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acres. Resource use limitations that 

apply to the proposed ACECs include a 

range of different prescriptions as 

described in Table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—EVALUATION OF AREAS OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN

Area name Values of concern Resource use limitations Acres 

Browns Park ............................... Cultural, wildlife, habitat, and 

scenic views.

Closed to OHV use, or limited to designated routes .................. 18,474 

Red Mountain—Dry Fork ........... Watershed, relict vegetation, 

and big game habitat.

No surface occupancy, or timing/controlled surface use for oil 

and gas; OHV use limited to designated routes.

24,285 

Nine-Mile Canyon ...................... Cultural, and special status 

plant species.

The area would be open subject to standard lease terms or 

managed as NSO for oil and gas leasing; OHV use would be 

limited to designated routes.

44,181 

Lears Canyon ............................. Relict vegetation ....................... No surface occupancy for oil and gas, closed to mineral material sales.1,375 

Pariette ....................................... Wetland, wildlife, and plant 

habitat.

No surface occupancy for oil and gas, closed to mineral material sales.10,437 

Red Creek .................................. Watershed and wildlife habitat No surface occupancy and controlled surface use; OHV use is 

limited to designated routes.

24,475 

Comments on the Vernal Field Office 

DRMP/DEIS received from the public 

and internal BLM review were 

considered and incorporated as 

appropriate into the PRMP/FEIS. Public 

comments resulted in the addition of 

clarifying text, but did not significantly 

change proposed land use plan 

decisions. 

Instructions for filing a protest with 

the Director of the BLM regarding the 

PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear 

Reader Letter of the PRMP/FEIS and 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 email 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 the BLM 

protest coordinator at 202–452–5112, 

and e-mails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. 

All protests, including the follow-up 

letter (if e-mailing or faxing) must be in 

writing and mailed to the appropriate 

address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES

section above. 

Before including your 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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 1610.2, 

43 CFR 1610.5–1. 

Selma Sierra, 

Utah State Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–19394 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–090–08–1610–DQ] 

Notice of Availability of the Kemmerer 

Proposed Resource Management Plan 

and Final Environmental Impact 

Statement, Wyoming 

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, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) with its 

cooperating agencies has prepared a 

Proposed Resource Management Plan/ 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(PRMP/FEIS) for the Kemmerer Field 

Office planning area. 

DATES: BLM planning regulations (43 

CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person 

who meets the conditions as described 

in the regulations may protest the BLM’s 

Proposed RMP. A person who meets the 

conditions and files a protest must file 

the protest within 30 days of the date 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes its notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Kemmerer 

PRMP/FEIS have been sent to affected 

Federal, State, and local government 

agencies and to interested parties. 

Copies of the PRMP/FEIS are available 

for public inspection at the following 

locations: 

Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming 

State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009 

Bureau of Land Management, Kemmerer 

Field Office, 312 HWY 189 N, 

Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101 

Interested persons may also review 

the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at 

http://www.blm.gov.rmp/kemmerer. All 

protests must be in writing and mailed 

to one of the following addresses: 

Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention: 

Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 66538, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Overnight Mail: Director (210), 

Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L 

Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, 

DC 20035. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Easley, RMP Team Leader, 

BLM Kemmerer Field Office, 312 HWY 

189 N, Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101; 

telephone—(307) 828–4524; e-mail 

Kemmerer_wymail@blm.gov with 

‘‘Kemmerer RMP’’ in the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Kemmerer Field Office planning area is 

located in Lincoln, Uinta, and 

Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming. It 

includes approximately 1.4 million 

acres of public land surface and 1.6 

million acres of Federal mineral estate 

administered by the BLM. 

The Draft RMP/EIS was made 

available for public review for a 90-day 

period on July 13, 2007. The Draft RMP/ 

EIS described and analyzed four 

alternatives for the management of the 

public lands and resources, including 

the Federal mineral estate, administered 

by the BLM Kemmerer Field Office: 

Alternative A: (No Action): 

Continuation of the current management 

goals, objectives, and direction specified 

in the Kemmerer RMP and ROD (1986). 


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Alternative B: Provide a high level of 

environmental protection for wildlife 

habitat and other resource values, while 

allowing the production of resource 

commodities. 

Alternative C: Maximize the 

production of resource commodities 

while providing an adequate level of 

environmental protection for other 

resources. 

Alternative D: (BLM’s Preferred 

Alternative): Optimize the mix of 

resource outputs, including production 

of resource commodities and wildlife 

habitat, while providing enhancement 

of environmental protection for all 

resources. 

The key issues addressed by the 

alternatives are: (1) Development of 

domestic energy sources, including 

wind power; (2) off highway vehicle/ 

snowmobile use and outdoor recreation; 

(3) National Historic Trails and cultural 

resources management; (4) management 

of wildlife habitat, including special 

status plant and animal species; (5) 

special management designations; and 

(6) travel management planning. 

The Draft RMP/EIS included analysis 

of nine new areas proposed for 

consideration as Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern (ACEC). The 

BLM found that these areas meet 

relevance and importance criteria as set 

forth in 43 CFR 1610.7–2, and the 

impacts of including these proposed 

ACECs were analyzed as part of the 

alternatives in the Draft RMP/EIS. 

With Alternative D (BLM Preferred 

Alternative), the BLM proposes to 

establish the Bridger Butte ACEC (727 

acres); Special status plant species 

ACEC (907 acres); and Cushion plant 

community ACEC (61 acres); and retain 

the Raymond Mountain ACEC (13,926 

acres). 

In addition, in Alternative D, the BLM 

analyzed the effects of opening 3,963 

acres for consideration of future coal 

leasing. The proposed coal lease area is 

situated in T. 17 N., R. 117 W., Section 

18, 20, 30, and 32; T. 16 N., R. 118 W., 

Section 2; 17 N., R. 118 W., Section 24. 

Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS 

received from the public and internal 

BLM review were incorporated as 

appropriate into the proposed plan. 

After careful consideration of the 

comments received, adjustment and 

clarifications were made to Alternative 

D, BLM’s Preferred Alternative. As 

modified, Alternative D is now 

presented as the Proposed Kemmerer 

RMP in the PRMP/FEIS. The Proposed 

Kemmerer RMP would provide 

comprehensive, long-range decisions for 

the use and management of resources in 

the planning area administered by the 

BLM and focus on the principles of 

multiple use and sustained yield. 

Instructions for filing a protest with 

the Director of the BLM regarding the 

PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear 

Reader Letter of the Kemmerer PRMP/ 

FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. E-mailed 

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-mailed 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 the BLM protest 

coordinator at 202–452–5112, and emails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. All protests, 

including the follow-up letter (if emailing or faxing) must be in writing 

and mailed to the appropriate address, 

as set forth in the ADDRESSES section 

above. 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. 

Martin G. Griffith, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–19387 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

60-Day Notice of Intention To Request 

Clearance of Collection of Information; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements, the National 

Park Service (NPS) invites public 

comments on a proposed new collection 

of information (1024-xxxx). 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted on the proposed Information 

Collection Request (ICR) on or before 

October 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: 

Margaret Littlejohn; Park Studies Unit, 

College of Natural Resources, University 

of Idaho; P.O. Box 441139, Moscow, 

Idaho 83844–1139; or via phone at 208/ 

885–7863; or via fax at 208/885–4261; or 

via e-mail at littlej@uidaho.edu. Also, 

you may send comments to Leonard E. 

Stowe, NPS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., NW., 

(2605), Washington, DC 20240; or via email at leonard stowe@nps.gov. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Gramann, NPS Social Science 

Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., Washington, 

DC 20005; or via phone at 202/513–

7189; or via e-mail at 

James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov . You 

are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR 

package free of charge. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Programmatic Approval for the 

National Park Service Visitor Services 

Project 

Bureau Form Number: None 

OMB Number: To be requested. 

Expiration Date: To be requested. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Description of Need: The National 

Park Service (NPS) relies on accurate 

information concerning park visitors to 

inform planning and management 

aimed at better serving the visiting 

public. The NPS collects information on 

visitors’ characteristics, opinions, 

preferences, and trip expenditures by 

means of visitor surveys, including 

those conducted by the NPS Visitor 

Services Project (VSP). Each year, the 

VSP completes up to 18 visitor surveys 

and focus groups in individual units of 

the National Park System. The NPS 

currently has a programmatic approval 

for NPS-sponsored public surveys 

(1024–0224). This programmatic 

approval has resulted in dramatic 

improvements in the agency’s ability to 

conduct social science research in and 

around NPS units. The proposed VSP 

Programmatic Approval would extend 

these benefits by allowing this relatively 

homogeneous subset of information 

collections to go through its own review 

process. This will reduce the time that 

it takes for VSP information collections 

to be reviewed and fielded, benefiting 

parks that depend on VSPs to collect 

timely and accurate data from visitors 

for planning and management purposes. 

The VSP conducts site-specific 

information collections, including indepth visitor surveys and focus groups, 

at up to 18 parks per year. These studies 


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