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Emissions and Climate Trends. Potential 

new alternatives to be considered in the 

EIS include, but are not limited to, those 

that would affirm the issuance of these 

leases under the terms, conditions, and 

stipulations as originally issued, or not 

affirm their issuance under their 

original terms, conditions, and 

stipulations. 

After the scoping comment period is 

closed, the BLM will review and 

consider the scoping comments received 

and will develop a Draft EIS, which 

BLM estimates will be completed 

approximately 6 to 8 months after the 

scoping period ends. At that time, the 

Draft EIS will be made available for 

public comment for at least 45 days. 

After the close of the Draft EIS comment 

period, the BLM will develop a Final 

EIS incorporating comments received on 

the Draft, which the BLM estimates will 

be completed approximately 6 months 

after the Draft EIS comment period 

ends. A record of decision selecting an 

alternative from the Final EIS would be 

issued no sooner than 30 days after 

notice of the availability of the Final EIS 

is published in the Federal Register. 

(Authority: 30 U.S.C. 181 and 226; 43 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4332; and 43 CFR part 

3100 (2024)) 

Steven Feldgus, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00854 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Call for Nominations for Bureau of 

Land Management Northern New 

Mexico Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to request public nominations for the 

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 

Northern New Mexico Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC) for terms 

scheduled to expire. This RAC provides 

advice and recommendations to the 

BLM on land use planning and 

management of the National System of 

Public Lands within its geographic 

areas. 

DATES: All nominations must be 

received no later than February 18, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations and completed 

applications should be sent to the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamie Garcia, BLM Rio Puerco Field 

Office, 100 Sun Avenue NE, Suite 330, 

Albuquerque, NM 87109; email: 

jagarcia@blm.gov; phone: (505) 761– 

8787. 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: The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the 

Interior to involve the public in 

planning and issues related to 

management of lands administered by 

the BLM through the establishment of 

10- to 15-member citizen-based advisory 

councils that are managed in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA). As required by FACA, RAC 

membership must be balanced and 

representative of the various interests 

concerned with the management of the 

public lands. The rules governing RACs 

are found at 43 CFR part 1780 subpart 

1784. The RACs include the following 

three membership categories: 

Category One—Holders of Federal 

grazing permits or leases within the area 

for which the RAC is organized; 

represent interests associated with 

transportation or rights-of-way; 

represent developed outdoor recreation, 

off-highway vehicle users, or 

commercial recreation activities; 

represent the commercial timber 

industry; or represent energy and 

mineral development. 

Category Two—Representatives of 

nationally or regionally recognized 

environmental organizations; dispersed 

recreational activities; archaeological 

and historical interests; or nationally or 

regionally recognized wild horse and 

burro interest groups. 

Category Three—Hold state, county, 

or local elected office; are employed by 

a state agency responsible for the 

management of natural resources, land, 

or water; represent Indian tribes within 

or adjacent to the area for which the 

RAC is organized; are employed as 

academicians in natural resource 

management or the natural sciences; or 

represent the affected public at large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominations received during 

the National Call for Nominations are 

being considered and individuals do not 

need to reapply. Nominees must be 

residents of the State of New Mexico. 

The BLM will evaluate nominees based 

on their education, training, experience, 

and knowledge of the geographic area of 

the RAC. Nominees should demonstrate 

a commitment to collaborative resource 

decision-making. 

The following must accompany all 

nominations: 

—A completed RAC application, which 

can either be obtained through your 

local BLM office or online at: https:// 

www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/ 

2022-05/BLM-Form-1120-19_RACApplication.pdf 

—Letters of reference from represented 

interests or organizations; and 

—Any other information that addresses 

the nominee’s qualifications. 

Simultaneous with this notice, the 

BLM will issue an online announcement 

providing additional information for 

submitting nominations. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Sabrina Flores, 

Albuquerque District Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500183710; AA–11821] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) hereby provides 

constructive notice that it will issue an 

appealable decision approving 

conveyance of the surface estate in 

certain lands to Cook Inlet Region, Inc., 

an Alaska Native regional corporation, 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), as 

amended. Ownership of the subsurface 

estate will be retained by the United 

States. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4 within the time limits set out 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the decision from the Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7504. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi C. Wanner, Supervisory Land Law 

Examiner, BLM Alaska State Office, 

907–271–3153 or hwanner@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. 

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: As 

required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 

hereby given that the BLM will issue an 

appealable decision to Cook Inlet 

Region, Inc. The decision approves 

conveyance of the surface estate in 

certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 

U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended. 

Ownership of the subsurface estate will 

be retained by the United States. 

The lands are located within the 

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge within 

T. 9 N., R. 4 W., Seward Meridian, 

Alaska, containing 0.40 acres. 

The decision addresses public access 

easements, if any, to be reserved to the 

United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of 

ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands 

approved for conveyance. 

The BLM will also publish notice of 

the decision once a week for four 

consecutive weeks in the ‘‘Anchorage 

Daily News’’ newspaper. 

Any party claiming a property interest 

in the lands affected by the decision 

may appeal the decision in accordance 

with the requirements of 43 CFR part 4 

within the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 

have until February 18, 2025 to file an 

appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have 

waived their rights. Notices of appeal 

transmitted by facsimile will not be 

accepted as timely filed. 

Heidi C. Wanner, 

Supervisory Land Law Examiner, 

Adjudication Section. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00949 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Response to Utah Governor’s Appeal 

of the BLM Utah State Director’s 

Governor’s Consistency Review 

Determination for the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument 

Proposed Resource Management Plan 

and Final Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of response. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is publishing this 

notice to explain why the Department of 

the Interior denied the Governor of 

Utah’s recommendations regarding the 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument (GSENM) Proposed Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the GSENM 

Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved 

RMP is available on the BLM website at: 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2020343/510. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Bernier, Division Chief for 

Decision Support, Planning, and 

National Environmental Policy Act; 

telephone 303–239–3635; address P.O. 

Box 151029, Lakewood, CO 80215; 

email hbernier@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 Ms. Bernier. 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: On August 

30, 2024, the BLM released the 

Proposed RMP/Final EIS for the GSENM 

(89 FR 70662). In accordance with the 

regulations at 43 CFR 1610.3–2(e), the 

BLM submitted the Proposed RMP/Final 

EIS for the GSENM to the Governor of 

Utah for a 60-day Governor’s 

Consistency Review for the Governor to 

review the Proposed RMP and identify 

any inconsistencies with State plans, 

policies, or programs. On October 29, 

2024, the Governor of Utah submitted a 

response for the GSENM Proposed RMP 

and Final EIS to the Acting BLM Utah 

State Director. The Acting State Director 

reviewed and considered the Governor’s 

response and sent a written response to 

the Governor on November 22, 2024. As 

explained in the response, the Acting 

State Director accepted some of the 

Governor’s recommendations but did 

not accept the others for the reasons 

detailed in this response. 

On December 20, 2024, the Governor 

of Utah appealed the Acting State 

Director’s decision to the BLM Director. 

The regulations at 43 CFR 1610.3–2(e) 

state that, in reviewing these appeals, 

‘‘[t]he Director shall accept the 

(consistency) recommendations of the 

Governor(s) if he/she determines they 

provide for a reasonable balance 

between the state’s interest and the 

national interest.’’ On January 6, 2025, 

the Department of the Interior Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and 

Minerals Management, issued a 

response to the Governor detailing the 

reasons that the recommendations that 

the Acting State Director rejected did 

not meet this standard. Pursuant to 43 

CFR 1610.3–2(e), the basis for the BLM’s 

determination on the Governor’s appeal 

is presented below. The BLM is 

publishing the appeal response 

verbatim. 

‘‘This letter addresses the State of 

Utah’s appeal of the response provided 

by the BLM Utah Acting State Director 

regarding the consistency review of the 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument (GSENM) Proposed Resource 

Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The applicable regulations at 43 CFR 

1610.3–2(e) provide you with the 

opportunity to appeal to the BLM 

Director the Acting State Director’s 

decision to not accept the 

recommendations you made in your 

consistency review letter. Exercising the 

delegable authority of the Department of 

the Interior’s Assistant Secretary, Land 

and Minerals Management, I have 

chosen to assume the review and 

resolution of your appeal from the BLM 

Director. The regulations at 43 CFR 

1610.3–2(e) guide review of the appeal, 

in which I must consider whether you 

have raised actual inconsistencies with 

State or local plans, policies, and or 

programs. If inconsistencies are raised, 

I consider whether your 

recommendations address the 

inconsistencies and provide for a 

reasonable balance between the national 

interest and the State of Utah’s interest. 

In your consistency review and your 

appeal, you allege 13 inconsistencies 

with State or local plans, policies, and 

programs. The alleged inconsistencies 

are as follows: 

• ‘‘BLM’s Failure to Disclose All Key 

Inconsistencies (The Failure to 

Accomplish the Prerequisite to the 

Governor’s Consistency Review) . . . 


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