[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 214 (Friday, November 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 66258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28238]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-023-01-1150-DF-035L-241A]


Multiple-Use Activity Management Plan: Fairbanks, Alaska; Notice 
of Intent To Develop a Multiple-Use Activity Management Plan for the 
Colville River Special Area

SUMMARY: The BLM is issuing this notice to advise the public that a 
Multiple-Use Activity Management Plan will be prepared for the Colville 
River Special Area as directed by the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) Integrated Activity 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS). An Environmental 
Assessment tiered to the 1998 IAP/EIS will be completed in conformance 
with NEPA, and an ANILCA 810 subsistence evaluation will be completed 
for this action.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The study area for the plan will comprise 
the Colville River Special Area, as designated by the Secretary of the 
Interior in 1977, including designated portions of the Kikiakrorak and 
Kogosukruk Rivers as described in the April 6, 1999 Federal Register 
Notice (64 FR 16747).
    Issues we expect to address in the plan will include subsistence, 
wildlife (specifically including raptors and other birds) and their 
habitat, and scenic, recreational, scientific, paleontological and 
other resources, values and uses of the Colville River planning area 
that may be identified through this scoping effort. The plan will 
address management of the Umiat Recreation Land Use Emphasis Area 
consistent with direction in the IAP/EIS and ROD that emphasizes 
support of public health and safety. The plan will also address the 
possible creation of a bird conservation area through a cooperative 
effort that would include the State of Alaska, the Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation, and the BLM.
    Proposals for oil and gas-related activities within the Colville 
River Special Area are outside the scope of this plan and will not be 
considered. The plan will be tiered to the NPR-A IAP/EIS and ROD, and 
it will incorporate the detailed analysis and decisions made previously 
in those documents with respect to oil and gas activities authorized in 
the Northeast planning area. As indicated in the IAP/EIS, other 
separate NEPA documents will be prepared to analyze any specific 
permits and approvals necessary to carry out oil and gas activities 
authorized in the ROD. The Colville River Plan will focus on issues 
other than oil and gas in the Special Area.
    Scoping meetings will occur during January-February 2001 and will 
be held in Barrow, Nuiqsut, Fairbanks and Anchorage. The times and 
locations of the meetings will be announced when determined. The 
scoping period will end on March 15, 2001, and all comments should be 
received or postmarked on or before that date.
    Comments on the scope of this planning effort, information 
regarding specific resources, values and uses to be studied, and issues 
that should be addressed in the plan are sought from all interested 
parties. To be considered, written comments should be addressed to Gary 
Foreman, 1150 University Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99709-3844 and must be 
postmarked or received via e-mail by March 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Gary Foreman, 1-800-437-7021, by mail 
at 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, or through the BLM 
web site at http://aurora.ak.blm.gov.

Robert W. Schneider,
Northern Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-28238 Filed 11-02-00; 8:45 am]
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