[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 115 (Friday, June 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33244-33245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11582]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-350-1610-DQ]


Notice of Availability of Proposed Resource Management Plans and 
Associated Final Environmental Impact Statements for Three Bureau of 
Land Management Field Offices in Northeast California and Northwest 
Nevada: The Eagle Lake Field Office, the Alturas Field Office and the 
Surprise Field Office

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) has prepared three Proposed Resource 
Management Plans/Final Environmental Impact Statements (PRMPs/FEISs) 
for public lands managed by the Eagle Lake Field Office, Susanville, 
California; the Alturas Field Office, Alturas, California; and the 
Surprise Field Office, Cedarville, California. These plans are now 
available for public review.

DATES: BLM planning regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any person 
who participated in the planning process, and has an interest which is 
or may be adversely affected, may protest. The protest must be filed 
within 30 days of the date that the Environmental Protection Agency 
publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. 
Instructions for filing protests are described in the front cover of 
the Alturas, Eagle Lake, and Surprise PRMPs/FEISs and in the 
Supplementary Information section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jeff Fontana, Public Affairs Officer, 
Bureau of Land Management, 2950 Riverside Dr., Susanville, CA 96130, 
(503) 252-5332.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Alturas, Eagle Lake, and 
Surprise PRMPs/FEISs have been sent to affected Federal, State, and 
local government agencies and to interested parties, and are available 
for public inspection at the BLM's Alturas Field Office, 708 West 12th 
Street, Alturas, California; the Eagle Lake Field Office, 2950 
Riverside Drive, Susanville, California; or the Surprise Field Office, 
602 Cressler Street, Cedarville, California. Interested persons may 
also review the PRMPs/FEISs on the Internet at http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/planning/landuseplanning.html.
    Comments on the Draft RMPs/EISs received from the public were 
incorporated into the PRMPs/FEISs. Public comments resulted in the 
addition of clarifying text, but did not significantly change proposed 
land use decisions.
    Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM 
regarding the PRMPs/EISs may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5-2. A protest may 
only raise those issues which were submitted for the record during the 
planning process. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as 
valid protests unless the protesting party also provides the original 
letter by either regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of 
the protest period. Under these conditions, BLM will consider the e-
mail or faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full 
consideration. If you wish to provide BLM with such advance 
notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of the BLM 
protest coordinator at 202-452-5112, and e-mails to [email protected].
    Please direct the follow-up letter to the appropriate address 
provided below.
    The protest must contain:
    a. The name, mailing address, telephone number, and interest of the 
person filing the protest.
    b. A statement of the part or parts of the plan and the issue or 
issues being protested.

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    c. A copy of all documents addressing the issue(s) that the 
protesting party submitted during the planning process or a statement 
of the date they were discussed for the record.
    d. A concise statement explaining why the protestor believes the 
State Director's decision is wrong.
    All protests must be in writing and mailed to one of the following 
addresses:

Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L 
Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036.

    Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name and/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 protest. Such requests will be 
honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from 
organizations and businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety.
    The Director will promptly render a decision on the protest. The 
decision will be in writing and will be sent to the protesting party by 
certified mail, return receipt requested. The decision of the Director 
is the final decision of the Department of the Interior.

    Dated: November 6, 2006.
Dayne Barron,
Eagle Lake Field Office Manager.

    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register June 12, 2007.
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