[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 65450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24904]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-154-1610-DQ-GGCA]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Gunnison 
Gorge National Conservation Area Resource Management Plan (RMP)/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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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 Black Canyon 
of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation 
Area Act of 1999 and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision 
Act of 2003, the BLM announces the availability of the RMP/ROD for the 
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (NCA) located in Montrose and 
Delta Counties, Colorado. 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 Field Manager, Uncompahgre Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
2505 S. Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado or via the Internet at 
http://www.gunnison-gorge-eis.com. Copies may also be obtained by 
calling Bill Bottomly, Gunnison Gorge NCA (970) 240-5337. Copies have 
also been sent to the following local libraries.
    Montrose Public Library, 320 South 2nd Street, Montrose, CO 81401.
    Delta Public Library, 211 West 6th Street, Delta, CO 81416.
    Crawford Public Library, 425 Highway 92, Crawford, CO 81415.
    Hotchkiss Public Library, 1st and Main Street, Hotchkiss, CO 81419.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Tucker, Manager, Gunnison Gorge 
NCA, 2465 S. Townsend Avenue, Montrose, CO (970) 240-5309, [email protected], or Bill Bottomly, Land Use Planner, Gunnison Gorge 
NCA, 2465 S. Townsend Avenue, Montrose, CO (970) 240-5337, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gunnison Gorge NCA RMP/ROD was developed 
with broad public participation through a two-year collaborative 
planning process. This RMP/ROD addresses management on approximately 
95,780 acres of public land in the planning area. The Gunnison Gorge 
NCA 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, livestock grazing, recreation, wilderness management, and 
special status species and habitat.
    The approved Gunnison Gorge NCA RMP is essentially the same as the 
Proposed Gunnison Gorge NCA RMP/Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(PRMP/FEIS), published on January 23, 2004. BLM received 32 protests 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: April 28, 2004.
Doug Koza,
Associate State Director.
    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on November 4, 2004.
[FR Doc. 04-24904 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]
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