[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 12250] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-5432] [[Page 12250]] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [AZ-024-1330-00] Intent To Amend the Phoenix Resource Management Plan and the Safford District Resource Management Plan, Arizona AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior ACTION: Notice of Intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix District, in response to a land exchange proposal, is preparing an Environmental Assessment to amend the Phoenix Resource Management Plan and the Safford District Resource Management Plan (RMPs) in compliance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, and Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The exchange, as proposed, involves trading selected public lands for private lands with high resource values. The public lands selected include 160 non-wilderness acres of the remaining segments of the White Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)--most of the ACEC is now managed as the White Canyon Wilderness--and 4,561 acres which were designated as retention lands within the RMPs. Three hundred fifty-five (355) of these selected public lands were transferred from the Safford District to the Phoenix Resource Area (Phoenix District) under a 1991 boundary adjustment. The proposed land exchange will be analyzed under a separate environmental impact statement (Federal Register Notice of Intent, December 19, 1994: 65383). Management actions proposed in the Environmental Assessment include altering the ACEC designation and changing the classification of selected public lands from retention to disposal parcels available under an exchange. The Environmental Assessment to amend the two Resource Management Plans will identify a proposed action and no action alternative as well as appropriate alternatives derived through the analysis of planning issues and criteria. Once the Environmental Assessment draft has been completed, a Notice of Availability will be published in the Federal Register followed by a 60-day comment period. Public comment is needed now to identify issues and criteria for consideration during the amendment process. Public open houses/scoping meetings will be held at the following locations and times: Florence Open House, March 28, 1995, 4-8 p.m. at the Florence Unified School District Office, Administration Building, 350 S. Main St., Florence, AZ 85232, (602) 868-2300. Mesa Open House, March 30, 1995, 4-8 p.m. at the Rendezvous Center, 263 North Center Street, Mesa, Arizona (602) 644-2178. DATES: Written public comments may be submitted during the open houses or to the address given below. Public comments will be accepted until April 10, 1995. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to, and copies of the scoping documentation are available from: Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix District Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027, ATTENTION McFARLIN AMENDMENT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shela McFarlin, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix District Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027 or telephone (602) 780-8090. Dated February 28, 1995. David J. Miller, Associate District Manager. [FR Doc. 95-5432 Filed 3-3-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-32-P