99-28138. Salt Lake Field Office Proposed Plan Amendment

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58093-58094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28138]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-020-00-1020-00]


Salt Lake Field Office Proposed Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior

ACTION: Notice of availability

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SUMMARY: The Utah Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake Field Office, 
has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA)/Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) for a Proposed Plan Amendment to the Box 
Elder Resource Management Plan (RMP) (1986). The proposed plan amends 
the RMP by eliminating domestic livestock grazing from the Newfoundland 
Mountains upon relinquishment of the current sheep permit. This action 
is needed to eliminate future conflicts between domestic livestock and 
bighorn sheep.

DATES: The proposed plan amendment may be protested. The protest period 
will commence with the date of publication of this notice. Protests 
must be submitted on or before November 29, 1999.


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ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed to the Director (WO-210), Bureau 
of Land Management, Attn: Brenda Williams, Resource Planning Team, 1849 
C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice for the proposed planning amendment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Stephenson, Bureau of Land 
Management, Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake 
City, Utah, telephone [phone]. Copies of the Proposed Plan 
Amendment are available for review at the Salt Lake Field Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any person who participated in the planning 
process and has an interest which is or may be adversely affected by 
the Proposed Plan Amendment may protest to the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management. The protest must be in writing and filed within 30 
days of the date of publication of this Notice of Availability in the 
Federal Register. The protest must be specific and contain the 
following information:

--The name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the 
person filing the protest;
--A statement of the issue(s) being protested;
--A statement of the part(s) of the proposed amendment being protested;
--A copy of all documents addressing the issue(s) that were submitted 
by the protestor during the planning process; and
--A concise statement explaining why the BLM State Director's proposed 
decision is believed to be in error.

    In the absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the 
final determination of the Department of the Interior.
Linda S. Colville,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-28138 Filed 10-27-99; 8:45 am]
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