70892 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 229 / Friday, November 28, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVC00000.L16100000.DP0000 

LXSS155F0000; 14–08807; MO# 

4500065255] 

Notice of Availability of the Carson 

City District Draft Resource 

Management Plan and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared the 

Carson City District Draft Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Carson City District Office, Sierra 

Front and Stillwater Field Offices, and 

by this notice is announcing the 

opening of the comment period. 

DATES: To ensure that comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Carson City 

District Draft RMP and Draft EIS within 

120 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes this notice of the Draft RMP/ 

Draft EIS in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Carson City District Draft 

RMP/Draft EIS by any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/ 

en/fo/carson_city_field.html. 

• Email: BLM_NV_CCDO_RMP@

blm.gov. 

• Fax: 775–885–6147. 

• Mail: BLM Carson City District, 

Attn: CCD RMP, 5665 Morgan Mill Rd., 

Carson City, NV 89701. 

Copies of the Carson City District Draft 

RMP/Draft EIS are available in the 

Carson City District Office at the above 

address or on the following Web site: 

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_

city_field.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colleen Sievers, RMP Project Manager, 

telephone: 775–885–6168; address: 5665 

Morgan Mill Rd., Carson City, NV 

89701; email: BLM_NV_CCDO_RMP@

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 the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Carson City District Draft RMP/Draft EIS 

would replace the existing 2001 Carson 

City Field Office Consolidated RMP. 

The Draft RMP/Draft EIS was developed 

through a collaborative planning 

process. The Carson City District Draft 

RMP decision area encompasses 

approximately 4.8 million acres of 

public land administered by the BLM 

Carson City District in portions of 11 

counties within 2 States (Washoe, 

Storey, Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, 

Churchill, Mineral, and Nye counties in 

Nevada; and Alpine, Plumas, and 

Lassen counties in California). It does 

not include private lands, State lands, 

Indian reservations, or Federal lands not 

administered by BLM. 

The Carson City District Draft RMP/

Draft EIS includes goals, objectives and 

management actions for protecting and 

preserving natural resources which 

includes air quality, soil and water 

resources, vegetation, fish and wildlife, 

special status species, wild horses and 

burros, wildland fire management, 

cultural and paleontological resources, 

and visual resource values. Multiple 

resource uses are addressed which 

include management and forage 

allocations for livestock grazing; 

delineation of lands open, closed, or 

subject to special stipulations or 

mitigation measures for minerals 

development; recreation and travel 

management designations; management 

of lands and realty actions, including 

delineation of avoidance and exclusion 

areas applicable to rights-of-ways, land 

tenure adjustments, and solar and wind 

energy development. Eligible river 

segments will be identified for 

suitability designation as components of 

the National Wild and Scenic River 

System and 24 Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern (ACECs) are 

proposed. The ACECs are proposed to 

protect biological, botanical, historic, 

cultural, paleontological and scenic 

values. 

The Draft RMP/Draft EIS analyzes five 

management alternatives. Alternative A 

is the No Action Alternative, which is 

the continuation of current management 

under the existing 2001 Consolidated 

RMP and subsequent amendments. This 

alternative describes the current goals 

and actions for management of 

resources and land uses in the planning 

area. The management direction could 

also be modified by current laws, 

regulations, and policies. Alternative B 

emphasizes opportunities to use and 

develop resources within the planning 

area. It would provide for motorized 

access and commodity production with 

minimal restrictions while providing 

protection of natural and cultural 

resources to the extent required by law, 

regulation, and policy. This alternative 

would largely rely on existing laws, 

regulations, and policies, rather than 

special management or special 

designations, to protect sensitive 

resources. Alternative C emphasizes the 

protection of the planning area’s 

resource values while allowing 

commodity uses as consistent with 

current laws, regulations, and policies. 

Management actions would emphasize 

resource values such as habitat for 

wildlife and plant species (including 

special status species), protection of 

riparian areas and water quality, 

preservation of ecologically important 

areas, maintenance of wilderness 

characteristics, and protection of 

scientifically important cultural and 

paleontological sites. Access to and 

development of resources within the 

planning area could occur with 

intensive management and mitigation of 

surface-disturbing and disruptive 

activities. Alternative D emphasizes the 

increased demand on BLMadministered lands within the urban 

interface area. The interface is a set of 

conditions that affect resources and how 

they can be managed, rather than a 

geographic place. Enhanced community 

development through a change in land 

tenure is reflected in this alternative. 

Alternative D provides for increased 

management of recreational 

opportunities in areas of high use while 

reducing conflict between use of the 

BLM-administered land and adjacent 

private landowners. Specific measures 

would also be applied to manage for 

increased pressures on the land and a 

higher demand from the public while 

minimizing adverse effects on local 

communities. Alternative E emphasizes 

a balance between resource protection 

and resource use, which provides 

opportunities to use and develop 

resources within the planning area 

while ensuring resource protection. The 

BLM Carson City District’s preferred 

alternative is Alternative E. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.7–2(b), this 

notice announces a concurrent public 

comment period for potential ACECs. 

There are 4 existing and 9 new ACECs 

proposed in Alternative B, 5 existing 

and 18 new ACECs proposed in 

Alternative C, 3 existing and 8 new 

ACECs proposed in Alternative D, and 

4 existing and 4 new ACECs in 

Alternative E. The ACECs are proposed 

to protect biological, botanical, historic, 

cultural, paleontological and scenic 

values. Alternatives B, D, and E all 


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propose to remove the ACEC 

designation from the current Carson 

Wandering Skipper ACEC (330 acres). 

Alternative D proposes to remove the 

ACEC designation from the Stewart 

Valley Paleontological ACEC (15,900 

acres). Additionally, Alternatives B, C, 

D, and E propose to remove the ACEC 

designation from the Steamboat Hot 

Springs Geyer Basin ACEC (40 acres). 

One existing ACEC is proposed to be 

expanded under Alternatives B, C, D 

and E. 

The new potential ACECs in 

Alternative B include: Black Mountain/ 

Pistone Archaeological District (3,400 

acres), Churchill Narrows Buckwheat 

Botanical (6,600 acres), Fox Peak 

Cultural (48,400 acres), Greater Sand 

Mountain (17,000 acres), Grimes Point 

Archaeological District (15,900 acres), 

Namazii Wunu Cultural (158,300 acres), 

Ruhenstroth Paleontological (2,300 

acres), Tagim asa Cultural (81,800 

acres), and the Virginia City National 

Landmark Historic District (14,700 

acres). Alternative B would retain the 

existing Incandescent Rocks Scenic 

(1,100 acres), Stewart Valley 

Paleontological (15,900 acres), and the 

Virginia Range Williams Combleaf 

Botanical (470 acres) ACECs and would 

expand the Pah Rah High Basin 

Petroglyph ACEC (5,300 acres). 

The new potential ACECs in 

Alternative C include: Black Mountain/ 

Pistone Archaeological District (3,400 

acres), Churchill Narrows Buckwheat 

Botanical (6,600 acres), Clan Alpine 

Greater Sage-Grouse (98,400 acres), 

Desatoya Greater Sage-Grouse (105,100 

acres), Dixie Valley Toad (410 acres), 

Fox Peak Cultural (48,400 acres), 

Greater Sand Mountain (17,000 acres), 

Grimes Point Archaeological District 

(15,900 acres), Lassen Red Rock Scenic 

(800 acres), Namazii Wunu Cultural 

(158,300 acres), Pine Nut Bi-State SageGrouse (100,400 acres), Pine Nut 

Mountains Williams Combleaf Botanical 

(330 acres), Ruhenstroth Paleontological 

(2,300 acres), Sand Springs Desert Study 

Area (50 acres), Steamboat Buckwheat 

Botanical (80 acres), Tagim asa Cultural 

(81,800 acres), Virginia City National 

Landmark Historic District (14,700 

acres) and the Virginia Mountains 

Greater Sage-Grouse (109,200 acres). 

Alternative C would retain the existing 

Carson Wandering Skipper (330 acres), 

Incandescent Rocks Scenic (1,100 

acres), Stewart Valley Paleontological 

(15,900 acres), and the Virginia Range 

Williams Combleaf Botanical (470 acres) 

ACECs and would expand the Pah Rah 

High Basin Petroglyph ACEC (5,300 

acres). 

The new potential ACECs in 

Alternative D include: Black Mountain/ 

Pistone Archaeological District (3,400 

acres), Churchill Narrows Buckwheat 

Botanical (6,600 acres), Fox Peak 

Cultural (48,400 acres), Grimes Point 

Archaeological District (15,900 acres), 

Pine Nut Mountains Williams Combleaf 

Botanical (330 acres), Ruhenstroth 

Paleontological (2,300 acres), Tagim asa 

Cultural (81,800 acres), and the Virginia 

City National Landmark Historic District 

(14,700 acres). Alternative D would 

retain the existing Incandescent Rocks 

Scenic (1,100 acres) and the Virginia 

Range Williams Combleaf Botanical 

(470 acres) ACECs and would expand 

the Pah Rah High Basin Petroglyph 

ACEC (5,300 acres). 

The new potential ACECs in 

Alternative E include: Churchill 

Narrows Buckwheat Botanical (6,600 

acres), Fox Peak Cultural (48,400 acres), 

Grimes Point Archaeological District 

(15,900 acres), and the Ruhenstroth 

Paleontological (2,300 acres). 

Alternative E would retain the existing 

Incandescent Rocks Scenic (1,100 

acres), Stewart Valley Paleontological 

(15,900 acres), and the Virginia Range 

Williams Combleaf Botanical (470 acres) 

ACECs and would expand the Pah Rah 

High Basin Petroglyph ACEC (5,300 

acres). 

The following management 

prescriptions could apply to potential 

ACECs, if formally designated, 

depending on each individual ACEC: 

avoid or exclude linear ROWs; avoid or 

exclude site-type ROWs; close to or 

place use constraints on fluid leasable 

mineral development; close to solid 

leasable mineral development; 

recommend withdrawal of locatable 

mineral development; close to saleable 

mineral development; not available for 

livestock grazing; manage as VRM Class 

II; Special Recreation Permits would not 

be issued; close to camping; closed or 

limited to designated routes for 

motorized travel; place seasonal 

restrictions of ground disturbing 

actions; prohibit the collection of 

vegetation; and seasonally closed for 

Native American cultural/religious use. 

Public meetings on the Draft RMP/

Draft EIS are currently scheduled for 

5:00 to 7:00 p.m.; on January 13, at the 

John Ascuaga’s Nugget (1100 Nugget 

Ave.) in Sparks, Nevada; on January 15, 

at the Fallon Convention Center (100 

Campus Way) in Fallon, Nevada; on 

January 20, at the Mineral County 

Library (First & A Street) in Hawthorne, 

Nevada; on January 22, at the Carson 

Valley Inn (1627 US Hwy 395 N) in 

Minden, Nevada; and on January 29, at 

the Yerington Elementary School (112 

N. California St.) in Yerington, Nevada. 

An additional public meeting will be 

held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., on January 

24, at the Carson City Plaza Hotel and 

Event Center (801 South Carson Street) 

in Carson City, Nevada. Additional 

public meetings are anticipated in 

coordination with local County 

Commissions and Boards of 

Supervisors. Any such additional 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through public notices, 

media releases, and/or mailings. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and email addresses of 

persons who submit comments will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2 

Marci Todd, 

Associate State Director, Nevada. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLOR912000.L10600000.DF0000.

15XL1109AF; HAG15–0032] 

Notice of Intent To Establish the 

Southwest Oregon RAC, the Northwest 

Oregon RAC, and the Coastal Oregon 

RAC 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is publishing this 

notice in accordance with the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act 

(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). The BLM gives 

notice that the Secretary of the Interior 

is establishing the Southwest Oregon 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), the 

Northwest Oregon RAC, and the Coastal 

Oregon RAC. These RACs will provide 

advice to the Secretary of the Interior 

concerning the planning and 


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