[Federal Register: November 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-180]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan and
Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Folsom Field Office
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office in Folsom,
California, intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an
associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to guide management
activities for the public lands and resources under its jurisdiction.
The public scoping process will begin with the publication of this
notice. Public scoping meetings, to identify relevant issues and
concerns, will be announced in advance through BLM's Web site and in
local news media.
DATES: Public meetings will be held throughout the planned scoping and
preparation period. In order to ensure local community participation
and input, several meetings will be held, at least one for each
watershed. Written comments sent to the address listed below will be
accepted until further notice. The time and location of public scoping
meetings, public comment periods, and comment closing dates will be
announced through local news media, direct mailings, and on the Folsom
Field Office Web site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ca.blm.gov/folsom within 15 days of
the meetings.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to ``RMP Comments,'' BLM,
Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630, or sent by fax
to (916) 985-3259. Documents pertinent to this planning project may be
examined at the Folsom Field Office. Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at
the Folsom Field Office during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, and may be published
as part of the RMP/EIS. Individuals who wish to withhold their name or
street address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom
of Information Act must state this prominently at the beginning of
their written comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by law. The BLM will not consider anonymous comments. All
submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their
entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Cooper, RMP Coordinator, BLM,
Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630, phone (916)
985-4474. To add a name to the RMP mailing list, contact Lou Cutajar,
Public Contact Specialist, in the Folsom Field Office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Folsom Field Office is responsible for
the management of approximately 230,000 acres of public land within
fourteen California counties: Colusa, Yuba, Nevada, Sutter, Placer, El
Dorado, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Merced, Stanislaus,
Tuolumne, and Mariposa. The BLM will work collaboratively with
interested parties to identify the management decisions that are best
suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns.
Preliminary issues and management concerns have been identified by
BLM personnel, other agencies, and in meetings with individuals and
user groups. The preliminary issues include: Management of public land
resources at the watershed level; management of ecosystems and riparian
areas to maintain and improve properly functioning conditions;
management and protection of sensitive, rare, threatened, or endangered
species; management of Wild and Scenic River corridors; implementation
of the Federal Wildland Fire Policy; fluid and solid mineral
development; meeting the needs of local and regional communities and
the effects of a growing urban interface; land tenure adjustments,
consideration of lands for special management designation; cultural
resource identification, protection, and interpretation; and the
provision of recreation opportunities to meet a growing and diverse
demand.
These preliminary issues will be further defined by direct input
through active public participation. Through the plan scoping process,
the public will help identify issues, questions, and concerns to be
addressed by the RMP.
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An interdisciplinary approach will be used to develop the plan in
order to consider the variety of resource issues and concerns
identified during the scoping process. The interdisciplinary team
involved with the RMP process includes specialists with expertise in
minerals and geology, forestry, range, fire and fuels management,
outdoor recreation, archaeology, paleontology, botany, wildlife and
fisheries, hydrology, lands and realty, soils, air quality, sociology,
and economics.
The Folsom Field Office is currently managed under the Sierra
Planning Area Management Framework Plan as Amended in 1988. Management
under this document will continue until the RMP is approved.
Dated: October 4, 2004.
Deane K. Swickard,
Field Manager.
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