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[Federal Register: September 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 178)]
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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

[UT-070-1610-DP-011J]

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Notice of Availability of the Price Field Office Supplemental=20
Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for=20
Non-Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Lands with Wilderness Characteristics

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of=20
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and=20
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of=20
Land Management (BLM) has prepared the Price Field Office Supplemental=20
Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement=20
(Supplemental DRMP/EIS) to augment the analysis of managing non-
Wilderness Study Area (WSA) lands with wilderness characteristics. This=20
Notice announces the availability of the document and the beginning of=20
a 90-day comment period.

DATES: To ensure that public comments will be considered, the BLM must=20
receive written comments on the Supplemental DRMP/EIS within 90 days=20
following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the=20
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Price Field Office, 125=20
South 600 West, Price, Utah 84501.
     E-mail: UT_Pr_Comments@blm.gov.
     Fax: (435) 636-3657.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Floyd Johnson, Assistant Field=20
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Price Field Office, 125 South 600=20
West, Price, Utah 84501; telephone (435) 636-3600; e-mail: 
floyd_johnson@blm.gov. Or, the public may go to http://fr=
webgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3D=
linklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/rmp/ut/


price for additional information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Price Field Office planning area=20
encompasses public lands managed by the BLM in Carbon and Emery=20
Counties, Utah. This includes approximately 2.5 million acres of BLM-
administered surface lands and 2.8 million acres of federal mineral=20
estate underlying federal, State, and private lands. The Price Field=20
Office Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact=20
Statement (DRMP/EIS), prepared to guide management of these lands, was=20
released for public review on July 16, 2004. (The DRMP/EIS is available=20
on the internet at: htt=
p://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&am=
p;log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/rmp/ut/price/).

    There are multiple areas (totaling 933,440 acres) outside of=20
existing WSAs, which have wilderness characteristics. The BLM's land=20
use planning handbook (Manual Handbook H-1601-1) provides guidance for=20
consideration of non-WSA lands with wilderness characteristics in land=20
use planning. The handbook

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provides that the BLM may consider these lands and resource values in=20
planning, and prescribes measures to manage for their wilderness=20
characteristics. These characteristics include the appearance of=20
naturalness, outstanding opportunities for solitude, and outstanding=20
opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation.
    The DRMP/EIS analyzed five alternatives for management of public=20
lands in the Price Field Office, and disclosed the impacts of=20
implementing each alternative. The Price Field Office Supplemental=20
DRMP/EIS will prescribe specific actions to manage for the wilderness=20
characteristics of non-WSA lands with wilderness characteristics in a=20
new alternative to ensure that: (1) Adequate consideration is given to=20
wilderness characteristics; (2) an adequate range of alternatives is=20
considered for these lands; and (3) an adequate analysis is prepared=20
from which to base future land use decisions. Comments, including names=20
and addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at=20
the Price Field Office. Before including your address, phone number, e-
mail address, or other personal identifying information in your=20
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your=20
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any=20
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal=20
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we=20
will be able to do so.
    Copies of the Supplemental DRMP/EIS are available in the Price=20
Field Office and on the Internet at the address provided above.

Jeff Rawson,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. E7-18098 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]

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