[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29021-29022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12187]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the West
Eugene Wetlands in Oregon and Approved Resource Management Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management
Plan (RMP) for the West Eugene Wetlands planning area located in
western Oregon. The Oregon/Washington State Director signed the ROD on
April 17, 2015, which constitutes the final decision of the BLM and
makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available upon request
from the Eugene District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 3106
Pierce Parkway, Suite E, Springfield, OR 97477, or via the internet at:
http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/eugenermp.php. Copies of
the ROD/Approved RMP are available for public inspection at the above-
listed address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Panchita Paulete, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, telephone 541-683-6976; address 3106 Pierce
Parkway, Suite E; Springfield, OR 97477; 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: Interaction with the public regarding this
RMP began in 2011. The BLM worked with three cooperating agencies: the
US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space
Division, and The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. The RMP
establishes direction for approximately 1,340 acres of BLM-administered
lands in and near the city of Eugene in Lane County, Oregon; the
planning area did not previously have an RMP. The planning area is made
up of acquired lands and survey hiatuses. The Approved RMP describes
the actions that will meet desired resource conditions for threatened
and endangered species and habitat management, while providing other
benefits. The Preferred Alternative, described in the October 2011
Draft RMP/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), was modified to
increase acreage within the Prairie Restoration Area land use
allocation for threatened and endangered species management, to provide
increased opportunities for recreation, and to provide for coordinated
management in traditional use plant collection and was carried forward
as the Proposed RMP in the Final EIS (November 2014). No protests were
received on the Proposed RMP/Final EIS.
The Governor of Oregon was provided a formal, 60-day review period
to determine if the Proposed RMP/Final EIS was consistent with existing
state or local plans, programs, and policies. No inconsistencies were
identified.
There are two implementation decisions in the Approved RMP which
are appealable under 43 CFR part 4: (a) designation of travel
management networks, including identifying the specific roads and
trails that are available for public use and the limitations on use of
roads and trails and (b) continued application of the
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Final Supplementary Rules for Public Land within the West Eugene
Wetlands, Eugene District, Oregon, published in the Federal Register on
July 28, 2005, and adoption of the application of these rules
throughout the planning area on BLM-managed lands. Any party adversely
affected may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice of
Availability. The appeal should state the specific decision(s) being
appealed. The appeal must be filed with the Eugene District Manager at
the above-listed address.
Please consult the appropriate regulations (43 CFR, part 4, subpart
E) for further appeal requirements.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2.
Kathryn Stangl,
Eugene District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2015-12187 Filed 5-19-15; 8:45 am]
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