[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34266-34267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16154]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID-015-1610-00]


Notice of Availability of Proposed Owyhee Resource Management 
Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS); and Proposed 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Designations

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management and section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a proposed 
Resource Management Plan (RMP) and associated final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Owyhee Resource Area. The RMP/EIS 
addresses alternatives for management on 1.3 million acres of BLM 
administered public lands in southwest Idaho. Consideration of 20 areas 
for Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) designation is also 
addressed in the document. This notice, therefore, is also issued 
pursuant to 43 CFR Part 1610.7-2(b) of the BLM Planning Regulations. 
The RMP/EIS also addresses suitability of wild, scenic and recreational 
designations on 223 miles of stream segments determined to be eligible 
for such designations under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The public 
has the opportunity to protest the Owyhee Proposed Resource Management 
Plan, which is Alternative E in the final EIS. The BLM Planning 
Regulations, 43 CFR 1610.5-2, state that any person who participated in 
the planning process and has an interest which may be adversely 
affected may protest. A protest may raise only those issues which were 
submitted for the record during the planning process. The protest shall 
be filed within 30 days of the date the Environmental Protection Agency 
publishes the notice of receipt of the final EIS in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: The 30-day protest period provided for in the BLM Planning 
Regulations will begin on July 2, 1999 and end on August 2, 1999. 
Written protests may be submitted at any time during the protest period 
and must be filed (postmarked) by August 2, 1999 at the address below.

ADDRESSES: Written protests must be sent to: Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, Attention: Ms Brenda Williams, Protests Coordinator, WO-
210/LS-1075, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daryl Albiston, Area Manager; or Fred 
Minckler, Team Leader at the address above. Telephone (208) 384-3300. 
Copies of the RMP/EIS are available for inspection at the BLM, Boise 
Field Office, 3948 Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Owyhee Resource Area includes 1,320,032 
acres of BLM administered public lands in western Owyhee County, Idaho 
and encompasses 1,779,492 acres including State and private lands. The 
Owyhee RMP/EIS describes and analyzes five alternatives for managing 
these public lands. The land use planning effort addresses a broad 
spectrum of land uses and allocations including wild horse management, 
land tenure adjustments, off-highway motorized vehicle (OHMV) 
designations, wild, scenic and recreational river designations, and 
areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs). Twenty areas ranging 
in size from 114 acres to 141,796 acres totaling

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293,133 acres are being considered for ACEC designation. Resource use 
limitations vary among alternatives for each area and pertain to OHMV 
designations, rights-of-way, livestock management, juniper control, 
fire management and minerals activities.

    Dated: June 14, 1999.
Howard Hedrick,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-16154 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]
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