83 FR 41108 - Notice of Availability of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument That Are Excluded From the Boundaries Draft Resource Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 160 (August 17, 2018)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 160 (August 17, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-17751 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 41108-41111] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-17751] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [18X 1109AF LLUT930000 L16100000.DS0000.LXSSJ0640000] Notice of Availability of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument That Are Excluded From the Boundaries Draft Resource Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument (GSENM) and Kanab Field Office (KFO) have prepared Draft Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the GSENM Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons Units and Federal lands excluded from the Monument by Proclamation 9682 and by this notice are announcing the opening of the public comment period. DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS within 90 days of the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability of the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media releases and/or mailings. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS by either of the following methods:Website: https://goo.gl/EHvhbc Mail: 669 S Hwy. 89A, Kanab, UT 84741, Attn: Matt Betenson Copies of the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS are available at the following locations: Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah Escalante Interagency Visitor Center, 755 West Main, Escalante, Utah Kanab Field Office, 669 South Highway 89A, Kanab, Utah The Draft RMPs/Draft EIS and accompanying background documents are available on the ePlanning website at: https://goo.gl/EHvhbc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Betenson, Associate Monument Manager, telephone (435) 644-1200; address 669 S Hwy. 89A, Kanab, UT 84741; 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 the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump signed Presidential Proclamation 9682 modifying the boundaries of the GSENM as established by Proclamation 6920 to exclude from designation and reservation approximately 861,974 acres of land. Lands that remain part of the GSENM are included in three units, known as the Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons Units and are reserved for the care and management of the objects of historic and scientific interest described in Proclamation 6920, as modified by Proclamation 9682. Lands that are excluded from the Monument boundaries are now referred to as the Kanab-Escalante Planning Area (KEPA) and are managed in accordance with the BLM's multiple-use mandate. The planning area is located in Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah, and encompasses approximately 1.86 million acres of public land. For the GSENM Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons Units, this planning effort, is needed to identify goals, objectives, and management actions necessary for the conservation, protection, restoration, or enhancement of the resources, objects, and values identified in Proclamation 6920, as modified by Proclamation 9682. For lands excluded from the monument, this planning effort is needed to determine to identify goals, objectives, and management actions necessary to ensure that public lands and their various resource values are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people. The entire planning area is currently managed by the BLM and under the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan (BLM 1999), as amended. This planning effort would replace the existing Monument Management Plan with four new RMPs. [[Page 41109]] Within the Draft EIS, the BLM is also considering alternatives related to livestock Grazing on 318,000 acres of land within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, 65,500 acres in the Kanab Field Office and 2,300 acres in the Arizona Strip Field Office. The EIS includes information regarding the environmental consequences of implementing various livestock grazing management actions on resources in these areas. At the completion of this planning process, the National Park Service, who is cooperating with the BLM on preparation of the NEPA analysis, may adopt the EIS and prepare a separate decision related to livestock grazing for lands under NPS authority. The BLM reviewed public scoping comments to identify planning issues that directed the formulation of alternatives and framed the scope of analysis in the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS. Issues identified include management of recreation and access; paleontological and cultural resources; livestock grazing; mineral resources; and wildlife, water, vegetation, and soil resources. This planning effort also considers management of lands with wilderness characteristics and designation of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs). The Draft RMPs/Draft EIS evaluate four alternatives in detail. Alternative A is the No Action alternative, which is a continuation of existing decisions in the Monument Management Plan. Alternative B generally focuses on protection of resources (e.g., wildlife, vegetation, cultural, etc.) while providing for targeted resource use (e.g., rights-of-way, travel, mineral development). Alternative C generally represents a balance of resource protection and resource use. Alternative D generally focuses on maximizing resource use (e.g., rights-of-way, minerals development, livestock grazing) while still providing for resource protection as required by applicable regulations, laws, policies, plans, and guidance, including protection of Monument objects within the GSENM Units. The BLM has identified Alternative D as the preferred alternative for purposes of public comment and review. Identification of this alternative, however, does not represent final agency direction, and the Proposed RMPs/Final EIS may include management actions described in the other analyzed alternatives. Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.7-2(b), the BLM is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register listing each ACEC proposed and specifying the resource use limitations which would occur if the ACEC were formally designated. This notice announces a concurrent public comment period for potential ACECs. There are no ACECs under Alternative A. There are 14 potential ACECs under Alternative B (totaling 308,044 acres), 5 potential ACECs under Alternative C (totaling 130,997 acres), and no potential ACECs under Alternative D. Pertinent information regarding ACECs, including proposed designation acreage and resource use limitations are included below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Relevant and Potential ACEC Alternative B Alternative C important Resource use limitations (acres) (acres) values ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvey Wash................... 30,460 Not Designated.. Historic and Prohibit exclusive Cultural commercial mineral material Values. sites. Prohibit community mineral material pits larger than five acres in size. Surface facilities incident to underground mining would be required to avoid known and document archaeological sites. Stipulations would be necessary to mitigate adverse effects of subsidence. NSO for fluid mineral leasing. No rock climbing allowed within 100 meters of archaeological structures. No casual use collection of fossils or other paleontological materials. Require inventories of all paleontological resources prior to surface disturbing activities to document significant invertebrate and paleobotanical fossil sites, not just vertebrates. Bulldog Bench................ 361 Not Designated.. Historic and No casual use Cultural collection of fossils or Values. other paleontological materials. Require inventories of all paleontological resources prior to surface disturbing activities to document significant invertebrate and paleobotanical fossil sites, not just vertebrates. Butler Valley................ 15,899 Not Designated.. Scenic and Manage as VRM Class Natural II. Process or No collection of BLM System. or State sensitive plants without a research permit. Prohibit vegetation treatments that are likely to harm, or will not benefit, special status species plants in known suitable habitat. Circle Cliffs................ 26,706 26,706.......... Historic and Prohibit exclusive Cultural, commercial mineral material Scenic, and sites. Fish and Prohibit community Wildlife mineral material pits larger Resources. than five acres in size. NSO for fluid mineral leasing. No Casual Collection of petrified Wood. Avoid surface disturbance and placement of facilities near concentrations of petrified wood or in situ logs. Cockscomb East............... 42,182 32,683.......... Fish and No collection of BLM Wildlife or State sensitive plants Resources, without a research permit. Natural Prohibit vegetation Process or treatments that are likely to Systems, harm, or will not benefit, Scenic, and special status species plants Historic and in known suitable habitat. Cultural Value. Manage as VRM Class II. No casual use collection of fossils or other paleontological materials. Require inventories of all paleontological resources prior to surface disturbing activities to document significant invertebrate and paleobotanical fossil sites, not just vertebrates. Do not designate new OHV routes. OHV use limited to designated routes. [[Page 41110]] Cockscomb West............... 40,476 40,476.......... Natural Process Prohibit exclusive or Systems, commercial mineral material Scenic, and sites. Historic and Prohibit community Cultural mineral material pits larger Values. than five acres in size. NSO for fluid mineral leasing (Alternative B). CSU for fluid mineral leasing (Alternative C). Avoid vegetation treatments that disturb soils in previously untreated areas that are either Semidesert Shallow Loam (Pinyon-Juniper) or Semidesert Shallow Gypsum (Mormontea) Ecological Sites; Limit method to hand-thinning (lop and scatter). No collection of BLM or State sensitive plants without a research permit. Manage as VRM Class II. Collet Top................... 9,218 Not Designated.. Historic and Prohibit exclusive Cultural commercial mineral material Values, sites. Scenic, and Prohibit community Natural mineral material pits larger Process or than five acres in size. Systems. NSO for fluid mineral leasing. Surface facilities incident to underground mining would be required to avoid known and document archaeological sites. Stipulations would be necessary to mitigate adverse effects of subsidence. No rock climbing allowed within 100 meters of archaeological structures. Manage as VRM Class II. No collection of BLM or State sensitive plants without a research permit. Henderson/Pardner............ 12,259 Not Designated.. Scenic and Manage as VRM Class Historic and II. Cultural No casual use Values. collection of fossils or other paleontological materials. Require inventories of all paleontological resources prior to surface disturbing activities to document significant invertebrate and paleobotanical fossil sites, not just vertebrates. Hole in the Rock Trail....... 61,064 Not Designated.. Historic and Manage all areas Cultural outside WSAs VRM Class II. Values and Prohibit exclusive Natural commercial mineral material Process or sites. System. Prohibit community mineral material pits larger than 5 acres in size. NSO for fluid mineral leasing. No collection of BLM or State sensitive plants without a research permit. Paria River.................. 180 Not Designated.. Scenic, Manage all areas Historic and outside WSAs VRM Class II. Cultural Closed or limited to Values, Fish designated routes. Wildlife, Natural Process or System. Scorpion Flat/Dry Fork....... 30,691 Not Designated.. Scenic......... Manage all areas outside WSAs VRM Class II. Straight Cliffs/Fifty Mile 21,357 12,270.......... Scenic and Prohibit exclusive Bench. Historical and commercial mineral material Cultural sites. Values. Prohibit community mineral material pits larger than five acres in size. NSO for fluid mineral leasing (Alternative B). CSU for fluid mineral leasing (Alternative C). Surface facilities incident to underground mining would be required to avoid known and document archaeological sites. Stipulations would be necessary to mitigate adverse effects of subsidence. No rock climbing allowed within 100 meters of archaeological structures. Manage as VRM Class II. Tibbet Head.................. 19,079 19,079.......... Historical and No collection of BLM Cultural or State sensitive plants Values and without a research permit. No Natural casual use collection of process or fossils or other System. paleontological materials. Require inventories of all paleontological resources prior to surface disturbing activities to document significant invertebrate and paleobotanical fossil sites, not just vertebrates. Wahweap Hoodoos.............. 130 Not Designated.. Natural Systems Recommend withdrawing or Process. from mineral entry. No rock climbing or rappelling within 100 meters of any hoodoo formation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The application of the Federal coal unsuitability criteria to portions of the Southern Kaiparowits in the lands excluded from the monument is included in the Draft RMP/Draft EIS. As required by 43 CFR 3461.2-1(a)(2), the public is invited to comment on the results of the application of the criteria and the process used to derive these results. BLM Utah is soliciting comments on the entire Draft RMPs/Draft EIS. 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 addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section of this notice during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 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 may request to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. [[Page 41111]] Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10 and 43 CFR 1610.2. Edwin L. Roberson, State Director. [FR Doc. 2018-17751 Filed 8-16-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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the States, or the distribution of power at: https://goo.gl/EHvhbc.
and responsibilities among various Bureau of Land Management
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt
levels of government. A federalism Betenson, Associate Monument
summary impact statement is not [18X 1109AF LLUT930000
L16100000.DS0000.LXSSJ0640000] Manager, telephone (435) 644–1200;
required. address 669 S Hwy. 89A, Kanab, UT
Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order Notice of Availability of the Grand 84741; email BLM_UT_CCD_
12988) Staircase-Escalante National monuments@blm.gov. Persons who use
Monument-Grand Staircase, a telecommunications device for the
This notice complies with the Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
requirements of Executive Order 12988. Units and Federal Lands Previously Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
Specifically, in issuing this notice, the Included in the Monument That Are contact the above individual during
Department has taken the necessary Excluded From the Boundaries Draft normal business hours. The FRS is
steps to eliminate drafting errors and Resource Management Plans and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, Associated Environmental Impact to leave a message or question for the
and provide a clear legal standard for Statement above individual. You will receive a
affected conduct as required by section reply during normal business hours.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
3 of Executive Order 12988. Interior. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 4, 2017, President Donald
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ACTION: Notice of availability.
Trump signed Presidential Proclamation
These rate adjustments do not affect SUMMARY: In accordance with the 9682 modifying the boundaries of the
the collections of information which National Environmental Policy Act of GSENM as established by Proclamation
have been approved by the Office of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 6920 to exclude from designation and
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as reservation approximately 861,974 acres
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
amended, the Bureau of Land of land. Lands that remain part of the
Office of Management and Budget
Management (BLM) Grand Staircase- GSENM are included in three units,
(OMB), under the Paperwork Reduction known as the Grand Staircase,
Act of 1995. The OMB Control Number Escalante National Monument (GSENM)
and Kanab Field Office (KFO) have Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons
is 1076–0141 and expires June 30, 2019. Units and are reserved for the care and
prepared Draft Resource Management
National Environmental Policy Act Plans (RMPs) and a Draft Environmental management of the objects of historic
Impact Statement (EIS) for the GSENM and scientific interest described in
The Department has determined that Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Proclamation 6920, as modified by
these rate adjustments do not constitute Escalante Canyons Units and Federal Proclamation 9682. Lands that are
a major Federal action significantly lands excluded from the Monument by excluded from the Monument
affecting the quality of the human Proclamation 9682 and by this notice boundaries are now referred to as the
environment and that no detailed are announcing the opening of the Kanab-Escalante Planning Area (KEPA)
statement is required under the National public comment period. and are managed in accordance with the
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 DATES: To ensure that comments will be
BLM’s multiple-use mandate.
U.S.C. 4321–4370(d), pursuant to 43 considered, the BLM must receive The planning area is located in Kane
CFR 46.210(i). In addition, the rate written comments on the Draft RMPs/ and Garfield Counties, Utah, and
adjustments do not present any of the 12 Draft EIS within 90 days of the date the encompasses approximately 1.86
extraordinary circumstances listed at 43 Environmental Protection Agency million acres of public land. For the
CFR 46.215. publishes its Notice of Availability of GSENM Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits,
the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS in the Federal and Escalante Canyons Units, this
Data Quality Act Register. The BLM will announce future planning effort, is needed to identify
meetings or hearings and any other goals, objectives, and management
In developing this notice, we did not
public involvement activities at least 15 actions necessary for the conservation,
conduct or use a study, experiment, or
days in advance through public notices, protection, restoration, or enhancement
survey requiring peer review under the of the resources, objects, and values
Data Quality Act (Pub. L. 106–554). media releases and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified in Proclamation 6920, as
Dated: August 13, 2018.
on the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS by either of modified by Proclamation 9682. For
Tara Sweeney, the following methods: lands excluded from the monument,
this planning effort is needed to
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. • Website: https://goo.gl/EHvhbc determine to identify goals, objectives,
[FR Doc. 2018–17724 Filed 8–16–18; 8:45 am] • Mail: 669 S Hwy. 89A, Kanab, UT and management actions necessary to
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 84741, Attn: Matt Betenson ensure that public lands and their
Copies of the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS are various resource values are utilized in
available at the following locations: the combination that will best meet the
• Bureau of Land Management, Utah present and future needs of the
State Office, 440 West 200 South, American people.
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah The entire planning area is currently
• Escalante Interagency Visitor Center, managed by the BLM and under the
755 West Main, Escalante, Utah Grand Staircase-Escalante National
• Kanab Field Office, 669 South Monument Management Plan (BLM
Highway 89A, Kanab, Utah 1999), as amended. This planning effort
The Draft RMPs/Draft EIS and would replace the existing Monument
accompanying background documents Management Plan with four new RMPs.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10 • Bureau of Land Management, Sal LRMP for USFS-administered lands
and 43 CFR 1610.2. Monticello Field Office, 365 North within the BENM.
Edwin L. Roberson, Main, Monticello, Utah Each agency will continue to manage
• Bureau of Land Management, Canyon their lands within the monument
State Director.
Country District Office, 82 E pursuant to their respective applicable
[FR Doc. 2018–17751 Filed 8–16–18; 8:45 am]
Dogwood, Moab, Utah legal authorities. The responsible
BILLING CODE P • Manti-La-Sal National Forest, 559 official for the BLM is the Utah State
West Price River Drive, Price, Utah Director; the responsible official for the
The BENM Draft MMPs/Draft EIS and USFS is the Manti-La Sal Forest
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Supervisor. The USFS intends to use the
accompanying background documents
Bureau of Land Management are available on the ePlanning website BLM’s EIS to make its decision for the
at: https://goo.gl/uLrEae. part of the Shash Jáa Unit MMP it
[18X 1109AF LLUT930000 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: administers. The USFS will use the
L16100000.DS0000.LXSSJ0650000] Lance Porter, District Manager, BLM BLM’s administrative review
Canyon Country District Office, 82 East procedures, as provided by the USFS
Notice of Availability of the Draft Bears 2012 Planning Rule, at 36 CFR
Dogwood, Moab, UT 84532, telephone
Ears National Monument Indian Creek 219.59(b).
435–259–2100 or email l50porte@
and Shash Jáa Units Monument The BLM and USFS have reviewed
blm.gov. Persons who use a
Management Plans and Associated public scoping comments to identify
telecommunications device for the deaf
Environmental Impact Statement, Utah planning issues that directed the
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
formulation of alternatives and framed
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
the scope of analysis in the Draft MMPs/
Interior. contact the above individual during
Draft EIS. Issues identified include
ACTION: Notice of availability. normal business hours. The FRS is
management of cultural resources,
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
including protection of American Indian
SUMMARY: In accordance with the to leave a message or question for the sacred sites, traditional cultural
National Environmental Policy Act of above individual. You will receive a properties, and access by members of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land reply during normal business hours. Indian tribes for traditional cultural and
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On customary uses; recreation and access;
amended, the Bureau of Land December 4, 2017, President Donald livestock grazing; and wildlife, water,
Management (BLM) Canyon Country Trump signed Proclamation 9681 vegetation, and soil resources. This
District Office, in coordination with the modifying the Bears Ears National planning effort also considers
United States Forest Service (USFS), Monument designated by Proclamation management of lands with wilderness
Manti-La Sal National Forest, has 9558 to exclude from its designation characteristics.
prepared Draft Monument Management and reservation approximately The Draft MMPs/Draft EIS evaluate
Plans (MMPs) and an Environmental 1,150,860 acres of land. The revised four alternatives in detail. Alternative A
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Bears BENM boundary includes two units— is the No Action alternative, which is a
Ears National Monument (BENM) Shash Jáa and Indian Creek Units—that continuation of existing decisions in the
Indian Creek and Shash Jáa Units. By are reserved for the care and Monticello RMP and in the Manti-La Sal
this Notice, the BLM is announcing the management of the objects of historic Forest Plan, to the extent that those
opening of the public comment period. and scientific interest within their decisions are compatible with the
DATES: To ensure that comments will be boundaries. The planning area is located proclamations. Alternative B
considered, the BLM must receive entirely in San Juan County, Utah and emphasizes resource protection and
written comments on the BENM Draft encompasses 169,289 acres of BLM- conservation. It is the alternative which
MMPs/Draft EIS within 90 days of the managed lands and 32,587 acres of imposes the greatest restrictions on
date the Environmental Protection National Forest System Lands. All of the recreation and other uses. The BLM and
Agency publishes its Notice of National Forest System Lands are USFS would take a more active
Availability of the BENM Draft MMPs/ within the Shash Jáa Unit. management approach to ensure that
Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The The BLM is the lead agency for the objects and values are conserved,
BLM will announce future meetings or preparation of the EIS, and the Forest protected and restored. Alternative C
hearings and any other public Service is participating as a cooperating represents a balance among levels of
involvement activities at least 15 days agency. restriction on recreation and other uses
in advance through public notices, This planning effort is needed to and emphasizes adaptive management
media releases and/or mailings. identify goals, objectives, and to protect the long-term sustainability of
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
management actions necessary for the Monument objects and values while
on the BENM Draft MMPs/EIS by either conservation, protection, restoration, or providing for other multiple uses.
of these methods: enhancement of the resources, objects, Alternative D is the alternative with the
and values identified in Proclamation least restrictive management
• Email: blm_ut_monticello_ 9558, as modified by Proclamation prescriptions and utilizes a more
monuments@blm.gov 9681. The BENM is jointly managed by passive management strategy, with the
• Mail: BLM, Canyon Country District the BLM and USFS under the aim of minimizing the number of
Office, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, Utah Monticello Resource Management Plan changes in the BENM. The agencies
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
84532, Attn: Lance Porter (BLM 2008), as amended, and the Manti would focus on management actions
Copies of the BENM Draft MMPs/ La-Sal Land and Resource Management that preserve objects and values but do
Draft EIS are available at the following Plan (LRMP), as amended (USFS 1986). not alter the existing character of the
locations: The MMPs would replace the existing landscape or limit future agency
• Bureau of Land Management, Utah Monticello RMP for the BLM- discretion.
State Office, 440 West 200 South, administered lands within the BENM, The BLM and USFS have identified
Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah and would amend the existing Manti La- Alternative D as the preferred
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| Dates | To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS within 90 days of the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability of the Draft RMPs/Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media releases and/or mailings. | |
| Contact | Matt Betenson, Associate Monument | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 41108 |
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