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[Federal Register: June 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 111)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-140-1610-DT-009C]

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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Resource=20
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for Portions of the Roan Plateau=20
Planning Area and Supplemental Information for Proposed Areas of=20
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) With Associated Resource Use=20
Limitations for Public Lands in Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act=20
(NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the=20
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the RMPA/
Record of Decision (ROD) pertaining to all lands within the Roan=20
Plateau planning area located in the Glenwood Springs Field Office with=20
the exception of those areas proposed as ACECs in the Proposed Resource=20
Management Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMPA/
FEIS). This notice also provides supplemental information and announces=20
an associated 60-day comment period regarding four proposed ACECs=20
identified in the PRMP/FEIS, as required at 43 CFR 1610.7-2(b). Final=20
RMPA decisions for portions of the planning area, which include=20
proposed ACECs, are deferred until comments are analyzed.

DATES: The comment period pertaining to the proposed ACEC designations=20
will commence with the publication of this notice in the Federal=20
Register, and will end 60 days following its publication. All comments=20
must be received no later than the close of the last day of the comment=20
period.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the RMPA/ROD for the Roan Plateau planning area=20
and the PRMPA/FEIS are available upon request from the Glenwood Springs=20
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 50629 Highways 6 and 24,=20
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, or via the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.ht=
ml&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau
.

    Comments on the proposed ACEC designations should be sent to the=20
above address. Only comments on the proposed ACECs that are identified=20
in the PRMPA/FEIS will be considered. All comments must be in writing.=20
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be=20
available for public review at the Bureau of Land Management, Glenwood=20
Springs Field Office during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30=20
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, and will be subject to=20
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Before=20
including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal=20
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your=20
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be=20
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your=20
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public=20
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All=20
submissions from organizations or businesses, or individuals=20
representing them, will be made available for public inspection in=20
their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Connell, Field Manager, Bureau=20
of Land Management Glenwood Springs Field Office, 50629 Highways 6 & =

24, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, or by telephone at (970) 947-2800; or=20
Greg Goodenow at (303) 239-3789.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Roan Plateau RMPA/ROD was developed with=20
broad public participation through a 6-year collaborative planning=20
process. This RMPA/ROD addresses the management of approximately 52,568=20
acres of public land in the planning area. Final RMPA decisions for=20
portions of the planning area where ACECs are proposed (approximately=20
21,034 acres) will be deferred until comments are analyzed and=20
considered from the 60-day public comment period.
    This RMPA/ROD includes management actions to meet the desired=20
resource conditions for upland and riparian vegetation, wildlife=20
habitats, cultural and visual resources, mineral resources, and=20
recreation. The approved RMPA/ROD for portions of the Roan Plateau is=20
essentially the same as the Proposed Alternative in the PRMPA/FEIS,=20
published in September 2006. No inconsistencies with State or local=20
plans, policies, or programs were identified during the Governor's=20
consistency review of the PRMPA/FEIS. As a result, only minor editorial=20
modifications were made in preparing the RMPA/ROD for portions of the=20
Roan Plateau planning area. These modifications corrected errors that=20
were noted during review of the PRMPA/FEIS, and provide further=20
clarification for some of the decisions. A list of modifications is=20
included within the RMPA/ROD that identifies the location of the=20
corrections in the PRMPA/FEIS.
    BLM received 11 protests to the PRMPA/FEIS. In order to resolve one=20
protest issue raised by the public, the BLM determined that it is also=20
necessary to identify the four proposed ACECs and associated resource=20
use limitations in this NOA that were presented in the PRMPA/FEIS, as=20
well as to provide a 60-day public comment period. Therefore, the=20
proposed ACECs identified in this NOA fulfills a regulatory=20
requirement, and supplements the NOA for the PRMP/FEIS published in the=20
Federal Register, Volume 71, Number 173, on Thursday, September 7,=20
2006.
    The BLM accepted and considered input from the public on ACEC=20
values and potential designation during scoping for the RMPA/EIS,=20
during public comment on alternative development, and during the=20
comment period on the Draft RMPA/Draft EIS (DRMPA/DEIS). The=20
alternatives analyzed in the DRMPA/DEIS varied in the number and size=20
of potential ACECs. The DRMPA/DEIS considered the designation of no=20
ACECs in Alternatives I and V (zero acres), two ACECs in Alternatives=20
III and IV (11,529 acres in each alternative), and four ACECs (36,184=20
acres) in Alternative II.
    Input from the public and cooperating agencies was considered in=20
developing the PRMPA/FEIS, which proposes four ACECs (21,034 acres).=20
The four proposed ACECs and their associated relevant and important=20
resource values are as follows: (1) Anvil Points (4,955 acres)--visual=20
resources/aesthetics, wildlife habitat, botanical/ecological values;=20
(2) Magpie Gulch (4,698 acres)--visual resources/aesthetics, wildlife=20
habitat, botanical/ecological values; (3) East Fork Parachute Creek=20
(6,571 acres)--visual resources/aesthetics, wildlife habitat, fisheries=20
habitat, botanical-ecological values; and (4) Trapper/Northwater Creek=20
(4,810 acres)--wildlife habitat, fisheries habitat, botanical/
ecological values.
    For all proposed ACECs, surface disturbing activities will be=20
limited to protect all relevant and important values within the areas.=20
Such activities include oil and gas development, rights-of-way=20
designation, and road construction. Limitations include no ground=20
disturbance or no surface occupancy prescriptions for activities within=20
the ACECs, as well as site specific relocation or controlled surface=20
use prescriptions. Further, conditions of approval or permitting level=20
requirements may be applied. Detailed discussions of the proposed=20
protective measures for the proposed ACECs are

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contained in Table 2-2 and Appendix C of the PRMPA/FEIS.

    Dated: March 29, 2007.
Sally Wisely,
State Director, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E7-10964 Filed 6-8-07; 8:45 am]

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