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the appropriate BLM offices listed 

below: 

Regional RACs Oregon/Washington 

Eastern Washington RAC; John DaySnake RAC; Southeast Oregon RAC 

Pam Robbins, Oregon State Office, BLM, 

333 SW. First Avenue, Portland, 

Oregon 97204, (503) 808–6306. 

County Payment RACs 

Coos Bay District: Glenn Harkleroad, 

1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, 

Oregon 97459, (541) 756–0100; 

Eugene District: Pat Johnston, 3106 

Pierce Parkway, Suite E, Springfield, 

Oregon 97477, (541) 683–6600; 

Medford District: Jim Whittington, 3040 

Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97504, 

(541) 618–2200; 

Roseburg District: Jake Winn, 777 NW 

Garden Valley Blvd., Roseburg, 

Oregon 97470, (541) 440–4930; and 

Salem District: Richard Hatfield, 1717 

Fabry Road SE., Salem, Oregon 97306, 

(503) 375–5657. 

Steens Mountain Advisory Council 

Christi West, BLM Burns District, 28910 

Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 

97738, (541) 573–4400. 

National Historic Oregon Trail 

Interpretive Center Advisory Board 

Pam Robbins, Oregon State Office, BLM, 

333 SW. First Avenue, Portland, 

Oregon 97204, (503) 808–6306. 

Certification Statement: I hereby 

certify that the BLM Resource Advisory 

Councils are necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

Secretary’s responsibilities to manage 

the lands, resources, and facilities 

administered by the BLM. 

Cathy L. Harris, 

Associate Deputy State Director, 

Oregon/Washington. 

[FR Doc. 2011–607 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–030–1210–BE] 

Notice of Designation of Elkhorn Ridge 

Wilderness, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice implements 

Section 6 of the Northern California 

Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act 

(Act) (Pub. L. 109–362). The Act 

designates the 11,271 acre Elkhorn 

Ridge Potential Wilderness Area and 

requires that this area ‘‘shall be 

designated as wilderness and as a 

component of the National Wilderness 

Preservation System, on the earlier of— 

(1) the date on which the Secretary 

publishes in the Federal Register notice 

that the conditions in the potential 

wilderness area that are incompatible 

with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 

et seq.) have been removed; or (2) the 

date that is 5 years after the date of 

enactment of this Act.’’ 

The Secretary of the Interior has 

determined that the conditions of the 

Elkhorn Ridge Potential Wilderness 

Area that were incompatible have been 

removed, and therefore the area is now 

suitable for wilderness designation. 

DATES: The Elkhorn Ridge Potential 

Wilderness Area shall become the 

Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness on January 

13, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land 

Management, Arcata Field Office, 1695 

Heindon Road, Arcata, California 95521. 

Detailed information concerning this 

action is available for review at this 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Wick, Bureau of Land Management, at 

the above address or at (707) 825–2321. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

6(b) of the Act provides that the 11,271 

acre Elkhorn Ridge Potential Wilderness 

Area be managed as wilderness except 

as necessary for ecological restoration 

and subject to valid existing rights until 

its designation as wilderness. Section 

6(c) of the Act allows the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) to use 

motorized equipment and mechanized 

transport for ecological restoration 

within the potential wilderness area, but 

requires that restoration to the 

maximum extent practicable be 

undertaken through the ‘‘minimum tool 

or administrative practice necessary 

* * * with the least amount of adverse 

impact on wilderness character and 

resources.’’ 

The Elkhorn Ridge area’s designation 

as a potential wilderness was intended 

to provide the Secretary of the Interior, 

through the BLM, time to assess and, if 

necessary, restore 1,565 acres of 

previously logged private in-holdings 

acquired shortly before the Act’s 

passage. 

After designation of the Elkhorn Ridge 

Potential Wilderness Area, the BLM’s 

Arcata Field Office assessed the inholdings to determine their condition 

relative to the Act and the BLM 

wilderness inventory criteria. Through 

this assessment, the BLM determined 

that impacts from past activities are 

successfully recovering through natural 

rehabilitation and are compatible with 

the Act’s requirements and with 

wilderness designation. The Elkhorn 

Ridge Potential Wilderness Area 

appears to have been affected primarily 

by the forces of nature and exhibits 

outstanding opportunities for solitude 

and primitive and unconfined 

recreation. Although some traces of past 

logging operations and associated road 

construction remain, the BLM has 

determined that the benefits of 

mechanized restoration are outweighed 

by the adverse impacts of such 

mechanized restoration on wilderness 

character. The BLM has determined that 

additional restoration actions would not 

be beneficial or necessary prior to 

wilderness designation and would not 

further the purposes of the Act. 

As provided for under section 6(d) 

and 6(e) of the Act, the Elkhorn Ridge 

Potential Wilderness Area shall become 

wilderness on January 13, 2011. The 

area shall be known as the Elkhorn 

Ridge Wilderness and administered in 

accordance with section 4 of the 

Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 

As the Elkhorn Ridge Potential 

Wilderness Area has been managed as 

wilderness pursuant to section 6(b) of 

the Act, the designation of this area as 

wilderness will not change any public 

uses of the area. The BLM will take this 

designation of the Elkhorn Ridge 

Wilderness into account as it moves 

forward with its long term planning and 

management. 

Authority: Sec. 6, Pub. L. 109–362. 

Sylvia V. Baca, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and 

Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–606 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLID933000.L14300000.FR0000; IDI– 

011668, IDI–15305, IDI–15304] 

Expiration of Withdrawals and Opening 

of Lands; Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management announces the expiration 

of two withdrawals established by two 

Secretarial Orders and one Public Land 

Order and modified by two Public Land 

Orders affecting 62,025.42 acres of 

public lands in Ada, Adams, Boise, 

Canyon, Gem, Payette, and Washington 

Counties withdrawn for stock driveway 


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