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This surface density limitation would 

require the operator to address adverse 

direct and unavoidable indirect impacts 

through mitigation. This includes 

avoidance, minimization, and 

compensatory mitigation strategies in 

subsequent implementation-level 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) analyses for proposed actions 

that may result in big game HPH loss 

and degradation. Subsequent 

implementation-level mitigation could 

limit the duration and extent of 

development activities in big game HPH 

through all phases of development by 

avoiding activities in HPH, applying 

surface density and timing limitations, 

and mitigating residual impacts. The 

BLM may also require compensatory 

mitigation to offset disturbance or 

density limitation exceedances and 

adverse direct and unavoidable indirect 

impacts that result in the functional loss 

of habitat from oil and gas development 

in big game HPH. The BLM, after 

coordination with CPW, will determine 

whether compensatory mitigation 

proposed by the operator is sufficient to 

protect big game HPH from adverse 

direct and unavoidable indirect impacts. 

The BLM has the discretion to require 

an operator to modify surface operations 

to change or add specific mitigation 

measures when supported by scientific 

analysis and consistent with existing 

rights. Potential mitigation or 

conservation measures not already 

required as stipulations would be 

analyzed in a site-specific NEPA 

document and incorporated, as 

appropriate, as conditions of approval of 

the permit, plan of development, or 

other use authorization. The plan would 

require operators to develop and 

implement mitigation plans to minimize 

and offset direct, indirect, and 

cumulative adverse impacts. The RMP 

Amendment includes management 

guidance for enhanced coordination and 

use of best available science and 

information during implementation. 

The BLM provided the Proposed 

RMP/Final EIS on July 19, 2024, for a 

30-day protest period and did not 

receive any valid protests. No changes 

to the Proposed RMP Amendment/EIS 

were necessary. 

The BLM provided the Proposed RMP 

Amendment to the Governor of 

Colorado for a 60-day Governor’s 

consistency review. No inconsistencies 

with State or local plans, policies, or 

programs were identified during the 

Governor’s consistency review of the 

Proposed RMP Amendment. No changes 

to the RMP Amendment or EIS were 

necessary as a result of the Governor’s 

consistency review. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2) 

Douglas J. Vilsack, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_CO_FRN_MO4500181910] 

Availability of the Records of Decision 

and Approved Resource Management 

Plans for the Grand Junction Field 

Office and the Colorado River Valley 

Field Office, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Records of Decision 

(RODs) for the approved Resource 

Management Plans (RMPs) for the 

Colorado River Valley Field Office 

(CRVFO) and the Grand Junction Field 

Office (GJFO) located in western 

Colorado. The Colorado State Director 

signed the RODs on October 16, 2024, 

which constitutes the decision of the 

BLM and makes the approved RMPs 

effective immediately. 

DATES: The Colorado State Director 

signed the RODs on October 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The RODs/approved RMPs 

are available online at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2016085/510. Printed copies of 

the RODs/approved RMPs are available 

for public inspection at the Colorado 

River Valley and Grand Junction Field 

Offices or can be provided upon request 

by contacting BLM Project Manager 

Heather Sauls at hsauls@blm.gov or 

970–878–3855. 

A copy of the Protest Resolution 

Report is available at: https://

www.blm.gov/programs/planning-andnepa/public-participation/protestresolution-reports. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Sauls, Project Manager, 

telephone 970–878–3855; address BLM 

Upper Colorado River District, 2518 H 

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506; email 

hsauls@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 for 

contacting Ms. Sauls. 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 

planning area is identical to the 

combined planning areas for the 2015 

CRVFO RMP and the 2015 GJFO RMP. 

Within the CRVFO portion of the 

supplemental EIS planning area, 

approximately 517,500 acres of BLMadministered surface lands and 

approximately 711,300 acres of BLMadministered Federal fluid mineral 

estate are in Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, 

Pitkin, and Routt Counties in Colorado. 

Within the GJFO portion of the planning 

area, approximately 1,067,500 acres of 

BLM-administered surface lands and 

approximately 1,235,600 acres of BLMadministered Federal fluid mineral 

estate are in Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, 

and Rio Blanco Counties in Colorado. 

The decision area is BLM-administered 

surface lands (BLM-administered lands) 

and the Federal fluid mineral estate 

below BLM-administered lands, splitestate lands, and other Federal lands 

(but not National Forest System lands). 

The BLM prepared a supplemental 

environmental impact statement (EIS) to 

the 2014 CRVFO RMP/final EIS and 

2015 GJFO RMP/Final EIS. The BLM 

issued RODs and approved the RMPs for 

the CRVFO and GJFO in 2015. The 

supplemental EIS was written in 

response to a United States District 

Court, District of Colorado, opinion and 

order (1:16–cv–01822–LTB) regarding 

the CRVFO RMP ROD and a subsequent 

settlement agreement. The court granted 

a partial remand without vacating the 

decisions contained in the EIS and ROD 

so that the BLM could address two 

deficiencies identified by the court. The 

supplemental EIS also responds to a 

court-approved voluntary remand of the 

GJFO ROD (1–19–cv–02869–REB) to 

allow the BLM to address the same 

deficiencies identified in the CRVFO 

case. 

Through this collaborative planning 

effort, the approved RMPs describe the 

actions to guide future management and 

meet desired resource conditions. The 

proposed RMP (Alternative G) in the 

final supplemental EIS was carried 

forward as the approved RMP. As part 

of this supplemental EIS planning effort, 

the BLM identified several units within 

the planning area requiring an updated 

wilderness characteristics inventory; the 

updated inventory increased the size of 

the Flat Tops unit (from 3,500 acres to 

6,900 acres) and the Pisgah Mountain 

unit (from 14,500 acres to 16,300 acres). 

The approved RMP retains the areas 

closed to fluid mineral leasing in the 

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retains the fluid mineral stipulations. 

Within the CRVFO, areas closed to oil 

and gas leasing in the 2015 RMP 

include: all Wilderness Study Areas 

(WSAs); lands within municipal 

boundaries; the Upper Colorado River 

Special Recreation Management Area 

(SRMA); Blue Hill, Bull Gulch, Deep 

Creek, and Thompson Creek Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern 

(ACECs); Deep Creek, Flat Tops 

Addition, Pisgah Mountain, and 

Thompson Creek lands with wilderness 

characteristics; Deep Creek and two 

Colorado River segments found eligible 

for inclusion in the National Wild and 

Scenic Rivers System; and all State 

wildlife areas. Within the GJFO, areas 

closed to oil and gas leasing in the 2015 

RMP include: all WSAs; Bangs, Dolores 

River, and Palisade Rim SRMAs; 

Gunnison River Bluffs Extensive 

Recreation Management Area; Badger 

Wash, Dolores River Riparian, Juanita 

Arch, Rough Canyon, Sinbad Valley, 

The Palisade, and Unaweep Seep 

ACECs; Bangs, Maverick, and Unaweep 

lands with wilderness characteristics; 

Gunnison sage-grouse critical habitat 

and greater sage-grouse habitat within 1 

mile of an active lek; Grand Junction 

and Palisade municipal watersheds; and 

Bureau of Reclamation withdrawal 

areas. 

The approved RMPs close the noknown and low oil and gas development 

potential areas to future fluid mineral 

leasing, except for the helium potential 

area (GJFO), which remains open to 

leasing. Medium oil and gas 

development potential areas are closed 

where they are surrounded by low oil 

and gas development potential areas 

within the CRVFO. Medium oil and gas 

development potential areas that are 

either adjacent to (CRVFO) or 

surrounded by (GJFO) high oil and gas 

development potential areas remain 

open for oil and gas leasing. The high 

potential areas remain open for fluid 

mineral leasing. Within the high 

potential and open medium potential 

areas, there are areas closed to fluid 

mineral leasing due to specific resource 

concerns. Geothermal resources remain 

open to leasing, except for those within 

areas closed to oil and gas leasing due 

to specific resource concerns, and fluid 

mineral stipulations in the approved 

RMPs apply. 

The approved RMPs also close five 

existing designated ACECs to fluid 

mineral leasing to protect their relevant 

and important values, including the 

Glenwood Springs Debris Flow Hazard 

Zones and Grand Hogback ACECs in 

CRVFO, and the Atwell Gulch, Indian 

Creek, and Pyramid Rock ACECs in 

GJFO. The approved RMPs expand the 

existing Grand Hogback ACEC (CRVFO) 

and Pyramid Rock ACEC (GJFO). 

Within the CRVFO, the approved 

RMP designates the Castle Peak 

Addition lands with wilderness 

characteristics unit as a WSA and closes 

the Thompson Divide Withdrawal Area 

to oil and gas leasing. Within the GJFO, 

the approved RMP manages Cone 

Mountain, Granite Creek, Kings Canyon, 

Lumsden Canyon, and West Creek units 

for protection of their wilderness 

characteristics. 

Increased protections for the Roan 

and Carr Creeks ACEC and Jerry Creek, 

Mesa/Powderhorn, and Collbran 

municipal water source areas within the 

GJFO are provided through application 

of No-Surface-Occupancy stipulations. 

The BLM provided the proposed 

RMP/final supplemental EIS on June 21, 

2024, for a 30-day protest period and 

received three protest letters and one 

comment letter. The BLM Assistant 

Director resolved all protests. Responses 

to protest issues have been compiled 

and documented in a Protest Resolution 

Report (see ADDRESSES). 

The BLM provided the proposed 

RMP/final supplemental EIS to the 

Governor of Colorado for a 60-day 

Governor’s consistency review. No 

inconsistencies with State or local 

plans, policies, or programs were 

identified during the Governor’s 

consistency review of the proposed 

RMP/final supplemental EIS. No 

changes to the proposed RMP/final 

supplemental EIS were necessary as a 

result of the Governor’s consistency 

review. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 1610.5– 

1) 

Douglas J. Vilsack, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038932; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Intended Repatriation: Field Museum, 

Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field 

Museum intends to repatriate a certain 

cultural item that meets the definition of 

an unassociated funerary object and that 

has a known lineal descendant. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: June Carpenter, NAGPRA 

Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 

Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, 

telephone (312) 665–7820, email 

jcarpenter@fieldmuseum.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Field Museum, 

and additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The 

unassociated funerary object is a ki’i 

la ̄’au (represented by Field Museum 

catalog number 272689). The ki’i la ̄’au 

was removed from the Hale o Keawe on 

the Island of Hawai’i in 1825 by one of 

the crewmembers of the H.M.S. Blonde. 

The Field Museum purchased the ki’i 

la ̄’au from A.W. F. Fuller in 1958. Fuller 

acquired the ki’i in 1911 from F.G. 

Spranger, who received it from a family 

member. No potentially hazardous 

substances are known to have been used 

to treat this item. 

Determinations 

The Field Museum has determined 

that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and is connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary object has been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• A known lineal descendant (name 

withheld per request) is connected to 

the cultural item described in this 

notice. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item in this 


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