[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 24875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11476]
[[Page 24875]]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-060-1212-00, 606]
Notice of Intent To Prepare Ft. Stanton Management Framework Plan
Amendment (MFPA); Roswell District, NM
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roswell District, New Mexico.
ACTION: Notice of intent and invitation to participate in a plan
amendment/environmental assessment to address the impacts of a
competitive bid vegetative sale of forage resources by livestock
grazing at Ft. Stanton, New Mexico.
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SUMMARY: The BLM will prepare a Management Framework Plan Amendment/
Environmental Assessment for the purpose of addressing the impacts of a
vegetative sale using livestock grazing on approximately 20,932 acres
on Ft. Stanton. Ft. Stanton is located six miles west of the village of
Lincoln in Lincoln County, NM.
DATES: Written comments regarding the planning issues to be addressed
in this plan amendment and the planning criteria to be used must be
submitted on or before June 12, 1995. Written comments will be employed
to obtain public input into the planning process. This method will be
to receive public comments from the public in response to this Notice
of Intent.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the District Manager, at the
Bureau of Land Management, Roswell District Office, 1717 West 2nd
Street, Roswell, NM 88201-2019, or the Area Manager, at the Roswell
Resource Area Office, Federal Building, 5th and Richardson, P.O. Drawer
1857, Roswell, NM 88202-1857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy R. Kreager, Area Manager, Roswell Resource Area, P.O. Drawer
1857, Roswell, NM 88202-1857; telephone (505) 624-1790.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the Proposed Planning Action: The proposed action is
to amend the Ft. Stanton MFPA for the purpose of allowing a vegetative
sale for livestock grazing of the forage resources through a
competitive bid process by private interest on the public lands within
the Ft. Stanton.
Types of Issues Anticipated
1. Allocation of the grazing privileges under Section 15 of the
Taylor Grazing Act.
2. Impacts of livestock grazing to riparian areas and to threatened
and endangered species.
Planning Criteria to Guide Development of the Planning Action
The following planning criteria were identified to help guide the
resolution of the issues.
1. The proposed action must comply with laws, executive orders and
regulations.
2. Evaluate and consider long term benefits to the public in
relation to short term benefits.
3. In each planned action, resource outputs must be reasonable and
achievable.
4. Planned actions will sustain the productivity and diversity of
natural systems.
5. The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to land
management.
6. Planned actions will contribute to or sustain the health of the
land. Monitoring will be used to assess the effect of the management
actions.
As new information becomes available during the planning process or
through public participation, additional criteria may be developed for
future guidance of this planning effort.
Disciplines to be Represented on the Interdisciplinary Team: The
planning amendment/environmental assessment will be prepared by an
interdisciplinary team consisting of a wildlife biologist, rangeland
management specialist, recreational planner, surface protection
specialist, and an environmental coordinator.
Kind and Extent of Public Participation Activities to be Provided
A press release will be sent to the local newspapers informing the
public in the area of the proposed planning action.
Location and Availability of Documents Relevant to the Planning Process
Pertinent information is available at the BLM Roswell Resource Area
Office in the Federal Building at 5th and Richardson, Roswell, NM 88202
and is subject to public review on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dated: May 4, 1995.
Michael L. Menge,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-11476 Filed 5-9-95; 8:45 am]
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