28760 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2001 / Notices

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) Glenwood Springs

Field Office (GSFO) has fire protection

responsibility on more than 550,000

acres of public land in Eagle, Garfield,

Pitkin, Routt, Mesa and Rio Blanco

Counties in Colorado. A fire

management plan (FMP) plan will

provide managers and the public a

framework for managing wildland fire

and prescribing vegetation treatments.

The Environmental Assessment (EA)

will serve as the analysis for

implementing wildland fire

management. Public lands will be

managed under one of four management

catagories for purposes of wildland fire

management. The description of these

categories follows:

A. The values in these areas are

threatened by all types of fire. Fires will

be aggressively suppressed and no

prescribed fire management would be

planned. Mechanical and/or chemical

fuel treatments would be utilized to

reduce hazard fuel loadings in this zone.

B. These areas also have values that

are threatened by wildfires, but might

benefit from the careful application of

fire. Wildfires will be aggressively

suppressed, but prescribed fire with

other fuel treatment reduction methods

(mechanical or chemical) will be

considered as a management alternative

in certain situations.

C. The natural resource values in

these areas are not significantly

threatened or benefitted by wildfires.

Wildfires will be managed by an

appropriate management response

(AMR) as provided for in the FMP.

Suppression options will range from

aggressive suppression, to a

nonaggressive containment action that

considers least cost as a primary

consideration. Predetermined

constraints (ecological, air quality,

political, fire load, time of year, etc.)

will be included in a wildfire situation

analysis (WFSA) to help the line officer

in decision making. These areas do

contain values that may benefit from the

application of fire, so prescribed fires

will be an option for natural resource

management. Mechanical and/or

chemical fuel treatments could also be

utilized to reduce hazard fuel loadings

in this zone.

D. These areas have no natural

resource values that are threatened by

wildfires, and contain some natural

resources that would benefit from fire,

both wildfire and prescribed fire. If preexisting conditions are met (ecological,

air quality, political, fire load, time of

year, etc.) wildfires may be allowed to

burn without suppression actions to

benefit natural resources. Fires that are

suppressed will be managed with the

AMR range of alternatives. A WFSA will

be conducted on all fires where

aggressive suppression does not take

place, the line officer’s decision will be

documented. Prescribed fire will also be

a management alternative to meet

resource objectives. Mechanical and/or

chemical fuel treatments could also be

utilized to reduce hazard fuel loadings.

DATES: The BLM can best utilize your

input if you submit comments

pertaining to important values, wildland

fire management and prescribed (fire,

mechanical and chemical) vegetation

treatments before June 30, 2001. Public

meetings (dates to be announced) are

tentatively planned for Eagle, Glenwood

Springs and Rifle, Colorado.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the Field Manager—Fire Management

Plan, Glenwood Springs Field Office,

Bureau of Land Management, 50629

Highway 6 & 24, P.O. Box 1009,

Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests to be placed on a mailing list

and notified of public meetings should

be mailed to the address above. You can

also telephone Brian Hopkins at (970)

947–2840 or e-mail him at

bhopkins@co.blm.gov. Documents and

maps relevant to the planning process

will be available for public review at the

Glenwood Springs Field Office and, as

feasible, available on the Glenwood

Springs Field Office website at http://

www.co.blm.gov/gsra/gshome.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMPs are

being updated to comply with the 1995

Federal Wildland Fire Management

Policy and the 2001 Review and Update

of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire

Management Policy. The Policy directs

Field Offices to have an approved FMP

for every area with burnable vegetation.

In addition, land uses, land issues and

vegetation (fuels) have changed since

the completion of the 1984 RMP,

especially along the private land—

public land interface. The GSFO FMP

will update fire and vegetation

management in light of these changes.

The goals of the FMP are to address

issues including: (1) Human safety; (2)

Protection of improvements, property,

cultural resources, threatened or

endangered species and high value

resources; (3) Return fire to its natural

role in the ecosystem; (4) Protection and

enhancement of other natural resources;

(5) Hazardous fuel reduction; and (6)

Fiscal efficiency of fire management

operations.

We will provide opportunities for

local governments, state agencies and

the public to participate in the planning

process. Individuals will have the

opportunity to attend public meetings,

write letters, telephone and meet

directly with the interdisciplinary

planning team.

Anne Huebner,

Glenwood Springs Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–13120 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–200–1040–PH]

Notice of Intent To Prepare the Cache

Creek Travel Management Plan and

Amend the Royal Gorge Resource

Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

amendment to the Royal Gorge Resource

Management Plan, and prepare an

Environmental Assessment (EA).

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

initiation of a Resource Management

Plan (RMP) amendment for the Cache

Creek Travel Management Plan,

pursuant to the BLM planning

regulations in 43 CFR 1600. The

proposed Travel Management Plan will

convert BLM’s current Off-Highway

Vehicle (OHV) designation of ‘‘limited

to existing roads and trails’’ to one of

‘‘limited to designated roads and trails’’,

to implement a decision in the Royal

Gore Resource Management Plan,

approved in May 1996. The EA will

analyze and compare the impacts of the

change in OHV designation and

management with continuing current

management, and other alternatives that

may be identified. The Travel

Management Plan is being prepared

through coordination with other federal,

state and local agencies, and affected

public land users.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

written comments to the Field Office

Manager at the address listed below.

Comments will be accepted until June

15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

request additional information or

request to be put on the mailing list, you

may do so by any of several methods.

You may mail or hand deliver your

comments or requests to: Field Office

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

Royal Gorge Field Office, 3170 East

Main Street, Canon City, CO 81212,

(719) 269–8500. You may also comment

via email to: RGFOWEB@blm.gov.

Please submit email comments as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

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characters and any form of encryption.

Please also include your name and

address in your email message.

Comments, including names and

addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the BLM

office listed above during regular

business hours. Individual respondents

may request confidentiality. If you wish

to withhold your name and/or address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. We will not,

however, consider anonymous

comments. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, are

available for public inspection in their

entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levi

D. Deike, Field Office Manager, or Pete

Zwaneveld, Team Leader at the Royal

Gorge Field Office address listed above

or by calling (719) 269–8500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

planning area involves approximately

3,760 acres located in northern Chaffee

County, about 15 miles north of Buena

Vista, CO. The main issues anticipated

for this planning effort are: (1) Impacts

to water quality, vegetation, including

riparian and wetland areas; and soils;

(2) impacts to wildlife habitat,

especially the elk critical winter range

and elk calving area, and (3) impacts to

public land users and adjacent private

landowners. The Cache Creek Travel

Management Plan is being prepared by

an interdisciplinary team, including

representation from recreation, wildlife,

riparian/wetlands, fisheries, minerals,

lands, archaeology, and forestry. The

analysis and proposed plan amendment

are scheduled for completion in

September 2001.

Notification will be made to the

Governor of Colorado, Chaffee & Lake

County Commissioners, adjacent

landowners, and potentially affected

members of the public. A public

comment period will be established

upon completion of the EA on the Cache

Creek Travel Management Plan. The

time frame for the public comment

period will be announced in the local

media. The Proposed Plan Amendment

will be published during the EA process

and will include a 30-day protest

period.

Levi D. Deike,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–13122 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–957–00–1420–BJ: GP01–0186]

Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described lands are scheduled

to be officially filed in the Oregon State

Office, Portland, Oregon, thirty (30)

calendar days from the date of this

publication.

Willamette Meridian

Oregon

T. 21 S., R. 321⁄2 E., accepted April 27, 2001

T. 21 S., R. 33 E., accepted April 27, 2001

T. 38 S., R. 2 W., accepted April 30, 2001

T. 39 S., R. 3 W., accepted April 30, 2001

T. 21 S., R. 1 W., accepted May 1, 2001

Washington

T. 21 N., R. 12 W., accepted May 4, 2001

T. 35 N., R. 10 E., accepted May 4, 2001

If protests against a survey, as shown

on any of the above plat(s), are received

prior to the date of official filing, the

filing will be stayed pending

consideration of the protest(s). A plat

will not be officially filed until the day

after all protests have been dismissed

and become final or appeals from the

dismissal affirmed.

The plat(s) will be placed in the open

files of the Oregon State Office, Bureau

of Land Management, 1515 S.W. 5th

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, and

will be available to the public as a

matter of information only. Copies of

the plat(s) may be obtained from the

above office upon required payment. A

person or party who wishes to protest

against a survey must file with the State

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Portland, Oregon, a notice that they

wish to protest prior to the proposed

official filing date given above. A

statement of reasons for a protest may be

filed with the notice of protest to the

State Director, or the statement of

reasons must be filed with the State

Director within thirty (30) days after the

proposed official filing date.

The above listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, survey, and

subdivision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, (1515 SW.

5th Avenue) P.O. Box 2965, Portland,

Oregon 97208.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 01–13123 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice

that the agency has submitted to OMB

for approval the information collection

described in this notice. The public is

invited to comment on the proposed

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to OMB at the address below

on or before June 25, 2001 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attn: Ms. Brooke Dickson, Desk

Officer for NARA, Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the proposed information

collection and supporting statement

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm

at telephone number 301–713–6730 or

fax number 301–713–6913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13), NARA invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to comment on proposed

information collections. NARA

published a notice of proposed

collection for this information collection

on March 13, 2001 (66 FR 14597). No

comments were received. NARA has

submitted the described information

collection to OMB for approval.

In response to this notice, comments

and suggestions should address one or

more of the following points: (a)

Whether the proposed information

collection is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of NARA;