[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 173 (Friday, September 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51464-51465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17491]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-050-1610-DR-085L]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the East 
Alaska Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

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 BLM 
management policies, the BLM announces the availability of the RMP/ROD 
for the East Alaska planning area.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the East Alaska ROD/RMP are available upon request 
from the Field Manager, Glennallen Field Office (GFO), Bureau of Land 
Management, ATTN: RMP, P.O. Box 147, Glennallen, AK 99588, or via the 
Internet at http://www.blm.gov/ak/gdo.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce Rogers, Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, BLM-GFO, P.O. Box 147, Glennallen, AK 99588 
(907) 822-3217, or via e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The East Alaska RMP was developed with broad 
public participation through a 4-year planning process. This RMP/ROD 
addresses management on approximately 7.1 million acres of public land 
in the planning area. The East Alaska RMP is designed to meet goals, 
objectives, and desired conditions developed through the planning 
process. It includes a series of management actions to meet these 
goals, objectives, and desired conditions for upland and riparian 
vegetation; wildlife habitats; cultural and visual resources; 
recreation; and subsistence. The approved East Alaska RMP is 
essentially the same as Alternative D in the Proposed RMP/Final EIS 
(FEIS), published in June 2006. The BLM received three protests to the 
PRMP/FEIS, which the BLM Director resolved without requiring 
significant changes to decisions in the PRMP/FEIS.
    The Alaska Governor's Consistency Review found the PRMP/FEIS to be 
inconsistent with Alaska State plans, policies, or programs. This 
finding was based on BLM's decision to maintain most of Public Land 
Order 5150, which withdrew lands for a route for the Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline and which now provides a pipeline/utility corridor, high 
recreation and mineral values, and important subsistence resources. The 
State of Alaska requested revocation of the withdrawal to allow state 
top-filings to fall into place, resulting in eventual conveyance of 
these lands to the state. The PRMP/FEIS partially modified the 
withdrawal to allow for eventual conveyance to the State of 82,500 
acres. The inconsistencies have been resolved through wording in the 
ROD that allows for future negotiation with the State on this issue.
    The RMP/ROD includes decisions identifying routes of travel for 
motorized vehicles, which are implementation level decisions appealable 
to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) under 43 CFR part 4. These 
decisions (route identifications) are displayed on travel management 
maps in the ROD/RMP. Any party adversely affected by these route 
identifications may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice 
of Availability by filing a notice of appeal in the office of the BLM 
Glennallen Field Manager at the above listed address. The notice of 
appeal should identify the specific route identifications by township, 
range, and section which are being appealed.

Thomas P. Lonnie,
State Director, Alaska.
 [FR Doc. E7-17491 Filed 9-6-07; 8:45 am]
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