[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11992-11993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5090]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-050-1600-00:G5-073]
Central Oregon Urban Interface Plan Amendment for the Brothers-
LaPine Resource Management Plan, Crook, Deschutes, and Klamath
Counties, OR
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Supplemental Notice of Intent to prepare an amendment to the
Brothers-LaPine Resource Management Plan.
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1. Description of the proposed planning action: To amend the
Brothers-LaPine Resource Management Plan (RMP) completed in July 1989.
A Notice of Intent proposing an amendment to the Brothers-LaPine
Resource Management Plan was published in the Federal Register in
March, 1992. The proposed planning action is a reinitiation of the 1992
proposal and is now scheduled to move at a more rapid pace. The
planning amendment will be based upon exiting statutory requirements
and policies and will carry out the requirements of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). The amendment will provide
the basis for modifying the Land Tenure section of the Resource
Management Plan to provide specific direction for land exchanges and
classifications involving the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. In
addition, issues will include identification of limited, seasonal, and
closed areas to vehicle use; non-motorized trail designations;
establishment of shooting buffer zones; policy regarding forest and
woodland management; collection of special forest and range products;
mineral material sites; public safety; and management for healthy and
diverse ecosystems. The amendment will consider special management
designations of unique ecological areas including old growth juniper
woodlands and will evaluate the direction of grazing management in
specific allotments.
2. Identification of the geographic area involved: The planning
area involved within the Brothers-LaPine RMP amendment includes
approximately 184,000 acres of public lands in the ``Urban Interface''
adjacent to the communities of Bend, Redmond, Sisters, and LaPine. The
planning area is located in portions of Crook, Deschutes, and Klamath
Counties.
3. General types of issues anticipated. The proposed amendment
would address possible changes in the following sections of the RMP:
Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) designations, forestry,
land tenure, [[Page 11993]] mineral materials, range, recreation,
special status species, and wildlife.
4. Disciplines to be represented and used to prepare the RMP
amendment will be the following: botany, cultural resources, fire
management, fisheries, forestry, geology, hydrology, realty and rights-
of-way, law enforcement and natural resource protection, range,
recreation, soils, volunteer coordination, and wildlife.
5. The kind and extent of public opportunities provided: Three
public scoping meetings will be held in the spring of 1995 and will be
announced in local newspapers, news media, and a mailed scoping
document. Public participation will be carried out through
participation in several document review and comment periods to be
announced in the Federal Register and local newspapers. Oregon State
and local government notification and Tribal consultation and
coordination will be continued. Interested parties will receive a
mailer; the approximate mailing date is March 7, 1995. Additional
copies will be available at: Prineville District Office, 185 E. Fourth
Street, Prineville, Oregon 97754, phone 503-447-4115.
6. Times, dates, and locations scheduled or anticipated for public
meetings, hearings, conferences, or gatherings will be published in the
local newspapers such as The Bulletin, The Central Oregonian, The
Oregonian, The Redmond Spokesman, The Pioneer, The Nugget, and others.
Public input through written comments will be emphasized.
7. Name, title, address, and telephone number of the Bureau of Land
Management official who may be contacted for further information: Jim
Kenna, Area Manager, 185 E. Fourth Street, Prineville, Oregon 97754,
phone 503-447-8757.
8. Location and availability of documents relevant to the planning
process: Documents will be available for public review at the
Prineville District Office, 185 E. Fourth Street, Prineville, Oregon
97754 and in the public room at the Oregon State Office, 1515 Bldg. SW
Fifth Ave. Rm. 1050, Portland, Oregon 97201, phone 503-952-6000.
Dated: February 21, 1995.
Donald L. Smith,
Acting District Manager, Prineville District Office.
[FR Doc. 95-5090 Filed 3-2-95; 8:45 am]
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