Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA) and Associated Wilderness and Other Contiguous Lands in Nevada, Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Nevada
[Federal Register: September 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 171)]
[Notices]
[Page 53941]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Black Rock
Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area
(NCA) and Associated Wilderness and Other Contiguous Lands in Nevada,
Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
Nevada
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), Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) policies, and the Black Rock Desert-High Rock
Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area Act of 2000 (Public
Law 106-554), the BLM announces the availability of the RMP/ROD for the
Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National
Conservation Area Planning Area, located in northwestern Nevada. The
Nevada and California State Directors will sign the RMP/ROD, which
becomes effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant
Trails National Conservation Area (NCA) and Associated Wilderness and
Other Contiguous Lands in Nevada RMP/ROD are available upon request
from the Field Manager, Winnemucca Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 5100 E Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada 89445-2921, or
via the Internet at
http://www.nv.blm.gov/Winnemucca. Copies
of the RMP/ROD are also available for public inspection at the following
repositories: University of Nevada-Reno Getchell Library, Reno, NV;
Humboldt County Library, Winnemucca, NV; BLM-Nevada Carson City Field
Office, Carson City, NV; BLM-Nevada State Office, Reno, NV; Public
Library, Gerlach, NV; Public Library, Reno, NV; Pershing County Public
Library, Lovelock, NV; Lyon County Library, Dayton, NV; Lyon County
Library, Fernley, NV; BLM-California Surprise Field Office, Cedarville,
CA; Modoc County Library, Cedarville, CA; Modoc County Library, Alturas
CA; BLM-California State Office, Sacramento, CA; and BLM-California
Eagle Lake Field Office, Susanville, CA. Persons who are not able to
inspect the RMP/ROD either on-line or at one of the locations provided
may request one of a limited number of printed copies or compact discs
(CDs) by contacting the NCA Planning Staff at the Winnemucca Field
Office by e-mail at
[email protected], by telephone at (775) 623-1500,
or by fax at (775) 623-1503. Requests should be directed to the NCA
Planning Staff, clearly state that it is a request for a printed copy
or CD of the Black Rock-High Rock RMP/ROD, and include the name,
mailing address and phone number of the requesting party.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David C. Cooper, NCA Manager, BLM
Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 E Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 89445-
2921, (775) 623-1500,
[email protected] (``Attn: NCA Manager'' in
subject line of message).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP/ROD was developed with broad public
participation through a 3-year collaborative planning process. This
RMP/ROD addresses management on approximately 1.2 million acres of
public land in the planning area. The RMP/ROD is designed to achieve or
maintain objectives that were identified in the legislation that
created the NCA and wilderness areas or developed through the planning
process. The RMP/ROD includes a series of management actions to meet
the desired resource conditions for upland and riparian vegetation,
wildlife habitats, cultural and visual resources, livestock grazing and
recreation.
The approved RMP is essentially the same as Alternative D in the
Proposed RMP/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS),
published in September 2003. BLM received eight protests to the PRMP/
FEIS. No inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies or
programs were identified during the Governor's consistency review of
the PRMP/FEIS. As a result, only minor editorial modifications were
made in preparing the RMP/ROD. These modifications corrected technical
errors that were noted during review of the PRMP/FEIS and provided
further clarification for some of the decisions.
Dated: May 10, 2004.
Terry A. Reed,
Field Manager, Winnemucca Field Office, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 04-19606 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
