[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 244 (Thursday, December 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72371-72372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24363]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-130-08-1610-DU]


Notice of Intent To Amend the Grand Junction Resource Management 
Plan for the Gateway Area, Mesa and Montrose Counties, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Grand Junction Resource 
Management Plan for the Gateway Special Recreation Management Area.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 and section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Field 
Office, is proposing to amend the Grand Junction Resource Management 
Plan (1987) to develop and design a recreation management plan and 
travel system for the Gateway Special Recreation Management Area. The 
planning area includes 198,000 acres of public land located near the 
community of Gateway, Colorado. The Gateway planning process was 
initiated in December of 2007. It has been determined that a plan 
amendment would be needed to consider the input of interested publics, 
user groups, and other agencies and to alter RMP allocations.

DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process. The public is 
invited to submit comments throughout the development of the Draft 
Amendment/EA. All future public meetings will be announced through the 
local news media, newsletters, and other media at least 15 days prior 
to the event. In addition to the ongoing public participation process, 
formal opportunities for public participation will be provided through 
comment upon the issuance of the BLM Draft Amendment/EA.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Bureau of Land 
Management, Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, 
CO 81506. Comments be also be electronically submitted to [email protected]. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If 
you wish to withhold your name or street address from public

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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. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have 
your name added to our mailing list, contact Ken Straley, Supervisory 
Outdoor Recreation Planner, Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road, 
Grand Junction, CO 81506; (970) 244-3031; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grand Junction Field Office has and will 
continue to consult, communicate and cooperate with local landowners, 
recreationists, the Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Committee, the 
community of Gateway, and other affected interest groups and 
individuals to develop and design a recreation management plan for the 
Gateway Area. BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to develop the 
plan amendment and environmental assessment in order to consider all 
identified resource issues and concerns. Disciplines involved in the 
planning process will include specialists with expertise in outdoor 
recreation, transportation planning, range conservation, wildlife, 
fisheries, law enforcement, minerals, soils, and hazardous materials.

    Dated: December 11, 2007.
Catherine Robertson,
Grand Junction Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-24363 Filed 12-19-07; 8:45 am]
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