74742 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 230 / Wednesday, December 1, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDT030000.L16510000.IU0000.241A.00] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed North Highway 20 Travel 

Management Plan and Possible 

Management Framework Plan 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Shoshone 

Field Office, Shoshone, Idaho intends to 

prepare an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) which may include an amendment 

to the 1981 Sun Valley Management 

Framework Plan (MFP) and by this 

notice is announcing the beginning of 

the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the EA and possible 

MFP amendment. Comments on issues 

may be submitted in writing until 

January 3, 2011. The date(s) and 

location(s) of any scoping meetings will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through local media and the 

BLM Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/ 

id/. In order to be included in the EA 

and draft plan amendment, all 

comments must be received prior to the 

close of the scoping period or 15 days 

after the last public meeting, whichever 

is later. We will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

upon publication of the EA and draft 

plan amendment. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the North Highway 20 Travel 

Management Plan by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: North_Highway20_Travel_

Plan@blm.gov 

• Fax: (208) 732–7317, Attention: 

John Kurtz; or 

• Mail: North Highway 20 Travel 

Management Plan, 400 West ‘‘F’’ Street, 

Shoshone, Idaho 83352 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Shoshone Field 

Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

have your name added to our mailing 

list contact John Kurtz, Outdoor 

Recreation Planner, BLM Shoshone 

Field Office, 400 West F Street, 

Shoshone, Idaho 83352 or telephone: 

(208) 732–7296. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

planning area consists of 239,145 acres 

of BLM-managed public land and 

approximately 660 miles of existing 

roads and trails lying north of Highway 

20 within the BLM Shoshone Field 

Office. Boundaries include Chimney 

Creek on the west and Craters of the 

Moon National Monument and Preserve 

and Fish Creek on the east. 

The Sun Valley MFP designated the 

majority of the planning area as ‘‘Open’’ 

to off-highway vehicles (OHV), meaning 

OHVs can travel cross-country. The 

planning area will be evaluated using 

current policy and resource information 

to consider and identify as planning 

decisions areas ‘‘Open,’’ ‘‘Limited to 

Designated Routes,’’ or ‘‘Closed’’ to OHV 

use. A ‘‘Limited to Designated Routes’’ 

designation would result in motorized 

and possibly mechanized vehicles being 

limited to designated roads and trails, 

while a ‘‘Closed’’ designation precludes 

OHV travel altogether. The OHV 

designations in the Sun Valley MFP 

would be amended as a result of the 

travel management plan decision. In 

addition to the plan decisions described 

above, the travel management 

implementation plan will also make 

implementation decisions regarding 

designated routes and type of use. 

Future travel management development, 

such as parking areas and trailheads and 

future trail construction corridors on 

public land, may also be considered in 

order to facilitate travel through public 

lands and provide trail-based 

recreational opportunities. There is a 

need to be responsive to current and 

future demand for recreational 

opportunities and to provide access to 

support livestock operations, realty 

actions and private in-holdings. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the EA, 

including alternatives, and guide the 

process for developing the EA. At 

present, the BLM has identified the 

following preliminary issues: Demand 

for trail-based recreational 

opportunities; unauthorized trail 

construction; resource impacts resulting 

from vehicles traveling cross-country; 

conflicts between user groups 

(motorized and non-motorized); 

conflicts between recreationists and 

livestock operations; and legal access to 

public lands. 

Authorization of this proposal may 

require amendment of the 1981 Sun 

Valley MFP. By this notice, the BLM is 

complying with requirements in 43 CFR 

1610.2(c) to notify the public of 

potential amendments to land use plans, 

predicated on the findings of the EA. If 

a land use plan amendment is 

necessary, the BLM will integrate the 

land use planning process with the 

NEPA process for this project. The BLM 

will use and coordinate the NEPA 

commenting process to satisfy the 

public involvement process for Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470(f)) as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

Native American tribal consultations 

will be conducted in accordance with 

policy and tribal concerns. Potential 

impacts on Indian trust assets will be 

given due consideration. Federal, state, 

and local agencies, along with other 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the BLM’s decision on this 

project are invited to participate in the 

scoping process and, if eligible, may 

request, or be requested by the BLM, to 

participate as a cooperating agency. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Ruth Miller, 

Field Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDT01000.L16100000.DP0000.LXSS

081D0000] 

Notice of Extension of Public 

Comment Period to Notice of 

Availability of the Draft Jarbidge Field 

Office Resource Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) published a Notice 

of Availability of the Draft Jarbidge 

Field Office Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) and Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) in the Federal Register 

on September 3, 2010 [75 FR 54177] and 


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