[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48936-48937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21073]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-068-03-1610-DR-241E]


Notice of Availability of Approved Resource Management Plan/
Record of Decision

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) has prepared an Approved Resource Management Plan/Record of 
Decision (RMP/ROD) for the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area 
(NCA) and Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District (SVAPD) located 
in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona. The RMP/ROD will be signed by 
the Arizona State Director and become effective upon publication of 
this notice.
    The RMP/ROD has been prepared pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act (FLPMA), the act establishing the Las Cienegas

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National Conservation Area (H.R. 2941), and BLM management policies.
    The RMP/ROD was developed with broad public participation through a 
six-year collaborative planning process. The RMP/ROD addresses 
management on approximately 49,000 acres of public land within the NCA 
and SVAPD. The RMP/ROD is designed to achieve or maintain desired 
future conditions developed through the Sonoita Valley Planning 
Partnership process. The RMP/ROD also includes a series of management 
actions to meet the desired resource conditions for upland and riparian 
vegetation, wildlife habitats, and cultural and visual resources as 
well as livestock grazing and recreation.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the RMP/ROD are available upon request from the 
Field Manager, Tucson Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 12661 
East Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85748-7208 or via the Internet 
at www.az.blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Simms, Ecosystem Planner, Tucson 
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 12661 East Broadway Boulevard, 
Tucson, Arizona 85748-7208; telephone number (520) 258-7210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The approved Resource Management Plan is 
essentially the same as Alternative 2 in the Proposed Las Cienegas RMP/
Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS) that was published in 
June 2002. BLM received only one protest to the PRMP/FEIS. No 
inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies, or programs were 
identified during the Governor consistency review of the PRMP/FEIS. As 
a result, only minor editorial modifications were made in preparing the 
RMP/ROD. These modifications corrected errors that were noted during 
review of Alternative 2 of the PRMP/FEIS and provide further 
clarification for some of the decisions. An errata sheet is included 
with the RMP/ROD that identifies the location of the corrections in the 
PRMP/FEIS.

Elaine Y. Zielinski,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 03-21073 Filed 8-14-03; 8:45 am]
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