[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 2440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00597]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCAC06000.L11500000.DR0000.14X]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the 
Bakersfield Field Office Resource Management Plan Final Environmental 
Impact Statement, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management 
Plan (RMP) for the Bakersfield Field Office located in Kings, Madera, 
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura, eastern Fresno, and 
western Kern counties in south-central California. The California State 
Director signed the ROD on December 22, 2014, which constitutes the 
BLM's final decision and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available upon request 
from the Field Manager, Bakersfield Field Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308 or via the 
internet at www.blm.gov/ca/bakersfield. Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP 
are available for public inspection at the Bakersfield Field Office and 
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Porter, Planning & Environmental 
Coordinator, Bakersfield Field Office, telephone: 661-391-6022; 
address: Bakersfield Field Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 
93308; 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 Bakersfield Approved RMP addresses 
public land and resources managed by the Bakersfield Field Office in an 
8 county, 17-million acre region of central California and provides 
management direction for approximately 400,000 acres of BLM-
administered public land and 1.2 million acres of Federal mineral 
estate under Federal, State, and private surface ownership.
    The Bakersfield Approved RMP--
     Establishes the goals, objectives, and management actions 
to meet desired resource conditions;
     Identifies comprehensive management direction for all 
resources and uses, including application of on-site, off-site 
(including compensation), and regional mitigation strategies, as 
applicable, and landscape-level conservation and management actions to 
achieve resource objectives;
     Identifies lands that are open or available for certain 
uses along with associated surface restrictions;
     Identifies lands closed to certain uses; and
     Makes broad-scale decisions to guide future site-specific 
project implementation for renewable energy, fluid minerals, livestock 
grazing, and recreation management in the Bakersfield Field Office.
    The selected alternative for the Approved RMP is the agency 
proposed plan (Alternative B) in the Proposed RMP/Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS), with the minor modifications described below.
    After publication of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS on August 31, 2012, 
the BLM received 21 protest letters. The BLM modified the proposed plan 
based on protest resolution as reflected in the Approved RMP. These 
changes include, but are not limited to, designation of the Salinas 
River as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and adoption 
of the special management attention for this area as outlined in 
Alternative C of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. The BLM also corrected 
acreages for the Bitter Creek and Chico Martinez ACECs, which had been 
modified in the Proposed RMP/Final EIS based on public comments to 
exclude lands for which the BLM has no authority to apply management 
prescriptions.
    The California Governor's Office did not identify any 
inconsistencies between the Proposed RMP/Final EIS and State or local 
plans, policies, and programs during the 60-day Governor's consistency 
review.
    The ROD/Approved RMP route designation decisions are implementation 
decisions and are appealable under 43 CFR part 4. Any party adversely 
affected by an implementation decision may appeal within 30 days of 
publication of this Notice of Availability pursuant to 43 CFR, part 4, 
subpart E. The appeal should identify the specific route(s) on which 
the decision is being appealed. The appeal must be filed with the 
Bakersfield Field Manager at the above listed address. Please consult 
the appropriate regulations (43 CFR, part 4, subpart E) for further 
appeal requirements.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6.

Gabriel Garcia,
Field Manager, Bakersfield Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-00597 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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