[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28760-28761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13122]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-200-1040-PH]


Notice of Intent To Prepare the Cache Creek 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 Cache Creek 
Travel Management Plan, pursuant to the BLM planning regulations in 43 
CFR 1600. The proposed 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'', to implement a decision in the Royal Gore Resource Management 
Plan, approved in May 1996. The EA will analyze and compare the impacts 
of the change in OHV designation and management with continuing current 
management, and other alternatives that may be identified. The Travel 
Management Plan is being prepared through coordination with other 
federal, state and local agencies, and affected public land users.

DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments to the Field 
Office Manager at the address listed below. Comments will be accepted 
until June 15, 2001.

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: 
Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Royal Gorge Field 
Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon City, CO 81212, (719) 269-8500. 
You may also comment via email to: [email protected]. Please submit email 
comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special

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characters and any form of encryption. Please also include your name 
and address in your email message.
    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the BLM office listed above 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 organizations or 
businesses, are available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levi D. Deike, Field Office Manager, 
or Pete Zwaneveld, Team Leader at the Royal Gorge Field Office address 
listed above or by calling (719) 269-8500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area involves approximately 
3,760 acres located in northern Chaffee County, about 15 miles north of 
Buena Vista, CO. The main issues anticipated for this planning effort 
are: (1) Impacts to water quality, vegetation, including riparian and 
wetland areas; and soils; (2) impacts to wildlife habitat, especially 
the elk critical winter range and elk calving area, and (3) impacts to 
public land users and adjacent private landowners. The Cache Creek 
Travel Management Plan is being prepared by an interdisciplinary team, 
including representation from recreation, wildlife, riparian/wetlands, 
fisheries, minerals, lands, archaeology, and forestry. The analysis and 
proposed plan amendment are scheduled for completion in September 2001.
    Notification will be made to the Governor of Colorado, Chaffee & 
Lake County Commissioners, adjacent landowners, and potentially 
affected members of the public. A public comment period will be 
established upon completion of the EA on the Cache Creek Travel 
Management Plan. The time frame for the public comment period will be 
announced in the local media. The Proposed Plan Amendment will be 
published during the EA process and will include a 30-day protest 
period.

Levi D. Deike,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-13122 Filed 5-23-01; 8:45 am]
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