Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 33 / Friday, February 19, 2010 / Notices 7517 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10; 

and 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Vicki L. Wood, 

Field Manager, El Centro Field Office . 

[FR Doc. 2010–3374 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAKA01200.L12200000.DP0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Amendment to the Ring of Fire 

Resource Management Plan for the 

Campbell Tract Facility, Anchorage, 

AK 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Anchorage Field 

Office intends to amend the Ring of Fire 

Resource Management Plan (RMP) to 

address the 730-acre Campbell Tract 

Facility administrative site and Special 

Recreation Management Area in 

Anchorage, Alaska. The site is currently 

managed under the 1988 Management 

Plan for Public Use and Resource 

Management on the Bureau of Land 

Management Campbell Tract Facility. 

The amendment will be supported by an 

Environmental Assessment (EA). 

DATES: The BLM will announce the 

opening of a 30-day public comment 

period and the scheduling of any public 

scoping meetings in Anchorage through 

local news media, newsletters, and the 

BLM Web site (http://www.blm.gov/ak) 

at least 15 days prior to the meetings. 

The BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public comment after 

publication of the draft amendment and 

EA. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ak. 

• E-mail: ak_ctf_amend@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (907) 267–1267. 

• Mail: BLM Anchorage Field Office, 

Attention—Campbell Tract Facility 

Amendment, 4700 BLM Road, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99507. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the BLM Anchorage 

Field Office, 4700 BLM Road, 

Anchorage, Alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information and/or to have your name 

added to the mail list, contact Jeff 

Kowalczyk (jkowalcz@blm.gov) at (907) 

267–1459. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLMadministered Campbell Tract Facility is 

located in south-central Alaska, within 

the Municipality of Anchorage. This 

planning activity encompasses 

approximately 730 acres of public land 

in the Ring of Fire planning area. The 

BLM released the Ring of Fire RMP 

Record of Decision (ROD) in March 

2008. The ROD specified that 

management of the Campbell Tract 

Facility administrative site would 

continue to be guided by the 1988 

Management Plan for Public Use and 

Resource Management on the Bureau of 

Land Management Campbell Tract 

Facility and any updates to the plan. 

The BLM intends to amend the Ring 

of Fire RMP and revise the 1988 

Campbell Tract Facility management 

plan. A revised Campbell Tract Facility 

management plan will analyze and 

provide new management decisions for 

this site. Management decisions shall be 

consistent with public land orders for 

the administrative withdrawal of the 

area. The plan will fulfill the needs and 

obligations set forth by the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and 

BLM management policies. 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. 

The preliminary issues and 

opportunities to be addressed by this 

planning effort are increased annual 

visitation, commercial use, on-going 

trail maintenance, potential for 

development of administrative facilities, 

public safety, the expanding role of 

environmental education, and 

optimizing outcome-focused 

management for recreation planning. 

The plan amendment and EA will— 

• Determine which types of 

commercial uses, if any, will be 

authorized within the four management 

areas on the Campbell Tract Facility: 

airstrip, science center, administrative 

buildings, and the Special Recreation 

Management Area designated by the 

1985 Recreation Action Plan; 

• Develop a Special Recreation 

Management Area plan for the Campbell 

Tract Facility in accordance with 

Appendix C of the BLM Land Use 

Planning Handbook (H–1601–01); 

• Identify development needs for the 

existing Campbell Airstrip corridor and 

for aviation and emergency 

management; 

• Decide whether administrative 

facilities are sufficient for current and 

future operations; 

• Identify reasonable management 

actions for addressing trail/user 

conflicts; 

• Decide whether additional special 

rules are necessary; and 

• Determine what ongoing 

maintenance to facilities and trails is 

appropriate. 

Preliminary planning criteria include 

the following: 

1. The BLM manages public lands 

under the principles of multiple use/ 

sustained yield as set forth in FLPMA; 

2. The plan amendment will address 

surface acres administered by the BLM 

at Campbell Tract Facility; 

3. Decisions will be limited to those 

related to the four existing management 

areas: airstrip, science center, 

administrative buildings, and the 

Special Recreation Management Area; 

4. Valid existing rights will be 

protected throughout the planning area; 

5. Established and current agreements 

will remain in effect; 

6. Plans and policies of adjacent land 

owners/managers will be considered; 

7. The BLM will encourage and 

participate in collaborative planning; 

8. The BLM will comply with all 

relevant laws, statues, regulations, 

manuals, and handbooks; 

9. This planning effort will conform to 

NEPA, FLPMA, the BLM Land Use 

Planning Handbook (H–1601–1), and 

other applicable BLM policies; 

10. The plan will be consistent with 

the BLM Alaska Land Health Standards; 

and 

11. The BLM will use an 

interdisciplinary approach while 

developing the plan to ensure 

consideration of the variety of resource 

issues and concerns identified. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to identify relevant issues and 

planning criteria that will guide the 

planning process and influence the EA’s 

scope and alternatives. You may submit 

comments in writing to the BLM at the 

public scoping meeting or by the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES section 

above. 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 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. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

State Director. 

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