[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57319-57320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19493]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ 330-05-1610-DP-082A-241E]
Notice of Availability of Lake Havasu Field Office Draft Resource
Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Lake Havasu Field Office (Arizona)
Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
planning regulations, title 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
1610.2(f)(3) and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations,
title 40 CFR 1502.9(a), the BLM hereby gives notice that the Lake
Havasu Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DRMP/DEIS) is available for public
review and comment. The planning area encompasses more than 1.3 million
acres of the BLM-administered lands.
DATES: Written comments on the DRMP/DEIS will be accepted for 90 days
following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. Future meetings or
hearings and any other public involvement activities will be announced
at least 15 days in advance through local media.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to Tim Smith, Lake Havasu
Field Manager, Resource Management Plan, Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610
Sweetwater, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406. You may also comment using
the following e-mail address: [email protected]. Finally, you may
hand-deliver comments to the above listed address. A minimum of five
public meetings will be held during the 90-day public review and
comment period during which oral and written comments will be accepted.
Exact dates, places, and times of public meetings will be announced
using local media, and may be posted on the Arizona BLM Web page, or
you may contact Gina Trafton at (928) 505-1273 for further information.
Public comments, including names and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public review at the BLM Lake Havasu
Field Office, 2610 Sweetwater, Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406, during
regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday,
except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If
you wish to withhold your name or street address from public review or
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Such requests will
be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Trafton, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 2610 Sweetwater,
Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86406, telephone (928) 505-1273.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the Lake Havasu Field Office Draft
Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement is
available for review via the Internet from a link at http://www.az.blm.gov (subject to change). You may also obtain an electronic
(on CD-ROM), or paper copy at the Bureau of Land Management, Lake
Havasu Field Office at the address listed previously or by contacting
Gina Trafton at (928) 505-1273.
The Lake Havasu Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement is being developed by the BLM. The DRMP/
DEIS includes strategies for protecting and preserving the biological,
cultural, recreational, geological, educational, scientific, and scenic
values that balance multiple uses of the BLM-administered lands
throughout the Lake Havasu Field Office planning area.
The preferred alternative attempts to accomplish the above in
coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Arizona Department of Transportation, Arizona State Land
Department, Arizona Game and Fish Department, California Department of
Fish and Game, the BLM and other land managing agencies within the
boundaries of the planning area. The range of alternatives in this
draft incorporates planning decisions brought forward from the current
BLM planning documents, the Yuma District Resource Management Plan
(1987), Kingman Resource Area Resource Management Plan (1995), Lower
Gila
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South Resource Management Plan (1988) and Lower Gila North Management
Framework Plan (1983). The preferred alternative identifies five
potential Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC): Beale Slough
Riparian and Cultural ACEC (2,395 acres); Bullhead Bajada Natural and
Cultural ACEC (7,090 acres); Crossman Peak Scenic ACEC (48,855 acres);
Swansea Historic District ACEC (5,973 acres); and, Three Rivers
Riparian ACEC (2,246 acres). There are up to four additional potential
ACECs in one or more of the other alternatives: Black Peak Cultural
ACEC (740 acres); Cienega Mining District Historic ACEC (6,649 acres);
Lake Havasu Aubrey Hills Natural Area ACEC (19,088 acres); and, Whipple
Wash Natural Area ACEC (10,962 acres). The following types of resource
use limitations would generally apply to these ACECs: (1) Design
grazing prescriptions to achieve the desired plant community
objectives; (2) Recreation facilities would be limited to projects that
protect ACEC values; (3) Camping would be limited to developed or
signed sites; (4) Travel would be permitted only on designated open and
signed routes. For detailed information see Chapter 2, Description of
Alternatives, Special Area Designations section.
A Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact
Statement will be prepared by the BLM for the Resource Management Plan
accordance with planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610 and NEPA at 40 CFR
1502. The Lake Havasu Field Office Resource Management Plan affects
only the BLM-administered Federal lands and Federal interests located
within the planning area boundary.
Dated: September 16, 2005.
Elaine Y. Zielinski,
Arizona State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-19493 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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