83_FR_19890 83 FR 19803 - Notice of Availability of the Utah Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation

83 FR 19803 - Notice of Availability of the Utah Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 87 (May 4, 2018)

Page Range19803-19804
FR Document2018-09526

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared the Utah Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Utah Greater Sage- Grouse (GRSG) Planning Area and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period. BLM Utah is soliciting comments on the entire Draft EIS, as well as the specific planning issues mentioned in this NOA, and the cumulative effects analysis.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 87 (Friday, May 4, 2018)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Utah Draft Resource Management Plan 
Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse 
Conservation

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 
prepared the Utah Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Utah Greater Sage-
Grouse (GRSG) Planning Area and by this notice is announcing the 
opening of the comment period. BLM Utah is soliciting comments on the 
entire Draft EIS, as well as the specific planning issues mentioned in 
this NOA, and the cumulative effects analysis.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS within 90 days 
following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes a 
notice of availability of the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS in the 
Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or hearings and 
any other public participation activities at least 15 days in advance 
through public notices, media releases, and/or mailings.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Utah GRSG Draft RMP 
Amendment/Draft EIS by any of the following methods:
     Website: https://goo.gl/ywBXSn.
     Mail: BLM Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 
500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.
    Copies of the Utah GRSG Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS are available 
in the Utah State Office or on the project website at the addresses 
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Quincy 
Bahr, BLM Utah Sage-Grouse Coordinator, telephone 801-539-4122; address 
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101; or by email 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
to contact Mr. Bahr. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week, to leave a message or question with Mr. Bahr. You will receive a 
reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Greater Sage-Grouse is a state-managed 
species that is dependent on sagebrush steppe ecosystems. These 
ecosystems are managed in partnership across the range of the Greater 
Sage-Grouse by federal, state, and local authorities. Efforts to 
conserve the species and its habitat date back to the 1950s. Over the 
past two decades, state wildlife agencies, federal agencies, and many 
others in the range of the species have been collaborating to conserve 
Greater Sage-Grouse and its habitats. The United States Department of 
the Interior (DOI) and the BLM have broad responsibilities to manage 
federal lands and resources for the public benefit. Nearly half of 
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat is managed by the BLM. The BLM is committed 
to being a good neighbor and investing in on-the-ground conservation 
activities through close collaboration with State governments, local 
communities, private landowners, and other stakeholders.
    In September 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 
determined that the Greater Sage-Grouse did not warrant listing under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The USFWS based its ``not 
warranted'' determination, in part, on the conservation commitments and 
management actions in the BLM and U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) 
Greater Sage-Grouse land use plan amendments and revisions (2015 GRSG 
land use plan decisions), as well as on other private, state, and 
federal conservation efforts. Since 2015 the BLM, in discussion with 
partners, primarily Governors and state wildlife management agencies, 
recognized that several refinements and policy updates could help 
strengthen conservation efforts, while providing increased economic 
opportunity to local communities. The BLM and Department of Interior 
worked closely with Governors charged with managing Greater Sage-Grouse 
to determine whether some, none, or all of the 2015 Land Use Plans 
should be amended. After carefully considering the Governor's input, 
and using its discretion and authority under FLPMA, as well as under 
direction from the Secretary, including Secretary's Order (SO) 3353, 
the BLM proposes amending the Utah Greater Sage-Grouse land use plans 
that address GRSG management. This action is proposed to enhance 
cooperation and improve alignment with the state plans or management 
strategies, in accordance with the BLM's multiple use and sustained 
yield mission. The BLM prepared the Utah GRSG Draft RMP Amendment/Draft 
EIS to address alternatives that will build upon its commitment to 
conserve and restore Greater Sage-Grouse habitat, while improving 
collaboration and alignment with state management strategies for 
Greater Sage-Grouse. The BLM seeks to improve management alignment in 
ways that will increase management flexibility, maintain access to 
public resources, and promote conservation outcomes. The BLM used 
internal, agency, and public scoping to identify issues considered in 
the environmental analysis. As part of this analysis, the BLM also 
examined the range of alternatives evaluated in the BLM's 2015 GRSG 
land use plan decisions and their supporting NEPA analyses.
    This Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS is one of six separate planning 
efforts that are being undertaken in response to SO 3353, Greater Sage-
Grouse Conservation and Cooperation with Western States (June 7, 2017), 
and in accordance with SO 3349, American Energy Independence (March 29, 
2017). The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS proposes to amend the RMPs for 
field offices on BLM lands within BLM Utah boundaries. The current 
management decisions for resources are described in the following 
resource management plans (RMPs):
 Box Elder Resource Management Plan (1986)
 Cedar/Beaver/Garfield/Antimony Resource Management Plan (1986)
 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan 
(2000)
 House Range Resource Management Plan (1987)
 Kanab Resource Management Plan (2008)

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 Park City Management Framework Plan (1975)
 Pinyon Management Framework Plan (1978)
 Pony Express Resource Management Plan (1990)
 Price Resource Management Plan (2008)
 Randolph Management Framework Plan (1980)
 Richfield Resource Management Plan (2008)
 Salt Lake District Isolated Tracts Planning Analysis (1985)
 Vernal Resource Management Plan (2008)
 Warm Springs Resource Management Plan (1987)
    The planning area includes approximately 48,158,700 acres of BLM, 
National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 
State, local, and private lands located in Utah, in 27 counties: 
Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, 
Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Rich, Salt 
Lake, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Wayne, 
and Weber. Within the decision area, the BLM administers approximately 
4,017,400 acres of public lands as GRSG habitat management areas. 
Surface management decisions made as a result of this Draft RMP 
Amendment/Draft EIS will apply only to BLM-administered lands in the 
decision area.
    The formal public scoping process for the RMP Amendment/EIS began 
on October 11, 2017, with the publication of a Notice of Intent in the 
Federal Register (82 FR 47248), and ended on December 1, 2017. The 
following public meetings were held in Utah:
 Vernal, Utah; November 14, 2017
 Cedar City, Utah; November 15, 2017
 Snowville, Utah; November 16, 2017
    The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS addresses the designation of 
sagebrush focal areas; disturbance and density caps; modification of 
habitat objectives; changes to waivers, exceptions and modification 
criteria; the need for General Habitat Management Areas; exceptions to 
greater sage-grouse management within non-habitat portions of Priority 
Habitat Management Areas; lek buffers; reversing adaptive management 
responses when the BLM determines that resource conditions no longer 
warrant those responses; prioritization of mineral leasing; land 
disposals and exchanges; predation; burial of transmission lines; 
direction to consider specific alternatives during implementation 
planning; and clarification of existing management related to 
mitigation standards, adjustment of habitat boundaries to reflect new 
information, grazing systems and prioritization of grazing permits, 
water developments management in relation to water rights, travel and 
transportation management planning, and surface coal mining.
    The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS evaluates two alternatives in 
detail, including the No Action Alternative (Alternative A) and one 
action alternative (Management Alignment Alternative). The Management 
Alignment Alternative has been identified as BLM's Preferred 
Alternative for the purposes of public comment and review. 
Identification of this alternative, however, does not represent final 
agency direction, and the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS may reflect 
changes or adjustments from information received during public comment, 
from new information, or from changes in BLM policies or priorities. 
The Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS may include objectives and actions 
described in the other analyzed alternative as well. Alternative A 
would retain the current management goals, objectives, and direction 
specified in the current RMPs for each field office.
    BLM Utah is soliciting comments on the entire Draft EIS, as well as 
the specific planning issues mentioned in this NOA, and the cumulative 
effects analysis. Please note that public comments and information 
submitted including names, street addresses, and email addresses of 
persons who submit comments will be available for public review and 
disclosure at the address provided in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Monday 
through Friday, except holidays.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment 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

Edwin L. Roberson,
BLM Utah State Director.
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                                             holidays. Before including your address,                Amendment/Draft EIS by any of the                     could help strengthen conservation
                                             phone number, email address, or other                   following methods:                                    efforts, while providing increased
                                             personal identifying information in your                   • Website: https://goo.gl/ywBXSn.                  economic opportunity to local
                                             comment, you should be aware that                          • Mail: BLM Utah State Office, 440                 communities. The BLM and Department
                                             your entire comment—including your                      West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake                  of Interior worked closely with
                                             personal identifying information—may                    City, UT 84101.                                       Governors charged with managing
                                             be made publicly available at any time.                    Copies of the Utah GRSG Draft RMP                  Greater Sage-Grouse to determine
                                             While you can ask us in your comment                    Amendment/Draft EIS are available in                  whether some, none, or all of the 2015
                                             to withhold your personal identifying                   the Utah State Office or on the project               Land Use Plans should be amended.
                                             information from public review, we                      website at the addresses above.                       After carefully considering the
                                             cannot guarantee that we will be able to                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                  Governor’s input, and using its
                                             do so.                                                  further information contact Quincy                    discretion and authority under FLPMA,
                                               Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,             Bahr, BLM Utah Sage-Grouse                            as well as under direction from the
                                             43 CFR 1610.2.                                          Coordinator, telephone 801–539–4122;                  Secretary, including Secretary’s Order
                                                                                                     address 440 West 200 South, Suite 500,                (SO) 3353, the BLM proposes amending
                                             Peter J. Ditton,                                        Salt Lake City, UT 84101; or by email                 the Utah Greater Sage-Grouse land use
                                             Acting BLM Idaho State Director.                        qfbahr@blm.gov. Persons who use a                     plans that address GRSG management.
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–09522 Filed 5–3–18; 8:45 am]              telecommunications device for the deaf                This action is proposed to enhance
                                             BILLING CODE 4310–84–P                                  (TDD) may call the Federal Relay                      cooperation and improve alignment
                                                                                                     Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to                    with the state plans or management
                                                                                                     contact Mr. Bahr. The FRS is available                strategies, in accordance with the BLM’s
                                             DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave               multiple use and sustained yield
                                                                                                     a message or question with Mr. Bahr.                  mission. The BLM prepared the Utah
                                             Bureau of Land Management                                                                                     GRSG Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS
                                                                                                     You will receive a reply during normal
                                             [LLWO200000. LXSGPL000000. 18x.                         business hours.                                       to address alternatives that will build
                                             L11100000.PH0000]                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Greater                    upon its commitment to conserve and
                                                                                                     Sage-Grouse is a state-managed species                restore Greater Sage-Grouse habitat,
                                             Notice of Availability of the Utah Draft                                                                      while improving collaboration and
                                                                                                     that is dependent on sagebrush steppe
                                             Resource Management Plan                                                                                      alignment with state management
                                                                                                     ecosystems. These ecosystems are
                                             Amendment and Environmental Impact                                                                            strategies for Greater Sage-Grouse. The
                                                                                                     managed in partnership across the range
                                             Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse                                                                             BLM seeks to improve management
                                                                                                     of the Greater Sage-Grouse by federal,
                                             Conservation                                                                                                  alignment in ways that will increase
                                                                                                     state, and local authorities. Efforts to
                                             AGENCY:   Bureau of Land Management,                    conserve the species and its habitat date             management flexibility, maintain access
                                             Interior.                                               back to the 1950s. Over the past two                  to public resources, and promote
                                             ACTION: Notice of availability.                         decades, state wildlife agencies, federal             conservation outcomes. The BLM used
                                                                                                     agencies, and many others in the range                internal, agency, and public scoping to
                                             SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                       of the species have been collaborating to             identify issues considered in the
                                             National Environmental Policy Act of                    conserve Greater Sage-Grouse and its                  environmental analysis. As part of this
                                             1969, as amended, and the Federal Land                  habitats. The United States Department                analysis, the BLM also examined the
                                             Policy and Management Act of 1976, as                   of the Interior (DOI) and the BLM have                range of alternatives evaluated in the
                                             amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land                     broad responsibilities to manage federal              BLM’s 2015 GRSG land use plan
                                             Management (BLM) has prepared the                       lands and resources for the public                    decisions and their supporting NEPA
                                             Utah Draft Resource Management Plan                     benefit. Nearly half of Greater Sage-                 analyses.
                                             (RMP) Amendment and Draft                               Grouse habitat is managed by the BLM.                    This Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS
                                             Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)                    The BLM is committed to being a good                  is one of six separate planning efforts
                                             for the Utah Greater Sage-Grouse                        neighbor and investing in on-the-ground               that are being undertaken in response to
                                             (GRSG) Planning Area and by this                        conservation activities through close                 SO 3353, Greater Sage-Grouse
                                             notice is announcing the opening of the                 collaboration with State governments,                 Conservation and Cooperation with
                                             comment period. BLM Utah is soliciting                  local communities, private landowners,                Western States (June 7, 2017), and in
                                             comments on the entire Draft EIS, as                    and other stakeholders.                               accordance with SO 3349, American
                                             well as the specific planning issues                       In September 2015, the U.S. Fish and               Energy Independence (March 29, 2017).
                                             mentioned in this NOA, and the                          Wildlife Service (USFWS) determined                   The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS
                                             cumulative effects analysis.                            that the Greater Sage-Grouse did not                  proposes to amend the RMPs for field
                                             DATES: To ensure that comments will be                  warrant listing under the Endangered                  offices on BLM lands within BLM Utah
                                             considered, the BLM must receive                        Species Act of 1973. The USFWS based                  boundaries. The current management
                                             written comments on the Draft RMP                       its ‘‘not warranted’’ determination, in               decisions for resources are described in
                                             Amendment/Draft EIS within 90 days                      part, on the conservation commitments                 the following resource management
                                             following the date the Environmental                    and management actions in the BLM                     plans (RMPs):
                                             Protection Agency publishes a notice of                 and U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service)              • Box Elder Resource Management Plan
                                             availability of the Draft RMP                           Greater Sage-Grouse land use plan                        (1986)
                                             Amendment/Draft EIS in the Federal                      amendments and revisions (2015 GRSG                   • Cedar/Beaver/Garfield/Antimony
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                                             Register. The BLM will announce future                  land use plan decisions), as well as on                  Resource Management Plan (1986)
                                             meetings or hearings and any other                      other private, state, and federal                     • Grand Staircase-Escalante National
                                             public participation activities at least 15             conservation efforts. Since 2015 the                     Monument Management Plan (2000)
                                             days in advance through public notices,                 BLM, in discussion with partners,                     • House Range Resource Management
                                             media releases, and/or mailings.                        primarily Governors and state wildlife                   Plan (1987)
                                             ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                      management agencies, recognized that                  • Kanab Resource Management Plan
                                             related to the Utah GRSG Draft RMP                      several refinements and policy updates                   (2008)


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                                             • Park City Management Framework                        adjustment of habitat boundaries to                   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                               Plan (1975)                                           reflect new information, grazing systems
                                             • Pinyon Management Framework Plan                      and prioritization of grazing permits,                Bureau of Land Management
                                               (1978)                                                water developments management in                      [LLWO200000.LXSGPL000000.18x.L111000
                                             • Pony Express Resource Management                      relation to water rights, travel and                  00.PH0000]
                                               Plan (1990)                                           transportation management planning,
                                             • Price Resource Management Plan                        and surface coal mining.                              Notice of Availability of the Oregon
                                               (2008)                                                                                                      Draft Resource Management Plan
                                             • Randolph Management Framework                            The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS
                                                                                                                                                           Amendment and Environmental Impact
                                               Plan (1980)                                           evaluates two alternatives in detail,
                                                                                                                                                           Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse
                                             • Richfield Resource Management Plan                    including the No Action Alternative                   Conservation
                                               (2008)                                                (Alternative A) and one action
                                             • Salt Lake District Isolated Tracts                    alternative (Management Alignment                     AGENCY:   Bureau of Land Management,
                                               Planning Analysis (1985)                              Alternative). The Management                          Interior.
                                             • Vernal Resource Management Plan                       Alignment Alternative has been                        ACTION: Notice of availability.
                                               (2008)                                                identified as BLM’s Preferred
                                             • Warm Springs Resource Management                      Alternative for the purposes of public                SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                               Plan (1987)                                           comment and review. Identification of                 National Environmental Policy Act of
                                               The planning area includes                                                                                  1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
                                                                                                     this alternative, however, does not
                                             approximately 48,158,700 acres of BLM,                                                                        Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
                                                                                                     represent final agency direction, and the
                                             National Park Service, U.S. Forest                                                                            amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land
                                             Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,                    Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS
                                                                                                                                                           Management (BLM) has prepared the
                                             State, local, and private lands located in              may reflect changes or adjustments from
                                                                                                                                                           Oregon Draft Resource Management
                                             Utah, in 27 counties: Beaver, Box Elder,                information received during public
                                                                                                                                                           Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft
                                             Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis,                          comment, from new information, or                     Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
                                             Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron,                 from changes in BLM policies or                       for Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG)
                                             Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute,                     priorities. The Proposed RMP                          Conservation for the Oregon Greater
                                             Rich, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Sevier,                       Amendment/Final EIS may include                       Sage-Grouse Sub-Region and by this
                                             Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch,                  objectives and actions described in the               notice is announcing the opening of the
                                             Wayne, and Weber. Within the decision                   other analyzed alternative as well.                   comment period. BLM Oregon is
                                             area, the BLM administers                               Alternative A would retain the current                soliciting comments on the entire Draft
                                             approximately 4,017,400 acres of public                 management goals, objectives, and                     EIS, as well as the specific planning
                                             lands as GRSG habitat management                        direction specified in the current RMPs               issues mentioned in this NOA, and the
                                             areas. Surface management decisions                     for each field office.                                cumulative effects analysis.
                                             made as a result of this Draft RMP                         BLM Utah is soliciting comments on                 DATES: To ensure that comments will be
                                             Amendment/Draft EIS will apply only                     the entire Draft EIS, as well as the                  considered, the BLM must receive
                                             to BLM-administered lands in the                        specific planning issues mentioned in                 written comments on the Draft RMP
                                             decision area.                                          this NOA, and the cumulative effects                  Amendment/Draft EIS within 90 days
                                               The formal public scoping process for                                                                       following the date the Environmental
                                                                                                     analysis. Please note that public
                                             the RMP Amendment/EIS began on                                                                                Protection Agency publishes a notice of
                                                                                                     comments and information submitted
                                             October 11, 2017, with the publication                                                                        availability of the Draft RMP
                                                                                                     including names, street addresses, and
                                             of a Notice of Intent in the Federal                                                                          Amendment/Draft EIS in the Federal
                                             Register (82 FR 47248), and ended on                    email addresses of persons who submit
                                                                                                     comments will be available for public                 Register. The BLM will announce future
                                             December 1, 2017. The following public                                                                        meetings or hearings and any other
                                             meetings were held in Utah:                             review and disclosure at the address
                                                                                                     provided in the ADDRESSES section of                  public participation activities at least 15
                                             • Vernal, Utah; November 14, 2017
                                                                                                                                                           days in advance through public notices,
                                             • Cedar City, Utah; November 15, 2017                   this notice during regular business
                                             • Snowville, Utah; November 16, 2017                    hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Monday                media releases, and/or mailings.
                                               The Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS                     through Friday, except holidays.                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                             addresses the designation of sagebrush                                                                        related to the Oregon Greater Sage-
                                                                                                        Before including your address, phone
                                             focal areas; disturbance and density                                                                          Grouse Draft RMP Amendment/Draft
                                                                                                     number, email address, or other
                                             caps; modification of habitat objectives;                                                                     EIS by any of the following methods:
                                                                                                     personal identifying information in your
                                             changes to waivers, exceptions and                                                                               • Website: https://goo.gl/PxkL5Q.
                                                                                                     comment, you should be aware that                        • Mail: BLM Oregon State Office,
                                             modification criteria; the need for                     your entire comment—including your
                                             General Habitat Management Areas;                                                                             Attn: Draft EIS for Greater Sage-Grouse
                                                                                                     personal identifying information—may                  Conservation, P.O. Box 2969, Portland,
                                             exceptions to greater sage-grouse
                                                                                                     be made publicly available at any time.               OR 97208.
                                             management within non-habitat
                                                                                                     While you can ask us in your comment                     Copies of the Oregon Draft RMP
                                             portions of Priority Habitat Management
                                                                                                     to withhold your personal identifying                 Amendment/Draft EIS are available at
                                             Areas; lek buffers; reversing adaptive
                                                                                                     information from public review, we                    https://goo.gl/PxkL5Q.
                                             management responses when the BLM
                                             determines that resource conditions no                  cannot guarantee that we will be able to              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                             longer warrant those responses;                         do so.                                                further information contact Jim Regan-
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                                             prioritization of mineral leasing; land                   Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,           Vienop, Planning and Environmental
                                             disposals and exchanges; predation;                     43 CFR 1610.2                                         Coordinator, telephone 503–808–6062;
                                             burial of transmission lines; direction to                                                                    address 1220 SW 3rd Ave., Suite 1305,
                                                                                                     Edwin L. Roberson,
                                             consider specific alternatives during                                                                         Portland, OR 97204; email
                                             implementation planning; and                            BLM Utah State Director.                              jreganvienop@blm.gov. Persons who use
                                             clarification of existing management                    [FR Doc. 2018–09526 Filed 5–3–18; 8:45 am]            a telecommunications device for the
                                             related to mitigation standards,                        BILLING CODE 4310–84–P                                deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesTo ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS within 90 days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes a notice of availability of the Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or hearings and any other public participation activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media releases, and/or mailings.
ContactFor further information contact Quincy
FR Citation83 FR 19803 

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