[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47238-47239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16926]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTL060-L16100000-DR0000]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved 
Resource Management Plan for the Missoula 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 (FLPMA), as amended, the Department of the Interior, Montana/
Dakotas Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Record of 
Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for BLM public lands and 
resources managed by the Missoula Field Office, Montana. By this 
notice, the BLM is announcing the availability of the Record of 
Decision and Approved RMP.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of Decision and Approved RMP are 
available at the Missoula Field Office, 3255 Fort Missoula Road, 
Missoula, MT 59804, or may be viewed online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maggie Ward, RMP Project Manager, 
Missoula Field Office, at telephone: (406) 329-3914, and at the mailing 
address and website listed earlier. 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. Ward 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 Missoula Approved RMP replaces the 1986 
Garnet RMP. The Missoula Approved RMP provides a single, comprehensive 
land use plan that guides management on approximately 163,000 acres of 
BLM-managed public lands and 267,000 acres of Federal mineral estate in 
western Montana in Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, 
Powell, Ravalli, and Sanders counties. Over 99 percent of the BLM-
managed public lands are in Granite, Missoula, and Powell counties.
    The BLM developed the Missoula RMP in collaboration with three 
cooperating agencies. The alternative selected as the Approved RMP is 
Alternative B with components of sub-Alternative C, as described in the 
Proposed RMP. It provides for a balanced combination of goals, 
objectives, allowable uses and management actions.
    The Notice of Availability for the Missoula Proposed RMP was 
published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2020, which initiated 
a 30-day protest period and a 60-day Governor's consistency review 
period (85 FR 8607). The BLM received 72 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 website in the ADDRESSES section 
earlier.
    The Montana Governor submitted a letter identifying certain 
concerns related to the consistency of the Proposed RMP with State 
plans. After a thorough review, the BLM determined that the Approved 
RMP is consistent with existing State plans.
    The Approved RMP identifies comprehensive long-range decisions for 
the management and use of resources on BLM-administered public lands, 
focusing on the principles of multiple use and sustained yield set 
forth in FLPMA.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 1610.2

John Mehlhoff,
State Director, Montana/Dakotas BLM.
[FR Doc. 2020-16926 Filed 8-3-20; 8:45 am]
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