[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 21761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08928]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Final Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness 
and Wild & Scenic Rivers Management Plan, Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act of 1968, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 
signed a Decision Record implementing the Final Owyhee Canyonlands 
Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers Management Plan (Plan), and by this 
notice is announcing its availability.

DATES: Any party adversely affected will have 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register to appeal the BLM's 
decision to the Interior Board of Land Appeals pursuant to 43 CFR part 
4.

ADDRESSES: An electronic version of the Plan may be found online at: 
http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/nepa_register/Owyhee-wilderness-WSR_plan.html. Interested parties may also view a copy of the Plan at 
the BLM Owyhee Field Office, 20 First Avenue West, Marsing, Idaho 
83639; the BLM Boise District Office, 3948 Development Avenue, Boise, 
Idaho 83705; the BLM Twin Falls District Office, 2536 Kimberly Road, 
Twin Falls, Idaho 83301; the BLM Idaho State Office, 1387 South Vinnell 
Way, Boise, Idaho 83709; and at local libraries in Boise, Gooding, 
Grand View, Mountain Home, Murphy, and Nampa, Idaho; and Jordan Valley, 
Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Sullivan, Wilderness Project 
Lead, telephone 208-384-3300; address BLM Boise District Office, 3948 
Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80eaf3f5ecece9f6e1eec0e2ecedaee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e041d1b020207180f002e0c020340090118">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 notice is published in conformance with 
Sec. 1274(d)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 
1271-1287). The Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers 
Management Plan establishes the framework for managing approximately 
517,000 acres of wilderness and 325 miles of wild and scenic rivers in 
Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho. The Plan provides direction for 
actions, land use guidelines and restrictions designed to preserve 
wilderness character and protect and enhance river values, as mandated 
by the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(b)) and the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(a)). The Plan identifies conditions and 
opportunities that will be managed for at least the next 10 years, or 
as changes in wilderness character, wild and scenic river values, and/
or resource conditions require.
    Areas managed by the Plan include: The Big Jacks Creek, Little 
Jacks Creek, Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers, North Fork Owyhee, Owyhee River, 
Pole Creek Wilderness Areas, and the 16 wild and scenic river segments 
that flow through them.
    Public scoping meetings were held in 2011 to inform the public of 
the regulations and policies associated with wilderness and wild and 
scenic river management. The BLM solicited input during these meetings, 
and for several weeks thereafter, concerning wilderness and wild and 
scenic river-related issues and concerns, as well as the development of 
alternatives and management actions proposed for the Plan.
    The BLM considered and, where appropriate, incorporated public and 
internal staff comments on the Draft Plan into the Final Plan. Comments 
resulted in additional clarifying text, as well as refinement of 
management direction for some activities.
    The final Plan includes limitations on the size of groups rafting 
the wild and scenic rivers, prescriptions regarding the use of 
temporary hunting blinds, provisions for trapping under State and 
Federal regulations, and processes to consider the proposed use of 
motorized and mechanized vehicles and equipment.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1274(d)(1), 43 CFR part 6300.

James M. Fincher,
Boise District Manager.
Michael Courtney,
Twin Falls District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2015-08928 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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