[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46330-46331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18192]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-050-1610-012J]


Notice of Availability of Richfield Field Office Proposed 
Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(PRMP/FEIS)

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 a Proposed Resource Management 
Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS) for the Richfield 
Field Office.

DATES: The BLM planning regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any 
person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may 
protest the BLM's PRMP/FEIS. A person who meets the conditions and 
files a protest must file the protest within 30 days of the date that 
the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Richfield Field Office PRMP/FEIS were sent to 
affected Federal, state, and local government agencies and to 
interested parties. Copies of the PRMP/FEIS are available for public 
inspection at: Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900 North, Richfield, 
UT 84701. Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UT 
84145.
    Interested persons may also review the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at 
 http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/richfield/planning.html. All protests 
must be in writing and mailed to the following addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams, 
P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC 20035
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams, 
1620 L Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: John Russell, Richfield Field Office, 
150 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701; phone: (435)896-1500; or e-
mail at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Richfield RMP planning area is located 
in central Utah. The BLM administers approximately 2.1 million acres of 
surface estate and 3.0 million acres of Federal mineral estate within 
the planning area.
    The Richfield RMP will provide future broad-scale management 
direction for land use allocations and allowable uses on public lands 
within the planning area. Implementation of the decisions of the PRMP/
FEIS would apply only to BLM-administered public lands and Federal 
mineral estate. In the Draft RMP/EIS (DRMP/DEIS), which was released 
for public review and comment in October 2007, five alternatives were 
analyzed, including a No Action alternative. These alternatives were 
developed through issue identification during the scoping process. Such 
issues included: visual resources, non-WSA lands with wilderness 
characteristics, livestock grazing, recreation, travel management 
(OHVs), minerals and energy resources, and special designations (ACECs 
and WSRs).
    The PRMP/FEIS would designate one new Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern (ACEC), and the continuation of one existing 
ACEC, totaling 2,530 acres. Resource use limitations that apply to the 
proposed ACECs include a range of different prescriptions as described 
in Table 1 below.

                         Table 1--Evaluation of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
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              Area name                   Values of concern            Resource use limitations          Acres
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North Caineville Mesa...............  Relict vegetation.......  No surface occupancy for oil and gas,      2,200
                                                                 recommend withdrawal from mineral
                                                                 entry, unsuitable for surface coal
                                                                 mining, unavailable for livestock
                                                                 grazing, closed to OHV use.
Old Woman Front.....................  Relict vegetation.......  No wildlife habitat manipulation;            330
                                                                 prohibit introduction or spread of
                                                                 exotic animal species; no logging or
                                                                 harvest of woodland products,
                                                                 fuelwood gathering, or Christmas
                                                                 tree cutting; unavailable for
                                                                 livestock grazing; no range
                                                                 improvements; no special recreation
                                                                 permits; closed to OHV use; no new
                                                                 roads, trails, or physical
                                                                 improvements; no surface occupancy
                                                                 for oil and gas; recommend
                                                                 withdrawal from mineral entry.
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    Comments on the Richfield Field Office DRMP/DEIS received from the 
public and internal BLM review were considered and incorporated as 
appropriate into the PRMP/FEIS. Public comments resulted in the 
addition of clarifying text, but did not significantly change proposed 
land use plan decisions.
    Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM 
regarding the PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear Reader Letter of the 
Richfield Field Office PRMP/FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2.
    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, the BLM will consider the e-mail or 
faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full 
consideration. If you wish to provide the 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]. All protests, including the follow-up letter (if e-
mailing or faxing) must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate 
address,

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as set forth in the ADDRESSES section above.
    Before including your phone number, e-mail address, or other 
personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware 
that your entire protest--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5-1.

Selma Sierra,
State Director.
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