A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-1053
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-04
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Land use and conservation

State and local government operations

Utah

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from implementing or enforcing: (1) the resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area or the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah; or (2) the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan described in the notice of the BLM titled &quot;Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington, County, Utah&quot; (published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2016).</p> <p>In their place the BLM shall issue new resource management plans and a new amendment that are prepared: (1) in accordance with the requirements for comprehensive plans for the long-term management of such conservation areas under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, and (2) in coordination with affected local governments in accordance with certain criteria for the development and revision of land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1053 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 2017 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes.

1. Issuance of new resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management)— (1) shall not implement or enforce the resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area or the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area or the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan described in the notice of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and the Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington County, Utah (81 Fed. Reg. 93707 (December 21, 2016)); and (2) shall issue new resource management plans and a new amendment to replace the resource management plans and amendment to the resource management plan referred to in paragraph (1) that are prepared— (A) in accordance with the requirements for management plans established under subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 ; 123 Stat. 1075); and (B) in coordination with affected units of local government, in accordance with section 202(c)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(9) ).