[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19834]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-820-02-5440-DT-C028]
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the San Juan/San
Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS)
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) management policies, the BLM announces
the availability of the RMP Amendment/ROD for the Silverton Outdoor
Learning and Recreation Center (SOLRC). The SOLRC planning area is
located in the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Area near Silverton,
Colorado. The SOLCR RMP Amendment/ROD amends the San Juan/San Miguel
RMP. The Colorado State Director will sign the SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD,
which becomes effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD are available upon
request from the Field Manager, Columbine Field office, Bureau of Land
Management, 367 Pearl Street, Bayfield, Colorado (81122) or via the
Internet at http://www.co.blm.gov/sjra. Copies may also be obtained by
calling Richard Speegle, Project Manager, at 970-375-3310. Copies will
also be available at the following local libraries:
Silverton Public Library, 1111 Reese Street, Silverton, Colorado
(81433).
Durango Public Library, 1188 2nd Ave, Durango, Colorado (81301).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Speegle, Project Manager, at
970-375-3310, (or e-mail at [email protected]), San Juan Public
Lands Center, 15 Burnett Ct., Durango, Colorado, 81301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SOLCR RMP Amendment/ROD was developed
with broad public participation through a three year planning process.
This RMP Amendment/ROD addresses management on approximately 1,300
acres of BLM lands, and 400 acres of private lands owned by the
proponent. The ROD only applies to Federal lands. Other private lands
are included within the planning area boundary because these lands are
interspersed with the BLM managed lands. The issues of public safety,
Canada lynx impacts, impacts on the local winter economy, impacts to
neighboring private lands, public access and other related issues are
addressed in the ROD.
The SOLRC EIS considered the environmental impacts associated with
both the land use plan amendment (to add lift-served skiing and
sightseeing to the list of allowable (kinds and levels of recreation)
authorized on BLM-administered public lands specific to the SOLRC
permit area within the Silverton Special Recreation Management Area
(SRMA)), and the issuance of a lease to SOLRC to authorize a public ski
area. The SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD approves the land use plan amendment
and allows the BLM to move forward with an implementation decision to
issue the lease.
The SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD is essentially the same as the Proposed
RMP Amendment (PRMPA)/Final EIS (FEIS) published on August 6, 2004. BLM
received two protests to the PRMPA/FEIS. No inconsistencies with the
State or local plans, policies, or programs were identified during the
Governor's consistency review of the PRMPA/FEIS. As a result, only one
minor editorial modification was made in preparing the SOLCR RMP
Amendment/ROD. This modification corrected an error that was noted
during the protest period. An errata sheet is included with the SOLRC
RMP Amendment/ROD that identifies the location of the corrections in
the PRMPA/FEIS.
Pauline Ellis,
Columbine Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-19834 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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