Availability of An Environmental Assessment for the Land Tenure Amendment to the Safford District Resource Management Plan, Safford District, AZ

Zusammenfassung

The Safford District, United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management has prepared an Environmental Assessment of a proposed amendment to the Safford District Resource Management Plan. The amendment proposes the following changes: 1. Modify the land tenure decisions for public lands within the District made in the Safford District Resource Management Plan. Specifically this amendment will identify additional lands for potential disposal, lands for retention, lands desired for acquisition and delete some lands previously identified for acquisition. 2. Incorporate and/or modify decisions in the Phoenix District Resource Management Plan, pertaining to lands transferred to Safford District, into the Safford District Resource Management Plan. 3. Include land tenure decisions for lands in the proposed Cienega Creek Long Term Management Area. 4. Consolidate and update decisions made in the Safford and Phoenix District RMPs concerning right-of-ways, access, communication sites, utility corridors, public land withdrawals, and hazardous materials.