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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89656-89657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25789]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_CA_FRN_MO4500179115]

Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved 
Resource Management Plan for the Redding and Arcata Field Offices 
Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management 
Plan (RMP) for the Redding Field Office and Arcata Field Office, 
Northwest California Integrated RMP. The California State Director 
signed the ROD on September 18, 2024, which constitutes the decision of 
the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.

DATES: The California State Director signed the ROD on September 18, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: The ROD/Approved RMP is available online at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012803/510. Printed copies of 
the ROD/Approved RMP are available for public inspection at the Arcata 
Field Office, 1695 Heindon Road, Arcata, California 95521-4573 and the 
Redding Field Office, 6640 Lockheed Drive, Redding, CA 96002-9003 or 
can be provided upon request by contacting Victoria Callahan, Planning 
and Environmental Specialist at [email protected] or (707) 825-2315 or 
by contacting Chad Endicott, Planning and Environmental Specialist at 
[email protected] or (530) 224-2140.
    A copy of the Protest Resolution Report is available at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/protest-resolution-reports.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Callahan, Planning and 
Environmental Specialist, telephone: (707) 825-2315; address: Bureau of 
Land Management, Arcata Field Office, 1695 Heindon Road, Arcata, 
California 95521-4573; email: [email protected] or Chad Endicott, 
Planning and Environmental Specialist, telephone: (530) 224-2140; 
address: Bureau of Land Management, Redding Field Office, 6640 Lockheed 
Drive, Redding, CA 96002-9003; email: [email protected]. Individuals in 
the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 
speech disability may

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dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay 
services for contacting Ms. Callahan or Mr. Endicott. 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 Approved Northwest California Integrated 
RMP replaces the 1992 Arcata RMP and 1993 Redding RMP. The Northwest 
California planning area covers approximately 382,200 acres of public 
land and approximately an additional 295,100 subsurface acres of 
Federal mineral estate in Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou, 
Trinity, Shasta, Tehama, and Butte counties. Separate management plans 
guide BLM management for National Monuments, National Conservation 
Areas, and similar designations within the planning area.
    Other non-BLM-administered lands within the planning area include 
the Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, Lassen, Plumas, and Mendocino 
National Forests; Lassen Volcanic and Redwoods National Parks; the 
Whiskeytown and Smith River National Recreation Areas; the Sacramento 
Castle Rock and Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuges; and Black Butte 
Lake (managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
    Tribal lands and reservations for 31 federally recognized Native 
American Tribes fall within the planning area and the BLM-administered 
lands include ancestral territories, sacred sites, gathering areas, and 
other places important to Tribes. The Bureau of Reclamation manages 
numerous land holdings and facilities within the planning area, 
including six hydroelectric dams and lands that are co-managed with the 
BLM under a memorandum of agreement with the Redding Field Office near 
the Shasta Dam and Keswick Reservoir. In addition to federally managed 
lands, there are an extensive number of State of California-managed 
beaches, parks, wildlife areas, and recreation areas in the planning 
area. The Arcata Field Office and Redding Field Office have taken these 
non-BLM-administered lands into account in this planning effort.
    The Approved RMP balances resource use among competing human 
interests, land uses, and the conservation of natural and cultural 
resource values, while sustaining and enhancing ecological integrity 
across the landscape, including plant, wildlife, and fish habitat. The 
plan has varied landscapes with distinct management, and it 
incorporates a balanced level of protection, restoration, and 
enhancement, as well as the use of resources and services to meet 
ongoing programs and land uses with an emphasis on local community 
visions for the future of public lands.
    Through this collaborative planning effort, the Approved RMP 
describes the actions and management to guide future management and 
meet desired resource conditions. The preferred alternative for the 
Proposed RMP was carried forward into the Approved RMP with minor 
modifications. Notably, the management direction for the Sacramento 
River Bend Area of Critical Environmental Concern was updated, 
eliminating the need for BLM Authorized Officer approval for wildfire 
suppression actions related to life or private property. Additionally, 
the plan now recognizes recent changes in a community wildfire 
protection plan and emphasizes the importance of considering municipal 
plans during implementation.
    The BLM provided the Proposed RMP/Final EIS for a 30-day public 
protest starting on June 21, 2024, and received six protest letters. 
The BLM Director resolved all protests. Responses to protest issues 
were compiled and documented in a Protest Resolution Report (see 
ADDRESSES). No changes to the Northwest California Integrated Resource 
Management Plan Proposed RMP/EIS were necessary as a result of 
protests.
    The BLM provided the Proposed RMP/Final EIS to the Governor of 
California for a 60-day Governor's consistency review on June 21, 2024. 
No inconsistencies with state or local plans, policies or programs were 
identified during the Governor's consistency review of the Proposed 
RMP/Final EIS. No changes to the Northwest California Integrated 
Resource Management Plan Proposed RMP/EIS were necessary as a result of 
the Governor's consistency review.

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 1610.5-1)

Joseph Stout,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-25789 Filed 11-12-24; 8:45 am]
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