[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26152]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT 020-1430-ES]


Notice of Intent To Amend the Randolph Management Framework Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the public that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) is proposing to amend the Randolph Management 
Framework Plan (MFP) affecting public lands located in the Rich County, 
Utah. This proposed amendment is being conducted in conjunction with a 
Coordinated Resource Management Plan effort with the county and will 
address a variety of issues related to rangeland health, wildlife, and 
livestock management. The amendment will also evaluate the potential 
for wind energy development in the county. Several preliminary issues 
have been identified including, but not limited to, rangeland health 
and riparian management, wildlife habitat for sagebrush obligate 
species and fisheries, and visual resource management.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed plan amendment will commence 
with publication of this notice. Comments must be submitted on or 
before January 25, 2005. Notice of Public Meetings will be published in 
local newspapers.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to participate in this planning effort, identify 
issues of concern, or provide ideas that could assist the BLM and its 
partners with alternative management strategies for analysis purposes, 
or request additional information, you may do so by any of several 
methods. You may mail, hand deliver, or fax your written comments to: 
Curtis Warrick, Bureau of Land Management, Renewable Resources Advisor, 
Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, 
Fax: 801-977-4397. Upon request, comments, including names and street 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
Salt Lake Field Office during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
    Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or street address from public review or from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests 
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. We will not, however, 
consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety. The current MFP 
as well as all other documents relevant to this planning process are 
available for public review at the Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 
2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Monday through Friday (excluding 
legal holidays), from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curtis Warrick, Salt Lake Field 
Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119. Existing 
planning documents and information are available at the above address 
or telephone (801) 977-4332.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed amendment to the MFP and 
associated environmental assessment (EA) would update the Randolph MFP 
which was completed in 1980. It is anticipated that this process will 
include both resource management planning and implementation level 
decisions. This MFP amendment would address the following planning 
level decisions: Identification of goals, objectives, and or desired 
future conditions for sagebrush steppe ecosystems and riparian 
resources, potential vegetation enhancement strategies, and address the 
potential/criteria for potential wind energy development in Rich 
County. The EA would also address the following implementation level 
decisions: Development of pro-active grazing strategies to fulfill 
permitting requirements on 18 grazing allotments and a wildlife/
livestock cooperative management area in order to enhance riparian and 
sagebrush steppe ecosystems. This MFP amendment is being conducted 
concurrently with the Rich County Coordinated Resource Management Plan 
(CRMP); an addendum to the Rich County Comprehensive Plan. Throughout 
this process, BLM will work collaboratively with Rich County and a 
broad base of CRMP partners including but not limited to: the Wasatch-
Cache National Forest, Utah Wild Project, Audubon Society, Utah State 
University, Cooperative Extension Service, Trout Unlimited, ranching 
community members, and Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
Sally Wisely,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-26152 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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