[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74742-74743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30190]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period to Notice of 
Availability of the Draft Jarbidge Field Office Resource Management 
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a Notice of 
Availability of the Draft Jarbidge Field Office Resource Management 
Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in the Federal 
Register on September 3, 2010 [75 FR 54177] and

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announced the availability of these documents. In response to multiple 
requests, the BLM is extending the public comment period for the Draft 
RMP and Draft EIS until January 31, 2010.

DATES: The comment period is extended to January 31, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Jarbidge Field Office Draft RMP/Draft EIS have 
been sent to tribal governments, Federal, state, and local government 
agencies and other stakeholders. Copies of the Draft RMP/Draft EIS are 
available for public inspection at the Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of 
Land Management, 2536 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301. 
Interested persons may also review the Draft RMP/Draft EIS at the 
following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/planning/jarbidge_resource.html. You may submit comments by any of the 
following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (208) 736-2375, Attention: Jarbidge Planning Team.
     Mail: Jarbidge Planning Team, BLM Jarbidge Field Office, 
2536 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Vander Voet, Jarbidge Field 
Office Manager, or Aimee Betts, Jarbidge RMP Project Manager, telephone 
(208) 736-2350; address Jarbidge Field Office, 2536 Kimberly Road, Twin 
Falls, Idaho 83301. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft RMP/Draft EIS addresses public 
land and resources managed by the Jarbidge Field Office in parts of 
Elmore, Owyhee, and Twin Falls Counties in south-central Idaho and Elko 
County in northern Nevada. These lands and resources are currently 
managed under the 1987 Jarbidge RMP, as amended. The planning area 
extends from the Bruneau River on the west to Salmon Falls Creek on the 
east, and from the Snake River on the north to the northern boundaries 
of the BLM Elko Field Office and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest 
on the south.
    The Jarbidge RMP addresses management on approximately 1.4 million 
acres of public land and 1.6 million acres of Federal mineral estate in 
the Jarbidge Field Office. Planning decisions in the RMP will only 
apply to the BLM-administered public lands and mineral estate in the 
planning area.
    The Draft RMP/Draft EIS includes a series of management actions, 
within six management alternatives, designed to achieve or maintain 
desired future conditions that have been defined through the planning 
process for various concerns including, but not limited to: vegetation, 
livestock grazing, recreation, energy development, and Areas of 
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10 and 43 CFR 1610.2, 1610.5.

Steven A. Ellis,
Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-30190 Filed 11-30-10; 8:45 am]
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