Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 114 / Monday, June 15, 1998 / Notices 32679

information collection requirement

should direct them to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

OMB, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503;

Attention: Desk Officer for the U.S.

Department of the Interior.

Dated: June 5, 1998.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–15834 Filed 6–12–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–020–08–2811–00]

Salt Lake District Proposed Fire

Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management, Salt Lake District Office,

has completed an Environmental

Assessment (EA)/Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) for a

Proposed Fire Management Plan which

would amend the following plans: (1)

Pony Express Resource Management

Plan (1990); (2) Box Elder Resource

Management Plan (1986); (3) Isolated

Tract Planning Analysis (1985); (4) Park

City Management Framework Plan

(1982); and (5) Randolph Management

Framework Plan (1980). The Proposed

Fire Management Plan amends the plans

by reintroducing fire as a critical natural

process into the ecosystem and

providing a comprehensive and

consistent policy of how fires are

handled for all public lands

administered by the District.

DATES: The proposed plan amendment

may be protested. The protest period

will commence with the date of

publication of this notice. Protests must

be submitted on or before July 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed

to the Director (WO–210), Bureau of

Land Management, Attn: Brenda

Williams, Resource Planning Team,

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC

20240, within 30 days after the date of

publication of this notice for the

proposed planning amendment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Washington, Bureau of Land

Management, Salt Lake District Office,

2370 South 2300 West, telephone (801)

977–4346. Copies of the Proposed Plan

Amendment are available for review at

the Salt Lake District Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

person who participated in the planning

process and has an interest which is or

may be adversely affected by the

Proposed Plan Amendment may protest

to the Director of the Bureau of Land

Management. The protest must be in

writing and filed within 30 days of the

date of publication of this Notice of

Availability in the Federal Register. The

protest must be specific and contain the

following information:

—The name, mailing address, telephone

number and interest of the person

filing the protest;

—A statement of the issue(s) being

protested;

—A statement of the part(s) of the

proposed amendment being protested;

—A copy of all documents addressing

the issue(s) that were submitted by

the protestor during the planning

process; and

—A concise statement explaining why

the BLM State Director’s proposed

decision is believed to be in error.

In the absence of timely objections,

this proposal shall become the final

determination of the Department of the

Interior.

G. William Lamb,

State Director, Utah.

[FR Doc. 98–15772 Filed 6–12–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–017–1610–00]

Notice of Intent To Prepare

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement,

Colorado Sodium Products

Development Project.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

will prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for the Colorado

Sodium Products Development Project

(Project), located in Rio Blanco County

and Garfield County, Colorado.

The BLM will evaluate the

Commercial Mine Plan prepared for the

Project. The EIS will assess the

environmental consequences of Mine

Plan approval and development of the

Project.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act, the BLM will

conduct public scoping meetings to

solicit comments on potential

environmental impacts associated with

the project. These public scoping

meetings will be held in two locations:

1. Bureau of Land Management, White

River Resource Area Office, 73544

Highway 64, Meeker, Colorado, on

June 24, 1998, at 7:00 p.m.

2. Town Hall Council Chambers, 222

Grand Valley Way, Parachute,

Colorado, on June 25, 1998 at 7:00

p.m.

To familiarize the public and

interested organizations with the likely

scope of environmental issues that will

be involved, the BLM has prepared a

Scoping Document for the Colorado

Sodium Products Development Project.

This document includes a list of the

various environmental/resource issues

that will be addressed in the EIS. This

list has been compiled based on

experience gained to date with

American Soda’s test-phase operation in

Rio Blanco County and consideration of

likely environmental impact issues that

would be encountered during

construction and operation of the

proposed commercial scale project.

Copies of the Scoping Document are

available at the White River Resource

Area office in Meeker, Colorado, for

public review. Alternatively, a copy of

the Scoping Document can be requested

by mail. Copies of the Scoping

Document will also be available at the

public scoping meetings described

above. Comments received at the

scoping meetings or by mail will

supplement the issues identified in the

Scoping Document.

DATES: Comments and

recommendations on this Notice of

Intent to prepare an EIS should be

received on or before July 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to Mr. Larry

Shults, Natural Resource Specialist, U.S.

Bureau of Land Management, White

River Resource Area, 73544 Highway

64, Meeker, CO 81641.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Shults, (970) 878–3601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: American

Soda, L.L.P. (American Soda) intends to

construct and operate a commercial

nahcolite solution mining operation at a

site in the northcentral portion of the

Piceance Creek Basin in Rio Blanco

County, Colorado. Nahcolite is naturally

occurring sodium bicarbonate that is

found in association with oil shale

deposits. After the nahcolite is removed

from the ground, it would be processed

into a sodium carbonate solution and

transported by a 44-mile buried pipeline

south to a processing operation to be

located at an existing industrial site in