80 FR 57639 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision; and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse Sub-Regions of Lewistown, North Dakota, Northwest Colorado, and Wyoming; and Approved Resource Management Plans for Billings, Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles City, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, South Dakota, and Worland

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 185 (September 24, 2015)

Page Range		57639-57641
FR Document		2015-24208

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD); and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments (ARMPAs) for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) sub-regions of Lewistown, North Dakota, Northwest Colorado, and Wyoming; and Approved Resource Management Plans (ARMPs) for Billings, Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles City, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, South Dakota, and Worland. The Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management of the U.S. Department of the Interior signed the ROD.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision; and Approved 
Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region 
Greater Sage-Grouse Sub-Regions of Lewistown, North Dakota, Northwest 
Colorado, and Wyoming; and Approved Resource Management Plans for 
Billings, Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles City, Pompeys Pillar National 
Monument, South Dakota, and Worland

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); and Approved Resource Management Plan 
Amendments (ARMPAs) for the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse 
(GRSG) sub-regions of Lewistown, North Dakota, Northwest Colorado, and 
Wyoming; and Approved Resource Management Plans (ARMPs) for Billings, 
Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles City, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, 
South Dakota, and Worland. The Assistant Secretary for Land and 
Minerals Management of the U.S. Department of the Interior signed the 
ROD.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD, ARMPAs and ARMPs 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, ARMPAs and ARMPs on the internet at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contacts for each subregion for the 
GRSG ARMPAs and ARMPs are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section.
    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 listed individuals 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: This ROD; the ARMPAs for the Rocky Mountain 
Region GRSG sub-regions of Lewistown, North Dakota, Northwest Colorado, 
and Wyoming; and the ARMPs for Billings, Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles 
City, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, South Dakota, and Worland were 
developed through a collaborative planning process in order to 
incorporate land use plan level measures into existing BLM land use 
plans to protect, enhance, and restore GRSG and their habitat by 
reducing, eliminating, or minimizing threats to GRSG habitat in the 
context of the BLM's multiple-use and sustained yield mission under 
FLPMA.
    The ARMPAs and ARMPs approved by the ROD include land use 
allocations that limit or eliminate new surface disturbance in GRSG 
Priority Habitat Management Areas (PHMA), while minimizing disturbance 
in GRSG General Habitat Management Areas (GHMA). The Billings and Miles 
City ARMPs also include Restoration Habitat Management Areas (RHMA), 
where certain management actions in these areas provide for a balance 
between ongoing and future resource uses, so that habitat is 
maintained, while also allowing for residual populations in impacted 
areas to persist. The Northwest Colorado ARMPA also includes Linkage 
and Connectivity Habitat Management Areas (LCHMA), which have 
protections to facilitate the movement of GRSG and maintain ecological 
processes. In addition to establishing protective land use allocations, 
the ARMPAs and ARMPs implement a suite of management decisions, 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 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 BLM land and 
resource management activities in GRSG habitat will lead to 
conservation of the GRSG and other species associated with the 
sagebrush ecosystem in the region.
    The ARMPs (plan revisions) approved by the ROD also provide updated 
land use plan management direction for all BLM program areas, including 
but not limited to, air quality, fish and wildlife, cultural, lands and 
realty, livestock grazing, minerals and energy, recreation and visitor 
services, soil and water, special management area designations 
(including Areas of Critical Environmental Concern), travel and 
transportation, vegetation, visual resources, wild horse and burros, 
land with wilderness characteristics, and wildland fire management.
    The ARMPAs approved by the ROD amend the following BLM Resource 
Management Plans (RMPs), completed in the year indicated:

Lewistown GRSG ARMPA
     Judith RMP (1994)
     Headwaters RMP (1984)
North Dakota GRSG ARMPA
     North Dakota RMP (1988)
Northwest Colorado GRSG ARMPA
     Colorado River Valley RMP (2015)
     Grand Junction RMP (2015)
     Kremmling RMP (2015)
     Little Snake RMP (2011)
     White River RMP (1997)
Wyoming GRSG ARMPA
     Casper RMP (2007)
     Kemmerer RMP (2010)
     Newcastle RMP (2000)
     Pinedale RMP (2008)
     Rawlins RMP (2008)
     Green River RMP (1997) (being revised under the Rock 
Springs RMP)
    The ARMPs (plan revisions) approved by the ROD will replace the 
following Resource Management Plans (RMPs):
Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument ARMPs
     Billings RMP (1984)
Buffalo ARMP
     Buffalo RMP (1985)
Cody ARMP (portion of the Bighorn Basin planning effort)
     Cody RMP (1990)
HiLine ARMP
     West HiLine RMP (1988)
     Judith-Valley-Phillips RMP (1994)
Miles City ARMP
     Big Dry RMP (1996)
     Powder River RMP (1985)
South Dakota ARMP
     South Dakota RMP (1986)
Worland ARMP (portion of the Bighorn Basin planning effort)
     Washakie RMP (1988)
     Grass Creek RMP (1998)

    The Northwest Colorado and Wyoming Draft Land Use Plan Amendments 
(LUPAs)/Draft Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and Proposed 
LUPAs/Final EISs included proposed GRSG management direction for 
National Forest System lands. However, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 
has completed a separate ROD and Land and Resource Management Plans 
under USFS planning authorities. Management decisions within the ROD 
and ARMPAs apply only to BLM-administered lands.
    Across all sub-regions in the Rocky Mountain Region, the ROD, ARMPA 
and ARMPs amend and revise existing land use plan decisions on 
approximately 23 million BLM-administered surface acres.
    Notices of Availability (NOA) for the Rocky Mountain Region GRSG 
Proposed

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LUPAs and RMPs/Final EISs were published in the Federal Register on May 
29, 2015, which initiated a 30-day protest period and a 60-day 
Governor's consistency review period. The BLM received 149 timely and 
valid protest submissions across all Rocky Mountain proposed RMPs and 
LUPAs/Final EISs. All protests have been resolved and/or dismissed. For 
a full description of the issues raised during the protest period and 
how they were addressed, please refer to the Director's Protest 
Resolution Reports, which are available at the following Web site: 
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/planning/planning_overview/protest_resolution/protestreports.html.
    The BLM received notifications of inconsistencies and 
recommendations as to how to resolve them during the Governor's 
consistency review period from the States of Colorado, Montana, North 
Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. On August 6, 2015, the BLM State 
Directors for Colorado, Montana/Dakotas, and Wyoming sent notification 
letters to their respective States as to whether they accepted or 
rejected their recommendations for consistency. The States were then 
given 30 days to appeal the State Directors' decisions. The States of 
North Dakota and South Dakota appealed the BLM State Director's 
decisions. The BLM Director affirmed the State Director's decisions on 
these recommendations as the recommendations did not provide the 
balance required by 43 CFR 1610.3-2(e). The Director communicated his 
decisions on the appeals in writing to the Governors concurrently with 
the release of the RODs. The Proposed RMPs and LUPAs/Final EISs were 
selected in the ROD as the ARMPAs and ARMPs, with some minor 
modifications and clarifications based on protests received, the 
Governors' consistency reviews, and internal agency deliberations.
    Copies of the Lewistown GRSG ROD and ARMPA are available upon 
request and are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101; and
     BLM Lewistown Field Office, 920 Northeast Main, Lewistown, 
Montana 59457.
    Copies of the North Dakota GRSG ROD and ARMPA are available upon 
request and are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101; and
     BLM North Dakota Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue East, Suite 
A, Dickinson, North Dakota 58601.
    Copies of the Northwest Colorado GRSG ROD and ARMPA are available 
upon request and are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, 
Lakewood, Colorado 80215; and
     BLM Northwest District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand 
Junction, Colorado 81506.
    Copies of the Wyoming GRSG ROD and ARMPA are available upon request 
and are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, 
Wyoming 82009;
     BLM Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, 
Wyoming 82604;
     BLM Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway 189 North, 
Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101;
     BLM Newcastle Field Office, 1101 Washington Boulevard, 
Newcastle, Wyoming 82701;
     BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street, 
Pinedale, Wyoming 82941;
     BLM Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third, Rawlins, 
Wyoming 82301; and
     BLM Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock 
Springs, Wyoming 82901.
    Copies of the Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument ROD and 
ARMPs are available upon request and are available for public 
inspection at:
     BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office and Billings Field 
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101.
    Copies of the Buffalo ROD and ARMP are available upon request and 
are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, 
WY 82003;
     BLM High Plains District Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, 
Casper, WY 82604; and
     BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 
82834.
    Copies of the Cody ROD and ARMP are available upon request and are 
available for public inspection at:
     BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, 
WY 82003; and
     BLM Cody Field Office, 1002 Blackburn Avenue, Cody, 
Wyoming 82414.
    Copies of the HiLine ROD and ARMP are available upon request and 
are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101;
     BLM Havre Field Office, 3990 Highway 2 West, Havre, 
Montana 59501;
     BLM Malta Field Office, 501 South 2nd Street, Malta, 
Montana 59538; and
     BLM Glasgow Field Office, 5 Lasar Drive, Glasgow, Montana 
59230.
    Copies of the Miles City ROD and ARMP are available upon request 
and are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101; and
     BLM Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles 
City, MT 59301.
    Copies of the South Dakota ROD and ARMP are available upon request 
and are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101; and
     BLM South Dakota Field Office, 310 Roundup Street, Belle 
Fourche, SD 57717.
    Copies of the Worland ROD and ARMP are available upon request and 
are available for public inspection at:
     BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, 
WY 82003; and
     BLM Worland Field Office, 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, 
Wyoming 82401.
    For further information contact: For the Lewistown GRSG ARMPA: Adam 
Carr, BLM Project Lead, telephone 406-538-1913; address Lewistown Field 
Office, 920 Northeast Main, Lewistown, MT 59457; email acarr@blm.gov.
    For the North Dakota GRSG ARMPA: Ruth Miller, BLM Team Lead, 
telephone 406-896-5023; address Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 
Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101; email 
blm._mt_nd_sage_grouse@blm.gov.
    For the Northwest Colorado GRSG ARMPA: Erin Jones, BLM Northwest 
District NEPA Coordinator, telephone 970-244-3008; address Northwest 
District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506; email 
erjones@blm.gov.
    For the Wyoming GRSG ARMPA: William West, BLM Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, telephone 307-352-0259; address Rock Springs 
Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901; email 
wwest@blm.gov.
    For the Billings ARMP: Carolyn Sherve-Bybee, Billings and Pompeys 
Pillar National Monument RMP Team Leader, telephone: 406-896-5234; 
address: 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101; email: 
billings_pompeyspillar_rmp@blm.gov.

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    For the Buffalo ARMP: Thomas Bills, Buffalo RMP Team Leader; The 
BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834, by 
telephone 307-684-1133, or by email tbills@blm.gov.
    For the Cody ARMP: Holly Elliott, RMP Project Manager, telephone: 
307-347-5193; address: 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401; 
email: helliott@blm.gov.
    For the HiLine ARMP: Brian Hockett, Planning and Environmental 
Coordinator, telephone: 406-262-2837; address: 3990 Highway 2 West, 
Havre, MT 59501; email: MT_HiLine_RMP@blm.gov.
    For the Miles City ARMP: Mary Bloom, Miles City RMP Team Leader, 
telephone: 406-233-2800; address: 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 
59301; email: mbloom@blm.gov.
    For the Pompeys Pillar National Monument ARMP: Carolyn Sherve-
Bybee, Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument RMP Team Leader, 
telephone: 406-896-5234; address: 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 
59101; email: billings_pompeyspillar_rmp@blm.gov.
    For the South Dakota ARMP: Mitch Iverson, RMP Project Manager, 
telephone: 605-892-7008; or Lori (Chip) Kimball, BLM South Dakota Field 
Manager, telephone: 605-892-7000; address: 310 Roundup Street, Belle 
Fourche, SD 57717; email: BLM_MT_South_Dakota_RMP@blm.gov.
    For the Worland ARMP: Holly Elliott, RMP Project Manager, 
telephone: 307-347-5193; address: 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, 
Wyoming 82401; email: helliott@blm.gov.

    Authority:  36 CFR 219.59, 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 
1610.2; 43 CFR 1610.5.

Amy Lueders,
Acting Assistant Director, Renewable Resources & Planning.
[FR Doc. 2015-24208 Filed 9-22-15; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pompeys Pillar National Monument, The ARMPAs approved by the ROD
South Dakota, and Worland were amend the following BLM Resource
Bureau of Land Management developed through a collaborative Management Plans (RMPs), completed
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planning process in order to incorporate in the year indicated:
L11100000.DR0000.LXSISGST0000] land use plan level measures into Lewistown GRSG ARMPA
existing BLM land use plans to protect, • Judith RMP (1994)
Notice of Availability of the Record of enhance, and restore GRSG and their • Headwaters RMP (1984)
Decision; and Approved Resource habitat by reducing, eliminating, or North Dakota GRSG ARMPA
Management Plan Amendments for the minimizing threats to GRSG habitat in • North Dakota RMP (1988)
Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage- the context of the BLM’s multiple-use Northwest Colorado GRSG ARMPA
Grouse Sub-Regions of Lewistown, and sustained yield mission under • Colorado River Valley RMP (2015)
North Dakota, Northwest Colorado, FLPMA. • Grand Junction RMP (2015)
and Wyoming; and Approved The ARMPAs and ARMPs approved • Kremmling RMP (2015)
Resource Management Plans for by the ROD include land use allocations • Little Snake RMP (2011)
Billings, Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles that limit or eliminate new surface • White River RMP (1997)
City, Pompeys Pillar National disturbance in GRSG Priority Habitat Wyoming GRSG ARMPA
Monument, South Dakota, and Worland Management Areas (PHMA), while • Casper RMP (2007)
minimizing disturbance in GRSG • Kemmerer RMP (2010)
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, General Habitat Management Areas • Newcastle RMP (2000)
Interior. (GHMA). The Billings and Miles City • Pinedale RMP (2008)
ACTION: Notice of availability. ARMPs also include Restoration Habitat • Rawlins RMP (2008)
Management Areas (RHMA), where • Green River RMP (1997) (being
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land certain management actions in these revised under the Rock Springs
Management (BLM) announces the areas provide for a balance between RMP)
availability of the Record of Decision ongoing and future resource uses, so The ARMPs (plan revisions) approved
(ROD); and Approved Resource that habitat is maintained, while also by the ROD will replace the following
Management Plan Amendments allowing for residual populations in Resource Management Plans (RMPs):
(ARMPAs) for the Rocky Mountain impacted areas to persist. The Billings and Pompeys Pillar National
Region Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) sub- Northwest Colorado ARMPA also Monument ARMPs
regions of Lewistown, North Dakota, includes Linkage and Connectivity • Billings RMP (1984)
Northwest Colorado, and Wyoming; and Habitat Management Areas (LCHMA), Buffalo ARMP
Approved Resource Management Plans which have protections to facilitate the • Buffalo RMP (1985)
(ARMPs) for Billings, Buffalo, Cody, movement of GRSG and maintain Cody ARMP (portion of the Bighorn
HiLine, Miles City, Pompeys Pillar ecological processes. In addition to Basin planning effort)
National Monument, South Dakota, and establishing protective land use • Cody RMP (1990)
Worland. The Assistant Secretary for allocations, the ARMPAs and ARMPs HiLine ARMP
Land and Minerals Management of the implement a suite of management • West HiLine RMP (1988)
U.S. Department of the Interior signed decisions, such as the establishment of • Judith-Valley-Phillips RMP (1994)
the ROD. disturbance limits, GRSG habitat Miles City ARMP
objectives, mitigation requirements, • Big Dry RMP (1996)
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD,
monitoring protocols, and adaptive • Powder River RMP (1985)
ARMPAs and ARMPs are available upon South Dakota ARMP
request and are also available for public management triggers and responses, as
well as other conservation measures • South Dakota RMP (1986)
inspection at the addresses listed in the Worland ARMP (portion of the Bighorn
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. throughout the range.
The cumulative effect of these Basin planning effort)
Interested persons may also review the • Washakie RMP (1988)
ROD, ARMPAs and ARMPs on the measures is to protect, improve, and
restore GRSG habitat across the • Grass Creek RMP (1998)
internet at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/
remaining range of the species in the The Northwest Colorado and
en/prog/more/sagegrouse.html.
Rocky Mountain Region and provide Wyoming Draft Land Use Plan
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: greater certainty that BLM land and Amendments (LUPAs)/Draft
Contacts for each subregion for the resource management activities in GRSG Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)
GRSG ARMPAs and ARMPs are listed in habitat will lead to conservation of the and Proposed LUPAs/Final EISs
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. GRSG and other species associated with included proposed GRSG management
Persons who use a the sagebrush ecosystem in the region. direction for National Forest System
telecommunications device for the deaf The ARMPs (plan revisions) approved lands. However, the U.S. Forest Service
(TDD) may call the Federal Information by the ROD also provide updated land (USFS) has completed a separate ROD
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 use plan management direction for all and Land and Resource Management
to contact the listed individuals during BLM program areas, including but not Plans under USFS planning authorities.
normal business hours. The FIRS is limited to, air quality, fish and wildlife, Management decisions within the ROD
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, cultural, lands and realty, livestock and ARMPAs apply only to BLM-
to leave a message or question with the grazing, minerals and energy, recreation administered lands.
above individual. You will receive a and visitor services, soil and water, Across all sub-regions in the Rocky
reply during normal business hours.
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special management area designations Mountain Region, the ROD, ARMPA
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ROD; (including Areas of Critical and ARMPs amend and revise existing
the ARMPAs for the Rocky Mountain Environmental Concern), travel and land use plan decisions on
Region GRSG sub-regions of Lewistown, transportation, vegetation, visual approximately 23 million BLM-
North Dakota, Northwest Colorado, and resources, wild horse and burros, land administered surface acres.
Wyoming; and the ARMPs for Billings, with wilderness characteristics, and Notices of Availability (NOA) for the
Buffalo, Cody, HiLine, Miles City, wildland fire management. Rocky Mountain Region GRSG Proposed

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LUPAs and RMPs/Final EISs were • BLM North Dakota Field Office, 99 • BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office,
published in the Federal Register on 23rd Avenue East, Suite A, Dickinson, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana
May 29, 2015, which initiated a 30-day North Dakota 58601. 59101;
protest period and a 60-day Governor’s Copies of the Northwest Colorado • BLM Havre Field Office, 3990
consistency review period. The BLM GRSG ROD and ARMPA are available Highway 2 West, Havre, Montana
received 149 timely and valid protest upon request and are available for 59501;
submissions across all Rocky Mountain public inspection at: • BLM Malta Field Office, 501 South
proposed RMPs and LUPAs/Final EISs. • BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 2nd Street, Malta, Montana 59538; and
All protests have been resolved and/or Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado • BLM Glasgow Field Office, 5 Lasar
dismissed. For a full description of the 80215; and Drive, Glasgow, Montana 59230.
issues raised during the protest period • BLM Northwest District Office, Copies of the Miles City ROD and
and how they were addressed, please 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, Colorado ARMP are available upon request and
refer to the Director’s Protest Resolution 81506. are available for public inspection at:
Reports, which are available at the Copies of the Wyoming GRSG ROD • BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office,
following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ and ARMPA are available upon request 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana
wo/st/en/prog/planning/planning_ and are available for public inspection 59101; and
overview/protest_resolution/ at: • BLM Miles City Field Office, 111
protestreports.html. • BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301.
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming Copies of the South Dakota ROD and
The BLM received notifications of ARMP are available upon request and
inconsistencies and recommendations 82009;
as to how to resolve them during the • BLM Casper Field Office, 2987 are available for public inspection at:
Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming • BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office,
Governor’s consistency review period 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana
from the States of Colorado, Montana, 82604;
• BLM Kemmerer Field Office, 312 59101; and
North Dakota, South Dakota, and • BLM South Dakota Field Office, 310
Highway 189 North, Kemmerer,
Wyoming. On August 6, 2015, the BLM Roundup Street, Belle Fourche, SD
Wyoming 83101;
State Directors for Colorado, Montana/
• BLM Newcastle Field Office, 1101 57717.
Dakotas, and Wyoming sent notification Copies of the Worland ROD and
Washington Boulevard, Newcastle,
letters to their respective States as to ARMP are available upon request and
Wyoming 82701;
whether they accepted or rejected their • BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 are available for public inspection at:
recommendations for consistency. The West Pine Street, Pinedale, Wyoming • BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353
States were then given 30 days to appeal 82941; Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY
the State Directors’ decisions. The States • BLM Rawlins Field Office, 1300 82003; and
of North Dakota and South Dakota North Third, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301; • BLM Worland Field Office, 101
appealed the BLM State Director’s and South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming
decisions. The BLM Director affirmed • BLM Rock Springs Field Office, 280 82401.
the State Director’s decisions on these Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, For further information contact: For
recommendations as the Wyoming 82901. the Lewistown GRSG ARMPA: Adam
recommendations did not provide the Copies of the Billings and Pompeys Carr, BLM Project Lead, telephone 406–
balance required by 43 CFR 1610.3–2(e). Pillar National Monument ROD and 538–1913; address Lewistown Field
The Director communicated his ARMPs are available upon request and Office, 920 Northeast Main, Lewistown,
decisions on the appeals in writing to are available for public inspection at: MT 59457; email acarr@blm.gov.
the Governors concurrently with the • BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office For the North Dakota GRSG ARMPA:
release of the RODs. The Proposed and Billings Field Office, 5001 Ruth Miller, BLM Team Lead, telephone
RMPs and LUPAs/Final EISs were Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 406–896–5023; address Montana/
selected in the ROD as the ARMPAs and 59101. Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate
ARMPs, with some minor modifications Copies of the Buffalo ROD and ARMP Drive, Billings, MT 59101; email blm._
and clarifications based on protests are available upon request and are mt_nd_sage_grouse@blm.gov.
received, the Governors’ consistency available for public inspection at: For the Northwest Colorado GRSG
reviews, and internal agency • BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 ARMPA: Erin Jones, BLM Northwest
deliberations. Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY District NEPA Coordinator, telephone
Copies of the Lewistown GRSG ROD 82003; 970–244–3008; address Northwest
and ARMPA are available upon request • BLM High Plains District Office, District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand
and are available for public inspection 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, WY Junction, CO 81506; email erjones@
at: 82604; and blm.gov.
• BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, • BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort For the Wyoming GRSG ARMPA:
5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana Street, Buffalo, WY 82834. William West, BLM Planning and
59101; and Copies of the Cody ROD and ARMP Environmental Coordinator, telephone
are available upon request and are 307–352–0259; address Rock Springs
• BLM Lewistown Field Office, 920 Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North,
available for public inspection at:
Northeast Main, Lewistown, Montana
• BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901; email
59457. wwest@blm.gov.
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY
Copies of the North Dakota GRSG
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82003; and For the Billings ARMP: Carolyn
ROD and ARMPA are available upon • BLM Cody Field Office, 1002 Sherve-Bybee, Billings and Pompeys
request and are available for public Blackburn Avenue, Cody, Wyoming Pillar National Monument RMP Team
inspection at: 82414. Leader, telephone: 406–896–5234;
• BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, Copies of the HiLine ROD and ARMP address: 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana are available upon request and are MT 59101; email: billings_
59101; and available for public inspection at: pompeyspillar_rmp@blm.gov.

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For the Buffalo ARMP: Thomas Bills, U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Silicon (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of
Buffalo RMP Team Leader; The BLM Genesis Corp. (‘‘Complainant’’ or section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, ‘‘SiGen’’). An amended complaint was amended, an investigation be instituted
Buffalo, WY 82834, by telephone 307– filed on September 8, 2015. The to determine whether there is a
684–1133, or by email tbills@blm.gov. complaint, as amended, alleges violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of
For the Cody ARMP: Holly Elliott, violations of section 337 based upon the section 337 in the importation into the
RMP Project Manager, telephone: 307– importation into the United States, the United States, the sale for importation,
347–5193; address: 101 South 23rd sale for importation, and/or the sale or the sale within the United States after
Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401; email: within the United States after importation of certain silicon-on-
helliott@blm.gov. importation of certain silicon-on- insulator wafers by reason of
For the HiLine ARMP: Brian Hockett, insulator wafers by reason of infringement of one or more of claims
Planning and Environmental infringement of certain claims of U.S. 1–12, 14, and 18–20 of the ’742 patent;
Coordinator, telephone: 406–262–2837; Patent Nos. 5,985,742 (‘‘the ’742 claims 1–10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24,
address: 3990 Highway 2 West, Havre, patent’’); 6,013,563 (‘‘the ’563 patent’’); 28–30, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, and 44–46 of
MT 59501; email: MT_HiLine_RMP@ 6,103,599 (‘‘the ’599 patent’’); 6,162,705 the ’563 patent; claims 1–8, 10–22, and
blm.gov. (‘‘the ’705 patent’’); 6,180,496 (‘‘the ’496 24–28 of the ’599 patent; claims 1–12,
For the Miles City ARMP: Mary patent’’); 6,294,814 (‘‘the ’814 patent’’); 20–22, 25–28, 32, 33, 36–39, 43–48, 51,
Bloom, Miles City RMP Team Leader, 6,790,747 (‘‘the ’747 patent’’); and and 52 of the ’705 patent; claims 1–3,
telephone: 406–233–2800; address: 111 7,811,901 (‘‘the ’901 patent’’). The 5, and 6 of the ’496 patent; claims 1–3
Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301; amended complaint further alleges that and 5 of the ’814 patent; claims 1, 2, 9,
email: mbloom@blm.gov. an industry in the United States exists 15, and 21 of the ’717 patent; and claims
For the Pompeys Pillar National as required by subsection (a)(2) of 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 18, 19, and 21 of the
Monument ARMP: Carolyn Sherve- section 337. ’901 patent, and whether an industry in
Bybee, Billings and Pompeys Pillar The complainant requests that the the United States exists as required by
National Monument RMP Team Leader, Commission institute an investigation subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
telephone: 406–896–5234; address: 5001 and, after the investigation, issue a (2) Pursuant to Commission Rule
Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101; limited exclusion order and a cease and 210.50(b)(l), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(l), the
email: billings_pompeyspillar_rmp@ desist order. presiding administrative law judge shall
blm.gov. ADDRESSES: The amended complaint,
take evidence or other information and
For the South Dakota ARMP: Mitch except for any confidential information hear arguments from the parties and
Iverson, RMP Project Manager, contained therein, is available for other interested persons with respect to
telephone: 605–892–7008; or Lori (Chip) inspection during official business the public interest in this investigation,
Kimball, BLM South Dakota Field hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the as appropriate, and provide the
Manager, telephone: 605–892–7000; Office of the Secretary, U.S. Commission with findings of fact and a
address: 310 Roundup Street, Belle International Trade Commission, 500 E recommended determination on this
Fourche, SD 57717; email: BLM_MT_ Street SW., Room 112, Washington, DC issue, which shall be limited to the
South_Dakota_RMP@blm.gov. 20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. statutory public interest factors set forth
For the Worland ARMP: Holly Elliott, Hearing impaired individuals are in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(l), (f)(1), (g)(l);
RMP Project Manager, telephone: 307– (3) For the purpose of the
advised that information on this matter
347–5193; address: 101 South 23rd investigation so instituted, the following
can be obtained by contacting the
Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401; email: are hereby named as parties upon which
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
helliott@blm.gov. this notice of investigation shall be
205–1810. Persons with mobility
Authority: 36 CFR 219.59, 40 CFR 1506.6, served:
impairments who will need special (a) The complainant is: Silicon
40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2; 43 CFR assistance in gaining access to the
1610.5. Genesis Corp., 1980 Senter Road, San
Commission should contact the Office Jose, California 95112.
Amy Lueders, of the Secretary at (202) 205–2000. (b) The respondent is the following
Acting Assistant Director, Renewable General information concerning the entity alleged to be in violation of
Resources & Planning. Commission may also be obtained by section 337, and is the party upon
[FR Doc. 2015–24208 Filed 9–22–15; 4:15 pm] accessing its internet server at http:// which the complaint is to be served:
BILLING CODE 4310–22–P
www.usitc.gov The public record for this Soitec S.A., Parc Technologique des
investigation may be viewed on the Fontaines, Chemin des Franques, 38190
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) Bernin, France.
at http://edis.usitc.gov. (c) The Office of Unfair Import
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Office of Unfair Import Investigations, Commission, 500 E Street SW., Suite
[Investigation No. 337–TA–966] U.S. International Trade Commission, 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
telephone (202) 205–2560. (4) For the investigation so instituted,
Certain Silicon-on-Insulator Wafers; Authority: The authority for the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
Notice of Institution of Investigation institution of this investigation is U.S. International Trade Commission,
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade contained in section 337 of the Tariff shall designate the presiding
Commission. Act of 1930, as amended, and in section Administrative Law Judge.
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ACTION: Notice. 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules of Responses to the complaint and the
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 notice of investigation must be
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a (2015). submitted by the named respondent in
complaint was filed with the U.S. Scope of Investigation: Having accordance with section 210.13 of the
International Trade Commission on considered the complaint, the U.S. Commission’s Rules of Practice and
August 19, 2015, under section 337 of International Trade Commission, on Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 September 17, 2015, ORDERED THAT— 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of availability.
Contact		Contacts for each subregion for the GRSG ARMPAs and ARMPs are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FR Citation		80 FR 57639

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