[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26555]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-08-934-1150]


Notice of Intent; Vermilion Management Framework Plan and Coral 
Pink Sand Dunes and Surrounding Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate a plan amendment and associated 
environmental assessment for the Vermilion Management Framework Plan 
(MFP) and call for information regarding management of the Coral Pink 
Sand Dunes located in Southern Utah.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Kanab Field Office, 
proposes to amend the Vermilion MFP in order to prepare a Management 
Plan for the Coral Pink Sand Dunes and surrounding area.

DATES: The field Office invites the public to comment on the above 
preliminary issues or any others that may need to be addressed for 
updated management of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. Comments must be 
submitted within 30 days of publication of this notice or by November 
4, 1998. All comments should be sent to the address listed below. 
Additional opportunities for public input will be made available at the 
public meetings to be held at the following locations:.

--Holiday Inn Express, 815 East Highway 89, Kanab, Utah, on October 28, 
1998, beginning at 7 PM.
--St. George Hilton Inn, 1450 South Hilton Drive, St. George, Utah on 
October 29, 1998, beginning at 7 PM.
--State of Utah Natural Resources Department Building, 1594 West North 
Temple, Rooms 1040 and 1050, Salt Lake City, Utah on November 5, 1998 
beginning at 7 PM.

ADDRESSES: Verlin Smith, Field Manager, BLM, Kanab Field Office, 318 
North First East, Kanab, Utah 84741 (435) 644-2646 or Ronald Bolander, 
BLM, Utah State Office, PO Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155 
(801) 539-4065.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Verlin Smith, Kanab Field Office, at 
(435) 644-2672 ext. 2646 or Ronald Bolander, Utah State Office at (801) 
539-4065.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Vermilon Management Framework Plan (MFP) 
was completed in 1981. Since that time, changes in land use, public 
expectations, and the increasing potential for impairment of wilderness 
values and impacts to special status plant and animal species, etc., 
has resulted in the need to re-examine certain decisions documented in 
the MFP which may no longer apply to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. In 
order to respond to these changes, the Kanab Field Office proposes to 
prepare a land use plan amendment and associated management plan for 
the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The purpose of this effort is to develop a 
management strategy for the Dunes and surrounding area of influence. 
Issues tentatively identified to be analyzed include OHV use and 
designations, methods to reduce impairment to wilderness values, 
recreation management, and special status species management. An inter-
disciplinary team will be utilized for the development of the proposed 
management plan, land use amendment and associated environmental 
assessment.
G. William Lamb,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-26555 Filed 10-2-98; 8:45 am]
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