[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26023]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved 
Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Miles City Field Office, 
Montana

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) Montana Miles 
City Field Office has prepared a Record of Decision and Amendment to 
the 2015 Miles City Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan 
(RMP). This effort is in response to a United States District Court for 
the District of Montana opinion and order (Western Organization of 
Resource Councils, et al. v. BLM; 3/26/2018 and 7/31/2018). By this 
notice, the BLM is announcing the availability of the Record of 
Decision and Approved RMP Amendment.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of Decision and Approved RMP Amendment 
are available at the Miles City Field Office at the Miles City Field 
Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301, or may be viewed 
online at: https://go.usa.gov/xmbE4.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irma Nansel, RMP Supplemental EIS 
Project Manager, Miles City Field Office, at telephone: (406) 233-3653, 
or at the above Miles City mailing address or website. Persons who use 
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Ms. Nansel during 
normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week, to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during 
normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2015 Miles City Approved RMP provides a 
single, comprehensive land use plan that guides management of BLM-
administered lands and minerals in the Miles City Field Office, which 
consists of approximately 2.7 million acres of BLM surface land and 
11.9 million acres of BLM mineral estate (11.7 million acres of 
subsurface Federal mineral coal estate) across 17 counties in eastern 
Montana.
    The RMP Amendment approved by the Record of Decision includes land 
use allocations of areas acceptable for further consideration of 
leasing for coal and those that are not. The Approved RMP Amendment is 
Alternative B from the Supplemental EIS, which allocates 1,214,380 
acres as areas acceptable for further consideration of leasing for coal 
and 530,420 acres that are not acceptable.
    The Notice of Availability for the Proposed Amendment to the 
Approved RMP for the Miles City Field Office was published in the 
Federal Register on October 4, 2019 (84 FR 53171), which initiated a 
30-day protest period and a 60-day Governor's Consistency Review 
period. The BLM received six timely protest submissions. All protests 
have been resolved and/or dismissed. For a full description of the 
issues raised during the protest period and how they were addressed, 
please refer to the Director's Protest Resolution Report, which is 
available at the previously listed website (see ADDRESSES).

    Authority:  43 CFR 1610.5.

John Mehlhoff,
State Director, Montana/Dakotas BLM.
[FR Doc. 2019-26023 Filed 11-29-19; 8:45 am]
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