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ADDRESSES: Written notices protesting 

this survey must be sent to the State 

Director, BLM Eastern States, 20 M 

Street SE, Suite 950, Washington, DC 

20003. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dominica Van Koten, Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor for Eastern States; (202) 912– 

7756; email: dvankote@blm.gov; or U.S. 

Postal Service: BLM–ES, 20 M Street SE, 

Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003. Attn: 

Cadastral Survey. 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: The plat, 

in three sheets, incorporating the field 

notes of the dependent resurvey of a 

portion of the township boundaries and 

of the sub-divisional lines. The survey 

of the sub-division of sections 2, 4, 6, 7, 

8, 9, 11, 13, 14, and 17; and the survey 

of the ordinary high water mark of Holy 

Lake in section 4, Township 64 North, 

Range 12 West, Fourth Principal 

Meridian, in the State of Minnesota; 

approved September 29, 2016. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest the above survey must file a 

written notice 30 calendar days from the 

date of this publication at the address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. A statement of reasons for a 

protest may be filed with the notice of 

protest and must be filed within 30 days 

after the protest is filed. If a protest 

against the survey is received prior to 

the date of official filing, the filing will 

be stayed pending consideration of the 

protest. A plat will not be officially filed 

until the day after all protests have been 

dismissed or otherwise resolved. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware that your 

entire protest, 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. 

A copy of the described plat will be 

placed in the open files, and available 

to the public as a matter of information. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1831.1. 

Dominica Van Koten, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[18X LLUT030000 L17110000.XZ0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare Resource 

Management Plans for the Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument—Grand Staircase, 

Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon 

Units and Federal Lands Previously 

Included in the Monument That Are 

Excluded From the Boundaries and 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, as amended (FLPMA), and 

Presidential Proclamation 6920 as 

modified by Proclamation 9682, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument (GSENM) and Kanab Field 

Office, Kanab, Utah, intends to prepare 

Resource Management Plans (RMPs) for 

the GSENM-Grand Staircase, 

Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon 

Units, and Federal lands previously 

included in the Monument that were 

excluded from the boundaries by 

Proclamation 9682. The BLM will 

prepare a single Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to satisfy the NEPA 

requirements for these RMPs. By this 

Notice, the BLM is announcing the 

beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments and identify 

issues. The RMPs will replace the 

existing Grand Staircase Escalante 

National Monument Management Plan 

(the ‘‘1999 Monument Management 

Plan’’), which was completed in 1999. 

DATES: This Notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the RMPs and 

associated EIS. The date(s) and 

location(s) of any scoping meetings will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through local media, 

newspapers and the BLM website at: 

https://www.blm.gov/utah. In order to 

be considered in the Draft EIS, all 

comments must be received prior to 

March 19, 2018 or 15 days after the last 

public meeting, whichever is later. We 

will provide additional opportunities 

for public participation upon 

publication of the Draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the planning process by any of the 

following methods: 

• Website: Grand Staircase-Escalante 

National Monument: https://goo.gl/ 

EHvhbc. 

• Mail: 669 S Hwy. 89A Kanab, UT 

84741. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the GSENM and the 

BLM Kanab Field Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Betenson, Associate 

Monument Manager, telephone (435) 

644–1200; address 669 S Hwy. 89A 

Kanab, UT 84741; email BLM_UT_CCD_

monuments@blm.gov. Contact Mr. 

Betenson to add your name to our 

mailing list. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. FRS 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 

document provides notice that the BLM 

GSENM and Kanab Field Office, Kanab, 

Utah, intend to prepare RMPs for the 

GSENM-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, 

and Escalante Canyon Units, and 

Federal lands previously included in 

the GSENM that are excluded from the 

boundaries by Proclamation 9682. The 

BLM will prepare a single EIS for this 

planning process. This document 

announces the beginning of the scoping 

process, and seeks public input on 

issues and planning criteria. The 

planning area is located in Kane and 

Garfield Counties, Utah and 

encompasses approximately 1.87 

million acres of public land. 

On December 4, 2017, President 

Donald Trump signed Presidential 

Proclamation 9682 modifying the 

boundaries of the GSENM as established 

by Proclamation 6920 to exclude from 

designation and reservation 

approximately 861,974 acres of land. 

Lands that remain part of the GSENM 

are included in three units, known as 

the Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and 

Escalante Canyons Units of the 

monument and are reserved for the care 

and management of the objects of 

historic and scientific interest described 

in Proclamation 6920 as modified by 

Proclamation 9682. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

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that will inform the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the planning 

process. Preliminary issues for the 

planning area have been identified by 

BLM personnel; Federal, State, and local 

agencies; and other stakeholders. These 

preliminary issues include 

paleontology, geology, cultural and 

historic resources, travel management, 

livestock grazing, vegetation and fire 

management, outdoor recreation, 

wildlife, and other resources. 

Preliminary planning criteria include: 

(1) The public planning process for the 

RMPs will be guided by Presidential 

Proclamation 6920 as modified by 

Proclamation 9682 in addition to 

FLPMA and NEPA. (2) Those Federal 

lands excluded from the Monument will 

remain in Federal ownership and will 

be managed by the BLM under 

applicable laws. (3) The BLM will use 

current scientific information, and 

results of inventory, monitoring, and 

coordination to determine appropriate 

management. (4) The BLM will strive for 

consistency of management decisions 

with other adjoining planning 

jurisdictions, both Federal and nonFederal. (5) Decisions made in the 

planning process will only apply to 

Federal lands and, where appropriate, to 

split-estate lands where the subsurface 

mineral estate is managed by the BLM. 

(6) Existing Wilderness Study Areas 

(WSAs) will continue to be managed to 

prevent impairment and ensure 

continued suitability for designation as 

wilderness. Should Congress release all 

or part of a WSA from wilderness study, 

resource management will be 

determined by preparing an amendment 

to the RMPs. (7) A baseline reasonably 

foreseeable development scenario will 

be developed for oil and gas and other 

mineral resources for Federal lands 

previously included in the GSENM that 

are now excluded from the monument 

boundaries. (8) The BLM will consider 

changes to off-highway vehicle (OHV) 

area designations. (9) The public is 

invited to nominate or recommend areas 

on public lands that are excluded from 

the modified monument boundaries as 

potentially new special management 

areas as part of this planning process 

(BLM Manual 1613.3.31). (10) Parties 

interested in leasing and development 

of Federal coal in areas that are 

excluded from the monument should 

provide coal resource data for their 

area(s) of interest. Specifically, 

information is requested on surface 

resource values related to the 20 coal 

unsuitability criteria described at 43 

CFR part 3461. This information will be 

used for any necessary updating of coal 

screening determinations (43 CFR 

3420.1–4) and in the environmental 

analysis, completion of which would be 

necessary before any proposal to lease 

or develop Federal coal in such areas. 

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. To be most 

helpful, and to ensure inclusion in the 

Draft EIS, you should submit comments 

prior to the close of the 60-day scoping 

period or 15 days after the last public 

meeting, whichever is later. 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. The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the plans, and 

will place them into one of three 

categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plans; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of the 

plans. 

The BLM will provide an explanation 

in the Draft RMP/Draft EIS as to why an 

issue was placed in category two or 

three. The public is also encouraged to 

help identify any management questions 

and concerns that should be addressed 

in the plans. 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 BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill 

the public involvement process under 

the National Historic Preservation Act 

(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action 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 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Indian 

trust assets and potential impacts to 

cultural resources, will be given full 

consideration consistent with these 

authorities and policies. 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 and, if eligible, may request or 

be requested by the BLM to participate 

in the development of the 

environmental analysis as a cooperating 

agency. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan in order 

to consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified. Specialists 

with expertise in the following 

disciplines will be involved in the 

planning process: Rangeland 

management, minerals and geology, 

forestry, outdoor recreation, 

archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and 

fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology, 

soils, sociology and economics. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Edwin L. Roberson, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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PM0000; OMB Control Number 1004–0165] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Cave Management: Cave 

Nominations and Requests for 

Confidential Information 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

are proposing to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

19, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, 

Washington DC 20240, Attention: Jean 

Sonneman; by email to jesonnem@

blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1004–0165 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Dorothy Morgan by 

email at dmorgan@blm.gov, or by 

telephone at 202–689–5684. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 


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