[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57319-57320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19493]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ 330-05-1610-DP-082A-241E]


Notice of Availability of Lake Havasu Field Office Draft Resource 
Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Lake Havasu Field Office (Arizona) 
Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
planning regulations, title 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
1610.2(f)(3) and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, 
title 40 CFR 1502.9(a), the BLM hereby gives notice that the Lake 
Havasu Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DRMP/DEIS) is available for public 
review and comment. The planning area encompasses more than 1.3 million 
acres of the BLM-administered lands.

DATES: Written comments on the DRMP/DEIS will be accepted for 90 days 
following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its 
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. Future meetings or 
hearings and any other public involvement activities will be announced 
at least 15 days in advance through local media.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to Tim Smith, Lake Havasu 
Field Manager, Resource Management Plan, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610 
Sweetwater, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406. You may also comment using 
the following e-mail address: [email protected]. Finally, you may 
hand-deliver comments to the above listed address. A minimum of five 
public meetings will be held during the 90-day public review and 
comment period during which oral and written comments will be accepted. 
Exact dates, places, and times of public meetings will be announced 
using local media, and may be posted on the Arizona BLM Web page, or 
you may contact Gina Trafton at (928) 505-1273 for further information.
    Public comments, including names and street addresses of 
respondents, will be available for public review at the BLM Lake Havasu 
Field Office, 2610 Sweetwater, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406, during 
regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 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 comments. Such requests will 
be honored to the extent allowed by law. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Trafton, Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 2610 Sweetwater, 
Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406, telephone (928) 505-1273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the Lake Havasu Field Office Draft 
Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement is 
available for review via the Internet from a link at http://www.az.blm.gov (subject to change). You may also obtain an electronic 
(on CD-ROM), or paper copy at the Bureau of Land Management, Lake 
Havasu Field Office at the address listed previously or by contacting 
Gina Trafton at (928) 505-1273.
    The Lake Havasu Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan/Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement is being developed by the BLM. The DRMP/
DEIS includes strategies for protecting and preserving the biological, 
cultural, recreational, geological, educational, scientific, and scenic 
values that balance multiple uses of the BLM-administered lands 
throughout the Lake Havasu Field Office planning area.
    The preferred alternative attempts to accomplish the above in 
coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Arizona Department of Transportation, Arizona State Land 
Department, Arizona Game and Fish Department, California Department of 
Fish and Game, the BLM and other land managing agencies within the 
boundaries of the planning area. The range of alternatives in this 
draft incorporates planning decisions brought forward from the current 
BLM planning documents, the Yuma District Resource Management Plan 
(1987), Kingman Resource Area Resource Management Plan (1995), Lower 
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South Resource Management Plan (1988) and Lower Gila North Management 
Framework Plan (1983). The preferred alternative identifies five 
potential Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC): Beale Slough 
Riparian and Cultural ACEC (2,395 acres); Bullhead Bajada Natural and 
Cultural ACEC (7,090 acres); Crossman Peak Scenic ACEC (48,855 acres); 
Swansea Historic District ACEC (5,973 acres); and, Three Rivers 
Riparian ACEC (2,246 acres). There are up to four additional potential 
ACECs in one or more of the other alternatives: Black Peak Cultural 
ACEC (740 acres); Cienega Mining District Historic ACEC (6,649 acres); 
Lake Havasu Aubrey Hills Natural Area ACEC (19,088 acres); and, Whipple 
Wash Natural Area ACEC (10,962 acres). The following types of resource 
use limitations would generally apply to these ACECs: (1) Design 
grazing prescriptions to achieve the desired plant community 
objectives; (2) Recreation facilities would be limited to projects that 
protect ACEC values; (3) Camping would be limited to developed or 
signed sites; (4) Travel would be permitted only on designated open and 
signed routes. For detailed information see Chapter 2, Description of 
Alternatives, Special Area Designations section.
    A Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact 
Statement will be prepared by the BLM for the Resource Management Plan 
accordance with planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610 and NEPA at 40 CFR 
1502. The Lake Havasu Field Office Resource Management Plan affects 
only the BLM-administered Federal lands and Federal interests located 
within the planning area boundary.

    Dated: September 16, 2005.
Elaine Y. Zielinski,
Arizona State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-19493 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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