46238 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 159 / Friday, August 17, 2007 / Notices 

invited to participate as cooperating 

agencies. The public and interest groups 

have been provided opportunities to 

participate during formal comment 

periods and during Steens Mountain 

Advisory Council meetings. 

The Final EIS evaluates six alternative 

management approaches including a No 

Action Alternative. A Preferred 

Alternative is proposed in the Final EIS. 

The three features of the Preferred 

Alternative are: (1) The Full Treatment 

Alternative would be implemented in 

all portions of the project area including 

WSAs, but excluding Steens Mountain 

Wilderness; (2) The Continuation of 

Current Management Alternative would 

be selected for the Steens Mountain 

Wilderness; (3) Future proposals in 

Steens Mountain Wilderness would be 

in conformance with the Steens Act and 

the Wilderness Act. 

Copies of the Final EIS have been sent 

to affected Federal, State, Tribal and 

local government agencies and to 

interested parties. The Final EIS is 

available for public inspection at the 

BLM Burns District Office in Hines, 

Oregon, during regular business hours 

(7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays). Comments 

received from the public and internal 

BLM review comments on the Draft EIS 

were incorporated into the Final EIS, 

where appropriate. 

Public input during scoping as well as 

internal scoping identified at least 20 

issues for analysis in the EIS. These 

issues are outlined in Chapter 1 of the 

Final EIS. 

Opportunities for public involvement 

to date in the process have included two 

separate public scoping periods, a 45- 

day comment period on the Draft EIS 

which included two public meetings. In 

addition, the Steens Mountain Advisory 

Council has participated in the process 

and made a specific recommendation 

which supports the Preferred 

Alternative. 

Public comments on the Draft EIS 

received during the 45-day comment 

period were reviewed by BLM 

specialists and cooperating agencies. 

Responses to public comments as well 

as summarized versions of the public 

comments are included in the Final EIS. 

Changes to the EIS made between Draft 

and Final were based on public 

comments and internal review. 

Meetings were held and coordination 

has been conducted with Harney 

County Commissioner, Oregon 

Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service Malheur 

National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service Ecological Services, 

Oregon Department of Environmental 

Quality, Eastern Oregon Agricultural 

Research Center, Burns Paiute Tribe, 

and Harney Soil and Water 

Conservation District. 

Karla Bird, 

Andrews Resource Area Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–16126 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–910–0777–XP–241A] 

State of Arizona Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Arizona Resource 

Advisory Council Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Arizona 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

meet on September 6, 2007, in Phoenix, 

Arizona, at the BLM National Training 

Center located at 9828 North 31st 

Avenue in Phoenix from 8 a.m. and 

conclude at 4:30 p.m. Morning agenda 

items include: Review of the June 8, 

2007, meeting minutes for RAC and 

Recreation Resource Advisory Council 

(RRAC) business; BLM State Director’s 

update on statewide issues; 

presentations on: the BLM wilderness 

program in Arizona, how recreation 

benefits communities, and Arizona 

water rights; RAC questions on BLM 

Field Managers Rangeland Resource 

Team proposals; and, reports by RAC 

working groups. A public comment 

period will be provided at 11:30 a.m. on 

September 6, 2007, for any interested 

publics who wish to address the 

Council on BLM programs and business. 

Under the Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act, the RAC has been 

designated the RRAC, and has the 

authority to review all BLM and Forest 

Service (FS) recreation fee proposals in 

Arizona. The afternoon meeting agenda 

on September 6 will include discussion 

and review of the Recreation 

Enhancement Act (REA) Working Group 

Report, the Fiscal Year 2008 (Tentative) 

quarterly schedule for BLM and FS 

recreation fee proposals, and one FS fee 

proposal in Arizona: 

(1) Upper Salt River Canyon 

Wilderness Private River Permit 

System—(Tonto National Forest). The 

Forest Service is considering a change 

for the Private Permit Fees for running 

the Upper Salt River through the Salt 

River Canyon Wilderness from March 1 

to May 15 each year. The application fee 

of $10 will remain the same. The permit 

fee is proposed from the current $75 to 

a fee of $125. The purpose of the 

proposed fee increase is to help better 

cover the cost of managing the river 

program for the Upper Salt River 

Canyon Wilderness. The proposed fees 

are in line with those charged by other 

Forest Service and Federal Government 

agencies for similar river permits in the 

western United States. 

Following the FS proposals, the RRAC 

will open the meeting to public 

comments on the fee proposal. After 

completing their RRAC business, the 

BLM RAC will reconvene to provide 

recommendations to the RAC 

Designated Federal Official on the fee 

proposal and discuss future RAC 

meetings and locations. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 6, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land 

Management, Arizona State Office, One 

North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, 602–

417–9504. 

Elaine Y. Zielinski, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–4026 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–110–07–1430–EU; AZA–33756] 

Notice of Realty Action; Proposed 

Competitive Sale of Public Land; 

Mohave County, AZ 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: Two parcels of public land 

totaling 118.82 acres in Mohave County, 

Arizona are being considered for 

competitive sale under the provisions of 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), at 

no less than the appraised fair market 

value. 

DATES: In order to ensure consideration 

in the environmental analysis of the 

proposed sale, comments must be 

received by October 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this Notice to Field 

Manager, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Arizona Strip Field Office, 345 

East Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 

84790. 


ebenthall on PRODPC61 with NOTICES