[Federal Register: November 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 217)]
[Notices]
[Page 66253]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLOR 930.0000.L6350.0000.DQ0000; HAG-09-0022]
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Revision of the Resource Management Plans of the
Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts of Salem, Eugene,
Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of
the Lakeview District; Amendment
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Amended Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is an amended notice for Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) No. 20080416, Final EIS, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon
(OR), Western Oregon BLM Districts of Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Coos
Bay, and Medford Districts, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the
Lakeview District, Revision of the Resource Management Plans (RMP),
Implementation, OR, which originally published in the Federal Register
on October 17, 2008 [73 FR 61905]. This amended notice reflects a
decision by the BLM to offer a protest period on the proposed revision
of the Western Oregon RMPs. Any person who participated in the planning
process and has an interest which is or may be adversely affected by
the approval of the proposed RMPs may protest such approval. A protest
period is not a comment period. A valid protest addresses only those
issues which were submitted for the record during the planning process
and contains a concise statement explaining why the decision to adopt
the proposed plan would violate an applicable statute, regulation or
BLM policy.
DATES: The protest shall be filed (postmarked or delivered) by December
8, 2008. E-mailed and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid
protests unless the protesting party also provides the original letter
by either regular mail (USPS) or overnight delivery service postmarked
by the close of the protest period. Under these conditions, the BLM
will consider the e-mailed or faxed protest as an advance copy and will
afford it full consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such
advance notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of
Brenda Hudgens-Williams--BLM protest coordinator at 202-208-5010, and
e-mailed protests to: Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov.
ADDRESSES: You may send your protest to one of the following addresses:
USPS Delivery Service: Director (210), Attention: Brenda
Hudgens-Williams--Western Oregon Plans Revisions, P.O. Box 66538,
Washington, DC 20035
Overnight Delivery Service (not USPS): Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams--Western Oregon Plans Revisions,
1620 L Street NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The protest shall be in writing and shall be
filed with the Director. The protest shall contain:
The name, mailing address, telephone number and interest
of the person filing the protest;
A statement of the issue or issues being protested;
A statement of the part or parts of the plan or amendment
being protested;
A copy of all documents addressing the issue or issues
that were submitted during the planning process by the protesting party
or an indication of the date the issue or issues were discussed or
provided for the record; and
A concise statement explaining why the decision to adopt
the proposed plan would violate an applicable statute, regulation or
BLM policy.
Concerns that have not been raised previously in the planning
process, concerns that are not germane to the planning process, and/or
statements that merely reflect disagreement, express opinions, or make
demands or allegations without the support of a concise statement on
why a decision to adopt the proposed plan is in error will not be
further analyzed and will be considered invalid protests.
The Director shall promptly render a decision on all valid
protests and will send his written decision to the protesting party by
certified mail, return receipt requested.
The decision of the Director shall be the final decision
of the Department of the Interior.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jerry Hubbard, Public Affairs
Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office, 333 S.W.
3rd Ave., Portland, Oregon 97208, Telephone (503) 808-6115.
Dated: November 3, 2008.
Edward W. Shepard,
State Director, Oregon/Washington.
[FR Doc. E8-26672 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
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