99-6574. Notice of Intent To Prepare a Plan Amendment to the Box Elder Resource Management Plan (RMP)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6574]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-020-09-1020-00]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Plan Amendment to the Box Elder 
Resource Management Plan (RMP)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a plan amendment to the Box Elder 
Resource Management Plan (RMP).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salt Lake Field Office, 
Utah is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to consider a 
proposed amendment to the Box Elder RMP which would terminate all 
livestock grazing on the Newfoundland Mountains upon relinquishment of 
the current sheep permit.

DATES: The comment period for identification of issues for the proposed 
plan amendment will commence with the date of publication of this 
notice. Comments must be submitted on or before April 19, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed plan amendment should be sent to 
Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 
West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Montgomery, Assistant Field 
Manager, Renewable Resources, telephone [phone]. Existing 
planning documents and information are available at the above address 
or telephone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Box Elder RMP was approved April 18, 
1986. In the RMP, Wildlife Decision No. 4 states that the BLM will 
cooperate with the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources in a bighorn 
sheep reintroduction on the Newfoundland Mountain Range provided that 
the present domestic sheep permit is voluntarily relinquished or 
converted to cattle use. However, the proposed amendment would 
terminate all domestic livestock grazing. The EA would analyze 
livestock grazing and impacts of this proposal and alternatives. Issues 
preliminarily identified are: bighorn sheep, forage allocation, and 
wilderness potential. 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 Salt Lake Field Office.
G. William Lamb,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-6574 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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