[Federal Register: July 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 126)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-985-0777-66]

 
Notice of Intent To Conduct a Planning Review, Concerning Off 
Road Vehicle Use in the Weston Hills Area, North of Gillette, Wyoming, 
and Request for Public Participation

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Buffalo Resource Area, 
invites the public to identify issues and concerns to be addressed in a 
review of vehicular use management decisions for BLM administered 
public lands in the Weston Hills Area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested parties may obtain further 
information, or request to be placed on the Buffalo mailing list by 
contacting Neil Schiche, Project Coordinator, at the Buffalo Resource 
Area Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, 
Wyoming 82834, 307-684-1100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A planning review of the Weston Hills area 
is needed to evaluate existing BLM off road vehicle use and vehicular 
use management decisions for the BLM administered public lands in the 
area. The purposes of the planning review are to determine: (1) Whether 
the existing vehicular use management decisions for the BLM 
administered public lands in the Weston Hills area provide for an 
appropriate level of resource protection, (2) whether other management 
actions and alternatives that may be considered would be in conformance 
with existing decisions in the Buffalo Resource Management Plan (RMP), 
and (3) whether or not it will be necessary to amend the Buffalo RMP.
    The National Environmental Policy Act environmental analysis and 
documentation process will be used in conducting the planning review 
and in making the above determinations for the planning review area. An 
Environmental Assessment will be

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prepared to document the review and its results.
    The planning review will include opportunities for public 
participation. The public will be invited to a meeting(s) to discuss: 
(1) problems, conflicts, concerns, and planning issues in the review 
area, and (2) potential management options to consider. A public 
meeting is scheduled for June 30, 1998, at 7 p.m., in the Campbell 
County Public Library, 2101 4J Road, Gillette, Wyoming.
    If other public meetings, open houses or similar events are needed, 
they will be announced through other notices, mailings, or news 
releases. The planning review results, and any need to amend the 
Buffalo RMP and to provide a protest period on the amendment will be 
announced in the same manner.

    Dated: June 25, 1998.
Alan L. Kesterke,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-17458 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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