[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26774-26775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10507]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft Cottonwood Resource
Management Plan Amendment for Domestic Sheep Grazing and Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement, Idaho
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) Amendment for Domestic Sheep
Grazing and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 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 Amendment/Supplemental EIS within 90
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes a
notice of availability of this document 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 Draft RMP Amendment
and Supplemental EIS by any of the following methods:
Web site: http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/nepa_register/cfo_SEIS-plan-amdt-sheep.html.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: BLM Coeur d'Alene District, ATTN: Sheep SEIS, 3815
Schreiber Way, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815.
The Draft RMP Amendment and Supplemental EIS is available on the
project Web site at http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/nepa_register/cfo_SEIS-plan-amdt-sheep.html, in the BLM Coeur d'Alene District
Office at the above address, and at the BLM Cottonwood Field Office,
One Butte Drive, Cottonwood, ID 83522.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Pavey, telephone 208-769-5059,
BLM Coeur d'Alene District Office (address above); 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: The BLM proposes to amend the 2008
Cottonwood RMP by providing new management direction and allocations
for livestock grazing on 19,405 acres of BLM-managed lands within 4 BLM
allotments in Idaho and Adams Counties of Idaho.
In August 2008, the BLM published the Proposed Cottonwood RMP and
Final EIS and subsequently received a number of protests on the
proposed decision. The BLM Director denied all protest points but one,
which was in regard to the adequacy of the range of alternatives for
management of domestic sheep grazing on four BLM allotments that are
within bighorn sheep habitat. Specifically, the Director found that the
Final EIS did not include an adequate range of alternatives to address
potential disease transmission from domestic sheep and goats to bighorn
sheep, and required that the State Director complete a supplemental EIS
that would include a reasonable range of alternatives for managing
livestock grazing and would analyze the impacts of domestic sheep and
goat grazing within the four allotments. The Director further specified
that the supplemental EIS be for the limited purpose of analyzing the
impacts of domestic sheep and goat grazing within four allotments.
The Supplemental EIS identifies and analyzes three related planning
issues:
(1) Bighorn sheep--Domestic sheep and goats may contact and
transmit diseases to bighorn sheep, which may be a contributing factor
to the downward trend in bighorn populations.
(2) Native American tribal interests and treaty rights--BLM
management of livestock grazing, specifically domestic sheep and goats,
may affect the availability of resources and uses (specifically related
to bighorn sheep) that are important to the interests and rights of the
Nez Perce Tribe.
(3) Livestock grazing and social and economic interests--Changes to
BLM management of livestock grazing may affect the local economy.
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 (8:00 a.m. to 4:00
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.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Will Runnoe,
Cottonwood Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 2014-10507 Filed 5-8-14; 8:45 am]
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