[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12781-12782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5570]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-934-95-1610-00]


Diamond Mountain Resource Area Approved Resource Management Plan 
and Record of Decision

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (40 CFR 1550.2), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 
Vernal District provides notice of the availability of the Approved 
Resource Management Plan (ARMP) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Diamond Mountain Resource Area (DMRA). This ARMP/ROD supersedes the 
existing management framework plans and other related documents for 
managing BLM-administered lands. The DMRA is responsible for management 
of BLM-administered lands and minerals in all of Daggett and Duchesne 
Counties and that portion of Uintah County northwest of the Green 
River. These counties are located in northeastern Utah. The DMRA is 
administratively responsible for 854,000 acres of surface and 
subsurface lands.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ARMP/ROD are available upon request by 
contacting the Vernal District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 170 
South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078. The telephone number is (801) 789-
1362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Trogstad, Diamond Mountain 
Resource Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 170 South 500 East, 
Vernal, Utah 84078. He can be reached by telephone at (801) 789-1362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Diamond Mountain ARMP/ROD is 
[[Page 12782]] essentially the same as the Diamond Mountain Proposed 
Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(PRMP/FEIS). No changes to the proposed decisions have been made. 
However, some clarifying language has been included as a result of four 
protests the BLM received on the PRMP/FEIS. The clarifying language 
concerned the intent of the priority management level concept as used 
in the PRMP/FEIS; current livestock forage assignments and practices as 
affected by wildlife reintroductions and recreation area developments; 
and corrective actions involving existing airports in trespass. Five 
alternatives that encompass a spectrum of realistic management options 
were considered in the planning process. The final plan is a mixture of 
the management objectives and actions that, in the opinion of the BLM, 
best resolve the issues and concerns that drove the preparation of the 
plan.

Wild and Scenic Rivers

    The Upper Green River Segment (between Little Hole and the Colorado 
stateline) is determined to be suitable and recommended for designation 
as a scenic river.
    The Lower Green River Segment (between public land boundary south 
of Ouray and the Carbon County line) is determined to be suitable as a 
scenic river. This segment is not recommended for designation because 
studies have not yet been completed on the adjacent downstream segment 
through Desolation Canyon.

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)

    The plan designates the following seven areas as ACECs: Browns Park 
Complex (55,700 public acres), Lears Canyon (1,400 public acres), Lower 
Green River (7,900 public acres), Nine Mile Canyon (50,800 public 
acres), Pariette Wetlands (11,600 public acres), Red Creek Watershed 
(24,200 public acres), and Red Mountain-Dry Fork Complex (25,800 public 
acres). Coordinated resource management activity plans will be prepared 
for each ACEC to detail protective measures.
G. William Lamb,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 95-5570 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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