[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24665]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-080-1610-DO]


Vernal Field Office Resource Management Plan and Environmental 
Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to hold public scoping meetings for the Vernal 
Field Office Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Vernal Field Office, Utah, is initiating public scoping meetings 
in order to provide for public involvement opportunities for the Vernal 
Field Office Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS). The new RMP is being prepared in coordination with 
other Federal, State, and local agencies, and affected public land 
users.

DATES: The BLM will be hosting local and regional scoping meetings/open 
houses throughout October and November of 2001. Locations of scoping 
meetings/open houses will also be published in the local and regional 
news papers at least 15 days before the meetings.

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the following locations and times; 
Duchesne County Courthouse, 734 North Center Street, Duchesne, Utah, 
Wednesday, October 17, 2001, 7 to 9 p.m. Vernal Western Park, 302 East 
200 North, Vernal, Utah, Thursday, October 18, 2001, 7 to 9 p.m. Utah 
Department of Natural Resources, 1594 West Temple, Suite 1040, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, Thursday, October 25, 2001, 7 to 9 p.m. Daggett County 
Courthouse, 95 North 100 West, Manila, Utah, Thursday, November 1, 
2001, 6 to 8 p.m. Green River City Office, 240 East Main Street, Green 
River, Utah, Thursday, November 8, 2001, 6 to 8 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Howell, Field Manager or David 
Moore, Supervisory Planning Coordinator, Vernal Field Office, Vernal, 
Utah, (435) 781-4400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 12, 2001, the Vernal Field Office 
published in the Federal Register, (Volume 66, Number 48, pages 14415-
14417), a notice of intent to plan, and prepare a resource management 
plan and environmental impact statement. The notice provided early 
opportunities for the public to comment on preliminary issues and 
planning criteria. It also requested additional information that the 
public may have on various resources within the field office area. The 
notice stated that another Federal Register Notice would be published 
to identify the dates and locations of future scoping meetings. This 
notice constitutes that notification.
    Individual comments received during the scoping/open house meetings 
including names and addresses of respondents, will be available for 
public review at the BLM office listed above during regular business 
hours. Comments received during the scoping meetings will also be 
summarized and made available in a scoping report, shortly after the 
public meetings have been held.
    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 comments. 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, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

    Dated: September 14, 2001.
Sally Wisely,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 01-24665 Filed 10-2-01; 8:45 am]
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