[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 24875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11476]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[NM-060-1212-00, 606]


Notice of Intent To Prepare Ft. Stanton Management Framework Plan 
Amendment (MFPA); Roswell District, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roswell District, New Mexico.

ACTION: Notice of intent and invitation to participate in a plan 
amendment/environmental assessment to address the impacts of a 
competitive bid vegetative sale of forage resources by livestock 
grazing at Ft. Stanton, New Mexico.

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SUMMARY: The BLM will prepare a Management Framework Plan Amendment/
Environmental Assessment for the purpose of addressing the impacts of a 
vegetative sale using livestock grazing on approximately 20,932 acres 
on Ft. Stanton. Ft. Stanton is located six miles west of the village of 
Lincoln in Lincoln County, NM.

DATES: Written comments regarding the planning issues to be addressed 
in this plan amendment and the planning criteria to be used must be 
submitted on or before June 12, 1995. Written comments will be employed 
to obtain public input into the planning process. This method will be 
to receive public comments from the public in response to this Notice 
of Intent.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the District Manager, at the 
Bureau of Land Management, Roswell District Office, 1717 West 2nd 
Street, Roswell, NM 88201-2019, or the Area Manager, at the Roswell 
Resource Area Office, Federal Building, 5th and Richardson, P.O. Drawer 
1857, Roswell, NM 88202-1857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy R. Kreager, Area Manager, Roswell Resource Area, P.O. Drawer 
1857, Roswell, NM 88202-1857; telephone (505) 624-1790.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Description of the Proposed Planning Action: The proposed action is 
to amend the Ft. Stanton MFPA for the purpose of allowing a vegetative 
sale for livestock grazing of the forage resources through a 
competitive bid process by private interest on the public lands within 
the Ft. Stanton.
Types of Issues Anticipated
    1. Allocation of the grazing privileges under Section 15 of the 
Taylor Grazing Act.
    2. Impacts of livestock grazing to riparian areas and to threatened 
and endangered species.
Planning Criteria to Guide Development of the Planning Action
    The following planning criteria were identified to help guide the 
resolution of the issues.
    1. The proposed action must comply with laws, executive orders and 
regulations.
    2. Evaluate and consider long term benefits to the public in 
relation to short term benefits.
    3. In each planned action, resource outputs must be reasonable and 
achievable.
    4. Planned actions will sustain the productivity and diversity of 
natural systems.
    5. The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to land 
management.
    6. Planned actions will contribute to or sustain the health of the 
land. Monitoring will be used to assess the effect of the management 
actions.
    As new information becomes available during the planning process or 
through public participation, additional criteria may be developed for 
future guidance of this planning effort.
    Disciplines to be Represented on the Interdisciplinary Team: The 
planning amendment/environmental assessment will be prepared by an 
interdisciplinary team consisting of a wildlife biologist, rangeland 
management specialist, recreational planner, surface protection 
specialist, and an environmental coordinator.
Kind and Extent of Public Participation Activities to be Provided
    A press release will be sent to the local newspapers informing the 
public in the area of the proposed planning action.
Location and Availability of Documents Relevant to the Planning Process
    Pertinent information is available at the BLM Roswell Resource Area 
Office in the Federal Building at 5th and Richardson, Roswell, NM 88202 
and is subject to public review on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

    Dated: May 4, 1995.
Michael L. Menge,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-11476 Filed 5-9-95; 8:45 am]
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