Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 11/16/2000

Resource Management Plan Amendment

Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations in CFR 1610.2 and 1610.5-5. BLM intends to write an Environmental Impact Statement which will amend the RMP for the Glenwood Springs Field Office (GSFO) approved in January of 1984 and the White River Field Office RMP of 1997. The planning area is northwest of the town of Rifle, Colorado. It generally includes all BLM managed public lands west of State Highway 13 and north of Interstate 70, east of Parachute Creek, and roughly south of the Garfield County Rio Blanco County line. The amendment will consider management changes to the on approximately 73,367 acres (68,447 surface and 4,455 sub-surface, including 4,455 surface/sub- surface acres within the White River Resource Area). Boundaries may be adjusted after the scoping phase of planning is completed. The BLM proposes to develop a scientifically sound, community supported strategy for the management of the public lands in the Roan Plateau area. The EIS will be prepared using an inter-disciplinary approach to insure the integration of