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for the ANS Task Force to consider, 

contact the ANS Task Force Executive 

Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) no later than Friday, May 20, 

2022. 

Depending on the number of people 

who want to comment and the time 

available, the amount of time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Interested parties should 

contact the ANS Task Force Executive 

Secretary, in writing (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), for placement on 

the public speaker list for this meeting. 

Requests to address the ANS Task Force 

during the meeting will be 

accommodated in the order the requests 

are received. Registered speakers who 

wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, or those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, may submit written 

statements to the Executive Secretary up 

to 30 days following the meeting. 

Accessibility Information 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation services, closed 

captioning, or other accessibility 

accommodations should be directed to 

the ANS Task Force Executive Secretary 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

by close of business Friday, May 20, 

2022. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2. 

David A. Miko, 

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 

Force. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[L10200000.LLHQ2200000.PH0000.

LXSIWEED0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Approval of Herbicide 

Active Ingredients for Use on Public 

Lands 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) intends to 

prepare a Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the 

impacts to the environment from 

approving new herbicide active 

ingredients for use on BLM-managed 

public lands. By this notice, the BLM is 

announcing the beginning of the 

scoping process and is soliciting public 

comments regarding potential 

environmental impacts, potential 

alternatives, and relevant studies or 

analyses. 

DATES: This notice initiates the 30-day 

public scoping process for the EIS. The 

BLM requests comments concerning the 

scope of the analysis, potential 

alternatives, and identification of 

relevant information, studies, and 

analyses by May 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues related to the approval of 

herbicide active ingredients for use on 

public lands by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xtk6a. 

• Email: BLM_Herbicide_EIS@

blm.gov. 

• Mail: Seth Flanigan—Project 

Manager, HQ–220, 1387 South Vinnell 

Way, Boise, ID 83709. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined online at https://

go.usa.gov/xtk6a. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth 

Flanigan, Senior Natural Resource 

Specialist, telephone: 208–373–4094; 

email: BLM_Herbicide_EIS@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 Mr. Flanigan. 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: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

intends to prepare a Programmatic EIS 

for a review of herbicides that may be 

approved for use in vegetation 

treatments on BLM-managed public 

lands, announces the beginning of the 

associated scoping process, and seeks 

public input. 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The BLM’s purpose and need is to 

improve the effectiveness of its invasive 

plant management efforts by allowing 

the use of Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA)-registered herbicides not 

currently authorized for use on BLM 

public lands. Approving additional 

herbicides would diversify the BLM’s 

herbicide treatment options and help 

meet the purposes that were first 

identified in the 2007 and 2016 

Programmatic EISs also related to 

vegetation treatments, which are to 

make herbicides available for vegetation 

treatment on public lands and to 

describe the stipulations that apply to 

their use. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

The BLM proposes to approve and use 

several herbicide active ingredients, 

including aminocyclopyrachlor, 

clethodim, fluozifop-p-butyl, 

flumioxazin, imazamox, indaziflam, 

oryzalin, and trifluralin, for use in 

vegetation treatments on public lands. 

These active ingredients are registered 

by the EPA. In an action to approve any 

of these active ingredients, the BLM will 

adopt and rely on Human Health and 

Ecological Risk Assessments prepared 

by the U.S. Forest Service. 

Preliminary Issues 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the planning 

process. Preliminary issues for the 

analysis have been identified by BLM 

personnel and other stakeholders. These 

include effects to vegetation resources 

including special status plant species, 

aquatic and terrestrial wildlife species 

and their habitat including special 

status animal species, soil ecology, 

water quality, pollinator habitat, and 

cultural and historic resources. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 


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consistent with the NEPA process, 

including a 45-day comment period on 

the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS is 

anticipated to be available for public 

review beginning in November 2022. 

The BLM anticipates releasing a Final 

EIS in March 2023 and anticipates 

issuing a Record of Decision in April 

2023. 

Public Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping period and public review of the 

planning criteria, which will guide the 

development and analysis of the Draft 

EIS. 

The BLM does not intend to hold any 

public meetings during the public 

scoping period. Should the BLM later 

decide to hold public meetings, the 

specific date(s) and location(s) of any 

meeting will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through local media, 

newspapers, and the BLM website at: 

https://go.usa.gov/xtk6a. 

Responsible Official 

Assistant Director for Resources and 

Planning. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

Through this process, the BLM will 

decide whether to approve the herbicide 

active ingredients identified earlier for 

use on BLM-managed public lands. This 

decision will be based on the best 

available science and current needs for 

vegetation management. Any 

authorization to apply any of these 

active ingredients at a particular site 

will be made through a separate, sitespecific decision and so is not within 

the scope of the programmatic EIS or 

potential decision described in this 

notice. 

Interdisciplinary Team and 

Coordination 

The BLM will identify and analyze 

the proposed action and all reasonable 

alternatives to address their reasonably 

foreseeable impacts and, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 1502.14(e), include in that 

analysis appropriate mitigation 

measures not already included in the 

proposed action or alternatives. 

Mitigation may include avoidance, 

minimization, rectification, reduction or 

elimination over time, or compensation, 

and may be considered at multiple 

scales, including the landscape scale. 

The BLM will coordinate the NEPA 

process with other required reviews 

under the Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1536) and section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act (54 

U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3), including public 

involvement requirements of Section 

106. Information about historic and 

cultural resources and threatened and 

endangered species within areas 

potentially affected by the proposed 

action or alternatives will assist the 

BLM in identifying and evaluating 

impacts to such resources. The BLM 

will consult with Indian tribes on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM MS 1780, and other Departmental 

policies. Tribal concerns, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

along with tribes and other stakeholders 

that may be interested in or affected by 

the proposed action that the BLM is 

evaluating, are invited to participate in 

the scoping process. If eligible, the BLM 

may request Federal, State, or local 

agencies to participate in the 

development of the environmental 

analysis as cooperating agencies. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7) 

David Jenkins, 

Assistant Director, Resources and Planning. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[XXX.LLAZ920000.L19200000.ET0000.

LRORA2020000, AZA–38426] 

Notice of Withdrawal Application and 

Notice of Public Meetings for the Yuma 

Proving Ground, Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal 

application. 

SUMMARY: The United States Army 

(Army) filed an application with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

requesting a withdrawal and reservation 

of 21,200 acres of public lands from all 

forms of appropriation under the public 

land laws, including location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 

and from leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws, and 800 acres 

of Federal surface estate public lands 

from appropriation under the public 

land laws for an indefinite period for 

defense purposes as an addition to the 

Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) located in 

La Paz and Yuma Counties, Arizona, 

subject to valid existing rights. Any 

decision about the application will be 

made by the United States Congress. 

Publication of this notice temporarily 

segregates the lands for up to 2 years 

and announces to the public an 

opportunity to comment and participate 

in public meetings on the Army’s 

application for withdrawal. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 5, 2022. In addition, the Army and 

the BLM will host virtual public 

meetings addressing the requested 

withdrawal and the associated 

environmental review process. The 

dates and instructions for the public 

meetings are listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

sent to the BLM Arizona State Office, 1 

North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 

Phoenix, AZ 85004; faxed to (602) 417– 

9452; or sent by email to BLM_AZ_

Withdrawal_Comments@blm.gov. The 

BLM will not consider comments via 

telephone calls. 

Information on the proposed action, 

including the environmental review 

process, can be viewed at the YPG’s 

website: https://ypgenvironmental.com/highway-95-landwithdrawal-leis/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist, 

BLM Arizona State Office, telephone 

602–417–9561, email at mouellett@

blm.gov; or you may contact the BLM 

Arizona State Office at the earlier-listed 

address. 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. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its 

application, the Army requests the 

withdrawal and reservation of the 

specified public lands for military 

testing and training purposes for an 

indefinite term, subject to valid existing 

rights. In accordance with the Engle Act 

(43 U.S.C. 155–158), because the public 

lands requested exceed 5,000 acres, this 

withdrawal request must be directed to 

Congress. 

The following described public lands 

are the subject of the Army’s withdrawal 


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