Zasoby i środowisko · 06/12/2004

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, and a Request for Information for the Scoping Process

Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Anchorage Field Office (AFO), Alaska, is initiating a planning effort to prepare the Bay Resource Management Plan (RMP). This planning activity encompasses approximately 3.6 million acres of BLM administered land in the Bristol Bay and Goodnews Bay areas of Alaska. Section 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA: 43 U.S.C. 1711) and the regulations in 43 CFR part 1600 direct this planning effort. The plan will fulfill the needs and obligations set forth by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). As required in 43 CFR 3420.1-2, this notice is also the specific call for coal resource information and identification of areas where there is an interest in future leasing and development of federal coal.