Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment To Amend the Resource Management Plan for the San Luis Resource Area for Geothermal Leasing in Colorado's San Luis Valley

摘要

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) San Luis Valley Public Lands Center, Monte Vista, Colorado, intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues. The EA will analyze the BLM proposal to amend the San Luis Resource Area (SLRA) Resource Management Plan (RMP) of September 1991, to allocate lands as closed and open to consideration for geothermal leasing and under what conditions.