[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18792-18793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8965]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-120-1220-PA]


Announcement of Public Scoping Meetings To Develop a Travel 
Management Plan for Public Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, Kremmling Field Office in Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kremmling Field Office, 
Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct public scoping and prepare an 
environmental analysis (EA) to develop the travel management plan.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, 
notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is 
preparing an Environmental Analysis to address management of roads and 
trails on lands administered by the Kremmling Field Office in Colorado.

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DATES: Written comments will be accepted until May 30, 2001. The 
following public scoping meetings are scheduled:

April 25: Kremmling--BLM Field Office--7 pm to 9 pm
April 26: Walden--Wattenburg Center--7 pm to 9 pm

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Kremmling Field Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, P.O. Box 68 
Kremmling, Colorado, 80459.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The use of OHVs, snowmobiles, mountain bikes 
and horses, an important use of the public lands, has risen 
tremendously in recent years creating numerous management concerns:

 The capability of the land to sustain increasing use and still 
meet land health standards.
 The proliferation of new, unplanned roads and trails in many 
areas that have or will lead to unacceptable resource damage.
 Advances in technology that allow greater ability to access 
previously inaccessible locations.
 Existing land use designations that allow cross-country 
vehicle travel on BLM-administered land within the Kremmling Field 
Office.
 Designated road and trail land use designations have not been 
implemented.

    These concerns, along with those identified by the public and 
listed in BLM guidance will be considered in the EA. The BLM critical 
elements of the human environment include: air quality; areas of 
critical environmental concern; cultural resources; prime farmland; 
flood plains; Native American religious concerns; threatened and 
endangered species; hazardous and solid wastes; water quality; 
wetlands; wild and scenic rivers; and wilderness.
    The public is asked to identify issues they believe should be 
assessed in the EA and provide ideas and suggestions on alternatives to 
the proposed action they think should be considered. The EA scoping 
meetings will provide one such opportunity to provide issues and 
alternatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Arkins, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, Kremmling Field Office (970) 724-3437.

    Dated: March 21, 2001.
Dave Harr,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-8965 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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