[Federal Register: November 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number = 218)] [Notices] =20 [Page 58647-58648] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr13no09-80] =20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CA-169-1610DP-025B] =20 Notice of Availability of Carrizo Plain National Monument=20 Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact=20 Statement, California AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of=20 1969 (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976=20 (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed=20 Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/ FEIS) for the Carrizo Plain National Monument (CPNM). DATES: BLM planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610.5-2 state that any=20 person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may=20 protest BLM's PRMP. A person who meets the conditions and files a=20 protest must file the protest within 30 days of the date that the=20 Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice in the Federal=20 Register. ADDRESSES: Copies of the CPNM PRMP/FEIS have been sent to affected=20 Federal, State, and local government agencies, Native American tribes,=20 and to interested parties. Copies of the CPNM PRMP/FEIS are available=20 for public [[Page 58648]] inspection at BLM's Bakersfield Field Office (3801 Pegasus Drive,=20 Bakersfield, CA 93308) and the California State Office (2800 Cottage=20 Way, Sacramento, CA 95825). Interested persons may also review the CPNM=20 PRMP/FEIS at the following Web site: ht= tp://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&a= mp;log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ca/bakersfield.=20 All protests must be in writing and mailed to the following addresses: Regular Mail (U.S. Postal Service): Director (210), Attention: Brenda=20 Williams, P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC 20035. Overnight Mail (non-U.S. Postal Service): Director (210), Attention:=20 Brenda Williams, 1620 L Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Johna Hurl, Carrizo Plain National=20 Monument Manager, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308, (661) 391- 6093. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area for the CPNM PRMP/FEIS=20 falls within the Bakersfield Field Office's area of management=20 responsibility. The planning area comprises the Carrizo Plain National=20 Monument. A total of 200,000 acres of public lands are administered by=20 the BLM in the planning area. The decisions in the RMP will only apply to the BLM-administered=20 public lands and mineral estate within the planning area. Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the public and internal=20 BLM review were considered and incorporated, as appropriate, into the=20 PRMP. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text and=20 several changes to the decisions contained in the PRMP, including=20 adding lands to be managed for Wilderness characteristics and limiting=20 vehicle use on monument roads to street licensed vehicles only.=20 However, these comments did not result in significant changes to the=20 decisions in the PRMP. Instructions for filing a protest with the=20 Director of the BLM regarding this plan may be found in the Dear Reader=20 Letter of the CPNM PRMP/FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2. E-mail and faxed=20 protests will not be accepted as valid protests unless the protesting=20 party also provides the original letter by either regular or overnight=20 mail postmarked by the close of the protest period. If these conditions=20 are met, the BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed protest as an=20 advance copy and it will receive full consideration. If you wish to=20 provide the BLM with such advance notification, please direct faxed=20 protests to the attention of the BLM protest coordinator at 202-452- 5112, and e-mails to Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@b= lm.gov. All protests, including the follow-up letter (if e-mailing or=20 faxing), must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as=20 set forth in the ADDRESSES section above. Timothy Z. Smith, Bakersfield Field Manager. [FR Doc. E9-27323 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-40-P