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provided in the regulations, the 

segregation of lands in this notice will 

not exceed 2 years from the date of 

publication unless extended for up to an 

additional 2 years through publication 

of a new notice in the Federal Register. 

The segregation period will terminate 

and the land will automatically reopen 

to appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the Mining Law, at the 

earliest of the following dates: upon 

issuance of a decision by the authorized 

officer granting, granting with 

modifications, or denying the 

application for a ROW; without further 

administrative action at the end of the 

segregation provided for in the Federal 

Register notice initiating the 

segregation; or upon publication of a 

Federal Register notice terminating the 

segregation. 

Legal Description for Parcel: The 

subject lands for the proposed solar 

facility are legally described as follows: 

Solar Array 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 3 N., R. 14 W., 

Secs. 17 and 18; 

Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 20, N1⁄2, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; 

Secs. 21 and 22; 

Sec. 23, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 25, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2; 

Sec. 27, N1⁄2 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 28, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

T. 3 N., R. 15 W., 

Sec. 12, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 24, N1⁄2NE1⁄4. 

The area described contains 4,674 

acres, more or less, derived from GIS 

data received from the BLM Arizona 

State Office, on September 11, 2023. 

Substation 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 3 N., R. 15 W., 

Sec. 12, NE1⁄4, those portions northerly of 

the northern alternative Gen-Tie route. 

The area described contains 89 acres, 

more or less, derived from GIS data 

received from the BLM Arizona State 

Office, on September 11, 2023. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

These Federal agencies have agreed to 

participate as Cooperating Agencies 

under a Memorandum of Understanding 

to Improve Public Land Renewable 

Energy Project Permit Coordination: the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau 

of Reclamation, Department of Defense, 

Department of Energy, and 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

Other Federal agencies, Tribal Nations, 

and State and local agencies wishing to 

be considered as a Cooperating Agency 

on this effort, either on the basis of their 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise, 

are invited to express their interest to 

Mr. Eysenbach, Project Manager (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Responsible Official 

The BLM Arizona State Director is the 

deciding official for this notice of 

segregation. The authorized officer and 

decision maker for the Project is the 

BLM Yuma Field Office Manager. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The BLM will decide whether to 

approve, approve with modification(s), 

or deny issuance of a ROW grant to the 

applicant for the proposed Project. 

Additional Information 

The BLM will identify, analyze, and 

consider mitigation to address the 

reasonably foreseeable impacts to 

resources from the proposed action and 

all analyzed reasonable alternatives and, 

in accordance with 40 CFR 1502.14(e), 

include appropriate mitigation measures 

not already included in the proposed 

action or alternatives. Mitigation may 

include avoidance, minimization, 

rectification, reduction or elimination 

over time, and compensation; and may 

be considered at multiple scales, 

including the landscape scale. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA process for this effort to help 

support compliance with applicable 

procedural requirements under the 

Endangered Species Act and section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation Act 

(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3), including public 

involvement requirements of Section 

106. Information about historic and 

cultural resources and threatened and 

endangered species within the area 

potentially affected will assist the BLM 

in identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources. 

The BLM will consult with Tribal 

Nations on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175, BLM Manual Sections 

1780, and other Departmental policies. 

Tribal concerns, including impacts on 

Indian trust assets and potential impacts 

to cultural resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State, and local 

agencies, along with Tribal Nations and 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed Project that the 

BLM is evaluating, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be requested 

by the BLM to participate in the 

development of the environmental 

analysis as a Cooperating Agency. 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, email 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 1501.9) 

Gera Ashton, 

Acting State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_UT_FRN_MO4500172964] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Cross-Tie 500-kV Transmission 

Project in Beaver, Juab, and Millard 

Counties, Utah, and Lincoln, Nye, and 

White Pine Counties, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

announces the availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Cross-Tie 500-kilovolt (kV) 

Transmission Project (Cross-Tie Project 

or Project). 

DATES: To afford the BLM the 

opportunity to consider comments in 

the Final EIS, please ensure that the 

BLM receives your comments within 45 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Draft EIS in the Federal 

Register. The EPA usually publishes its 

NOAs on Fridays. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available 

for review on the BLM’s ePlanning 

Project website at https://bit.ly/ 

ePlanningCrossTie. 

Written comments related to the 

Cross-Tie Project may be submitted by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: blm_ut_fm_cross-tie_

project@blm.gov. 


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• Mail: BLM Fillmore Field Office, 

ATTN: Cross-Tie Project, Bureau of 

Land Management, Fillmore Field 

Office, 95 East 500 North, Fillmore, 

Utah 84631. 

Verbal comments related to the CrossTie Project may be submitted via 

telephone hotline at 1–888–674–0962. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined online at the 

ePlanning website noted above and at 

the following office locations: 

• BLM Bristlecone Field Office and 

Ely District Office, 702 North Industrial 

Way, Ely, Nevada 89301; 

• BLM Caliente Field Office, 1400 

Front Street, Caliente, Nevada 89008; 

• BLM Cedar City Field Office and 

Color Country District Office, 176 East 

D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah 

84721; 

• BLM Fillmore Field Office, 95 East 

500 North, Fillmore, Utah 84631; 

• BLM West Desert District Office, 

491 North John Glenn Road, Salt Lake 

City, Utah 84116; 

• Forest Service Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest Ely Ranger District, 825 

Avenue E, Ely, Nevada 89301; and 

• Forest Service Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest Supervisor’s Office, 

1200 Franklin Way, Sparks, Nevada 

89431. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clara Stevens, Project Manager, address 

95 East 500 North, Fillmore, Utah 

84631; email blm_ut_fm_cross-tie_

project@blm.gov; telephone 435–743– 

3119. Individuals in the United States 

who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, 

or have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Stevens. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant, TransCanyon, LLC 

(TransCanyon), submitted an 

Application for Transportation and 

Utility Systems and Facilities on 

Federal Lands (Standard Form 299) and 

a draft Plan of Development to the BLM 

and U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) Forest Service (Forest Service) 

for a permanent facility right-of-way 

(ROW) and a special use permit (SUP) 

for the construction, operation and 

maintenance (O&M), and 

decommissioning of the Cross-Tie 

Project. 

The BLM Fillmore Field Office, in 

coordination with cooperating agencies, 

prepared a Draft EIS to analyze potential 

impacts from the Proposed Action and 

alternatives. New permanent and 

temporary land use authorizations 

would be required to construct, operate, 

and maintain, and decommission 

Project components. In Utah, the 

Proposed Action would cross 

approximately 98 miles of BLM 

administered land, 14 miles of state 

land, and 26 miles of private land for a 

total of 138 miles. In Nevada, the 

Proposed Action would cross 63 miles 

of BLM administered land, eight miles 

of Forest Service administered land, 

four miles of private land, and one mile 

of state land for a total of 76 miles. 

TransCanyon would obtain these land 

use authorizations through a ROW grant 

from the BLM, a SUP from the Forest 

Service, and easements or fee purchases 

for non-federal lands. 

Purpose and Need for the Action 

The purpose and need of the BLM 

federal action is to respond to the ROW 

application submitted by TransCanyon 

for the construction, O&M, and 

decommissioning of the proposed 500- 

kV transmission line on BLMadministered land between the Clover 

Substation in central Utah and the 

Robinson Summit Substation in eastcentral Nevada, in compliance with 

Title V of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1761– 

1771), the BLM’s ROW regulations at 43 

CFR part 2800, and other applicable 

federal laws and policies to grant ROWs 

over public land. 

The purpose and need of the Forest 

Service federal action is to respond to 

an application for a SUP submitted by 

TransCanyon for the construction, O&M, 

and decommissioning of the proposed 

500-kV transmission line on National 

Forest System land in east-central 

Nevada in compliance with FLPMA and 

the National Forest Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1601–1614), as well as the 

Humboldt National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan, as 

amended, which provides forest-wide 

standards and guidelines for 

management of National Forest System 

land crossed by the Project. The SUP 

application and authorization process 

objectives are to (1) authorize use and 

occupy National Forest System land that 

is in the public interest while avoiding 

and minimizing adverse effects and (2) 

ensure conformance with existing land 

and resource management plans. 

For both agencies, FLPMA also 

provides the BLM and the Forest 

Service with discretionary authority to 

authorize use (i.e., via a ROW and a 

SUP, respectively) of land they 

administer, taking into consideration 

impacts on natural and cultural 

resources. In doing so, the BLM and 

Forest Service both must endeavor ‘‘to 

minimize damage to scenic and esthetic 

values and fish and wildlife habitat and 

otherwise protect the environment’’ 

through avoidance or mitigation 

(FLPMA Title V). 

Alternatives 

The BLM has analyzed six 

alternatives in detail, including the 

Proposed Action, four action 

alternatives, and the No Action 

Alternative. The Draft EIS analysis 

addresses the alternatives in two 

different ways. Within the Draft EIS, 

there is a comparison of each alternative 

to the comparable segment of the 

Proposed Action it replaces (segment 

specific), and there is also a comparison 

of start-to-finish alternatives. The startto-finish alternatives are referred to as 

the Modified Proposed Action with 

Alternative A, B, C, or D. The segment 

alternatives can be substituted into a 

start-to-finish route in a variety of 

combinations to create a modified 

Proposed Action. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

BLM would not approve a ROW grant 

and the Forest Service would not 

approve a SUP to construct, O&M, and 

decommission the Project. The Project 

infrastructure and facilities would not 

be built, and existing land uses and 

present activities in the area would 

continue consistent with the applicable 

land use plan governing management of 

the affected lands. 

The Proposed Action, which is 

TransCanyon’s desired alternative, 

includes an approximately 214-mile, 

1,500-megawatt, 500-kV high-voltage 

alternating current (HVAC) overhead 

transmission line that would be 

constructed between the Clover 

Substation in central Utah and the 

Robinson Summit Substation in eastcentral Nevada. The Project would be 

situated within a 250-foot-wide ROW/ 

SUP, 125 feet from centerline, which 

would maintain separation from other 

existing extra-high-voltage transmission 

lines as required by the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation. The 

Project facilities would include a 500- 

kV HVAC overhead transmission line, 

new substation equipment at the Clover 

Substation in central Utah (within the 

existing substation footprint) and at the 

Robinson Summit Substation in eastcentral Nevada (within a 46-acre 

proposed expansion), regeneration 

stations near the line for the fiber optic 

ground wire, series compensation 

station(s), temporary and permanent 

access roads, and temporary work areas 

associated with construction activities. 

The Alternative A segment would be 

27 miles long, replacing a 23-mile-long 

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southeastern Juab County and 

northeastern Millard County, Utah, to 

minimize potential impacts to private 

landowners and their viewsheds in the 

area near Leamington, Utah, and 

minimize potential impacts to the 

Sevier River and agricultural 

property.The Alternative A segment 

would deviate from the Proposed Action 

in eastern Juab County, cross BLMadministered land, and follow the route 

of the approved TransWest Express 

ROW until it rejoins the Proposed 

Action at the line between Juab and 

Millard Counties. Start-to-finish, the 

Modified Proposed Action with 

Alternative A would increase the total 

length of the route from 214 miles to 

218 miles. 

The Alternative B segment would be 

159 miles long, replacing a 69-mile-long 

segment of the Proposed Action in 

central and western Millard County, 

Utah, to minimize crossings of the 

Sevier A and Sevier B Military 

Operating Area (MOAs) (low-level flight 

training areas) that are part of the 

Department of Defense’s Utah Test and 

Training Range (UTTR) airspace that 

overlies BLM-managed lands in 

Utah.Alternative B would cross into 

Beaver County, Utah, following 

identified utility corridors to Milford, 

Utah, then turn west and north 

following an identified Section 368 

Energy Corridor back to the Proposed 

Action alignment near the Utah-Nevada 

state line. Start-to-finish, the Modified 

Proposed Action with Alternative B 

would increase the total length of the 

route from 214 miles to 304 miles. 

The Alternative C segment would be 

13 miles long, replacing a 7-mile-long 

segment of the Proposed Action in 

eastern White Pine County, Nevada, to 

minimize potential impacts to the 

culturally sensitive Spring Valley area 

and Bahsawahbee Traditional Cultural 

Property (TCP). Alternative C would 

diverge from the Proposed Action and 

follow U.S. Highway 6/50 southwest, 

then follow State Route 893 northwest 

back to the Proposed Action. Start-tofinish, the Modified Proposed Action 

with Alternative C would increase the 

total length of the route from 214 miles 

to 220 miles. 

The Alternative D segment would be 

297 miles long, replacing a 145-milelong segment of the Proposed Action in 

Millard County, Utah, and eastern 

White Pine County, Nevada, to avoid 

areas of Tribal resource concerns in 

Spring Valley, Nevada. Alternative D 

would follow the Alternative B route 

alignment through Beaver County, Utah, 

then depart from Alternative B shortly 

after reentering Millard County, Utah. It 

would then head west, north of the 

county line, and cross into Lincoln 

County, Nevada. From there, the route 

would head west, then southwest to an 

energy corridor designated in the Ely 

District Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) near Atlanta, Nevada. The route 

would then follow the RMP corridor 

west and south until it intersects the 

Section 368 Energy Corridor that 

contains the existing One Nevada 

Transmission Line. It would then follow 

the One Nevada Transmission Line 

north to the Robinson Summit 

Substation. Start-to-finish, the Modified 

Proposed Action with Alternative D 

would increase the total length of the 

route from 214 miles to 366 miles. 

The BLM has not identified a 

preferred alternative in the Draft EIS. 

Instead, input received on the Draft EIS 

during the public comment period will 

inform which alternative would be 

selected as the preferred alternative in 

the Final EIS. 

Mitigation 

Applicant-Committed Environmental 

Protection Measures (ACEPMs) are 

included as part of the Proposed Action 

and have been identified to reduce 

impacts on environmental resources. 

These measures would apply to all 

action alternatives. TransCanyon and its 

contractor(s) would adhere to the 

ACEPMs identified during the 

engineering/design phase and to the 

measures addressing construction, 

O&M, and decommissioning activities. 

A full list of the ACEPMs can be found 

in Appendix A of the Draft EIS, which 

includes TransCanyon’s Plan of 

Development (POD). The POD is 

expected to continue to be developed 

with additional details and potentially 

additional ACEPMs as the NEPA 

process progresses, and up through any 

authorization(s) that may be issued. 

Additionally, resource sections within 

the Draft EIS contain additional 

measures to avoid, minimize, or 

compensate for impacts to resources. 

The BLM is also working with state 

agencies to determine mitigation 

requirements for impacts to Greater 

sage-grouse. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The BLM serves as the lead federal 

agency for completing the Draft EIS. The 

EIS is being prepared by the BLM 

Fillmore Field Office, in coordination 

with the Cedar City Field Office in Utah, 

the BLM Bristlecone Field Office and 

Caliente Field Office in Nevada, and 

cooperating agencies. The BLM invited 

federal and state agencies and State, 

Tribal, and local governments to serve 

as cooperating agencies. The following 

entities accepted the invitation and are 

participating as cooperating agencies: 

• Federal Agencies: 

Æ Forest Service (Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest, Ely Ranger District) 

Æ EPA 

Æ U.S. Department of Defense (UTTR) 

Æ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

• State Agencies: 

Æ Utah Public Lands Policy 

Coordinating Office (with multiple State 

of Utah entities participating through 

this office, as noted below) 

D University of Utah Telescope Array 

Project 

D Utah Department of Agriculture and 

Food 

D Utah Department of Transportation 

D Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 

D Utah Trust Lands Administration 

Æ Nevada Department of Wildlife 

Æ Nevada Division of Minerals 

Æ Nevada Sagebrush Ecosystem 

Program 

Æ Nevada State Lands Division 

Nevada N–4 State Grazing Board 

• Local Governments and Agencies: 

Æ Beaver County, Utah 

Æ Juab County, Utah 

Æ Millard County, Utah 

Æ Lincoln County, Nevada 

Æ Nye County, Nevada 

Æ White Pine County, Nevada 

Æ City of Ely, Nevada 

Æ Lincoln County Conservation 

District 

• Tribal Governments: 

Æ Duckwater Shoshone Tribe 

Æ Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone-Elko Band 

Cooperating agency participation may 

include developing information and 

preparing analyses, contributing 

technical expertise to enhance the lead 

agency’s interdisciplinary capabilities, 

and providing comments for those 

matters for which it has jurisdiction by 

law or special expertise. The Tribal 

governments noted above have elected 

to participate as cooperating agencies. 

The cooperating agency relationship 

established here supplements and is 

subordinate to the government-togovernment relationship between Tribal 

Nations and the BLM. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The BLM anticipates releasing a Final 

EIS in August 2024 and anticipates 

issuing a Record of Decision in 

December 2024. 

Public Involvement Process 

On May 2, 2022, the BLM published 

a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

EIS in the Federal Register (87 Federal 

Register 25656), announcing the 

beginning of the public scoping process. 


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While the NOI identified the end date 

of the scoping period as May 31, 2022, 

the BLM ultimately extended it until 

June 1, 2022. Two virtual public scoping 

meetings were held on May 17 and May 

18, 2022. During the scoping period, the 

BLM received 59 unique submittals 

totaling 416 discrete comments. The 

Environmental Impact Statement 

Scoping Report for the Cross-Tie 500-kV 

Transmission Project can be found on 

BLM’s ePlanning Project website (see 

ADDRESSES). 

This NOA initiates the Draft EIS 

review process. The BLM will hold one 

virtual and up to four in-person public 

information meetings associated with 

the Project. Possible in-person meeting 

locations include: Ely, Nevada, and 

Delta, Milford, and Nephi, Utah. The 

specific date(s) and location(s) of these 

meetings will be announced at least 10 

days in advance through news releases, 

local media, social media, and the 

BLM’s ePlanning Project website (see 

ADDRESSES). During the public comment 

period, the BLM will accept comments 

through email, mail, and hotline. 

The BLM will continue to consult 

with Indian Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM Manual Section 1780, and other 

Departmental policies. Tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets 

and potential impacts to cultural 

resources, will be given due 

consideration. Consultation will 

continue on an individual basis with 

interested Tribes. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Gregory Sheehan, 

BLM Utah State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500175781] 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public 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) Wild Horse 

and Burro Advisory Board (Board) will 

hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The Board will meet in person 

from December 12 through 14, 2023; 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) 

Tuesday through Thursday. The BLM 

will host two educational field tours for 

the Board on Tuesday, December 12, 8 

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MT, and on Thursday, 

December 14, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT, 

which are open to the public. The 

December 14 public meeting will 

resume at 2:15 p.m. at the BLM National 

Training Center (see ADDRESSES section 

below). 

ADDRESSES: The Board will meet in 

Phoenix, Arizona, at the BLM National 

Training Center in the Arizona room 

located at 9828 N 31st Ave., Phoenix, 

AZ 85051. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The public may attend the meeting in 

person or watch via live stream at 

www.blm.gov/live. 

The final agenda will be posted 2 

weeks prior to the meeting and can be 

found on the following website: 

www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-andburro/get-involved/advisory-board. 

The tours will commence and 

conclude at the BLM National Training 

Center. Due to limited space, those 

wishing to attend the educational field 

tours should register via email to 

dboothe@blm.gov no later than 5 p.m. 

MT on November 29, 2023. Those 

attending the tours should bring a high 

clearance vehicle and any necessary 

food, health, and safety items for a full 

day in the field. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro 

Program Coordinator: telephone: (602) 

906–5543, email: dboothe@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

advises the Secretary of the Interior, the 

BLM Director, the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and the Chief of the U.S. 

Forest Service on matters pertaining to 

the management and protection of wild, 

free-roaming horses and burros on the 

Nation’s public lands. The Board 

operates in accordance with 43 CFR 

1784. 

Advisory Board Meeting Agenda 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 

8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) 

Board Educational Field Tour to Lake 

Pleasant Herd Management Area 

(HMA) 

(High clearance vehicle recommended, 

limited space and advance 

registration required) 

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 

Session 1—8 a.m. to 10 a.m. MT 

Meeting Called to Order 

Administrative Announcements 

Welcome Remarks from BLM Arizona 

BLM Arizona Wild Horse and Burro 

Program Overview 

U.S. Forest Service Wild Horse and 

Burro Program Region 3 Update 

Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 2023 

Discussion: BLM and USFS Responses 

to Board Recommendations from 

June 2023 

Board Meeting 

BREAK—10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MT 

Session 2—10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. MT 

Public Comment Period (First) 

LUNCH BREAK—11:15 a.m. to 12:45 

p.m. MT 

Session 3—12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. MT 

Panel Discussion: Livestock, Wild 

Horses and Burros and Landscapes 

BREAK—2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT 

Session 4—3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT 

BLM and U.S. Forest Service Program 

Updates 

Session 5—4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT 

Advisory Board Discussion and Wrap 

Up 

Adjourn 

Thursday, December 14, 2023 

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT 

Board Educational Field Trip to 

Florence Wild Horse and Burro OffRange Corral and Training Facility 

(Limited space; advance registration 

required) 

BREAK—2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. MT 

Session 6—2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT 

Advisory Board Subcommittee Reports 

and Draft Recommendations 


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