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• Visual impacts from potential 

development. 

• Cumulative impacts associated with 

geothermal leasing, including the 

potential for exploration and 

development operation. 

The BLM will use a combination of 

scoping periods, public meetings, and 

the NEPA process to satisfy the public 

involvement process required by 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470(f)) as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

Native American Tribal consultations 

will be conducted in accordance with 

policy, and Tribal concerns will be 

given due consideration, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets. Federal, 

state, and local agencies, along with 

other stakeholders that may be 

interested or affected by the BLM’s 

decision on this project, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be contacted 

by the BLM to participate as a 

cooperating agency. Agencies or 

organizations with technical expertise 

or jurisdictional authority will be 

invited to participate as cooperating 

agencies during the NEPA analysis and 

environmental review. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan 

amendment in order to consider the 

resource issues and concerns identified 

during public scoping. The planning 

process will include specialists with 

expertise in rangeland management, 

minerals and geology, forestry, outdoor 

recreation, law enforcement, 

archaeology, botany, wildlife, fisheries, 

lands and realty, hydrology, soils, 

vegetation, and fire. Notification of the 

planning process will be sent to the 

Governor of Colorado, county 

commissioners, local tribes and 

potentially affected members of the 

public. The public is encouraged to help 

identify questions and concerns during 

the scoping phase. 

By this notice, the BLM is complying 

with requirements in 43 CFR 1610.2(c) 

to notify the public of potential 

amendments to the existing SLRA RMP. 

The BLM land use planning regulations 

require the BLM to publish, and provide 

for public review of, the proposed 

planning criteria that will guide the 

RMP amendment process. Planning 

criteria are the constraints, standards, 

and guidelines that determine what the 

BLM will or will not consider during its 

planning process. As such, they 

establish parameters and help focus 

analysis of the issues identified in 

scoping and structure the preparation of 

the EA and proposed RMP amendment. 

The BLM welcomes public comment on 

the following proposed planning 

criteria, 

1. The BLM will continue to manage 

the SLRA in accordance with FLPMA 

(43 U.S.C. 1701. et seq.), other 

applicable laws and regulations, and all 

existing public land laws. 

2. The BLM will use a collaborative, 

multi-jurisdictional approach with 

local, state, tribal, and Federal agencies 

to jointly determine the desired future 

condition of public lands and provide 

consistency with their existing plans 

and policies, to the extent that those 

plans and policies are consistent with 

Federal law governing the 

administration of public land. 

3. The BLM will limit its amendment 

of the RMP to geothermal resource 

leasing and development issues and will 

not address management of other 

resources. The BLM will consider and 

analyze the impacts from this increased 

use on other BLM-managed resource 

values. 

4. The BLM will address the 

socioeconomic impacts of the 

alternatives. 

5. The amendment process will follow 

the FLPMA planning process and 

include an EA that will comply with 

NEPA standards, and an EIS, if a 

Finding of No Significant Impact cannot 

be reached. 

6. The BLM will consider 

environmental protection and energy 

production as both are desirable and 

necessary objectives of sound land 

management practices and not to be 

considered mutually exclusive 

priorities. 

7. The BLM will prepare the EA in 

compliance with the Geothermal Steam 

Act, as amended, and the legislative 

directives set forth in the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005. 

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 can 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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

John Mehlhoff, 

Acting State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Meeting of the California Desert 

District Advisory Council 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Public Laws 92–463 

and 94–579, that the California Desert 

District Advisory Council to the Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, will participate in a field 

tour of BLM-administered public lands 

on Friday, October 1, 2010, from 8 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. and will meet in formal 

session on Saturday, October 2, 2010, 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the BLM 

Needles Field Office, 1303 S Highway 

95, Needles, CA 92363. 

Agenda topics will include updates 

by Council members and reports from 

the BLM District Manager and five field 

office managers. Final agenda items, 

including details of the field tour, will 

be posted on the BLM California state 

Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/ 

en/info/rac/dac.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Desert 

District Advisory Council meetings are 

open to the public. Public comment for 

items not on the agenda will be 

scheduled at the beginning of the 

meeting Saturday morning. Time for 

public comment may be made available 

by the Council Chairman during the 

presentation of various agenda items, 

and is scheduled at the end of the 

meeting for topics not on the agenda. 

While the Saturday meeting is 

tentatively scheduled from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., the meeting could conclude 

prior to 4:30 p.m. should the Council 

conclude its presentations and 

discussions. Therefore, members of the 

public interested in a particular agenda 

item or discussion should schedule 

their arrival accordingly. 

Written comments may be filed in 

advance of the meeting for the 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council, c/o Bureau of Land 

Management, External Affairs, 22835 

Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno 

Valley, CA 92553. Written comments 

also are accepted at the time of the 

meeting and, if copies are provided to 

the recorder, will be incorporated into 

the minutes. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Briery, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs (951) 697–5220. 

Dated: August 31, 2010. 

Teresa A. Raml, 

District Manager. 

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