[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19778-19779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10468]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-985-0777-66]


Fire Management and Suppression Activites: Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Conduct Planning Reviews and Associated 
Public Participation Opportunities.

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SUMMARY: The four Bureau of Land Management (BLM) District Offices in

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Wyoming are reviewing their fire management and suppression activities 
on all of the BLM-administered public lands in Wyoming. Public 
involvement activities such as open houses, workshops, and field trips, 
to be held during the summer and fall of 1997, will provide the public 
an opportunity to identify concerns to be addressed in the planning 
review.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Meeting dates and other public participation 
activities in the four BLM Districts will be announced in other public 
notices, the local media, and in letters sent to interested and 
potentially affected parties. Persons wishing to participate in this 
planning review and wishing to be placed on mailing lists must notify 
the appropriate BLM District Office(s) at the addresses and phone 
numbers below.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONSIDERATIONS: Public comments submitted 
for this planning review, including names and street addresses of 
respondents, will be available for public review and disclosure at the 
addresses below during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may 
request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or address 
from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information 
Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. 
Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Worland District:
    Bob Ross, District Planning Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 
101 South 23rd Street, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 82401, 307-347-
5100;
Rawlins District:
    Dave McWhirter, District Resource Advisor, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1300 North 3rd Street, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301, 307-328-
4200;
Rock Springs District:
    Renee Dana, District Resource Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, 
280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82902-1869, 307-352-0256;
Casper District:
    Glen Nebeker, District Resource Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, 
1701 East E Street, Casper, Wyoming 82601, 307-261-7600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning review will identify any need 
for additional fire management prescriptions or actions, as 
appropriate. Some goals of the planning review are to identify fire 
management strategies to achieve desired resource conditions, reduce 
the potential for catastrophic wildfires through the management of 
fuels, improve communication and coordination to promote fire line 
safety, and achieve a better understanding of fire's role in the 
natural environment. The planning review will also address public 
health and safety, smoke management, public perceptions regarding fire, 
and economic considerations. If the final determinations of the 
planning review result in changes to existing management direction, or 
add new management direction for the BLM-administered public lands 
involved, the appropriate BLM land use plans (i.e., Resource Management 
Plans--RMPs) will be amended.

    Dated: April 17, 1997.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 97-10468 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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