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received during the public comment 

period. 

Under the Resource Protection 

Alternative (the Agency Preferred 

Alternative), up to 3,675 new gas wells 

would be drilled from 1,484 new well 

pads over a period of 10 years, resulting 

in approximately 8,147 acres of 

additional disturbance (about 5.0 

percent of the total project area). The 

total estimated surface disturbance 

under this alternative would be 20,615 

acres, or about 12.7 percent of the 

project area. In coordination with the 

EPA, a Water Monitoring Plan was 

developed to address water quality 

impacts, and extensive applicantcommitted measures, including an 

adaptive management strategy, were 

developed or refined to minimize air 

quality impacts. 

This Final EIS is not a decision 

document. Following conclusion of the 

30-day availability period, a ROD will 

be signed to disclose the BLM’s final 

decision and any project Conditions of 

Approval. Availability of the ROD will 

be announced through local media, the 

BLM Vernal Web site, and the BLM’s 

Utah Environmental Notification 

Bulletin Board. 

Shelley J. Smith, 

Acting Assoc. State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8247 Filed 4–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM940000. L1420000.BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of Plats of 

Survey. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey described 

below are scheduled to be officially 

filed in the New Mexico State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, 

New Mexico, thirty (30) calendar days 

from the date of this publication. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New 

Mexico (NM) 

The plat, in five sheets, representing 

the dependent resurvey and survey, in 

Township 18 South, Range 12 West, of 

the New Mexico Principal Meridian, 

accepted March 8, 2012, for Group 1104 

NM. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 5, in Township 18 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 6, in Township 18 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 4, in Township 18 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 3, in Township 18 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The plat, in ten sheets, representing 

the dependent resurvey and survey, in 

Township 17 South, Range 12 West, of 

the New Mexico Principal Meridian, 

accepted March 8, 2012, for Group 1104 

NM. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section3, in Township 17 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 4, in Township 17 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 9, in Township 17 South, 

Range 12 West, of the New Mexico 

Principal Meridian NM, accepted March 

15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 15, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 10, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 16, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 20, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 21, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 22, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 23, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 27, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 28, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 29, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 30, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 31, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 32, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 33, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

The supplemental plat, creating new 

lots in section 35, in Township 17 

South, Range 12 West, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian NM, 

accepted March 15, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

These plats will be available for 

inspection in the New Mexico State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New 

Mexico. Copies may be obtained from 

this office upon payment. Contact 

Marcella Montoya at 505–954–2097, or 

by email at 

Marcella_Montoya@nm.blm.gov, for 

assistance. 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. 

These plats are scheduled for official 

filing 30 days from the notice of 

publication in the Federal Register, as 

provided for in the BLM Manual Section 

2097—Opening Orders. Notice from this 

office will be provided as to the date of 

said publication. If a protest against a 

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survey, in accordance with 43 CFR 

4.450–2, of the above plats is received 

prior to the date of official filing, the 

filing will be stayed pending 

consideration of the protest. 

A plat will not be officially filed until 

the day after all protests have been 

dismissed and become final or appeals 

from the dismissal affirmed. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest against any of these surveys 

must file a written protest with the 

Bureau of Land Management New 

Mexico State Director stating that they 

wish to protest. 

A statement of reasons for a protest 

may be filed with the Notice of protest 

to the State Director or the statement of 

reasons must be filed with the State 

Director within thirty (30) days after the 

protest is filed. 

Robert A. Casias, 

Deputy State Director, Cadastral Survey/ 

GeoSciences. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8312 Filed 4–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–AKR–WRST–0112–9413; 

98651C01SZP] 

Record of Decision for the Nabesna 

Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan 

and Final Environmental Impact 

Statement, Wrangell-St. Elias National 

Park and Preserve 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a record 

of decision for the Nabesna Off-Road 

Vehicle Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), 

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 

Preserve. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National 

Park Service (NPS) announces the 

availability of a Record of Decision 

(ROD) that documents decisions 

regarding off-road vehicle management 

in the Nabesna District of Wrangell-St. 

Elias National Park and Preserve. The 

ROD describes the management actions, 

trail improvements, regulations, and 

mitigation (including monitoring) that 

will implement Alternative 6, identified 

in the FEIS as the preferred alternative. 

The ROD also describes the rationale 

used in making the decision and 

identifies the environmentally 

preferable alternative. The ROD 

includes a recommendation for the 

reclassification of eligible wilderness, 

which was approved by the NPS 

Director on January 18, 2012. The 

reclassification resulted in a net gain of 

16,929 acres of eligible wilderness in 

the analysis area. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD will be 

available for public review at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/wrst. Hard copies 

are available at park headquarters 

(Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 

Preserve, Mile 106.8 Richardson 

Highway, Copper Center, Alaska) or 

may be requested from Bruce Rogers, 

Project Manager, Wrangell-St. Elias 

National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 

439, Copper Center, Alaska 99573. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD 

describes management actions necessary 

for managing off-road vehicles (ORVs) 

for recreational and subsistence use on 

trails in the Nabesna District of 

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 

Preserve. The trails were in existence at 

the time the 13.2-million-acre park and 

preserve was established in 1980. 

Beginning in 1983, the park issued 

permits for recreational ORV use of 

these established trails, initially in 

accordance with 36 CFR 13.14(c), which 

was replaced by 43 CFR 36.11(g)(2) in 

1986. The trails also provide for 

subsistence ORV use and access to 

inholdings. On June 29, 2006, the 

National Parks Conservation 

Association, Alaska Center for the 

Environment, and The Wilderness 

Society filed a lawsuit against NPS in 

the United States District Court for the 

District of Alaska regarding recreational 

ORV use on the nine trails that are the 

subject of this EIS. They challenged the 

NPS issuance of recreational ORV 

permits, asserting that NPS failed to 

make the required finding that 

recreational ORV use is compatible with 

the purposes and values of the Park and 

Preserve. They also claimed that the 

NPS failed to prepare an environmental 

analysis of recreational ORV use as 

required by NEPA. 

In the May 15, 2007, settlement 

agreement, NPS agreed to endeavor to 

complete an EIS and ROD by December 

31, 2010 (this was extended to 

December 31, 2011). 

A Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) was published in 

August 2010 and made available for a 

90-day public comment period. During 

the 90-day public comment period, five 

public meetings were held in Fairbanks, 

Anchorage, Tok, Slana, and Copper 

Center, Alaska. The NPS received 153 

comment letters from various agencies, 

organizations, and individuals. In 

response to public comment, the FEIS 

analyzed a sixth alternative that was 

identified as the NPS preferred 

alternative and that combined elements 

of Alternatives 4 and 5 from the DEIS. 

Additionally, the FEIS responded to 

substantive comments in Chapter 5 and 

numerous changes were made in the 

FEIS as a result of public comment. The 

FEIS considered a reasonable range of 

alternatives based on project purpose 

and need and considering park 

resources and values, and public input. 

Alternative 6 was identified as the 

NPS preferred alternative. All trails 

would be improved to at least a 

maintainable condition. After trail 

improvement, recreational ORV use 

would be permitted on trails in the 

national preserve (Suslota, Caribou 

Creek, Trail Creek, Lost Creek, Soda 

Lake, and Reeve Field) but not on trails 

in the national park (Boomerang, 

Tanada Lake, and Copper Lake). 

Subsistence ORV use would be subject 

to monitoring and adaptive management 

steps and would be confined to 

designated trail corridors in park 

wilderness. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce Rogers, Project Manager, 

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 

Preserve, P.O. Box 439, Copper Center, 

Alaska 99573. Telephone: 907–822– 

7276. 

Tim A. Hudson, 

Acting Regional Director, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–0412–9934; 2200– 

3200–665] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before March 17, 2012. 

Pursuant to § 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 60, 

written comments are being accepted 

concerning the significance of the 

nominated properties under the 

National Register criteria for evaluation. 

Comments may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St. NW., MS 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye 

St. NW., 8th Floor, Washington DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by April 23, 2012. Before including your 

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