[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47238-47239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16926]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMTL060-L16100000-DR0000]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved
Resource Management Plan for the Missoula Field Office, Montana
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the Department of the Interior, Montana/
Dakotas Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Record of
Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for BLM public lands and
resources managed by the Missoula Field Office, Montana. By this
notice, the BLM is announcing the availability of the Record of
Decision and Approved RMP.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of Decision and Approved RMP are
available at the Missoula Field Office, 3255 Fort Missoula Road,
Missoula, MT 59804, or may be viewed online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maggie Ward, RMP Project Manager,
Missoula Field Office, at telephone: (406) 329-3914, and at the mailing
address and website listed earlier. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Ms. Ward during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to
leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Missoula Approved RMP replaces the 1986
Garnet RMP. The Missoula Approved RMP provides a single, comprehensive
land use plan that guides management on approximately 163,000 acres of
BLM-managed public lands and 267,000 acres of Federal mineral estate in
western Montana in Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula,
Powell, Ravalli, and Sanders counties. Over 99 percent of the BLM-
managed public lands are in Granite, Missoula, and Powell counties.
The BLM developed the Missoula RMP in collaboration with three
cooperating agencies. The alternative selected as the Approved RMP is
Alternative B with components of sub-Alternative C, as described in the
Proposed RMP. It provides for a balanced combination of goals,
objectives, allowable uses and management actions.
The Notice of Availability for the Missoula Proposed RMP was
published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2020, which initiated
a 30-day protest period and a 60-day Governor's consistency review
period (85 FR 8607). The BLM received 72 timely protest submissions.
All protests have been resolved and/or dismissed. For a full
description of the issues raised during the protest period and how they
were addressed, please refer to the Director's Protest Resolution
Report, which is available at the website in the ADDRESSES section
earlier.
The Montana Governor submitted a letter identifying certain
concerns related to the consistency of the Proposed RMP with State
plans. After a thorough review, the BLM determined that the Approved
RMP is consistent with existing State plans.
The Approved RMP identifies comprehensive long-range decisions for
the management and use of resources on BLM-administered public lands,
focusing on the principles of multiple use and sustained yield set
forth in FLPMA.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 1610.2
John Mehlhoff,
State Director, Montana/Dakotas BLM.
[FR Doc. 2020-16926 Filed 8-3-20; 8:45 am]
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