[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76318-76319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29964]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Intent To Extend the Public Scoping Period for the 
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas Resource Management Plan and Call for Coal 
Information

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is 
extending the scoping period for the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas 
planning area, which was originally initiated on July 26, 2013 (78 FR 
45266). The purpose of the ongoing scoping process is to solicit public 
comments and identify issues. The BLM is also soliciting resource 
information for coal and other resources in the planning area.

DATES: This notice extends the scoping period for the Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS). Comments on issues may be submitted in writing until January 24, 
2014. The date(s) and location(s) of scoping meetings will be announced 
at least 15 days advance through the local media, newspapers and the 
BLM Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/nm/oktrmp. In order to be included 
in the Draft EIS, all comments must be received prior to the close of 
the scoping period or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever 
is later. We will provide additional opportunities for public 
participation upon publication of the Draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria 
related to the Oklahoma/Kansas/Texas RMP by any of the following 
methods:
     Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nm/oktrmp.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 918- 621-4130; Attention: Laurence Levesque.
     Mail: Oklahoma Field Office, BLM, 7906 East 33rd Street, 
Suite 101, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145; Attention: Laurence Levesque.
    Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the 
Oklahoma Field Office at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence Levesque, Planning and 
Environmental Specialist; telephone 918-621-4136; address 7906 East 
33rd Street, Suite 101, Tulsa, OK 74145; email [email protected]. Contact Mr. Levesque if you wish to have your name 
added to our mailing list. 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: This document provides notice that the BLM

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Oklahoma Field Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is extending the scoping period 
for an RMP with an associated EIS for the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas 
planning area. The EIS will also analyze decisions for Indian lands and 
mineral interests administered by the BIA Eastern Oklahoma and Southern 
Plans Regional Offices. The BLM will be the lead agency in the RMP/EIS 
development effort, and the BIA will participate as a cooperating 
agency and sign a separate Record of Decision for management decisions 
for Indian lands and mineral interests. For additional information 
regarding the planning area, issues, and planning criteria, please 
refer to the original Notice of Intent published on July 26, 2013 (78 
FR 45266).
    You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria in writing 
to the BLM at any public scoping meeting, or you may submit them to the 
BLM using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section above. To 
be most helpful, you should submit comments by the close of the 30 day 
scoping period or within 15 days after the last public meeting, 
whichever is later.
    Parties interested in leasing and development of Federal coal in 
the planning area should provide coal resource data for their area(s) 
of interest. Specifically, information is requested on the location, 
quality, and quantity of Federal coal with development potential, and 
on surface resource values related to the 20 coal unsuitability 
criteria described in 43 CFR part 3461. This information will be used 
for any necessary updating of coal screening determination (43 CFR 
3420.1-4) in the Decision Area and in the environmental analysis for 
the RMP. In addition to coal resource data, the BLM seeks resource 
information and data for other public land values (e.g., air quality, 
cultural and historic resources, fire/fuels, fisheries, forestry, lands 
and realty, non-energy minerals and geology, oil and gas, paleontology, 
rangeland management, recreation, soil, water, and wildlife) in the 
planning area. The purpose of this request is to assure that the 
planning effort has sufficient information and data to consider a 
reasonable range of resource uses, management options, and alternatives 
for the public lands.
    The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to develop the plan 
in order to consider the variety of resource issues and concerns 
identified. Specialists with expertise in the following disciplines 
will be involved in the planning process: Minerals and geology, 
archaeology, wildlife and fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology, 
soils, livestock grazing, recreation, sociology, and economics.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2

Sheila K. Mallory,
Acting State Director, Minerals.
[FR Doc. 2013-29964 Filed 12-16-13; 8:45 am]
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