[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42758-42759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17576]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Prehistoric Trackways National
Monument Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a
Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
(Monument), and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment
period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMP/EIS within 90 days following the date
the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice of the Draft
RMP/EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings
or hearings and any other public participation activities at least 15
days in advance through public notices, media releases, and/or
mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Monument's Draft RMP/
EIS by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 575-525-4412; Attention: Lori Allen.
Mail: BLM Las Cruces District Office, Attention: Lori
Allen, Prehistoric Trackways Project Lead, 1800 Marquess Street, Las
Cruces, NM 88005.
Copies of the Monument's Draft RMP/EIS are available at the Las
Cruces District Office at the above address or online at: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/fo/Las_Cruces_District_Office/trackways_rmp.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Allen, Prehistoric Trackways
Project Lead, telephone 575-525-4454; address 1800 Marquess Street, Las
Cruces, NM
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88005; email [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You
will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress created the Monument with the
passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-
11) (the Act). The Monument encompasses an area of about 5,280 acres of
land that contains Paleozoic-Era fossilized footprints, plants, and
wood dating back about 280 million years and that is located 10 miles
northwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The BLM subsequently included the
Monument in its National Landscape Conservation System. The BLM has
prepared this Draft RMP/EIS to provide management guidance for the
5,280 acres of Federal land within the Monument. The Draft RMP will
provide a comprehensive management plan for the long-term protection
and management of the Monument. It describes the appropriate uses and
management of the Monument, consistent with the provisions of the Act,
and would replace the 1993 Mimbres RMP for this specific location. The
four alternatives analyzed in detail in the Draft RMP/EIS are:
Alternative A (No Action Alternative), which would continue existing
management decisions; Alternative B, which would emphasize resource
preservation and reduce human intrusion; Alternative C (the BLM's
preferred alternative), which would provide for protection of the
resources while allowing compatible uses; and Alternative D, which
would allow greater opportunity for public interaction and uses while
following the constraints of the Act. As required by the Act, 789 acres
of the Robledo Mountains Wilderness Study Area that are within the
Monument and the overlapping Area of Critical Environmental Concern
would not be affected by this designation. The designating Act
withdraws the Monument from the following: (1) Entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws; (2) Location, entry, and patent
under the mining laws; and (3) Operation of the mineral leasing laws,
geothermal leasing laws, and minerals materials laws. The RMP process
began with a Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register on
January 5, 2010 (75 FR 431). This announced a 30-day public comment
period, during which the BLM held a public meeting in Las Cruces to
introduce the public to the planning process and solicit comments. On
September 22, 2010, the BLM held a public workshop to re-engage the
public with the RMP and to verify that there were a sufficient range of
alternatives.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at
the above address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10; 43 CFR 1610.2.
Jesse Juen,
State Director, New Mexico.
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