94-3311. Box Elder Resource Management Plan, Bear River Resource Area, UT

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-020-04-4333-03]

 

Box Elder Resource Management Plan, Bear River Resource Area, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to amend the 
Box Elder Resource Management Plan (RMP) and prepare the associated 
Environmental Assessment (EA), which includes public lands in Box Elder 
County, Utah.

DATES: The comment period for this proposed plan amendment will 
commence with the date of publication of this notice. Comments must be 
submitted on or before March 16, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leon Berggren, Bear River Resource Area Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, Salt Lake District, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84119, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is intended to inform the public 
of the planning effort and to invite public participation in the 
identification of the planning issues and planning criteria. Public 
comment will be solicited throughout the planning process. The amended 
Box Elder RMP will be prepared under 43 CFR, part 1610 to meet the 
requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act. Decisions generated during this planning process will supersede 
the decisions in the 1986 Box Elder RMP.
    The RMP amendment and EA will address the general planning issue of 
management prescriptions for numerous scattered tracts of land 
(approximately 42,350 acres) which have been acquired and to address 
management of future land acquisitions. Specific items to be addressed 
include the possible designation of Areas of Critical Environmental 
Concern (ACEC) in the Salt Wells Wildlife Area (WHA), Blue Springs WHA, 
and the inclusion of additional public lands within the Central Pacific 
Railroad Grade ACEC and the Donner Creek/Bettridge Creek ACEC. Other 
topics will include livestock grazing, oil and gas, off-road-vehicle 
use, wilderness, and land tenure adjustments and any other planning 
issues that may need to be addressed.
    Tentative planning criteria to be used are those identified in the 
existing Box Elder RMP.
    Public participation is being sought at this initial stage in the 
planning process to ensure the RMP amendment addresses all issues, 
problems, and concerns from those interested in the management of lands 
within the Bear River Resource Area. Necessary amendments to the 
approved plan will keep the document current and viable.
G. William Lamb,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-3311 Filed 2-11-94; 8:45 am]
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