Tramroads and Logging RoadsSubpart 2812Over O. and C. and Coos Bay Revested Lands

요약

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to revise regulations governing logging roads over revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (collectively known as the O&C lands). The changes will bring the existing cost-sharing road program under the regulatory framework of Section 502 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and incorporate environmental protection and other requirements for rights-of-way over public lands found in Title V of FLPMA. Another change will allow compensation for the use of roads and rights-of-way where the landowner has granted BLM rights of access for recreational purposes. In addition, the entire subpart will be revised, using a ``plain English'' approach, to remove obsolete terms and improve its clarity, organization, and readability. The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments to help guide preparation of the proposed rule. This notice presents only a general description of the actions being considered and includes no regulatory text.