[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24421]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-134-1610-DQ-CCCA]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Colorado 
Canyons National Conservation Area Resource Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement

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, the Colorado 
Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness 
Act of 2000, the BLM announces the availability of the Resource 
Management Plan (RMP)/Record of Decision (ROD) for the Colorado Canyons 
National Conservation Area (NCA). The NCA is located in Mesa County, CO 
and Grand County, UT. The Colorado State Director will sign the RMP/
ROD, which becomes effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the NCA RMP/ROD are available upon request from 
the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area Manager, Grand Junction 
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, 
CO 81506; or via the Internet at http://www.co.blm.gov/cocanplan/. 
Copies may be obtained by contacting Jane Ross, Grand Junction Field 
Office at (970) 244-3027. Copies are also available at the following 
Mesa County Public Library District locations during regular business 
hours: Central Library, 530 Grand Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501; 
Fruita Branch, 325 East Aspen Avenue, Fruita, CO 81521; Palisade 
Branch, 711 Iowa Street, Palisade, CO 81526; Clifton Branch, Peachtree 
Shopping Center, 3225 I-70 Business Loop A-1, Clifton, CO 81520; 
Orchard Mesa Branch, 2736 Unaweep Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81503.
    The planning documents are available for inspection at the BLM 
Grand Junction Field Office during normal working hours, 7:30 a.m. 
through 4:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to have 
your name added to our mailing list, contact Jane Ross (970) 244-3027, 
Planning and Environmental Coordinator ([email protected]), or Raul 
Morales at (970) 244-3066 ([email protected]), acting Colorado 
Canyons NCA Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Field 
Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Colorado Canyons NCA RMP/ROD was 
developed with broad public participation through a two-year 
collaborative planning process. The CCNCA, located west of Grand 
Junction, includes 122,300 rugged acres of sandstone canyons, natural 
arches, spires, and alcoves carved into the Colorado Plateau along a 
24-mile stretch of the Colorado River. Included in the CCNCA are 75,550 
acres of wilderness designated as the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness. 
At the western boundary of the CCNCA, 5,200 acres stretch into eastern 
Utah.
    The approved Colorado Canyons NCA RMP is essentially the same as 
the Proposed Colorado Canyons NCA RMP/Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (PRMP/FEIS), published on August 6, 2004. No inconsistencies 
with State or local plans, policies, or programs were identified during 
the Governor's consistency review of the PRMP/FEIS. There were no 
protests. As a result, only minor editorial modifications were made in 
preparing the RMP/ROD.
     An errata sheet is included with the RMP/ROD that 
identifies the location of the corrections in the PRMP/FEIS.

Raul Morales,
Manager, Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area.
[FR Doc. 04-24421 Filed 11-8-04; 8:45 am]
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