System concluded that the responsible planning team followed all applicable laws, regulations, and policies and considered all relevant resource information and public input in developing the Proposed LUPs/Final EISs. For a full description of the issues raised during the protest period and how they were addressed, please refer to the Protest Resolution Reports for the Northwest Colorado and Wyoming Proposed LUPAs/Final EISs. These Reports, which include two Forest Service Proposed LMP amendments for Northwest Colorado and Wyoming, are available at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/ [[Page 57333]] planning/planning_overview/protest_resolution/protestreports.html. The preferred alternatives, as presented in the Draft LUP Amendments/EISs and further developed in the Proposed LUP Amendments/ Final EISs as the Proposed Plan Amendments, were selected in the ROD as the Approved LMP Amendments with some minor clarifications. Copies of the Northwest Colorado GRSG ROD and Approved LMP Amendment are available upon request and are available for public inspection at:Routt National Forest Headquarters, 2468 Jackson Street, Laramie, WY, 82070 Copies of the Wyoming GRSG ROD and Approved LMP Amendment are available upon request and are available for public inspection at: Medicine Bow National Forest-Thunder Basin National Grassland Headquarters Bridger-Teton National Forest Headquarters, 340 North Cache, Jackson, WY 83001 Dated: September 17, 2015. Glenn P. Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2015-24168 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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planning/planning_overview/protest_ ACTION:Notice of availability of the (TDD) may call the Federal Information
resolution/protestreports.html. Record of Decision. Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
The preferred alternatives, as between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
SUMMARY: The Forest Service announces Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
presented in the Draft LUP
the availability of the Record of
Amendments/EISs and further SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Decision (ROD) and Approved Land
developed in the Proposed LUP Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved
Management Plan (LMP) Amendments
Amendments/Final EISs as the Land Management Plan (LMP)
for the Great Basin Region Greater Sage-
Proposed Plan Amendments, were Amendments for the Great Basin Region
Grouse (GRSG) sub-regions of Idaho and
selected in the ROD as the Approved Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) sub-regions
Southwestern Montana, Nevada, and
LMP Amendments with some minor Northeast California, and Utah. of Idaho and Southwestern Montana,
clarifications. Management decisions within the ROD Nevada, and Northeast California, and
Copies of the Northwest Colorado and Approved LMP amendments apply Utah were developed through a
GRSG ROD and Approved LMP only to National Forest System lands. collaborative planning process and
Amendment are available upon request There were no National Forest System incorporate land-use plan level
and are available for public inspection lands involved in this effort in conservation measures into existing
at: Northeast California. The Regional Forest Service LMPs to conserve,
• Routt National Forest Headquarters, Foresters signed the ROD on September enhance, and restore GRSG and its
2468 Jackson Street, Laramie, WY, 16, 2015, which constitutes the final habitat by reducing, eliminating, or
82070 decision of the Forest Service. minimizing threats to GRSG and its
Copies of the Wyoming GRSG ROD and ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and habitat. The ROD and Approved LMP
Approved LMP Amendment are Approved LMP Amendments are Amendments include management
available upon request and are available upon request and are also direction that limits or eliminates new
available for public inspection at: available for public inspection at the surface disturbance in GRSG Priority
• Medicine Bow National Forest- addresses listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY Habitat Management Areas, while
Thunder Basin National Grassland INFORMATION section. Interested persons minimizing disturbance in GRSG
Headquarters may also review the ROD and Approved General Habitat Management Areas. In
• Bridger-Teton National Forest LMP Amendments on the World Wide addition to establishing protective land
Headquarters, 340 North Cache, Web at http://www.fs.usda.gov/r4/. use allocations, the Approved LMP
Jackson, WY 83001 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Amendments establish a suite of
the Idaho and Southwestern Montana management provisions, such as the
Dated: September 17, 2015. establishment of disturbance limits,
Glenn P. Casamassa,
GRSG LMP Amendment contact Robert
Mickelsen, Caribou-Targhee National GRSG habitat objectives, mitigation
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest requirements, monitoring protocols, and
System.
Forest GRSG, Idaho State Liaison,
telephone 208–557–5764; address: 1405 adaptive management triggers and
[FR Doc. 2015–24168 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am]
Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401; responses, as well as other conservation
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
email: rmickelsen@fs.fed.us. measures throughout the range. The
For the Nevada GRSG LMP cumulative effect of these conservation
Amendment contact Bill Dunkelberger, measures is to protect, improve, and
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE restore GRSG habitat across the
Forest Supervisor, Humboldt-Toiyabe,
telephone: 775–355–5310; address: 1200 remaining range of the species in the
Forest Service Great Basin Region and provide greater
Franklin Way, Sparks, NV 89431; email:
Notice of Availability of the Record of wadunkelberger@fs.fed.us. certainty that Forest Service activities
Decision and Approved Land For the Utah GRSG LMP Amendment and authorizations in GRSG habitat in
Management Plan Amendments for the contact: Ron Rodriguez, Utah State the Great Basin Region will lead to
Great Basin Region Greater Sage- Liaison, telephone: 435–865–3732; conservation of the GRSG and its habitat
Grouse Sub-Regions of Idaho and address: 1789 North Wedgewood Lane, as well as other sagebrush-steppe
Southwestern Montana; Nevada and Cedar City, UT 84721; email: associated species in the Region.
Utah rrodriguez01@fs.fed.us. The ROD and LMP amendments
Individuals who use amend the following Forest Service
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. telecommunication devices for the deaf LMPs:
Date of current
Sub-region National Forest System unit LMP
Idaho ........................................................ Boise National Forest .............................................................................................. 2003
Caribou National Forest ........................................................................................... 2003
Curlew National Grassland ...................................................................................... 2002
Challis National Forest ............................................................................................ 1987
Salmon National Forest ........................................................................................... 1988
Sawtooth National Forest ........................................................................................ 2003
Targhee National Forest RMP ................................................................................. 1997
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Montana ................................................... Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest .................................................................. 2009
Nevada .................................................... Humboldt National Forest ........................................................................................ 1986
Toiyabe National Forest .......................................................................................... 1986
Utah ......................................................... Ashley National Forest ............................................................................................ 1986
Dixie National Forest ............................................................................................... 1986
Fishlake National Forest .......................................................................................... 1986
Manti-LaSal National Forest .................................................................................... 1086
Uinta National Forest ............................................................................................... 2003
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of availability of the Record of Decision. | |
| Contact | For the Northwest Colorado GRSG LMP Amendment contact Dennis Jaeger, Routt National Forest Supervisor, | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 57332 |
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