[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8149]


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[Federal Register: April 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-080-4410-02; 4310-DQ 4-00152]

 

Proposed Plan Amendments to Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend plans.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of intent to prepare Category I plan 
amendments to the Diamond Mountain, Browns Park, and Ashley-Duchesne 
Management Frameworks Plans (MFPs) and the Book Cliffs Resource 
Management Plan (RMP). The proposed plan amendments will be prepared in 
conformance with the planning requirements and policies of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The proposed plan amendments 
and accompanying environmental assessment will provide the basis for 
designating additional public lands to those lands previously 
identified for sale in the land tenure adjustment portions of the 
existing MFPs and RMP. The sale of public lands not previously 
identified in the above-referenced planning documents will be subject 
to existing planning criteria and will meet the disposal standards 
established in section 203(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1713; 90 Stat. 2750).

DATES: For a period of May 6, 1994, written comments may be submitted 
to the BLM Vernal District Office listed below. All comments will be 
considered in preparing the environmental assessment for the proposed 
plan amendments.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on these proposed plan amendments to David 
Little, District Manager, Vernal District Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Kempenich, Natural Resource Specialist, Vernal District Office, 
(801) 781-4432.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Vernal District's Diamond Mountain and 
Book Cliffs Resource Areas are situated in northeastern Utah near the 
Colorado-Utah border and include portions of Uintah, Daggett, and 
Duchesne Counties. The issue in completing the proposed plan amendments 
is the degree of potential adverse environmental impacts that may occur 
should the public land be conveyed into non-Federal ownership. As part 
of the proposed plan amendment process, an environmental assessment 
will be prepared to provide a detailed analysis of the following 
resource concerns: wildlife and fisheries habitat, recreation, 
watershed, paleontological and cultural resources, threatened and 
endangered plants and animals, and land uses. Upon completion of the 
environmental assessment and approval of the proposed plan amendments, 
additional public lands may be disposed of through public lands sales. 
The public, state and local governments, and other Federal agencies are 
asked to participate in the proposed plan amendment process.
James M. Parker,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-8149 Filed 4-5-94; 8:45 am]
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