Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 98 / Friday, May 22, 2009 / Notices 24033 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–066–09–1610–DR–024E] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision and Approved Resource 

Management Plan for the Butte Field 

Office, Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) and Approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) for the Butte 

Field Office, Montana. The Montana 

State Director signed the ROD, which 

constitutes the final decision of the BLM 

and makes the Approved RMP effective 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and 

Approved RMP are available upon 

request from the Field Manager, Butte 

Field Office, BLM, 106 North Parkmont, 

Butte, MT 59401–3388, or via the 

Internet at http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/ 

en/fo/butte_field_office.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

La Marr, Project Manager, BLM, 106 

North Parkmont, Butte, MT 59701; or by 

calling (406) 533–7645. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Butte 

Field Office manages about 307,000 

acres of public land and about 661,000 

acres of Federal mineral estate in 

Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deerlodge, 

Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, 

Park, and Silver Bow Counties in 

western Montana. The planning process 

for the RMP addressed the following 

five major issues: (1) How will 

vegetation on the BLM lands be 

managed to achieve healthy ecosystems 

while providing for a broad range of 

multiple uses? (2) How will the BLM 

lands be managed to protect wildlife 

and fish habitat, and to conserve and 

recover special status and priority 

species? (3) How should the BLM 

manage motorized public travel to meet 

the needs of public access and resource 

uses while minimizing user conflicts 

and impacts to air, soil, watershed, 

vegetation, wildlife, and other resource 

values? (4) How should recreation be 

managed to accommodate the full range 

of recreational uses enjoyed by the 

public on the BLM lands? (5) Which 

areas, if any, should be managed as 

special designations, and how should 

such areas be managed to protect values 

that warrant this status? 

The Approved RMP was prepared 

under the authorities of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (FLPMA) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). The Approved RMP is nearly 

identical to the Proposed Plan 

(Alternative B) presented in the 2008 

Proposed RMP/Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). Decisions in the 

ROD are either land use planning 

decisions that were protestable under 

the planning regulations (43 CFR 

subpart 1610), or implementation 

decisions that are now appealable under 

the regulations discussed below. 

The BLM received six valid protest 

letters during the 30-day protest period 

provided for the Proposed RMP/Final 

EIS in accordance with 43 CFR 1610.5– 

2. The BLM Director addressed all the 

protests without making significant 

changes to the Proposed RMP; minor 

corrections and clarifications are 

included in the ‘‘Clarifications’’ section 

of the ROD. 

Site-specific travel route decisions for 

the Helena Travel Planning Area (TPA), 

East Helena TPA, Lewis and Clark 

County NW TPA, Boulder/Jefferson City 

TPA, and Upper Big Hole River TPA are 

subject to a separate appeals process. 

These decisions are implementation 

decisions contained in the 

‘‘Implementation Decisions Covered 

Under this Record of Decision’’ section 

of the ROD and are appealable under 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E. Any party 

adversely affected by site-specific travel 

route decisions in these five TPAs may 

appeal within 30 days of publication of 

this Notice of Availability. The appeal 

should state the specific travel route(s), 

as identified in the ROD and Approved 

RMP, on which the decision is being 

appealed. The appeal must be filed with 

the Butte Field Manager at the above 

listed address. Please consult the cited 

regulations for further appeal 

requirements. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1712; 42 U.S.C. 4332. 

Gene R. Terland, 

State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–227] 

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 

Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and 

Consumers and on Beneficiary 

Countries 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

opportunity to submit comments in 

connection with the nineteenth report 

on the economic impact of the 

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 

(CBERA). 

SUMMARY: Section 215 of the CBERA (19 

U.S.C. 2704) requires the Commission to 

report biennially to the Congress and 

the President by September 30 of each 

reporting year on the economic impact 

of the Act on U.S. industries and U.S. 

consumers and on the economy of the 

beneficiary countries. This series of 

biennial reports was instituted as 

investigation No. 332–227, Caribbean 

Basin Economic Recovery Act: Impact 

on U.S. Industries and Consumers and 

on Beneficiary Countries. The 

Commission has scheduled a public 

hearing for its 2009 CBERA report, 

covering trade during calendar years 

2007 and 2008, for June 30, 2009. 

DATES: 

June 17, 2009: Deadline for filing 

requests to appear at the public 

hearing. 

June 23, 2009: Deadline for filing prehearing briefs and statements. 

June 30, 2009: Public hearing. 

July 7, 2009: Deadline for filing posthearing briefs and statements and all 

other written submissions. 

September 30, 2009: Transmittal of 

Commission report to Congress and 

the President. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. All written 

submissions should be addressed to the 

Secretary, United States International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/edis.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Walker Pollard (202–205–3228 or 

walker.pollard@usitc.gov), or James 

Stamps (202–205–3227 or 

james.stamps@usitc.gov) Country and 

Regional Analysis Division, Office of 

Economics, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, Washington, DC 20436. 

For information on the legal aspects of 

this investigation, contact William 

Gearhart of the Commission’s Office of 

the General Counsel (202–205–3091 or 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Peg O’Laughlin, Public 

Affairs Officer (202–205–1819 or 

margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearingimpaired individuals may obtain 


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