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notice is announcing the beginning of 

the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. The RMP 

amendments will revise sage-grouse and 

sagebrush management direction in the 

existing Casper, Kemmerer, Pinedale, 

Rock Springs, Newcastle, and Rawlins 

RMPs to incorporate policies set forth in 

BLM Wyoming Instruction Memoranda 

(IM) 2010–012 and 2010–013. The IMs 

may be accessed at the following Web 

address: http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/ 

programs/wildlife.html. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the RMP 

amendments with associated EIS. 

Comments on issues may be submitted 

in writing until June 28, 2010. The 

date(s) and location(s) of any scoping 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through local media 

and the BLM Web site at: http:// 

www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/ 

Planning/amendments/ 

sage-grouse.html. In order to be 

included in the Draft RMP amendments, 

all comments must be received prior to 

the close of the scoping period or 15 

days after the last public meeting, 

whichever is later. We will provide 

additional opportunities for public 

participation upon publication of the 

Draft RMP amendments. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the Casper, Kemmerer, Pinedale, 

Rock Springs, Newcastle, and Rawlins 

RMP amendments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/wy/ 

st/en/programs/Planning/amendments/ 

sage-grouse.html; 

• E-mail: 

Sagegrouse_Amendment_WY@blm.gov; 

• Fax: (307) 352–0329; and 

• Mail: BLM Wyoming State Office 

(WY 930), 5353 Yellowstone Rd., 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Casper, 

Kemmerer, Pinedale, Rock Springs, 

Newcastle, and Rawlins field offices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Bill Hill, Deputy State Director, 

Resources Policy and Management; at 

(307) 775–6113; 5353 Yellowstone 

Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003; email: 

Sagegrouse_Amendment_WY@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Wyoming State Office intends to 

prepare RMP amendments with an 

associated EIS for the Casper, 

Kemmerer, Pinedale, Rock Springs, 

Newcastle, and Rawlins RMPs, 

announces the beginning of the scoping 

process, and seeks public input on 

issues and planning criteria. The 

planning area is located in Converse, 

Goshen, Natrona, and Platte counties 

(Casper Field Office); Lincoln, 

Sweetwater, and Uinta counties 

(Kemmerer Field Office); Sublette, 

Lincoln, and Fremont counties 

(Pinedale Field Office); Albany, Carbon, 

Laramie, and Sweetwater counties 

(Rawlins Field Office); Sweetwater, 

Sublette and Fremont counties (Rock 

Springs Field Office); and Niobrara, 

Weston and Crook counties (Newcastle 

Field Office) in Wyoming. The planning 

area encompasses approximately 15 

million acres of public land. The 

purpose of the public scoping process is 

to determine relevant issues that will 

influence 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. The 

issues include: Sagebrush habitat 

management practices directly 

applicable to protection of the sage 

grouse, sagebrush habitat management 

science directly applicable to protection 

of the sage grouse, and the effects of 

sagebrush habitat management on other 

public land resources. Preliminary 

planning criteria include: Incorporation 

of sage-grouse policies in Wyoming IMs 

2010–012 and 2010–013; incorporation 

of the policies established by the 

Wyoming Governor’s Executive Order 

on sage-grouse (Wyoming EO 2008–2), 

as appropriate; and consideration of and 

consistency with the BLM National 

Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation 

Strategy (November 2004). The RMP 

amendment process will comply with 

NEPA, the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA), and other 

applicable laws and policies. You may 

submit comments on issues and 

planning criteria in writing or orally 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, you should submit comments 

within 30 days after the last public 

meeting. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail 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 may 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 minutes and list of attendees 

for each scoping meeting will be 

available to the public and open for 30 

days after the meeting to any participant 

who wishes to clarify the views he or 

she expressed. The BLM will evaluate 

identified issues to be addressed in the 

plan amendments, and will place them 

into one of three categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the 

amendments; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of these 

amendments. 

The BLM will provide an explanation 

in the Draft RMP amendments/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 

amendments. 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 use an interdisciplinary approach 

to develop the amendments 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, 

outdoor recreation, archaeology, 

paleontology, wildlife and fisheries, 

lands and realty, hydrology, soils, 

sociology, and economics. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTB07200–L51100000.GN0000 

LVEMCE070000 252X; MTM78300] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Graymont Western U.S., Inc. 

Proposed Mine Expansion, Broadwater 

County, MT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 and the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 


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has been prepared for the Graymont 

Western U.S., Inc. Proposed Mine 

Expansion. The mine permit is 

administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Butte Field Office 

and the Montana Department of 

Environmental Quality (DEQ). 

Operations on public lands in the 

permit area are on mining claims 

located in accordance with the General 

Mining Law of 1872, as amended. 

DATES: The Final EIS will be available 

for review for 30 days following the date 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. A Record of 

Decision will be prepared following the 

30-day public availability period. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS have 

been sent to affected Federal, State, and 

local government agencies and to 

interested parties. Copies of the Final 

EIS are available for public inspection at 

the Montana Department of 

Environmental Quality, 1520 East 6th 

Avenue, Helena, MT 59620–0901 and 

the Bureau of Land Management, Butte 

Field Office, 106 N. Parkmont, Butte, 

MT 59701. Interested parties may also 

review the Final EIS on the internet at 

http://www.deq.mt.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Hallsten, Montana Department of 

Environmental Quality, PO Box 200901, 

Helena, MT 59620–0901, or David 

Williams, Bureau of Land Management, 

Butte Field Office, 106 N. Parkmont, 

Butte, MT 59701. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Graymont 

Western U.S., Inc. submitted a Plan of 

Operations on February 22, 2006, to the 

BLM and the DEQ to expand its existing 

limestone quarry operation, which is 

located on unpatented mining claims on 

public lands west of Townsend, 

Montana. This proposal is a 

continuation of mining along a 

prominent limestone ridge which forms 

the crest of the ‘‘Limestone Hills.’’ The 

Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 18, 2007, and the Notice of 

Availability of the Draft EIS was 

announced in the Federal Register on 

December 19, 2008. Mining was 

originally permitted in the area 

beginning in 1981 and has continued 

since that time. The principal concern, 

developed through public meetings and 

agency review, was potential loss of 

mule deer and bighorn sheep habitat 

and winter-browse vegetation, 

principally mountain mahogany. The 

Final EIS evaluated three alternatives: 

No Action, the Proposed Action, and 

Alternative A, Modified Pit Backfill. 

The No Action Alternative would limit 

mine disturbance to the currently 

permitted 735 acres of disturbance, and 

the mine would continue to operate 

until it reached the permitted limits, 

probably in 7 to 12 years. The Proposed 

Action Alternative would allow for an 

additional 1,313 acres of disturbance 

and allow operations to continue for 35 

to 50 years. The Modified Pit Backfill 

Alternative modifies reclamation at the 

site to provide for more diverse 

topography and soils that favor winterbrowse species but does not change the 

proposed disturbance acreage or years of 

future operations. 

Richard M. Hotaling, 

Butte Field Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Notice of Intent To Solicit 

Nominations: Steens Mountain 

Advisory Council, OR 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is requesting 

nominations for four representatives for 

the Steens Mountain Advisory Council 

(SMAC). The Council will advise the 

Secretary on planning in the Steens 

Mountain Cooperative Management and 

Protection Area (CMPA), through the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 

DATES: Submit nomination packages on 

or before: June 28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send completed Advisory 

Council nominations to Burns District 

BLM Office; 28910 Highway 20 West; 

Hines, Oregon 97738–9424. Nomination 

forms are also available at the Burns 

District Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christi Courtemanche, BLM, Burns 

District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, 

Hines, Oregon 97738, (541) 573–4541 or 

Christi_Courtemanche@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

SMAC was appointed by the Secretary 

of the Interior on August 14, 2001, 

pursuant to the Steens Mountain 

Cooperative Management and Protection 

Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–399). The 

SMAC’s purpose is to provide 

representative counsel and advice to the 

BLM regarding new and unique 

approaches to management of the land 

within the bounds of the Steens 

Mountain Cooperative Management and 

Protection Area. The BLM is publishing 

this notice under Section 9 (a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, to 

request nominations from the public for 

membership on the SMAC. Nomination 

forms may be obtained from the BLM 

Burns District Office. Applicants must 

be qualified through education, training, 

knowledge, or experience to give 

informed advice regarding an industry, 

discipline, or interest to be represented. 

Nominees must also demonstrate a 

commitment to collaborative resource 

decision-making. The Obama 

Administration prohibits individuals 

who are currently federally registered 

lobbyists from serving on all Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and 

non-FACA boards, committees or 

councils. Any individual may nominate 

himself/herself or others to serve on the 

Council. Nomination applications may 

be obtained at the Burns District BLM 

Office or by going to http:// 

www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/ 

index.php. All nomination applications 

should include reference letters and/or 

recommendations from the represented 

interests or organizations, and any other 

information explaining the nominee’s 

qualifications (e.g., resume, curriculum 

vitae). Nominations may be made for 

the following categories of interest: 

• A person with No Financial Interest 

in the CMPA to represent statewide 

interests (appointed from nominees 

submitted by the Governor of Oregon); 

• A person who holds a Federal 

Grazing Permit for lands in the CMPA 

(appointed from nominees submitted by 

the County Court of Harney County); 

• A member and representative of the 

Burns Paiute Tribe (appointed from 

nominees submitted by the Burns Paiute 

Tribe); 

• A person who participates in 

Mechanized or Consumptive Recreation, 

such as hunting, off-road driving, hang 

gliding, or parasailing in the CMPA 

(appointed from nominees submitted by 

the Oregon State Director of the BLM); 

The specific category the nominee 

wishes to represent should be identified 

in the nomination letter. The BLM 

Burns District Office will collect the 

nomination forms and reference letters 

and distribute them to the officials 

responsible for submitting nominations 

(County Court of Harney County, the 

Governor of Oregon, and the BLM). The 

BLM will then forward recommended 

nominations to the Secretary of the 

Interior, who has responsibility for 

making the appointments. 

Members of the SMAC are appointed 

to 3-year terms. All positions will expire 

in October 2013. Members serve without 

monetary compensation, but will be 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses at current rates for Federal 

employees. The SMAC shall meet only 


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