[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69676-69677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27460]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-090-1610-017J]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Monticello 
Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The BLM announces the availability of the Approved Resource 
Management Plan (RMP)/Record of Decision (ROD) for the Monticello Field 
Office located in Utah. The Department of the Interior Assistant 
Secretary for Land and Minerals Management signed the ROD on November 
17, 2008, which constitutes the final decision of the Department of the 
Interior and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Approved RMP/ROD are available upon request at 
the BLM Monticello Field Office, 365 North Main, Monticello, UT 84535, 
or via the Internet at http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/monticello/planning/html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BLM Monticello Field Office, Nick 
Sandberg, Associate Field Office Manager, telephone (435) 587-1500; 365 
N. Main, Monticello, Utah 84535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Approved RMP was developed with 
multiple opportunities for public participation through a multi-year 
collaborative planning process. The BLM sought participation from the 
public, tribes, and local, State, and Federal agencies in the 
development of this RMP and will continue to pursue partnerships in the 
management of public lands. No inconsistencies with State or local 
plans, policies, or programs were identified during the Governor's 
consistency review of the Proposed RMP/Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS). The Approved RMP is designed to achieve or maintain 
desired future conditions identified through the planning process.
    The Monticello Field Office Approved RMP/ROD addresses management 
of approximately 1.8 million acres of BLM-administered surface lands 
and 2.5 million acres of federally owned mineral estate in San Juan 
County and a small portion of Grand County, Utah. The planning effort 
addressed a variety of management issues, including: Cultural 
resources; recreation and off-highway vehicle management; visual 
resources; woodlands products; special designations, including Areas of 
Critical

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Environmental Concern (ACEC) and suitability recommendations for wild 
and scenic rivers; range management and livestock grazing; lands with 
wilderness characteristics; oil, gas and mining; and special status 
species, among others. The Monticello Approved RMP/ROD is nearly the 
same as Alternative C in the Monticello Proposed RMP/Final EIS, 
published in September 2008, and carries forward the designation 
decision for seven ACECs, as described in the Proposed RMP/Final EIS.
    The BLM Director's Office has dismissed or resolved each of the 20 
protests received, thus allowing for immediate implementation of the 
Approved RMP. This ROD serves as the final decision by the Department 
of the Interior for the land use plan and implementation level 
decisions in the Approved RMP.

Jeff Rawson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E8-27460 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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