[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6200-6201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1790]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-066-07-1610-DQ-024E]


Notice of Availability of Proposed Resource Management Plan and 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Missouri River 
Breaks National Monument, Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan 
(PRMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper 
Missouri River Breaks National Monument.

DATES: The BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any 
person who participated in the planning process, and has an interest 
which is or may be adversely affected, may protest the BLM's approval 
of an RMP. Protests must be filed within 30 days of the date that the 
Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in 
the Federal Register. Instructions for filing protests are described in 
the Dear Reader letter of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the Upper 
Missouri River Breaks National Monument and in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Majerus, RMP Project Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 920 Northeast Main Street, P.O. Box 1160, 
Lewistown, MT 59457; or by telephone at (406) 538-1924.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper Missouri River Breaks National 
Monument is located in northcentral Montana in Blaine, Chouteau, 
Fergus, and Phillips Counties. The planning area addressed in the 
Proposed RMP comprises about 375,000 acres of public land and 42,800 
acres of existing oil and gas leases administered by the BLM Lewistown 
Field Office. The State of Montana and Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, and 
Phillips Counties participated in development of the plan as 
cooperating agencies. The Proposed RMP and Final EIS were developed 
through collaborative planning and consider six alternatives. The 
Proposed RMP and Final EIS address the following six major questions: 
(1) How will human

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activities and uses be managed? (2) What facilities and infrastructure 
are appropriate to provide visitor interpretation and administration of 
the Monument? (3) How will the BLM manage resource uses and protect the 
biological, historical, cultural, and visual values of the Monument? 
(4) How will Monument management be integrated with other agency and 
community plans? (5) How will transportation and access be managed? (6) 
How will Monument management affect economic and social conditions in 
the area?
    Copies of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the Upper Missouri 
River Breaks National Monument have been sent to affected Federal, 
State, and Local Government agencies and to interested parties. Copies 
of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS are available for public inspection 
at the BLM Lewistown Field Office, 920 Northeast Main Street, 
Lewistown, Montana or at the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, 701 
Seventh Street, Fort Benton, Montana. Interested persons may also 
review the Proposed RMP and Final EIS on the Internet at: http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/lewistown_field_office/um_rmp_process.html.
    Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the public and internal 
BLM review comments were incorporated into the Proposed RMP and Final 
EIS. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text, but 
did not significantly change proposed land use decisions.
    Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM 
regarding the Proposed RMP and Final EIS may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5-
2. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid protests 
unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either 
regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest 
period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the e-mail or 
faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full 
consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance 
notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of Brenda 
Hudgens-Williams, Protest Coordinator, at 202-452-5112, and e-mails to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#387a4a5d565c5967704d5c5f5d564b156f5154545159554b785a5455165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adefdfc8c3c9ccf2e5d8c9cac8c3de80fac4c1c1c4ccc0deedcfc1c083cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>. All protests, including the follow-up 
letter (if e-mailing or faxing) must be in writing and mailed to the 
following address:
    Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
    Overnight Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your protest, you should be 
aware that your entire protest--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    The Director will promptly render a decision on a protest. The 
decision will be in writing and will be sent to the protesting party by 
certified mail, return receipt requested. The decision of the Director 
is the final decision of the Department of the Interior.

 Gene R. Terland,
State Director.
 [FR Doc. E8-1790 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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