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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 

[LLWO250000.18XL1109AF.L12200000.

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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Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

proposed ICR that is described below. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to 

the proper functions of the BLM; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

BLM enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the BLM 

minimize the burden of this collection 

on the respondents, including through 

the use of information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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. 

Abstract: Agencies within the 

Department of the Interior use the 

information in a cave nomination to 

determine if the nominated cave will be 

listed as significant in accordance with 

the Federal Cave Resources Protection 

Act (FCRPA), 16 U.S.C. 4301 through 

4310 and the Department’s regulations 

at 43 CFR 37.11(c). The information is 

thus necessary for full compliance with 

agencies’ responsibilities to identify and 

protect significant caves and their 

resources. 

Agencies within the Department of 

the Interior use the information in 

requests for confidential cave 

information to determine whether to 

grant access to confidential cave data. 

Agencies need this information in order 

to comply with their statutory 

responsibilities to communicate, 

cooperate, and exchange information, 

within the limits prescribed by the 

FCRPA. 

Title of Collection: Cave Management: 

Cave Nominations and Requests for 

Confidential Information. 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0165. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Cave 

nominations may be submitted pursuant 

to 16 U.S.C. 4303 and 43 CFR 37.11 by 

governmental agencies and the public, 

including those who utilize caves for 

scientific, education, and recreational 

purposes. Requests for confidential 

information may be submitted pursuant 

to 16 U.S.C. 4304 and 43 CFR 37.12 by 

Federal and state governmental agencies 

and their cooperators, bona fide 

educational and research institutions, 

and individuals or organizations 

assisting a land management agency 

with cave management activities. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 16. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 16. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 1 hour to 10 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 124. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The estimated annual burdens are 

itemized in the following table: 

Type of response Number of 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total Hours 

(Column B × 

Column C) 

A. B. C. D. 

Cave Nomination ......................................................................................................................... 12 10 120 

Request for Confidential Cave Information ................................................................................. 4 1 4

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 16 124 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

Jean Sonneman, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Bureau of Land Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[18X LLUTY00000 L16100000.XZ0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare Monument 

Management Plans for the Bears Ears 

National Monument Indian Creek and 

Shash Ja ́a Units 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), the 

National Forest Management Act of 

1976, as amended (NFMA), and 

Presidential Proclamation 9558 as 

modified by Presidential Proclamation 

9681, the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Canyon Country District Office, 

Moab, Utah intends to prepare a 

Monument Management Plan (MMP) for 

the Bears Ears National Monument 

Indian Creek Unit, and intends to jointly 

prepare, with the Manti La-Sal National 

Forest (USFS), Price, Utah, a MMP for 

the Shash Ja ́a Unit. The BLM and USFS, 

which is a co-manager of the Shash Ja ́a 

Unit, will prepare a single 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to satisfy the NEPA requirements for 

this planning process. By this Notice, 

the BLM announces the beginning of the 

scoping process to solicit public 


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