[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15882-15883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7038]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-062-1430-01; UTU-75392]


Notice

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent--proposal for multiple plan amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to amend 
three land use plans and prepare the associated Environmental 
Assessment (EA). The land use plans are the Grand Resource Area 
Resource Management Plan (RMP), the San Rafael RMP, and the Price River 
Management Framework Plan (MFP).

DATES: The comment period for this proposed plan amendment will 
commence with the date of publication of this notice. Comments must be 
submitted on or before April 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Bill Stringer, Assistant Field 
Office Manager, Resources, BLM Moab Field Office, 82 East Dogwood 
Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Stringer, Assistant Field Office 
Manager, Resources, at the above address or telephone (435) 259-2185. 
Existing planning documents and information are available at the above 
address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the amendment is to change 
the minerals objectives of each plan to conform with the proposed 
withdrawal, from new locatable mining claims, on sections of the 
Colorado River, Dolores River, and Green River corridors in 
southeastern Utah. The notice of the proposed withdrawal, including 
legal descriptions, was published in the Federal Register on December 
16, 1999 (FR 64, No. 241, p. 70279) as amended by Federal Register 
notice of January 19, 2000 (FR 65, No. 12, p. 2980). The proposed 
withdrawal would remove 126,565 acres of public lands from new mineral 
entry, subject to valid existing rights. The lands have low mineral 
potential and low development potential. The lands would remain open to 
the operation of the mineral leasing and mineral sale laws. The 
proposed withdrawal would protect the outstanding recreational, scenic, 
wildlife and cultural values on approximately 202 miles of river 
corridor, generally from rim to rim, and approximately 50 miles of side 
drainages from the impacts of new mining claims. An environmental 
assessment will be prepared to analyze the impacts of this proposal and 
the no-action alternative.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents will 
be available for public review at the BLM Moab Field Office and will be 
subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). They 
may be published as part of the Environmental Assessment and other 
related documents. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. 
If you wish to withhold your name or street address from public review 
and disclosure under the FOIA, 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

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representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.

Douglas M. Koza,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 01-7038 Filed 3-20-01; 8:45 am]
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