[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID-930-04-1610-DS]


Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
and Draft Land Use Plan Amendments; Northern Rockies Lynx Amendments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (acting as cooperating 
agency to the lead agency, the USDA Forest Service, Northern Region) 
has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal 
to amend land use plans to incorporate management direction for the 
Canada lynx within the northern Rocky Mountain area.

DATES: The 90-day public comment period begins when the Environmental 
Protection Agency publishes a notice of the filing of the Draft EIS in 
the Federal Register. Information regarding public meetings on the 
Draft EIS is posted on the Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/planning/lynx.html and sent to people who commented during scoping or 
asked to be on the mailing list.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on the Draft EIS/plan amendments to 
Northern Rockies Lynx Amendment, Attn: Jon Haber, Project Manager, USDA 
Forest Service, Northern Region Headquarters, PO BOX 7669, Missoula, MT 
59807. Send e-mail comments to [email protected] (Please specify Northern Rockies Lynx Amendment on the 
subject line.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Haber (406) 329-3399 or Joan 
Dickerson, (406) 329-3314. Information regarding lynx and the planning 
process can also be found at http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/planning/lynx.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The nine BLM Field Offices and their 
associated plans included in this plan amendment process are shown 
below.

Bureau of Land Management Offices and Associated Land Use Plans

Idaho

Upper Columbia-Salmon/Clearwater District
    Salmon Field Office--Lemhi Resource Management Plan (RMP),
    Challis Field Office--Challis RMP,
    Coeur d'Alene Field Office--Emerald Empire Management Framework 
Plan (MFP),
    Cottonwood Field Office--Chief Joseph MFP
Upper Snake River District
    Idaho Falls Field Office--Medicine Lodge RMP,
    Pocatello Field Office--Pocatello RMP*,
    Shoshone Field Office--Sun Valley MFP
Lower Snake River District
    Four Rivers Field Office--Cascade RMP

Utah

    Salt Lake Field Office--Randolph MFP*

    *Only the linkage area direction would apply

    Dated: October 10, 2002.
Michael A. Ferguson,
Acting Idaho State Director, BLM.
[FR Doc. 04-1 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
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