47248 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 11, 2017 / Notices 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. 

Donald Gonzalez, 

Vale District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21962 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWO350000.16X.L11100000.PI0000 

LXSISGMW0000] 

Notice of Cancellation of Withdrawal 

Application and Withdrawal Proposal 

and Notice of Termination of 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Sagebrush Focal Area Withdrawal 

in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, 

Utah and Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of cancellation. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has canceled its 

withdrawal application and the 

withdrawal proposal relating to 

approximately 10 million acres of 

public and National Forest system lands 

located within Sagebrush Focal Areas 

(SFAs) in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, 

Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. The BLM 

has determined that the lands are no 

longer needed in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. The BLM has also 

terminated the preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement 

evaluating this application and 

proposal. 

DATES: This Notice is applicable on 

October 11, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark A. Mackiewicz, BLM, by 

telephone at 435–636–3616, mail to 125 

South 600 West, Price, UT 84501–2833 

or by email at mmackiew@blm.gov. 

Persons using a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 800–877– 

8339. FRS is available 24 hours a day, 

7 days a week, to leave a message or 

question. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice 

of Proposed Withdrawal was published 

in the Federal Register on September 

24, 2015, (80 FR 57635), as corrected (80 

FR 63583), of the Department’s proposal 

to withdraw approximately 10 million 

acres of public and National Forest 

System lands in Idaho, Montana, 

Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws for 20 years, 

subject to valid existing rights. The 

September 24, 2015, Notice also served 

as a Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4331, and initiated 

a public scoping process. The BLM has 

determined that the lands are no longer 

needed in connection with the proposed 

withdrawal. In accordance with 43 CFR 

2310.1–4(a), the BLM therefore has 

canceled the proposed withdrawal and 

its application in support thereof. 

Preparation of an EIS is hereby 

terminated. Pursuant to 43 CFR 2310.2– 

1(d), the segregative effect for the lands 

described in 80 FR 57635 as amended 

by 80 FR 63583 terminated by operation 

of law on September 24, 2017, and the 

lands are currently open to location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws, subject to valid existing rights, the 

provision of existing withdrawals, other 

segregations of record, and the 

requirements of applicable law. 

Michael D. Nedd, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21963 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Notice of Intent To Amend Land Use 

Plans Regarding Greater Sage-Grouse 

Conservation and Prepare Associated 

Environmental Impact Statements or 

Environmental Assessments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: On March 31, 2017, the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Nevada held that the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) violated the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, (NEPA) by failing to 

prepare a supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the 

designation of Sagebrush Focal Areas 

(SFA) in the Nevada and Northeastern 

California Greater Sage-Grouse Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) Amendment in 

Nevada. In order to comply with the 

court’s order and to address issues 

raised by various interested parties, the 

BLM intends to consider the possibility 

of amending some, all or none of the 

BLM land use plans that were amended 

or revised in 2014 and 2015 regarding 

Greater Sage-Grouse conservation in the 

States of California, Colorado, Idaho, 

Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and 

Montana (‘‘2015 Sage-Grouse Plans’’). 

By this Notice the BLM is announcing 

the beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments on Greater 

Sage-Grouse land management issues 

that could warrant land use plan 

amendments. 

DATES: This Notice initiates the public 

scoping process for RMP amendment(s) 

with associated NEPA document(s). 

Comments may be submitted in writing 

until November 27, 2017. The date(s) 

and location(s) of any scoping meetings 

will be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through local news media, 

newspapers and the BLM Web site at: 

http://bit.ly/GRSGplanning. In order to 

be included in the analysis, all 

comments must be received prior to the 

close of the 45-day scoping period or 15 

days after the last public meeting, 

whichever is later. We will provide 

additional opportunities for public 

participation as appropriate. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to amending land use plans regarding 

Greater Sage-Grouse conservation to the 

BLM Web site at: http://bit.ly/ 

GRSGplanning or to one of the 

addresses listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. If your 

comments are specific to an individual 

State or region, please specify that in 

your comments. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the addresses listed 

below in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Johanna Munson in the BLM-Idaho 

State Office at (208) 373–7834, email 

BLM_sagegrouseplanning@blm.gov, or 

mail 1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 

83708. For a list of local BLM contacts, 

please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individuals during 

normal business hours. The FRS 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: On March 

31, 2017, the United States District 

Court for the District of Nevada held 

that the BLM violated NEPA by failing 

to prepare a supplemental EIS for the 

designation of SFAs in the 2015 Greater 

Sage-Grouse Plan in Nevada. Similar 

claims were raised in other lawsuits that 

have not been decided. The BLM also 

recognizes that the 2015 Greater SageGrouse Plans blended elements from 

among the action alternatives analyzed 

through the NEPA process for those 


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decisions. In order to comply with the 

court’s order, to address issues raised by 

various interested parties, and to 

consider recommendations in the 

August 4, 2017, report prepared by the 

Department of the Interior’s Greater 

Sage-Grouse Review Team in Response 

to Secretary’s Order 3353 (SO 3353), the 

BLM seeks comment on the SFA 

designation, mitigation standards, lek 

buffers in all habitat management area 

types, disturbance and density caps, 

habitat boundaries to reflect new 

information, and reversing adaptive 

management responses when the BLM 

determines that resource conditions no 

longer warrant those responses. The 

BLM also seeks comment on Statespecific issues, such as the need for 

General Habitat Management Areas in 

Utah, and other issues identified by 

State, tribal, and local governments. The 

BLM also seeks input on planning 

criteria, which include compliance with 

laws and regulations and adequacy of 

Greater Sage-Grouse conservation 

measures in the land use plans. Any 

RMP amendment(s) with associated 

NEPA document(s)—EISs or 

Environmental Assessments (EAs)— 

developed will be completed in 

compliance with NEPA and the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, as amended. 

The BLM coordinated with the Sage 

Grouse Task Force to develop the SO 

3353 report and continues to identify 

issues that warrant clarification or 

reconsideration. This coordination effort 

is continuing and will help to inform 

the BLM’s implementation of SO 3353 

in each State, as will input from other 

stakeholders. This Notice and potential 

planning effort does not preclude the 

BLM from addressing issues and 

inconsistencies through other means, 

including policy, training, or plan 

maintenance, nor does it commit the 

BLM to amending some, all, or none of 

the Greater Sage-Grouse plans. In 

addition to comments on the issues and 

planning criteria, the BLM would like to 

receive input on whether the planning 

effort should occur through state-bystate amendment processes and 

decisions. In particular, the BLM looks 

forward to receiving the comments of 

the Governors of each state, and will 

strive to accommodate those comments 

to the extent practicable given prior 

collaborative efforts. 

You may submit comments in writing 

to the BLM at any public scoping 

meeting, or you may submit them to the 

BLM using the method listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. You should submit 

comments by the close of the 45-day 

scoping period or within 15 days after 

the last public meeting, whichever is 

later. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill 

the public involvement process under 

the National Historic Preservation Act 

(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources. 

The following is a list of BLM 

contacts and the BLM offices where 

documents may be examined: 

California: Jeremiah Karuzas; 

telephone: 916–978–4644; email: 

jkaruzas@blm.gov; 2800 Cottage Way 

Sacramento, CA 95825. 

Colorado: Bridget Clayton; telephone: 

970–244–3045; email: bclayton@

blm.gov; 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, 

CO 81506. 

Idaho: Ammon Wilhelm; telephone: 

208–373–3824; email: awilhelm@

blm.gov; 1387 S Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 

83708. 

Nevada: Matt Magaletti; telephone: 

775–861–6472; email: mmagalet@

blm.gov; 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, NV 

89502. 

Montana/Dakotas: John Carlson; 

telephone: 406–896–5024; email: 

jccarlso@blm.gov; 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, MT 59101. 

Oregon: Molly Anthony; telephone: 

503–808–6052; email: manthony@

blm.gov; 1220 South West 3rd Avenue, 

Portland, OR 97204. 

Utah: Quincy Bahr; telephone: 801– 

539–4122; email: qfbahr@blm.gov; 440 

West 200 South Suite 500, Salt Lake 

City, UT 84101. 

Wyoming: Erica Husse; telephone: 

307–775–6318; email: ehusse@blm.gov; 

5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 

82009. 

The BLM will consult with Indian 

tribes on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Indian 

trust assets and potential impacts to 

cultural resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State, and local 

agencies, along with tribes and other 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action that the 

BLM is evaluating, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be requested 

by the BLM to participate in the 

development of the environmental 

analysis as a cooperating agency. 

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. The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan, and 

will place them into one of three 

categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan 

amendment(s); 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of the plan 

amendment(s). 

The public is encouraged to help 

identify any issues, management 

questions, or concerns that should be 

addressed in the plan amendment(s). 

The BLM will work collaboratively with 

interested parties to identify the 

management decisions that are best 

suited to local, regional, and national 

needs and concerns. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan 

amendment(s) in order to consider the 

variety of resource issues and concerns 

identified. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Michael D. Nedd, 

Acting BLM Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–24190; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting comments on the significance 

of properties nominated before 

September 16, 2017, for listing or 

related actions in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by October 26, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent via 

U.S. Postal Service and all other carriers 

to the National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1849 C St. 

NW., MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

properties listed in this notice are being 

considered for listing or related actions 


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