[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44057-44058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16854]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-04-1610-DR-241E]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the NTTR 
Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) management policies and Public Law 106-
65, the BLM announces the availability of the RMP/ROD for the Nevada 
Test and Training Range (NTTR) Resource Management Plan (RMP)/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), located in the Las Vegas Field 
Office area of administration. The Nevada State Director will sign the 
RMP/ROD, which becomes effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the NTTR RMP/ROD are available upon request from 
the Field Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89130 or via the 
Internet at http://www.nv.blm.gov/vegas, provided Internet access is 
available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey G. Steinmetz at 4701 North 
Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130, 702-515-5097, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NTTR RMP/ROD was developed with broad 
public participation through a 3 year collaborative planning process. 
BLM completed six scoping meetings and four public comment meetings 
prior to

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releasing the Proposed RMP/FEIS. In addition, BLM extensively 
coordinated with the Military to ensure all safety and mission 
operation concerns were resolved. After this coordination was completed 
the Military and BLM supported the Proposed RMP/FEIS, as written. This 
RMP/ROD addresses management on approximately 1.5 million acres of 
withdrawn public land in the planning area. The NTTR RMP/ROD is 
designed to achieve or maintain desired future conditions developed 
through the planning process. It includes a series of management 
actions to meet the desired resource conditions for upland and riparian 
vegetation, wildlife habitats, cultural and visual resources, wild 
horse management, livestock grazing, limited hunting recreation and 
military mission and safety objectives.
    The approved NTTR RMP is essentially the same as Alternative B in 
the Proposed NTTR RMP/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS), 
published in May 2003. The primary difference being, the Military and 
BLM agreed to an Appropriate Management Level (AML) of 300-500 for wild 
horses. The Military felt comfortable that this lower number of horses 
would significantly reduce mission and safety concerns and still allow 
management of wild horses on the NTTR. BLM received 1 protest to the 
PRMP/FEIS. No inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies, or 
programs were identified during the Governor's 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 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.

    Dated: March 29, 2004.
Mark T. Morse,
Field Manager Las Vegas.
[FR Doc. 04-16854 Filed 7-22-04; 8:45 am]
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