Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Salt Lake District, UT; fire management plan,

[Federal Register: June 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 114)]

[Notices]

[Page 32679]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr15jn98-65]

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-020-08-2811-00]

Salt Lake District Proposed Fire Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake District Office, has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA)/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a Proposed Fire Management Plan which would amend the following plans: (1) Pony Express Resource Management Plan (1990); (2) Box Elder Resource Management Plan (1986); (3) Isolated Tract Planning Analysis (1985); (4) Park City Management Framework Plan (1982); and (5) Randolph Management Framework Plan (1980). The Proposed Fire Management Plan amends the plans by reintroducing fire as a critical natural process into the ecosystem and providing a comprehensive and consistent policy of how fires are handled for all public lands administered by the District.

DATES: The proposed plan amendment may be protested. The protest period will commence with the date of publication of this notice. Protests must be submitted on or before July 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed to the Director (WO-210), Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Brenda Williams, Resource Planning Team, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice for the proposed planning amendment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Washington, Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake District Office, 2370 South 2300 West, telephone (801) 977-4346. Copies of the Proposed Plan Amendment are available for review at the Salt Lake District Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any person who participated in the planning process and has an interest which is or may be adversely affected by the Proposed Plan Amendment may protest to the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. The protest must be in writing and filedwithin 30 days of the date of publication of this Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The protest must be specific and contain the following information:

--The name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the person filing the protest; --A statement of the issue(s) being protested; --A statement of the part(s) of the proposed amendment being protested; --A copy of all documents addressing the issue(s) that were submitted by the protestor during the planning process; and --A concise statement explaining why the BLM State Director's proposed decision is believed to be in error.

In the absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the final determination of the Department of the Interior. G. William Lamb, State Director, Utah.

[FR Doc. 98-15772Filed6-12-98; 8:45 am]

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