[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT070-1610-011J]


Notice of Availability for the Draft Resource Management Plan 
(RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Price Field 
Office Planning Area in Carbon and Emery Counties, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) of 1969, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(FLPMA), and regulatory requirements, a Draft RMP/EIS has been prepared 
for the Price Field Office planning area and is available for a 90-day 
public review and comment period. The Draft RMP/EIS may be viewed and 
downloaded in PDF format at the project Web site at www.pricermp.com. 
Copies of the Draft RMP/EIS will also be available for distribution and 
review during the comment period at the BLM Price Field Office, at the 
address shown below.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft RMP/EIS will be accepted October 
14, 2004. Future public meetings and any other public-involvement 
activities will be announced at least 15 days in advance through public 
notices, local media news releases, mailings, and the project Web site 
at: www.pricermp.com. Locations of the public meetings are: Salt Lake 
City, Price, Green River, and Castle Dale, Utah.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Price Field Office RMP 
Comments, Attention: Floyd Johnson, Price Field Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 125 South 600 West, Price, Utah 84501. Comments may also be 
made electronically at: www.pricermp.com. Comments, including names and 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
BLM Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, Utah during normal 
business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except weekends and holidays).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have 
your name added to the planning project mailing list, visit the Web 
site shown above. You may also contact Floyd Johnson, Assistant Field 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Price Field Office, 125 South 600 
West, Price, Utah 84501, telephone: (435) 636-3600, or e-mail through 
the Web site: www.pricermp.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area includes all of the public 
land and Federal mineral ownership managed by the Price Field Office in 
Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah. The planning area encompasses public 
lands currently managed under the Price River Resource Area Management 
Framework Plan and the San Rafael RMP. This area includes approximately 
2.5 million acres of BLM-administered surface lands and 2.8 million 
acres of Federal mineral lands under Federal, State, and private 
surface in the area. The decisions of the Price RMP will only apply to 
BLM-administered public lands and Federal mineral estate. The Draft 
RMP/EIS addresses alternatives and provides management guidance, 
monitoring, and impact analysis of the alternatives. The alternatives 
present different management balances between the various resources and 
uses. This planning effort will replace the Price River Resource Area 
Management Framework Plan (1983, 1989) and the San Rafael RMP (1991). 
Once approved, the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Price Field Office 
RMP will supercede all existing management plans for the planning area. 
In order to receive full consideration, comments should focus on 
specific management actions being considered and the adequacy of 
analysis. All submissions from organizations or businesses will be made 
available for public inspection in their entirety. Individuals may 
request confidentiality with respect to their name, address, and phone 
number. If you wish to have your name or street address withheld from 
public review, or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 
the first line of the comment should start with the words 
``CONFIDENTIALITY REQUESTED'' in uppercase letters in order for BLM to 
comply with your request. Such requests will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. Comment contents will not be kept confidential. 
Responses to the comments will be published as part of the Final RMP/
EIS. The Draft RMP/EIS contains five alternatives (including the No 
Action Alternative). Major issues considered are: management of 
recreation, travel planning and route designation, oil and gas 
resources, rangeland health, special designation areas, wildlife, and 
air and water quality. The area covered by the Price RMP contains coal 
resources that have been classified by the Bureau of Land Management to 
be included within a Known Recoverable Coal Resource Area. The 43 CFR 
3420.1-2 provides an opportunity for the public to identify any 
interest in developing these resources; therefore the Bureau of Land 
Management is issuing a Call for Coal Information. Industry, State and 
local governments, or the general public is invited to submit 
information on lands within the Price Field Office that should be 
considered for leasing and describe why these lands should be 
considered. Proprietary data marked as confidential may be submitted in 
response to this call; however, all such proprietary data should be 
submitted only to James Kohler, Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals, Utah 
State Office, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84145-0155. Data marked as confidential shall be treated in 
accordance with the laws and regulations governing confidentiality of 
such information.

Gene R. Terland,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-15894 Filed 7-15-04; 8:45 am]
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