[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-8149]
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[Federal Register: April 6, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-080-4410-02; 4310-DQ 4-00152]
Proposed Plan Amendments to Management Plans
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to amend plans.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of intent to prepare Category I plan
amendments to the Diamond Mountain, Browns Park, and Ashley-Duchesne
Management Frameworks Plans (MFPs) and the Book Cliffs Resource
Management Plan (RMP). The proposed plan amendments will be prepared in
conformance with the planning requirements and policies of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The proposed plan amendments
and accompanying environmental assessment will provide the basis for
designating additional public lands to those lands previously
identified for sale in the land tenure adjustment portions of the
existing MFPs and RMP. The sale of public lands not previously
identified in the above-referenced planning documents will be subject
to existing planning criteria and will meet the disposal standards
established in section 203(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (43 U.S.C. 1713; 90 Stat. 2750).
DATES: For a period of May 6, 1994, written comments may be submitted
to the BLM Vernal District Office listed below. All comments will be
considered in preparing the environmental assessment for the proposed
plan amendments.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on these proposed plan amendments to David
Little, District Manager, Vernal District Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Kempenich, Natural Resource Specialist, Vernal District Office,
(801) 781-4432.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Vernal District's Diamond Mountain and
Book Cliffs Resource Areas are situated in northeastern Utah near the
Colorado-Utah border and include portions of Uintah, Daggett, and
Duchesne Counties. The issue in completing the proposed plan amendments
is the degree of potential adverse environmental impacts that may occur
should the public land be conveyed into non-Federal ownership. As part
of the proposed plan amendment process, an environmental assessment
will be prepared to provide a detailed analysis of the following
resource concerns: wildlife and fisheries habitat, recreation,
watershed, paleontological and cultural resources, threatened and
endangered plants and animals, and land uses. Upon completion of the
environmental assessment and approval of the proposed plan amendments,
additional public lands may be disposed of through public lands sales.
The public, state and local governments, and other Federal agencies are
asked to participate in the proposed plan amendment process.
James M. Parker,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-8149 Filed 4-5-94; 8:45 am]
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