[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 36442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15363]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-840-1610-DR]
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Canyons of
the Ancients National Monument Resource Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP)
for the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument located in Montezuma
and Dolores counties in southwest Colorado. The Colorado State Director
signed the ROD on June 14, 2010, which constitutes the final decision
of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved RMP are available upon request
from the Field Manager, Anasazi Heritage Center, Bureau of Land
Management, 27501 Highway 184, Dolores, Colorado 81323. Copies of the
ROD/Approved RMP are available for public inspection at:
Anasazi Heritage Center, 27501 Highway 184, Dolores,
Colorado 81323
Dolores Public Lands Center, 29211 Highway 184, Dolores,
Colorado 81323
San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court, Durango,
Colorado 81301
Dolores Public Library, 420 Railroad Ave., Dolores,
Colorado 81323
Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park, Cortez, Colorado 81321
Mancos Public Library, 111 N. Main, Mancos, Colorado 81328
Dolores County Extension Office, 409 N. Main, Dove Creek,
Colorado 81324
Durango Public Library, 1188 E. 2nd Ave., Durango,
Colorado 81301
Interested persons may also review the ROD/Approved RMP at the
following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/rmp/canm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Musclow, Monument Planner,
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, 27501 Highway 184, Dolores,
Colorado 81323, Phone: (970) 882-5632.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning effort for the Canyons of the
Ancients National Monument officially began in April 2002 with an
extended public scoping period. Since then the BLM has maintained
public interest and input through meetings and workshops, open houses,
field trips, presentations, newsletters, public notices and
announcements, and a planning Web site. In addition, an 11-member
Monument Advisory Committee was established in June 2003, and continues
today as a Monument Sub-Group of the Southwest Resource Advisory
Council, to provide recommendations on management of the Monument. The
Plan is a result of a collaborative process that involved local, state,
Federal and tribal interests. The plan provides a framework to guide
subsequent management decisions on approximately 170,730 acres managed
by the BLM. Within the Monument boundary, there are approximately 400
acres of National Park Service lands (Hovenweep National Monument) and
12,200 acres of private inholdings. Until the signing of the ROD, the
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument was being managed under the
BLM 1985 San Juan/San Miguel RMP and the Interim Guidance provided
after the National Monument was established. The current Approved RMP
now provides the management direction for the National Monument. The
Monument was established to protect nationally and internationally
significant cultural and natural resources on a landscape scale, and is
a component of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System. The
Plan balances this primary focus with ongoing multiple-uses including
fluid mineral extraction, livestock grazing, recreation use, and
transportation needs. The Proposed RMP/Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) was published in July 2009, and identified a proposed
plan which has been carried forward in the ROD. Fourteen protests were
received on the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. No inconsistencies were
identified with state plans during the Governor's consistency review of
the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. The Montezuma County Comprehensive Plan,
however, ``places the highest priority on the continuation of
traditional and historic uses such as grazing, timber harvesting,
mining, and energy development'' (Pg. 12-2, No 4). No changes to the
proposed plan occurred as a result of these reviews. Minor
clarifications were made in preparing the Approved RMP and are
highlighted in the ROD. The decisions identifying routes of travel
within designated areas are implementation decisions and are appealable
under 43 CFR Part 4. These decisions are contained on Map 5 of the
Approved RMP. Any party adversely affected by the proposed route
identifications may appeal within 30 days of publication of this Notice
of Availability pursuant to 43 CFR part 4, subpart E. The appeal should
state the specific route(s), as identified on Map 5 of the Approved
RMP, on which the decision is being appealed. The appeal must be filed
with the Monument Manager at the above listed address. Please consult
the appropriate regulations (43 CFR part 4, subpart E) for further
appeal requirements.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Helen M. Hankins,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-15363 Filed 6-24-10; 8:45 am]
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