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Notice of Availability of the Wisconsin Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment

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 [Federal Register: August 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 157)]
[Notices]
[Page 49588]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14au00-90]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice of Availability of the Wisconsin Proposed Resource
Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Milwaukee Field Office, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Milwaukee Field Office, has released a Proposed Resource
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and Environmental Assessment (EA), to
assess the future disposition of 12 public domain parcels in the State
of Wisconsin. The parcels are located in Bayfield, Door, Langlade,
Oneida, Vilas, and Waupaca Counties. Four of the tracts contain
historic lighthouses declared excess by the U.S. Coast Guard and the
remaining parcels are small, isolated tracts located in northern
Wisconsin.
    The planning effort has followed the procedures set forth in 43
CFR, Subpart 1600. The EA has been prepared under 40 CFR 1500, et seq.
    The public has 30 days in which to protest the proposed plan in
accordance with 43 CFR 1610.5-2. Any person who participated in the
planning process and has an interest which is or may be adversely
affected by the implementation of the plan may file a protest with the
Director, BLM at the address below. All protests must be postmarked
within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. There is no
provision in the law that allows extensions to this protest period.
    All protests must be accompanied by a statement of reasons why
BLM's findings are in error or based on faulty or insufficient
analysis.

DATES: The protest period commences with the publication of this
notice. Comments must be postmarked no later than September 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All protests must be mailed to the following address:
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Attention: Ms. Brenda Williams,
Protests Coordinator, WO-210/LS-1075, Department of the Interior,
Washington, DC 20240 or by overnight mail address to: Director, Bureau
of Land Management, Attention: Ms. Brenda Williams, Protests
Coordinator (WO-210), 1620 L Street, N.W., Room 1075, Washington, D.C.
20036. Protests sent to the Milwaukee Field Office or Eastern States
Office will not be considered properly filed and may be rejected for
not being timely-filed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Levine, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, telephone at (414) 297-4463, or by
electronic mail at Howard__Levine@es.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed RMPA/EA contains three
alternatives: (1) Transfer of the parcels to other Federal, State or
local agencies, non-profit groups, Native American Tribes or private
land owners; (2) no action, in which BLM would retain the tracts and
manage them on a custodial basis; and (3) retention by BLM which would
actively manage the properties under multiple use and sustained yield
principles.
    The Proposed RMPA identifies disposal criteria that will be
consulted if Alternative 1 is chosen and when BLM reviews site-specific
proposals to acquire the properties. The criteria serve two purposes.
First, they prescribe the management and resource objectives for each
property based on the planning issues developed during the scoping
period. Second, the criteria establish the procedures, such as
consultations or studies, that must be completed prior to transfer of
any tract. These consultations and studies, coupled with specific
development proposals, will be used to analyze environmental impacts
for the properties.
    Complete records of all phases of the planning process will be
available at the Milwaukee Field Office and are available upon request.

    Dated: August 7, 2000.
James W. Dryden,
Milwaukee Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-20397 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]
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