[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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