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Estimated Annual Responses: 

235,252. 

Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden 

Cost: $32,500,000. 

The estimated burdens are itemized in 

the following table: 

A. Type of response B. Number of 

responses 

C. Hours per 

response 

D. Total hours 

(column B × 

column C) 

Application for Permit to Drill or Re-enter (43 CFR 3162.3–1) Form 3160–3 ................ 5,000 80 400,000 

Well Completion or Recompletion Report and Log (43 CFR 3162.4–1) Form 3160–4 5,000 4 20,000 

Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells (43 CFR 3162.3–2) Form 3160–5 ..................... 35,000 8 280,000 

Plan for Well Abandonment (43 CFR 3162.3–4) ............................................................ 1,500 8 12,000 

Schematic/Facility Diagrams (43 CFR 3162.4–1(a) and 3162.7–5(d)(1)) ...................... 1,000 8 8,000 

Drilling Tests, Logs, and Surveys (43 CFR 3162.4–2(a)) ............................................... 110 8 880 

Disposal of Produced Water (43 CFR 3162.5–1(b), 3164.1, and Onshore Oil and Gas 

Order No. 7) ................................................................................................................. 1,500 8 12,000 

Report of Spills, Discharges, or Other Undesirable Events (43 CFR 3162.5–1(c)) ....... 215 8 1,720 

Contingency Plan (43 CFR 3162.5–1(d)) ........................................................................ 52 32 1,664 

Horizontal and Directional Drilling (43 CFR 3162.5–2(b)) .............................................. 2,100 8 16,800 

Well Markers (43 CFR 3162.6) ....................................................................................... 1,000 8 8,000 

Gas Flaring (43 CFR 3162.7–1(d), 3164.1, and Notice to Lessees 4A) ........................ 120 16 1,920 

Records for Seals (43 CFR 3162.7–5(b)) ....................................................................... 90,000 0.75 67,500

Site Security (43 CFR 3162.7–5(c)) ................................................................................ 2,500 8 20,000 

Prepare Run Tickets (43 CFR 3162.7–2, 3164.1, and Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 

4) .................................................................................................................................. 90,000 0.75 67,500 

Application for Suspension or Other Relief (43 CFR 3165.1) ......................................... 100 16 1,600 

State Director Review (43 CFR 3165.3(b)) ..................................................................... 55 16 880 

Totals ........................................................................................................................ 235,252 ............................ 920,464 

Jean Sonneman, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[14XL.LLIDT02000.L12200000.MA0000.241A.

00] 

Proposed Supplementary Rules for the 

Castle Rocks Land Use Plan 

Amendment Area, Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

supplementary rules. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is proposing 

supplementary rules for all BLMadministered public lands within an 

approximately 400-acre area in Idaho 

known as Castle Rocks. The BLM 

addressed this area in the November 

2013 Cassia Resource Management Plan 

(CRMP) Amendment and Record of 

Decision (ROD). The CRMP amendment 

made implementation-level decisions 

designed to conserve natural and 

cultural resources while providing for 

recreational opportunities. These 

supplementary rules would allow the 

BLM and law enforcement partners to 

enforce those decisions. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the 

proposed supplementary rules until 

December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by mail, electronic mail, or handdelivery. Mail or Hand Delivery: Dennis 

Thompson, Outdoor Recreation Planner, 

Bureau of Land Management, Burley 

Field Office, 15 East 200 South, Burley, 

ID 83318. email: blm_id_

monumentcassiarmpamend@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Thompson, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, at 208–677–6664 or by email at 

dthompson@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact Mr. Thompson. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Public Comment Procedures 

III. Discussion of Proposed Supplementary 

Rules 

IV. Procedural Matters 

I. Background 

Castle Rocks is a dramatic geologic 

area located in the southern Albion 

Mountain Range of Cassia County, 

Idaho. Castle Rocks consists primarily of 

quartz-monzonite, a type of granite 

associated with the Almo Pluton. 

Pinnacles and monoliths, towering over 

400 feet in local relief, characterize the 

area. Castle Rocks currently contains 

near pristine cultural and natural 

resources. 

Until 2003, a difficult and lengthy 

hike from Stines Pass was the only way 

for the public to reach Castle Rocks, due 

to the unique ownership pattern and 

geography of the surrounding lands. 

This limited access helped preserve rare 

resources that are of great importance to 

the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort 

Hall and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of 

Duck Valley. Castle Rocks became less 

isolated after passage of the Castle Rock 

Ranch Acquisition Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 

106–421), which authorized the 

National Park Service (NPS) to purchase 

a private ranch that provided 

convenient public access on the east 

side of the geologic area. After the 

acquisition, the NPS exchanged the 

property with the Idaho Department of 

Parks and Recreation (IDPR) for other 

lands adjacent to existing NPS 

properties. 

Since May 25, 2003, the IDPR has 

provided park facilities and has 

managed recreation at Castle Rocks. 

Starting in 2003, the BLM has protected 

the 400-acre parcel that is under its 

management by issuing a series of 

temporary closure orders prohibiting 

rock climbing, camping, staging, and 

trail building. In 2012, the BLM 

determined that amending the CRMP 

was necessary to properly manage the 

area. The decision in the CRMP was to 

close the area permanently to rock 

climbing, camping, staging, and trail 

building. This decision was made to 

protect significant cultural resources 

that were, or had the potential to be, 

adversely impacted by these activities. 

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort 

Hall and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of 

Duck Valley consider the area a sacred 

site and have requested the assistance of 

the Burley Field Office in nominating 


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the area as a Traditional Cultural 

Property under the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

The supplementary rules proposed 

here would allow the BLM to achieve 

management objectives and implement 

the CRMP amendment. They would also 

provide the BLM with enforcement 

capability to prevent damage to cultural 

and natural resources. 

II. Public Comment Procedures 

You may mail, email, or hand-deliver 

comments to Dennis Thompson, 

Recreational Planner, at the addresses 

listed above (See ADDRESSES). Written 

comments on the proposed 

supplementary rules should be specific 

and confined to issues pertinent to the 

proposed rules, and should explain the 

reason for any recommended change. 

Where possible, comments should 

reference the specific section or 

paragraph of the proposal that the 

commenter is addressing. The BLM is 

not obligated to consider, or include in 

the Administrative Record for the final 

supplementary rules, comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (See ADDRESSES) or 

comments that the BLM receives after 

the close of the comment period (See 

DATES), unless they are postmarked or 

electronically dated before the deadline. 

Comments, including names, street 

addresses, and other contact 

information for respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BLM 

Burley Field Office address listed in 

ADDRESSES during regular business 

hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

holidays). Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your 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. 

III. Discussion of Proposed 

Supplementary Rules 

These supplementary rules are 

necessary to protect the cultural and 

natural resources within the 400-acre 

BLM parcel at Castle Rocks as described 

in the CRMP amendment environmental 

assessment (EA). 

The proposed supplementary rules 

would prohibit traditional rock 

climbing, sport rock climbing, 

bouldering, staging, trail building, and 

camping on BLM-administered public 

land within the Castle Rocks area 

because of adverse effects to cultural 

resources resulting from these activities. 

Use of the existing Stines Creek trail as 

shown on the 2012 Oakley 1:100,000 

surface management Status Map would 

still be authorized. The EA for the 

CRMP amendment (Appendix II) 

designates the trail appropriate for foot, 

horse, or bike use and describes the 

authorized course of the trail. 

IV. Procedural Matters 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

The proposed supplementary rules 

are not a significant regulatory action 

and are not subject to review by the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866. They would not 

have an effect of $100 million or more 

on the economy. They would not 

adversely affect, in a material way, the 

economy; productivity; competition; 

jobs; environment; public health or 

safety; or State, local, or tribal 

governments or communities. The 

proposed supplementary rules would 

not create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency. They 

would not materially alter the budgetary 

effects of entitlements, grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the right or 

obligations of their recipients; nor 

would they raise novel legal or policy 

issues. The proposed rules merely 

contain rules of conduct for public use 

of a limited selection of public lands to 

protect public health and safety. 

Clarity of the Supplementary Rules 

Executive Order 12866 requires each 

agency to write regulations that are 

simple and easy to understand. The 

BLM invites your comments on how to 

make these proposed supplementary 

rules easier to understand, including 

answers to questions such as the 

following: 

(1) Are the requirements in the 

proposed supplementary rules clearly 

stated? 

(2) Do the proposed supplementary 

rules contain technical language or 

jargon that interferes with their clarity? 

(3) Does the format of the proposed 

supplementary rules (grouping and 

order of sections, use of headings, 

paragraphing, etc.) aid or reduce their 

clarity? 

(4) Would the proposed 

supplementary rules be easier to 

understand if they were divided into 

more (but shorter) sections? 

(5) Is the description of the proposed 

supplementary rules in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this preamble helpful to your 

understanding of the proposed 

supplementary rules? How could this 

description be more helpful in making 

the proposed supplementary rules easier 

to understand? Please send any 

comments you have on the clarity of the 

proposed supplementary rules to the 

address specified in the ADDRESSES

section. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

The BLM prepared an EA as part of 

the development of the CRMP 

amendment at Castle Rocks. During that 

NEPA process, alternative decisions for 

the CRMP amendment were fully 

analyzed or discussed and offered for 

public comment, including the 

substance of these proposed 

supplementary rules. The pertinent 

analysis can be found in Chapter 4 of 

the CRMP Amendment and Proposed 

Decision Record, April, 2013. The ROD 

for the CRMP was signed by the Idaho 

BLM State Director on November 20, 

2013. These proposed supplementary 

rules would provide for enforcement of 

the plan decisions. The rationale for the 

decisions made is fully covered in the 

ROD. It is available for review in the 

BLM administrative record at the 

address specified in the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ 

section and online at http://

www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/cultural/

climbing-CastleRocks_EA.html. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Congress enacted the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, to ensure 

that Government regulations do not 

unnecessarily or disproportionately 

burden small entities. The RFA requires 

a regulatory flexibility analysis if a rule 

would have a significant economic 

impact, either detrimental or beneficial, 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. These proposed supplementary 

rules would merely establish rules of 

conduct for use of a limited area of 

public lands and would have no effect 

on business entities of any size. 

Therefore, the BLM has determined, 

under the RFA, that the proposed 

supplementary rules would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act 

These proposed supplementary rules 

do not constitute a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined at 5 U.S.C. 804(2). They would 

not result in an effect on the economy 

of $100 million or more, an increase in 

costs or prices, or significant adverse 

effects on competition, employment, 

investment, productivity, innovation, or 


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the ability of United States-based 

enterprises to compete with foreignbased enterprises in domestic and 

export markets. These proposed 

supplementary rules would merely 

establish rules of conduct for use of a 

limited area of public lands and do not 

affect commercial or business activities 

of any kind. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

These proposed supplementary rules 

would not impose an unfunded 

mandate on State, local, or tribal 

governments or the private sector of 

more than $100 million per year nor do 

they have a significant or unique effect 

on State, local, or tribal governments or 

the private sector. Therefore, the BLM is 

not required to prepare a statement 

containing the information required by 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Executive Order 12630, Governmental 

Actions and Interference With 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights (Takings) 

These proposed supplementary rules 

would not have significant takings 

implications nor would they be capable 

of interfering with constitutionally 

protected property rights. Therefore, the 

BLM has determined that these rules 

would not cause a ‘‘taking’’ of private 

property or require preparation of a 

takings assessment. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

These proposed supplementary rules 

would not have a substantial direct 

effect on the States, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. The 

proposed supplementary rules would 

not conflict with any law or regulation 

of the State of Idaho. Therefore, in 

accordance with Executive Order 13132, 

the BLM has determined that these 

proposed supplementary rules would 

not have sufficient federalism 

implications to warrant preparation of a 

Federalism Assessment. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform 

The BLM has determined that these 

proposed supplementary rules would 

not unduly burden the judicial system 

and that they meet the requirements of 

sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive 

Order 12988. 

Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

Consultation and Coordination with 

the Shoshone-Bannock and ShoshonePaiute Tribes has been ongoing since 

2010. The Tribes have been fully briefed 

and support these proposed 

supplementary rules. 

Information Quality Act 

The Information Quality Act (Section 

515 of Pub. L. 106–554) requires Federal 

agencies to maintain adequate quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information that they disseminate. In 

developing these proposed 

supplementary rules, the BLM did not 

conduct or use a study, experiment, or 

survey or disseminate any information 

to the public. 

Executive Order 13211, Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

These proposed supplementary rules 

would not constitute a significant 

energy action. The proposed 

supplementary rules would not have an 

adverse effect on energy supplies, 

production, or consumption, and have 

no connection with energy policy. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

These proposed supplementary rules 

do not contain information collection 

requirements that the Office of 

Management and Budget must approve 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Author 

The principal author of these 

supplementary rules is Michael C. 

Courtney, Burley Field Manager, Bureau 

of Land Management. 

For the reasons stated in the 

Preamble, and under the authority of 43 

CFR 8365.1–6, the Burley Field Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, proposes 

to issue supplementary rules for BLMadministered lands covered under the 

Cassia Resource Management Plan 

Amendment at Castle Rocks, to read as 

follows: 

SUPPLEMENTARY RULES FOR THE 

PORTION OF THE CASTLE ROCKS AREA 

MANAGED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF LAND 

MANAGEMENT 

Definitions: 

Traditional rock climbing means a style of 

climbing where a climber or group of 

climbers places all gear required to protect 

against falls and removes it when passage is 

complete. 

Sport rock climbing means a style of 

climbing that relies on fixed protection 

against falls, usually bolts and/or top 

anchors. 

Bouldering means ropeless climbing that 

involves short, sequential moves on rock 

usually no more than 20 feet off the ground 

and uses bouldering crash pads at the base 

of the climbing area to prevent injuries from 

falls. 

Staging means assembling, unpacking or 

otherwise preparing gear for climbing; 

typically conducted at the base of a cliff, 

where gear such as backpacks may also be 

left during a climb, but in some cases, is 

conducted at the top of a cliff. 

Trail building means the act of creating 

new travel routes through the use of tools; or 

user-created trails developed through 

repeated visits to a specific destination. EA 

DOI–BLM–ID–T020–2013–0010–EA, 

Appendix II serves as the baseline for 

existing trails on BLM lands. 

Camping means setting up, occupying or 

making use of a place for shelter or overnight 

stay. 

On BLM-administered public land within 

the Castle Rocks area, the following 

supplementary rules apply: 

1. Traditional and sport rock climbing and 

bouldering are prohibited. 

2. Staging is prohibited. 

3. Camping is prohibited. 

4. Trail building is prohibited. 

EXCEPTIONS: The following persons are 

exempt from these supplementary rules: 

A. Any Federal, State, local and/or military 

employee acting within the scope of their 

duties; 

B. Members of any organized rescue or firefighting force in performance of an official 

duty; and 

C. Persons, agencies, municipalities, or 

companies holding an existing special-use 

permit and operating within the scope of 

their permit. 

PENALTIES: On public lands under 

Section 303(a) of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)) 

and 43 CFR 8360.0–7, any person who 

violates any of these supplementary rules 

may be tried before a United States 

Magistrate and fined no more than $1,000 or 

imprisoned for no more than 12 months or 

both. Such violations may also be subject to 

enhanced fines provided for by 18 U.S.C. 

3571. 

Timothy M. Murphy, 

Idaho State Director, Bureau of Land 

Management. 

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