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materials available for this. The 

Department will post all comments. 

• Mail, overnight courier, or handcarry comments to: EITI Comments; 

c/o U.S. Department of the Interior; 

1801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 400, 

Washington, DC 20006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Senhadji; Senior Advisor to the 

Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Management and Budget; 1849 C Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone 

(202) 254–5573, fax number (202) 254– 

5589, email eiti@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

September 2011, President Barack 

Obama announced the United States’ 

commitment to participate in the 

Extractive Industries Transparency 

Initiative (EITI). EITI is a signature 

initiative of the U.S. national action 

plan for the international Open 

Government Partnership. On October 

25, concurrent with the EITI board 

meeting in Jakarta, President Obama 

named Secretary of the Interior Ken 

Salazar as the U.S. Senior Official 

responsible for implementing USEITI. In 

response, Secretary Salazar posted a 

White House blog the same day, 

committing to work with industry and 

civil society to implement USEITI. 

Thirty-five countries are in various 

stages of implementing EITI, most of 

them developing countries who have 

been encouraged to join by industry, 

civil society and the World Bank. EITI 

offers a voluntary framework for 

governments and companies to publicly 

disclose in parallel the revenues paid 

and received for extraction of oil, gas 

and minerals owned by the state. The 

design of each framework is countryspecific, and is developed through a 

multi-year, consensus based process by 

a multi-stakeholder group comprised of 

government, industry and civil society. 

EITI will strengthen relationships 

among the U.S. government, industry, 

and civil society; deliver a more 

transparent, participatory, and 

collaborative government; ensure the 

full and fair return to the American 

people for the use of its public 

resources; and enable the U.S. to lead by 

example internationally on transparency 

and good governance. For further 

information on EITI, please visit the 

Department of the Interior’s EITI Web 

page at http://www.doi.gov/EITI. 

Accordingly, the Department of the 

Interior is seeking public comment and 

recommendations on the following 

specific issues: 

• The EITI requires a multistakeholder group to be formed to 

oversee implementation. Who are the 

key sectors or stakeholders that need to 

be involved in the multi-stakeholder 

group? 

• How best can a balance, with 

regards to interests and perspectives, be 

achieved in the formation of the multistakeholder group? 

• In your opinion, what are the key 

attributes of both a successful multistakeholder group and the successful 

implementation of USEITI? 

• What key concerns, if any, do you 

have about implementing the USEITI 

process? 

Executive Order 13175 requires the 

Federal Government to consult and 

collaborate with the Indian community 

(tribes and individual Indian mineral 

owners) in the development of Federal 

policies that impact the Indian 

community. The locations of the public 

listening sessions will be chosen to 

allow for increased participation by the 

Indian community. 

We encourage stakeholders and 

members of the public to participate. 

The listening session will be open to the 

public without advance registration; 

however, attendance may be limited to 

the space available at each venue. For 

building security measures, each person 

may be required to present a picture 

identification to gain entry to the 

meetings. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Amy Holley, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Policy, 

Management and Budget. 

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Bureau of Land Management 

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LXSS155F0000; 12–08807; MO# 

4500030996; TAS: 14X1109] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Revision 

to the Carson City District Resource 

Management Plan and Associated 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Carson City District 

(CCD), Carson City, Nevada, intends to 

prepare a Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) revision with an associated 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Carson City District, and by this 

notice is announcing the beginning of 

the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. The BLM 

will also seek nominations for Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) 

and information on lands that may 

possess wilderness characteristics. The 

RMP will replace the existing Carson 

City Field Office Consolidated RMP 

(2001). 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the RMP with 

associated EIS. Comments on issues 

may be submitted in writing until April 

24, 2012. Public scoping meetings will 

be held in Reno, Carson City, Yerington, 

Fallon, Hawthorne, and Minden, 

Nevada. The meeting times and 

addresses will be announced through 

the local news media, newsletters, 

mailings and the BLM project Web site: 

www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carsoncity_

field.html at least 15 days prior to the 

event. All comments must be received 

prior to the close of the 60-day scoping 

period or 30 days after the last public 

meeting, whichever is later. The BLM 

will provide additional opportunities 

for public participation upon 

publication of the Draft RMP/EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the Carson City RMP/EIS revision by 

using any of the following methods: 

• Web site: www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ 

carsoncity_field.html. 

• Email: BLM_NV_CCDO_RMP@

blm.gov. 

• Fax: 775–885–6147 Attention: 

Carson City RMP. 

• Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 

5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, 

Nevada 89701 Attention: Carson City 

RMP. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Carson City 

District Office during regular business 

hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday except holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

And/or to have your name added to the 

mailing list, call Colleen Sievers, Project 

Manager, 775–885–6000, or email 

csievers@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Carson City District intends to prepare 

an RMP with an associated EIS for the 

Carson City District Planning Area, 


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announces the beginning of the scoping 

process, and seeks public input on 

issues and planning criteria. The 

planning area is located in portions of 

12 counties within 2 States (Washoe, 

Storey, Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, 

Churchill, Mineral, and Nye counties 

within Nevada; and Sierra, Alpine, 

Plumas, and Lassen counties within 

California), and encompasses 

approximately 5 million acres of public 

land. The planning area includes all 

lands regardless of jurisdiction; however 

the BLM will only make decisions on 

lands or interest in land under the 

BLM’s jurisdiction, including 

subsurface minerals. The decision area 

includes only public land or interest in 

land managed by the BLM. The purpose 

of the public scoping process is to 

determine relevant issues that may 

influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the planning 

process. Preliminary issues for the 

planning area have been identified by 

BLM personnel, Federal, State, and local 

agencies, and other stakeholders. The 

issues include, but are not limited to: 

Managing vegetative and water 

resources, including noxious and 

invasive species management; 

identifying terrestrial and aquatic 

wildlife and fish priority habitats; 

identifying and evaluating Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern; 

identifying lands with wilderness 

characteristics; determining eligibility 

for Wild and Scenic Rivers, National 

Scenic and Historic Trail management, 

identifying off-highway vehicle 

designations and travel management, 

and special recreation management 

areas to meet increasing recreation 

demands; managing and protecting 

cultural, historical, and paleontological 

resources, as well as Native American 

religious and traditional values; visual 

resource management; managing 

renewable energy development for 

geothermal, solar and wind; identifying 

land tenure adjustments to meet 

community growth needs and 

sustainable development, and to 

facilitate the management of public 

lands; managing minerals, including 

stipulations to protect sensitive 

resources. Additional management 

concerns identified by the BLM include: 

Urban mining; grazing allotments near 

urban areas; and access to public lands. 

Preliminary planning criteria include: 

(1) The RMP revision will comply with 

FLPMA and all other applicable laws, 

regulations, and policies; (2) The RMP 

revision will analyze impacts from all 

alternatives in accordance with 

regulations at 43 CFR part 1610 and 40 

CFR part 1500; (3) Decisions in the RMP 

revision will only apply to public lands 

and the mineral estate managed by the 

BLM; (4) The RMP revision process will 

follow the BLM Land Use Planning 

Handbook H–1601–1; (5) The RMP 

revision planning process will include 

broad-based public participation; (6) 

The RMP revision process will consider 

the identification and management of 

lands with wilderness characteristics; 

and (7) The RMP revision decisions will 

consider and incorporate existing plans 

and policies to the maximum extent 

possible of adjacent local, State, Federal, 

and tribal agencies to the extent 

consistent with Federal law and 

regulations applicable to public lands; 

(8) The RMP revision process will rely 

on available inventories of the lands and 

resources as well as data gathered 

during the planning process; (9) The 

RMP revision process will follow 

requirements to address sage-grouse 

habitat and conservation as outlined in 

the National Sage-Grouse Habitat 

Conservation Strategy, the Greater SageGrouse Notice of Intent (FR 2011–36152, 

December 9, 2011), and the most current 

BLM guidance and instruction 

memoranda; (10) The RMP revisions 

process will use Geographic Information 

Systems and corporate geospatial data to 

the extent practicable and Federal 

Geographic Data Committee standards 

and other applicable BLM data 

standards will be followed; (11) The 

RMP revision EIS will be developed 

through the BLM’s ePlanning system to 

the extent consistent with the current 

functionality of the system and schedule 

considerations; (12) The RMP revision 

will incorporate and observe the 

principles of multiple use and sustained 

yield; (13) The RMP planning process 

will involve consultation with Native 

American tribal governments; (14) The 

RMP revision will recognize valid 

existing rights and incorporate valid 

existing management from the existing 

Carson City Field Office Consolidated 

RMP (2001) as appropriate; (15) The 

RMP revision will include a review of 

eligibility findings and tentative 

classification of waterways as eligible 

for inclusion in the National Wild and 

Scenic River System and follow the 

criteria contained in 43 CFR part 8351. 

The BLM will collaborate with tribes, 

State and local governments, Federal 

agencies, local stakeholders, and others 

with interest in the RMP revision 

process. You may submit comments on 

issues and planning criteria to the BLM 

using one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Before 

including an address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that the 

entire comment—including 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. The minutes and list of attendees 

for each scoping meeting will be 

available to the public and open for 30 

days after the meeting to any participant 

who wishes to clarify the views he or 

she expressed. The BLM will evaluate 

the identified issues to be addressed in 

the RMP and will place them into one 

of three categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved by the RMP; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this 

RMP. 

The BLM will provide an explanation 

in the Draft RMP/Draft EIS as to why an 

issue is placed in category two or three. 

The public is also encouraged to help 

identify management questions and 

concerns that should be addressed in 

the RMP. 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 BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the RMP in order 

to consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified. Specialists 

with expertise in the following 

disciplines will be involved in the 

planning process: Wildlife and fisheries; 

threatened and endangered species; 

special status species; vegetation; 

invasive and noxious weeds; renewable 

energy; lands and realty; minerals 

management; outdoor recreation; off 

highway vehicle and transportation; air 

resources; visual resources; cultural 

resources and Native American 

concerns; paleontology; hydrology; 

public safety; law enforcement; fire 

ecology and management; forestry; 

rangeland management; sociology and 

economics; and Geographic Information 

Systems. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Amy Lueders, 

Nevada State Director. 

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