[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69388-69389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26324]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-180]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan and 
Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Folsom Field Office

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office in Folsom, 
California, intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an 
associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to guide management 
activities for the public lands and resources under its jurisdiction. 
The public scoping process will begin with the publication of this 
notice. Public scoping meetings, to identify relevant issues and 
concerns, will be announced in advance through BLM's Web site and in 
local news media.

DATES: Public meetings will be held throughout the planned scoping and 
preparation period. In order to ensure local community participation 
and input, several meetings will be held, at least one for each 
watershed. Written comments sent to the address listed below will be 
accepted until further notice. The time and location of public scoping 
meetings, public comment periods, and comment closing dates will be 
announced through local news media, direct mailings, and on the Folsom 
Field Office Web site at http://www.ca.blm.gov/folsom within 15 days of 
the meetings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to ``RMP Comments,'' BLM, 
Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630, or sent by fax 
to (916) 985-3259. Documents pertinent to this planning project may be 
examined at the Folsom Field Office. Comments, including names and 
street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at 
the Folsom Field Office during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, and may be published 
as part of the RMP/EIS. Individuals who wish to withhold their name or 
street address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom 
of Information Act must state this prominently at the beginning of 
their written comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. The BLM will not consider anonymous comments. All 
submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Cooper, RMP Coordinator, BLM, 
Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630, phone (916) 
985-4474. To add a name to the RMP mailing list, contact Lou Cutajar, 
Public Contact Specialist, in the Folsom Field Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Folsom Field Office is responsible for 
the management of approximately 230,000 acres of public land within 
fourteen California counties: Colusa, Yuba, Nevada, Sutter, Placer, El 
Dorado, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Merced, Stanislaus, 
Tuolumne, and Mariposa. The BLM will work collaboratively with 
interested parties to identify the management decisions that are best 
suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns.
    Preliminary issues and management concerns have been identified by 
BLM personnel, other agencies, and in meetings with individuals and 
user groups. The preliminary issues include: Management of public land 
resources at the watershed level; management of ecosystems and riparian 
areas to maintain and improve properly functioning conditions; 
management and protection of sensitive, rare, threatened, or endangered 
species; management of Wild and Scenic River corridors; implementation 
of the Federal Wildland Fire Policy; fluid and solid mineral 
development; meeting the needs of local and regional communities and 
the effects of a growing urban interface; land tenure adjustments, 
consideration of lands for special management designation; cultural 
resource identification, protection, and interpretation; and the 
provision of recreation opportunities to meet a growing and diverse 
demand.
    These preliminary issues will be further defined by direct input 
through active public participation. Through the plan scoping process, 
the public will help identify issues, questions, and concerns to be 
addressed by the RMP.

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    An interdisciplinary approach will be used to develop the plan in 
order to consider the variety of resource issues and concerns 
identified during the scoping process. The interdisciplinary team 
involved with the RMP process includes specialists with expertise in 
minerals and geology, forestry, range, fire and fuels management, 
outdoor recreation, archaeology, paleontology, botany, wildlife and 
fisheries, hydrology, lands and realty, soils, air quality, sociology, 
and economics.
    The Folsom Field Office is currently managed under the Sierra 
Planning Area Management Framework Plan as Amended in 1988. Management 
under this document will continue until the RMP is approved.

    Dated: October 4, 2004.
Deane K. Swickard,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-26324 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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