[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 189 (Thursday, September 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58285-58286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24920]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-200-1220-DA]


Notice of Intent To Prepare the Fourmile Travel Management Plan 
and Amend the Royal Gorge Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an amendment to the Royal Gorge 
Resource Management Plan, and prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the initiation 
of a Resource Management Plan (RMP) amendment for the Fourmile Travel 
Management Plan, pursuant to the BLM planning regulations in 43 CFR 
part 1600. This travel management planning is being done in cooperation 
with the U.S. Forest Service, Pike & San Isabel National Forest, Salida 
Ranger District, which is proposing similar measures on National Forest 
lands. The Travel Management Plan will convert BLM's current Off-
Highway Vehicle (OHV) designation of ``limited to existing roads and 
trails'' to one of ``limited to designated roads and trails''. The EA, 
to be jointly prepared by BLM and USFS, will analyze the impacts of the 
change in OHV designation and management.

DATES: A public scoping meeting was held on March 23, 2000 that gave 
the public an opportunity to identify issues and concerns to be 
addressed in the plan amendment and EA. Comments will be accepted until 
October 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, request additional information or 
request to be put on the mailing list, you may do so by any of several 
methods. You may mail or hand deliver your comments or requests to: 
U.S. Forest Service, Salida Ranger District, 325 W. Rainbow Blvd., 
Salida, CO 81201. You may also comment via email to: [email protected]. 
Please submit email comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of 
special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include your 
name and address in your email message. The address and telephone 
number of the administering BLM office is: Royal Gorge Field Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, 3170 E. Main Street, Canon City, CO 81212; 
719-269-8500.
    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the U.S. Forest Service, Salida Ranger 
District, 325 W. Rainbow Blvd., Salida, CO during regular business 
hours. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish 
to withhold your name and/or 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. We will not, however, 
consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of

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organizations or businesses, are available for public inspection in 
their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levi D. Deike, Acting Field Office 
Manager, at the Royal Gorge Field Office address and phone number 
listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area involves approximately 
103,000 acres, of which 76% are Forest Service lands, 13% BLM lands, 
with the remainder being state and private lands. The main issues 
anticipated for this planning effort are: (1) Impacts to water quality; 
vegetation, including riparian and wetland areas; and soils; and (2) 
impacts to public land users and adjacent private landowners. The 
Fourmile Travel Management Plan is being prepared by an interagency 
interdisciplinary team. The analysis and proposed plan amendment are 
scheduled for completion in August 2001.
    Additional public meetings may be held and a public comment period 
will be established on the Fourmile Travel Management Plan. Dates and 
locations of the meetings and the time period for the public comment 
period will be announced in the local media. The Proposed BLM Plan 
Amendment will be published during the EA process, and a 30-day protest 
period will apply to the BLM portion of the Fourmile Travel Management 
Plan.

Levi D. Deike,
Acting Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-24920 Filed 9-27-00; 8:45 am]
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