[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12347-12348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03991]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWYR05000 L16100000.DQ0000 LXSS04 K0000]


Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan 
and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Lander Field Office 
Planning Area, WY

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, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a 
proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP)/final environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for the Lander, Wyoming, Field Office and by this 
notice is announcing its availability.

DATES: BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the 
conditions described in the regulations may protest the BLM's proposed 
RMP/final EIS. 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 its Notice of Availability of the proposed 
RMP/final EIS in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Lander proposed RMP/final EIS have been sent 
to affected Federal, State, and local Government agencies and to other 
stakeholders, tribal Governments and members of the public who have 
requested copies. Copies of the Lander proposed RMP/final EIS are 
available for public inspection at the BLM Lander Field Office, 1335 
Main Street, Lander, Wyoming; BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District 
Office, 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming; Fremont County public 
libraries in Riverton, Lander, and Dubois and Central Wyoming College 
and at the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapaho Tribal Business 
Councils in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Interested persons may also review 
the proposed RMP/final EIS on the Internet at http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/lander.html. All protests must be in writing 
and mailed to one of the following addresses:

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           Regular mail                        Overnight mail
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BLM Director (210), Attention:     BLM Director (210), attention: Brenda
 Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 71383,   Williams, 20 M Street SE., Room
 Washington, DC 20024-1383.         2134LM, Washington, DC 20003.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact 
Kristin Yannone, Planner; telephone 307-332-8400; address BLM Lander 
Field Office, 1335 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520; email [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business 
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 
message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area includes lands within the 
BLM Lander Field Office's administrative boundaries, including all of 
Fremont County and some of Teton, Sweetwater, Hot Springs, Carbon, and 
Natrona counties in Wyoming. The planning area includes all lands, 
regardless of jurisdiction, totaling approximately 6.6 million acres; 
however, the BLM will only make decisions on lands that fall under the 
BLM's jurisdiction. The decision area includes approximately 2.4 
million acres of BLM-administered surface and 2.8 million acres of 
Federal mineral estate. The proposed RMP will replace the 1987 Lander 
RMP.
    The Draft RMP/EIS was made available for public review for a 90-day 
period on September 9, 2011. The Draft RMP/EIS described and analyzed a 
series of goals, objectives, and management actions, within four 
management alternatives, designed to address new management challenges 
and issues raised during scoping. These included, but were not limited 
to, mineral development, livestock grazing, air quality, special 
management areas including areas of critical environmental concern 
(ACEC), wildlife habitats including that of the Greater Sage-Grouse, 
and management of the settings of the National Historic trails. The 
four alternatives were:
     Alternative A: Continues existing management practices (no 
action alternative);
     Alternative B: Emphasizes conservation of natural and 
cultural resources while providing for compatible development and use;
     Alternative C: Emphasizes resource development and use 
while protecting natural and cultural resources; and
     Alternative D: Provides development opportunities while 
protecting sensitive resources (proposed RMP).
    Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the public and internal 
BLM review were carefully considered and incorporated as appropriate 
into the proposed RMP. The proposed RMP would provide comprehensive, 
long-range decisions for the use and management of resources in the 
planning area administered by the BLM and focus on the principles of 
multiple use and sustained yield.
    Alternative D includes objectives and management actions to ensure 
future BLM actions support the nature and purposes of the five 
congressionally designated National Historic Trails within the Lander 
Field Office. Alternative D adopts a National Trails Management 
Corridor with allowable uses, management actions, and necessary 
restrictions for all resources and resource uses within the corridor in 
order to effectively support the nature and purposes of the National 
Historic Trails, and the resources, qualities, values, and associated 
settings and the primary use or uses of each trail. Descriptions and 
maps of the proposed National Trail Management Corridor(s) have been 
prepared and are found within the Lander proposed RMP/final EIS, and 
are also available for review at the BLM Wyoming State Office and at 
the Lander Field Office.
    Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM 
regarding the proposed RMP/final EIS may be found in the ``Dear 
Reader'' letter of the proposed Lander RMP/final EIS and at 43 CFR 
1610.5-2. All protests must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate 
address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES section above. Emailed 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 emailed 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 emails to 
[email protected] and faxed protests to the attention of 
the BLM protest coordinator at 202-245-0028.
    Before including your phone number, email 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, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 
1610.5.

Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-03991 Filed 2-21-13; 8:45 am]
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