Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 57 / Thursday, March 26, 2009 / Notices 13223 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Anchorage Field 

Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to 

prepare a Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) Amendment with an associated 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Haines planning 

block of the Ring of Fire RMP and by 

this notice is announcing the beginning 

of the public scoping process. 

DATES: The BLM will announce public 

scoping meetings in Anchorage, Haines, 

and Skagway, Alaska through local 

news media, newsletters, and the BLM 

Web site (http://www.blm.gov/ak) at 

least 15 days prior to each meeting. We 

will provide formal opportunities for 

public comment upon publication of the 

Draft RMP Amendment and 

Supplemental EIS, including a 90-day 

public comment period. Please submit 

your comments on or before June 24, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web Site: http://www.blm.gov/ak. 

• E-Mail: ak_rof_amend@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (907) 267–1267. 

• Mail: BLM-Anchorage Field Office, 

Attention—Ring of Fire Amendment, 

4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Anchorage 

Field Office, 4700 BLM Road, 

Anchorage, AK 99507. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information and/or to have your name 

added to the mail list, contact Beth 

Maclean, Ring of Fire Amendment Team 

Leader, (beth_maclean@blm.gov) at 

(907) 267–1214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage, 

Alaska, intends to prepare an RMP 

Amendment with an associated 

Supplemental EIS for the Haines 

planning block of the Ring of Fire RMP 

and announces the beginning of the 

public scoping process. 

The planning area is located in 

southeast Alaska. Bound by the 

Canadian border to the north and east 

and the Haines Borough boundary to the 

south and west, the planning area 

encompasses the towns of Haines and 

Skagway. This planning activity 

encompasses approximately 320,000 

acres of public land. The plan will 

fulfill the needs and obligations set forth 

by the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act (FLPMA), and 

BLM management policies. The BLM 

will work collaboratively with 

interested parties to identify the 

management decisions that are best 

suited to local, regional, and national 

needs and concerns. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process and public scoping meetings is 

to identify relevant issues that will 

influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis and 

Supplemental EIS alternatives. These 

issues also guide the planning process. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing to the 

BLM at any public scoping meeting, or 

you may submit them to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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. 

Preliminary issues and management 

concerns identified by BLM personnel, 

other agencies, and individuals and user 

groups represent the BLM’s knowledge 

to date regarding existing issues and 

concerns with current land 

management. The major issue that will 

be addressed in this planning effort 

relates to potential impacts on wildlife 

populations from recreation activities 

occurring on BLM-managed lands in the 

Haines Block. 

The BLM will analyze the following 

decisions through the RMP Amendment 

and Supplemental EIS: 

• Whether to designate any of the 

Haines Block lands as an Area of 

Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), 

• Whether to retain the Haines Block 

Special Recreation Management Area 

(SRMA) designation, and 

• What terms and conditions for 

special recreation permits in the Haines 

Block lands should be developed. 

If the Haines Block SRMA designation 

is retained, the BLM, through the RMP 

Amendment and Supplemental EIS, 

will: 

• Decide whether to change the 

boundaries of the SRMA, 

• Make SRMA decisions as outlined 

in the Appendix C of the H–1601–1 

Land Use Planning Handbook, and 

• Develop a Special Recreation 

Management Plan (SRMP) for the 

Haines Block SRMA. 

The BLM will evaluate the identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan and 

will place them into one of three 

categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan, 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action, or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this 

plan. 

The BLM will explain in the plan why 

an issue was placed in category two or 

three. In addition to these major issues, 

a number of management questions and 

concerns will be addressed in the plan. 

The public is encouraged to help 

identify these questions and concerns 

during the scoping phase. 

Preliminary planning criteria include 

the following: 

1. Multiple use is the primary 

function of BLM-administered public 

lands. 

2. Areas to be addressed are the 

surface acres administered by the BLM 

in the Haines planning block. 

3. Decisions will be limited to those 

related to recreation, wildlife, travel 

management, an ACEC and an SRMA. 

4. Valid existing rights will be 

protected throughout the planning area. 

5. Plans and policies of adjacent land 

owners/managers will be considered. 

6. The BLM will encourage and 

participate in collaborative planning. 

7. Identification, designation, and 

protection of an SRMA and an ACEC 

will receive full consideration. 

8. The BLM will comply with all 

relevant laws, statutes, regulations, 

manuals, and handbooks. 

9. Subsistence uses will be considered 

and adverse impacts minimized in 

accordance with Section 810 of 

ANILCA. 

10. This resource management plan 

amendment will conform to the 

Bureau’s H–1601–1 Land Use Planning 

Handbook. 

11. The plan will be consistent with 

the Alaska Land Health Standards. 

12. Areas of proposed ACEC 

designation will meet the criteria found 

in 43 CFR 1610.7–2. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach while developing the plan to 

ensure consideration of the variety of 

resource issues and concerns identified. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUT920–09–L13200000–EL000, UTU– 

87061] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate in 

Coal Exploration License, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

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ACTION: Notice of Invitation to 

Participate in Coal Exploration License. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended by section 4 of the Federal 

Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 

90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and to 

the regulations adopted as 43 CFR part 

3410, all interested qualified parties, as 

provided in 43 CFR 3472.1, are hereby 

invited to participate with Ark Land 

Company on a pro rata cost sharing 

basis in its program for the exploration 

of coal deposits in certain Federal coal 

deposits owned by the United States of 

America in the following-described 

lands in Sevier County, Utah: 

T. 20 S., R. 5 E., SLM, Utah, 

Sec. 31, SE1⁄4; 

T. 21 S., R. 4 E., SLM, Utah, 

Sec. 1, all; 

T. 21 S., R. 5 E., SLM, Utah, 

Sec. 6, all. 

Containing 888.62 acres. 

All of the coal in the above-described 

land consists of unleased Federal coal 

within the Uinta-Southwestern Utah 

Known Coal Region. This coal 

exploration license will be issued by the 

Bureau of Land Management. This 

exploration program will obtain coal 

data to supplement data from adjacent 

coal development. The exploration 

program is fully described and is being 

conducted pursuant to an exploration 

plan approved by the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM). The plan may be 

modified to accommodate the legitimate 

exploration needs of persons seeking to 

participate. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

plan and license are available for review 

during normal business hours 

(serialized under the number of UTU 

87061) in the public room of the BLM 

State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 

500, Salt Lake City, Utah. The written 

notice to participate in the exploration 

program should be sent to both the 

BLM, Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84145, and to Mark 

Bunnell, Senior Geologist, Ark Land 

Company, c/o Canyon Fuel Co., LLC, 

Skyline Mines, HC35, Box 380, Helper, 

Utah 84526. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of invitation to participate was 

published in The Richfield Reaper, once 

each week for two consecutive weeks 

beginning the second week of February, 

2009 and in the Federal Register. 

Any person seeking to participate in 

this exploration program must send 

written notice to both the BLM and Ark 

Land Company, as provided in the 

ADDRESSES section above, no later than 

thirty days after publication of this 

invitation in the Federal Register. 

The foregoing is published in the 

Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 

3410.2–1(c)(1). 

Jeff Rawson, 

Assoc. State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–130–1020–AL; GP9–0123] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern 

Washington Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Eastern 

Washington Resource Advisory Council 

will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the 

BLM Spokane District Office, 1103 N. 

Fancher Rd., Spokane Valley, WA 

99212. 


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