[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 157 (Monday, August 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20397]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice of Availability of the Wisconsin Proposed Resource 
Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Milwaukee Field Office, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Milwaukee Field Office, has released a Proposed Resource 
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and Environmental Assessment (EA), to 
assess the future disposition of 12 public domain parcels in the State 
of Wisconsin. The parcels are located in Bayfield, Door, Langlade, 
Oneida, Vilas, and Waupaca Counties. Four of the tracts contain 
historic lighthouses declared excess by the U.S. Coast Guard and the 
remaining parcels are small, isolated tracts located in northern 
Wisconsin.
    The planning effort has followed the procedures set forth in 43 
CFR, Subpart 1600. The EA has been prepared under 40 CFR 1500, et seq.
    The public has 30 days in which to protest the proposed plan in 
accordance with 43 CFR 1610.5-2. Any person who participated in the 
planning process and has an interest which is or may be adversely 
affected by the implementation of the plan may file a protest with the 
Director, BLM at the address below. All protests must be postmarked 
within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. There is no 
provision in the law that allows extensions to this protest period.
    All protests must be accompanied by a statement of reasons why 
BLM's findings are in error or based on faulty or insufficient 
analysis.

DATES: The protest period commences with the publication of this 
notice. Comments must be postmarked no later than September 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All protests must be mailed to the following address: 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Attention: Ms. Brenda Williams, 
Protests Coordinator, WO-210/LS-1075, Department of the Interior, 
Washington, DC 20240 or by overnight mail address to: Director, Bureau 
of Land Management, Attention: Ms. Brenda Williams, Protests 
Coordinator (WO-210), 1620 L Street, N.W., Room 1075, Washington, D.C. 
20036. Protests sent to the Milwaukee Field Office or Eastern States 
Office will not be considered properly filed and may be rejected for 
not being timely-filed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Levine, Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, telephone at (414) 297-4463, or by 
electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed RMPA/EA contains three 
alternatives: (1) Transfer of the parcels to other Federal, State or 
local agencies, non-profit groups, Native American Tribes or private 
land owners; (2) no action, in which BLM would retain the tracts and 
manage them on a custodial basis; and (3) retention by BLM which would 
actively manage the properties under multiple use and sustained yield 
principles.
    The Proposed RMPA identifies disposal criteria that will be 
consulted if Alternative 1 is chosen and when BLM reviews site-specific 
proposals to acquire the properties. The criteria serve two purposes. 
First, they prescribe the management and resource objectives for each 
property based on the planning issues developed during the scoping 
period. Second, the criteria establish the procedures, such as 
consultations or studies, that must be completed prior to transfer of 
any tract. These consultations and studies, coupled with specific 
development proposals, will be used to analyze environmental impacts 
for the properties.
    Complete records of all phases of the planning process will be 
available at the Milwaukee Field Office and are available upon request.

    Dated: August 7, 2000.
James W. Dryden,
Milwaukee Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-20397 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]
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