[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10106-10107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4396]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(ID-080-1210-DH)


Resource Management Plans; Lemhi Resource Area, ID

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Idaho, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Lemhi Resource Management Plan 
(RMP).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 1600, the Upper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater 
District, Salmon Field Office--BLM proposes to amend the Lemhi Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) (BLM 1987) to address the following issues and 
concerns: (a) Change management of naturally-ignited and management-
ignited fires occurring on public lands managed by the Salmon Field 
Office (formerly the Lemhi Resource Area), (b) more accurately define 
the location of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (the Trail) 
corridor, (c) provide additional guidance for management of resources, 
values, and uses on public lands within the Trail corridor and its 
surrounding area, and for other areas where visitor use is increasing 
substantially, and (d) incorporate into the Lemhi RMP approximately 
40,000 acres of public lands formerly managed as part of the BLM's 
Ellis-Pahsimeroi Management Framework Plan. Fire management guidance 
would apply to approximately 499,566 acres of public lands managed by 
the Salmon Field Office in Lemhi County, Idaho. Exact locations and 
acreage of public lands affected by Lewis and Clark Trail management 
actions and actions applying to other existing special designation 
areas would be determined during the amendment process. Public lands 
formerly managed as part of the Ellis-Pahsimeroi MFP include 
approximately 40,000 acres.

DATES: The BLM will hold public scoping meetings to solicit input and 
comments from interested persons. The dates, times, and locations of 
these informational/open-house meetings will be announced through the 
local media prior to the meetings. To receive maximum consideration, 
written comments to suggest planning issues, planning criteria, and/or 
alternatives to be considered in the proposed amendment should be 
received at the address noted below by April 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Kathe Rhodes, 
Planning and Environmental Coordinator by mail at Bureau of Land 
Management, Route 2, Box 610, Salmon, Idaho 83467, or by e-mail at 
[email protected]. Documents related to the proposed amendments may 
be reviewed at the Salmon BLM Office on Highway 93 South in Salmon, 
Idaho during normal business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding holidays). Comments, including names and 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
above address and times, and may be published as part of the 
environmental assessment or other related documents. Individual 
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your 
name or street address from public review or from disclosure under the 
Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your written comments. 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: For further information please contact 
either Kathe Rhodes, Planning and Environmental Coordinator, at (208) 
756-5440, or Dave Krosting, Field Office Manager, at (208) 756-5410. 
Written inquiries may be addressed to either Kathe Rhodes or Dave 
Krosting at the following address: Bureau of Land Management, Route 2, 
Box 610, Salmon, Idaho 83467.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP amendment and environmental 
assessment will be prepared by an interdisciplinary team consisting of 
Salmon Field Office and Upper Columbia--Salmon Clearwater District 
staff with expertise in recreation management, visual resources, 
cultural resources, tribal treaty rights and trust resources, forest 
resources, fire/landscape ecology, fuels management, wildlife habitat, 
rangeland management (including noxious/invasive plants), special 
status species, minerals, transportation/engineering, lands and realty, 
and other disciplines as appropriate.

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    Dated: February 11, 2000.
Ted Graf,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-4396 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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