[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 218 (Friday, November 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58647-58648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27323]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-169-1610DP-025B]


Notice of Availability of Carrizo Plain National Monument 
Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, California

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 (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed 
Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/
FEIS) for the Carrizo Plain National Monument (CPNM).

DATES: BLM planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610.5-2 state that any 
person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may 
protest BLM's PRMP. 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 CPNM PRMP/FEIS have been sent to affected 
Federal, State, and local government agencies, Native American tribes, 
and to interested parties. Copies of the CPNM PRMP/FEIS are available 
for public

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inspection at BLM's Bakersfield Field Office (3801 Pegasus Drive, 
Bakersfield, CA 93308) and the California State Office (2800 Cottage 
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825). Interested persons may also review the CPNM 
PRMP/FEIS at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ca/bakersfield. 
All protests must be in writing and mailed to the following addresses:

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


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Johna Hurl, Carrizo Plain National 
Monument Manager, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308, (661) 391-
6093.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area for the CPNM PRMP/FEIS 
falls within the Bakersfield Field Office's area of management 
responsibility. The planning area comprises the Carrizo Plain National 
Monument. A total of 200,000 acres of public lands are administered by 
the BLM in the planning area.
    The decisions in the RMP will only apply to the BLM-administered 
public lands and mineral estate within the planning area.
    Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the public and internal 
BLM review were considered and incorporated, as appropriate, into the 
PRMP. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text and 
several changes to the decisions contained in the PRMP, including 
adding lands to be managed for Wilderness characteristics and limiting 
vehicle use on monument roads to street licensed vehicles only. 
However, these comments did not result in significant changes to the 
decisions in the PRMP. Instructions for filing a protest with the 
Director of the BLM regarding this plan may be found in the Dear Reader 
Letter of the CPNM 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. If these conditions 
are met, 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, as 
set forth in the ADDRESSES section above.

Timothy Z. Smith,
Bakersfield Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-27323 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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