[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 3884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-774]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-040-06-1610-DP]


Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Ring of 
Fire Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Ring 
of Fire Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces an extension of 
the public comment period on the Ring of Fire Draft Resource Management 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS). The original notice 
issued September 30, 2005, provided for a comment period to end on 
December 29, 2005. BLM is extending the comment period until January 
30, 2006.

DATES: Written comments on issues relating to the future land use, 
planning, and management of the Ring of Fire Planning Area must be 
submitted or postmarked no later than January 30, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the document should be addressed to Robert 
Lloyd, Project Manager, Ring of Fire RMP/EIS, Bureau of Land 
Management, Anchorage Field Office (040), 6881 Abbott Loop Road, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99507. Comments can also be submitted by accessing 
the e-mail box developed for this project at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Lloyd, (907) 267-1214, or by 
mail at the Anchorage Field Office, 6881 Abbott Loop Road, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original Notice of Availability was 
published September 30, 2006, and provided for comments on the Ring of 
Fire Draft RMP/EIS to be received through December 29, 2005. During the 
public comment period it was discovered that the maps depicting the 
proposed Neacola Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern 
contained errors. Trustees for Alaska requested an extension of the 
comment period in order to further review the recommendation. BLM has 
decided to act in accordance with this request, therefore, comments on 
the Ring of Fire Draft RMP/EIS will now be accepted through January 30, 
2006.

    Dated: January 6, 2006.
Henri R. Bisson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E6-774 Filed 1-23-06; 8:45 am]
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