[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27156-27157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11874]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-030-1610-DU]


Notice of Availability, Public Meeting, and Protest Period for 
the Proposed Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Navy Natural Resource 
Management Plan for Federal Lands in Churchill County, NV

AGENCIES: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Carson 
City Field Office in partnership with the Department of Defense, U.S. 
Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.

ACTION: Notice of availability, public meeting, and protest period for 
a proposed amendment to the Lahontan Resource Management Plan (RMPA) 
for the Bureau of Land Management, Carson City Field Office (BLM) based 
on specific direction within Public Law 106-65, section 3014 (Military 
Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999). In addition, as a personnel and cost-
saving stratagem, the RMPA was prepared jointly with the Naval Air 
Station Fallon (Navy) to comply with Department of Defense requirements 
for an Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (INRMP) in 
accordance with the Sikes Act Amendment Act (1997), Public Law 105-85.

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SUMMARY: The BLM and Navy determined that combining the two agencies' 
planning processes is the appropriate means to serve as the analysis 
and basis for decisions on lands

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identified in the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Act), for 
withdrawn public lands, Navy-owned lands, and the NAS Fallon Main 
Station. Public scoping was initiated with a Notice of Intent published 
in the Federal Register on May 26, 2000 and two public open houses were 
held in Fallon and Reno, Nevada in June 2000. The following resource-
related issues were identified in the Act and through public scoping: 
Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) use; public access (hunting, ranching, 
mining, etc.); livestock grazing; sage grouse habitat preservation; 
Pony Express Trail protection; wildfire prevention and suppression; 
noxious weeds; cultural resources; water resources and water rights; 
and sensitive species.

DATES: The document is available for public and agency review and a 
public open house is scheduled in accordance with 43 CFR 1610.2 and 
2310.3-1 to discuss the proposed RMPA/draft INRMP. Personnel from the 
BLM and Navy will be available to answer questions and take comments at 
the following public open house: June 6, 2001 (5-7 p.m.), Fallon 
Convention Center, 100 Campus Way, Fallon, Nevada. Comments will be 
accepted until June 15, 2001. After the review and protest period ends 
for the Proposed Natural Resource Management Plan for Federal Lands in 
Churchill County, comments will be analyzed and considered jointly by 
the BLM and Navy in preparing the final document.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Bureau of Land Management, 
Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701, 
Attn: Gary Ryan, Project Manager. Comments may also be sent via 
electronic mail to the following address: [email protected] or via 
fax: (775) 885-6147.
    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the above address during regular 
business hours (7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except 
holidays, and may be published as part of the document. Individual 
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your 
name or street 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. However, we will not consider 
anonymous comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed 
by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Ryan, BLM Military Liaison at 
(775) 426-4011, or Ester Hutchison, NAS Fallon Environmental Office at 
(775) 426-2912.

    Dated: May 2, 2001.
John Singlaub,
Manager, Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 01-11874 Filed 5-15-01; 8:45 am]
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