[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19834]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-820-02-5440-DT-C028]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the San Juan/San 
Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) management policies, the BLM announces 
the availability of the RMP Amendment/ROD for the Silverton Outdoor 
Learning and Recreation Center (SOLRC). The SOLRC planning area is 
located in the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Area near Silverton, 
Colorado. The SOLCR RMP Amendment/ROD amends the San Juan/San Miguel 
RMP. The Colorado State Director will sign the SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD, 
which becomes effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD are available upon 
request from the Field Manager, Columbine Field office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 367 Pearl Street, Bayfield, Colorado (81122) or via the 
Internet at http://www.co.blm.gov/sjra. Copies may also be obtained by 
calling Richard Speegle, Project Manager, at 970-375-3310. Copies will 
also be available at the following local libraries:
    Silverton Public Library, 1111 Reese Street, Silverton, Colorado 
(81433).
    Durango Public Library, 1188 2nd Ave, Durango, Colorado (81301).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Speegle, Project Manager, at 
970-375-3310, (or e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d7f646e656c7f69527e7d68686a61684d6f6160236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45372c262d2437211a36352020222920052729286b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>), San Juan Public 
Lands Center, 15 Burnett Ct., Durango, Colorado, 81301.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SOLCR RMP Amendment/ROD was developed 
with broad public participation through a three year planning process. 
This RMP Amendment/ROD addresses management on approximately 1,300 
acres of BLM lands, and 400 acres of private lands owned by the 
proponent. The ROD only applies to Federal lands. Other private lands 
are included within the planning area boundary because these lands are 
interspersed with the BLM managed lands. The issues of public safety, 
Canada lynx impacts, impacts on the local winter economy, impacts to 
neighboring private lands, public access and other related issues are 
addressed in the ROD.
    The SOLRC EIS considered the environmental impacts associated with 
both the land use plan amendment (to add lift-served skiing and 
sightseeing to the list of allowable (kinds and levels of recreation) 
authorized on BLM-administered public lands specific to the SOLRC 
permit area within the Silverton Special Recreation Management Area 
(SRMA)), and the issuance of a lease to SOLRC to authorize a public ski 
area. The SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD approves the land use plan amendment 
and allows the BLM to move forward with an implementation decision to 
issue the lease.
    The SOLRC RMP Amendment/ROD is essentially the same as the Proposed 
RMP Amendment (PRMPA)/Final EIS (FEIS) published on August 6, 2004. BLM 
received two protests to the PRMPA/FEIS. No inconsistencies with the 
State or local plans, policies, or programs were identified during the 
Governor's consistency review of the PRMPA/FEIS. As a result, only one 
minor editorial modification was made in preparing the SOLCR RMP 
Amendment/ROD. This modification corrected an error that was noted 
during the protest period. An errata sheet is included with the SOLRC 
RMP Amendment/ROD that identifies the location of the corrections in 
the PRMPA/FEIS.

Pauline Ellis,
Columbine Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-19834 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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