[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6591]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-096-1610-00]


Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a draft 
Bitter Creek and Mountain Plover Areas of Critical Environmental 
Concern (ACEC) Plan Amendment and Environmental Assessment (EA). The 
draft plan amendment/EA addresses two potential ACECs in the Glasgow 
Field Station, Valley County, Montana.

DATES: Comments on the draft plan amendment/EA should be submitted to 
BLM on or before May 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments to John Fahlgren, Assistant Field 
Manager, Glasgow Field Station, RR1-4775, Glasgow, MT 59230.Comments, 
including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available 
for public review at the above Glasgow address during regular business 
hours (7:45 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 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 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 available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fahlgren, 406-228-4316.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This plan amendment/EA addresses special 
management for two potential ACECs; Bitter Creek and Mountain Plover. 
The public land being considered is located in Valley County, Montana. 
This plan would amend the Judith-Valley-Phillips Resource Management 
Plan (RMP).An ACEC is an area where special management attention is 
required to protect important historic, cultural or scenic values, fish 
and wildlife resources or other natural systems, or to protect life and 
safety from natural hazards.The Bitter Creek Wilderness Study Area 
(WSA) (59,660 acres) was found to meet the criteria as a potential ACEC 
due to the scenic diversity and variety of vegetation types and 
wildlife habitat. The Mountain Plover area (24,730 acres) provides 
natural habitat for the mountain plover, a prairie bird. It is an area 
of native plover habitat which is not associated with black-tailed 
prairie dogs.
(Authority: Sec. 202, Pub. L. 94-579, 90 Stat. 2747 (43 U.S.C. 
1712))

    Dated: February 22, 2000.
John Fahlgren,
Assistant Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 00-6591 Filed 3-16-00; 8:45 am]
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