[Federal Register: November 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 227)]
[Notices]
[Page 68972]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT 020-1430-ES]
Notice of Intent To Amend the Randolph Management Framework Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the public that the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is proposing to amend the Randolph Management
Framework Plan (MFP) affecting public lands located in the Rich County,
Utah. This proposed amendment is being conducted in conjunction with a
Coordinated Resource Management Plan effort with the county and will
address a variety of issues related to rangeland health, wildlife, and
livestock management. The amendment will also evaluate the potential
for wind energy development in the county. Several preliminary issues
have been identified including, but not limited to, rangeland health
and riparian management, wildlife habitat for sagebrush obligate
species and fisheries, and visual resource management.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed plan amendment will commence
with publication of this notice. Comments must be submitted on or
before January 25, 2005. Notice of Public Meetings will be published in
local newspapers.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to participate in this planning effort, identify
issues of concern, or provide ideas that could assist the BLM and its
partners with alternative management strategies for analysis purposes,
or request additional information, you may do so by any of several
methods. You may mail, hand deliver, or fax your written comments to:
Curtis Warrick, Bureau of Land Management, Renewable Resources Advisor,
Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119,
Fax: 801-977-4397. Upon request, comments, including names and street
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the
Salt Lake Field Office during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to
withhold your name or street address from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. We will not, however,
consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in their entirety. The current MFP
as well as all other documents relevant to this planning process are
available for public review at the Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South
2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Monday through Friday (excluding
legal holidays), from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curtis Warrick, Salt Lake Field
Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119. Existing
planning documents and information are available at the above address
or telephone (801) 977-4332.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed amendment to the MFP and
associated environmental assessment (EA) would update the Randolph MFP
which was completed in 1980. It is anticipated that this process will
include both resource management planning and implementation level
decisions. This MFP amendment would address the following planning
level decisions: Identification of goals, objectives, and or desired
future conditions for sagebrush steppe ecosystems and riparian
resources, potential vegetation enhancement strategies, and address the
potential/criteria for potential wind energy development in Rich
County. The EA would also address the following implementation level
decisions: Development of pro-active grazing strategies to fulfill
permitting requirements on 18 grazing allotments and a wildlife/
livestock cooperative management area in order to enhance riparian and
sagebrush steppe ecosystems. This MFP amendment is being conducted
concurrently with the Rich County Coordinated Resource Management Plan
(CRMP); an addendum to the Rich County Comprehensive Plan. Throughout
this process, BLM will work collaboratively with Rich County and a
broad base of CRMP partners including but not limited to: the Wasatch-
Cache National Forest, Utah Wild Project, Audubon Society, Utah State
University, Cooperative Extension Service, Trout Unlimited, ranching
community members, and Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources.
Dated: October 27, 2004.
Sally Wisely,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-26152 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]