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Availability of Proposed Statewide Resource Management Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement, of Land Use Plans in New Mexico for Implementation of New Mexico Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management

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 [Federal Register: January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15)]
[Notices]
[Page 3732]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr24ja00-84]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-930-00-1020-PH]


Availability of Proposed Statewide Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement, of Land Use Plans in
New Mexico for Implementation of New Mexico Standards for Public Land
Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management

AGENCY:  Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office.

ACTION:  Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY:  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Proposed Statewide Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement, of Land Use Plans in
New Mexico for Implementation of New Mexico Standards for Public Land
Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management.

The Proposed Statewide Resource Management Plan

    Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement addresses the
effects of adopting statewide standards for public land health and
guidelines for livestock grazing on BLM administered lands in New
Mexico. When adopted the standards and guidelines would be incorporated
into eight BLM land use plans that cover approximately 13.5 million
acres of BLM-administered land. This action is proposed in accordance
with revised regulations for livestock grazing on BLM-administered
lands (43 CFR 4100).
    The Proposed Plan is the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC)
Alternative. The RAC modified the alternative based on public comment
on the Draft, and to make the alternative more in concert with the
regulations (43 CFR Sec. 4180). All parts of the Proposed Plan may be
protested. Only those persons or organizations who participated in the
planning amendment and analysis process may protest issues previously
raised in the Draft.

ADDRESSES:  Protests must be sent to the Director (WO-210), Bureau of
Land Management, Attn.: Brenda Williams, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington,
DC 20240. Also send a Carbon Copy to the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505--Attention Cecilia
Abeyta. Protests must be postmarked on or before February 28, 2000. The
protest must include the following information: (1) Name, mailing
address, telephone number, and interest of the person filing the
protest; (2) a statement of the issue or issues being protested; (3) a
statement of the parts or part being protested; (4) a copy of all
documents addressing the issue or issues that were submitted during the
planning amendment process by the protesting party or an indication of
the date the issue or issues were discussed for the records; and (5) a
concise statement explaining why the BLM New Mexico State Director's
decision is wrong. For those who do not want to protest the Proposed
Plan but wish to comment on the Proposed Plan, they may do so. All
comments received will be considered in preparation of the Record of
Decision. Comments must also be postmarked on or before February 28,
2000 and sent to: BLM--S&G Comment, NM931, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM
87502-0115. At the end of the 30-day protest period, and following
resolution of any protests, a Record of Decision will be published and
the Resource Management Plans updated to reflect the Resource
Management Plan Amendment changes. Single copies of the Proposed
Statewise Resource Management Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact
Statement can be obtained by writing or calling J.W. Whitney the BLM
Project Team Leader. A limited number of copies of the Proposed
Statewide Resource Management Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact
Statement are available at BLM Field Offices in Farmington, Taos,
Albuquerque, Socorro, Las Cruces, Roswell, Carlsbad and at the BLM
State Office in Santa Fe, NM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  J.W. Whitney, BLM Project Leader,
BLM, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502-7115;
telephone 505-438-7438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Four alternatives are considered in detail
in the Proposed Statewide Resource Management Plan Amendment/Final
Environmental Impact Statement. The Four alternatives include: No
Action Alternative (continuation of current management), RAC
Alternative (Proposed Plan), County Alternative, and Fallback
Alternative.
    The RAC Alternative (Proposed Plan) has four Standards which
include: an Upland Standard, a Biotic Standard, a Riparian Standard,
and a Sustainable Communities and Human Dimension Standard.

    Dated: January 14, 2000.
M.J. Chavez,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 00-1593 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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