[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-025-97-1610]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Kingman Resource Management Plan 
Amendment and Associated Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent, notice of scoping period and notice of 
scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, the Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field Office, will be 
preparing a plan amendment and environmental assessment (EA) to assess 
the impacts of establishing a herd management area in the Cerbat 
Mountains. The purpose of a herd management area is to provide for the 
maintenance of the wild horse herd. The Cerbat Mountains are located 
north of Kingman, in Mohave County, Arizona. The herd management area 
could encompass up to approximately 77,000 acres. This notice is 
intended to invite the public to participate in identification of 
issues and development of alternatives for the plan amendment.

DATES: Public scoping meetings to identify public concerns will be held 
on the following dates and locations: Monday, March 3, 1997, at 5:30 
p.m. at the Chloride Community Center, located on Payroll Street in 
Chloride, Arizona, and Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at 5:30 p.m. at the BLM 
Office in Kingman located at 2475 Beverly Avenue, Kingman, Arizona. 
Comments relating to the identification of issues and alternatives must 
be postmarked by March 21, 1997.

ADDRESS: Send comments to: Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field 
Office, 2475 Beverly Avenue, Kingman, Arizona 86401.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Don McClure, Planning and Environmental 
Specialist, (520) 757-3161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the guidance from 43 CFR 
4710.1, the establishment of a herd management area must be done 
through the land use planning process. Following the establishment of a 
Herd Management Area, a plan will be written to guide the management of 
the horses and their habitat.

Anticipated Issues

    The resolution of issues will have an affect on the location of the 
land for the herd management area. The following are the issues: 
Intermingled Ownership as it affects the ability of BLM to manage the 
horse herd; and domestic horses grazing in the herd area. There are 
other issues associated with management of the horses, but they are 
common to any boundary alternative. These issues are forage allocation, 
horse numbers and distribution, water, lion predation, and barriers to 
horse movement. Resolution of these issues will come after the 
establishment of a herd management area and be within the context of 
the Herd Management Area Plan.

Other Relevant Information

    The amendment will be developed by an interdisciplinary team of 
resource specialists. The team will include a project manager, a 
wildlife specialist, wild horse and burro specialist, and a rangeland 
management specialist. Complete records of all phases of the plan 
amendment process will be available for public review at the Kingman 
Field Office, Kingman, Arizona.
Denise P. Meridith,
State Director, Arizona.
[FR Doc. 97-3894 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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