[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52780-52781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22287]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-020-00-1220-DH]


Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment (EA)/Finding 
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a Proposed Plan Amendment to the 
Pony Express Resource Management Plan (RMP)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salt Lake 
Field Office, Utah announces the availability of an EA/FONSI for a plan 
amendment to the Pony Express RMP. On February 3, 1997, as amended on 
August 10, 1999, the Salt Lake Field Office published in the Federal 
Register a notice of intent to conduct a plan amendment to the RMP.
    Under the Bureau Planning System, Special Recreation Management 
Areas (SRMA) are designated where significant public recreation issues 
or management concerns occur. Special or more intensive types of 
management are typically needed. Detailed activity planning, including 
recreation, is required in these areas and greater managerial 
investment is likely. This amendment will accomplish two main 
objectives: One, designate Fivemile Pass a SRMA, to facilitate the 
planning process to address recreation use and management issues, 
needs, and priorities; and two, establish Off-Road Vehicle 
designations. Designation of a SRMA initiates the activity level 
planning process, including the development of an activity plan. This 
activity plan will be developed as a Coordinated Resource Management 
Plan and address site specific recreation development, maintenance, and 
operational details such as specific route identification, camping 
areas, staging areas, facilities (loading ramps, outhouses, weed spray 
stations, etc.), special stipulations for organized events, use limits, 
and specific regulations for the area as well as site specific 
management prescriptions for other resources in the area. The SRMA 
would be managed primarily for recreational uses, but would remain a 
multiple-use management area. The existing RMP would be updated for all 
uses incorporating changes in land use patterns.

DATES: The proposed plan amendment may be protested. The protest period 
will commence with the date of

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publication of this notice. Protests must be submitted on or before 
September 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed to the Director (WO-210), Bureau 
of Land Management, Attn.: Brenda Williams, Resource Planning Team, 
1849 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240, within 30 days after the 
date of publication of this notice for the proposed planning amendment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the BLM plan 
amendment contact Britta Laub, Outdoor Recreation Planner, telephone 
(801) 977-4389. Existing planning documents and information are 
available at the above Utah BLM Salt Lake Field Office address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any person who participated in the planning 
process and has an interest which is or may be adversely affected by 
the Proposed Plan Amendment may protest to the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management. The protest must be in writing and filed within 30 
days of the date of publication of this Notice of Availability in the 
Federal Register. The protest must be specific and contain the 
following information:

--The name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the 
person filing the protest;
--A statement of the issue(s) being protested;
--A statement of the part(s) of the proposed amendment being protested;
--A copy of all documents addressing the issue(s) that were submitted 
by the protestor during the planning process; and
--A concise statement explaining why the BLM State Director's proposed 
decision is believed to be in error.
    In the absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the 
final determination of the Department of the Interior.

Bob Bennett,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 00-22287 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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