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10030
Federal Register
/Vol. 68, No. 41/Monday, March 3, 2003/Notices
follows: 12,790 Btu/lb., 5.26 percentmoisture, 4.68 percent ash, 44.18percent volatile matter, 45.88 percentfixed carbon and 0.61 percent sulfur.The public is invited to the meeting tomake public and/or written commentson the environmental implications of leasing the proposed tract, and also tosubmit comments on the Fair MarketValue and the Maximum EconomicRecovery of the tract.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Inaccordance with Federal coalmanagement regulations 43 CFR parts3422 and 3425, the public meeting is being held on the proposed sale to allowpublic comment on and discussion of the potential effects of mining andproposed lease. The meeting is beingadvertised in the Sun Advocate locatedin Price, Utah and the Emery CountyProgress located in Emery, Utah. 43 CFRpart 3422 states that, No less than 30days prior to the publication of thenotice of sale, the Secretary shall solicitpublic comments on the Fair MarketValue appraisal and MaximumEconomic Recovery and on factors thatmay affect these two determinations.Proprietary data marked as confidentialmay be submitted to the Bureau of LandManagement in response to thissolicitation of public comments. Data somarked shall be treated in accordancewith the laws and regulations governingthe confidentiality of such information.A copy of the comments submitted bythe public on fair market value andmaximum economic recovery, exceptthose portions identified as proprietary by the author and meeting exemptionsstated in the Freedom of InformationAct, will be available for publicinspection at the Bureau of LandManagement, Utah State Office duringregular business hours (8 a.m.
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4 p.m.)Monday through Friday. Comments onthe Fair Market Value and MaximumEconomic Recovery should be sent tothe Bureau of Land Management andshould address, but not necessarily belimited to the following information.1. The quality and quantity of the coalresource;2. The mining methods or methodswhich would achieve maximumeconomic recovery of the coal,including specifications of seams to bemined and the most desirable timingand rate of production;3. Whether this tract is likely to bemined as part of an existing mine andtherefore should be evaluated on arealistic incremental basis, in relation tothe existing mine to which it has thegreatest value;4. Whether the tract should beevaluated as part of a potential largermining unit and evaluated as a portionof a new potential mine (
i.e.,
a tractwhich does not in itself form a logicalmining unit);5. Restrictions to mining that mayaffect coal recovery;6. The price that the mined coalwould bring when sold;7. Costs, including mining andreclamation, of producing the coal andthe time of production.8. The percentage rate at whichanticipated income streams should bediscounted, either with inflation or inthe absence of inflation, in which casethe anticipated rate of inflation should be given;9. Depreciation, depletion,amortization and other tax accountingfactors;10. The value of any surface estatewhere held privately;11. Documented information on theterms and conditions of recent andsimilar coal land transactions in thelease sale area;12. Any comparable sales data of similar coal lands; and coal quantitiesand the Fair Market Value of the coaldeveloped by BLM may or may notchange as a result of comments receivedfrom the public and changes in themarket conditions between now andwhen final economic evaluations arecompleted.
DATES
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The public meeting is being heldon Monday, March 17, 2003 at theHuntington Senior Citizen Center,address 100 North, 176 West, starting at7 p.m. The building is just east of theFire Department.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
 Written comments on the Fair MarketValue and Maximum EconomicRecovery must be received by April 14,2003 and should be addressed to StanPerkes, 801
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539
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4036, Bureau of LandManagement, Utah State Office,Division of Lands and Minerals, PO Box45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145
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0155.Information on the Joint DecisionNotice/Finding of No Significant Impactcan be obtained by contacting Mr. StanPerkes, 801
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539
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4036 for the Bureau of Land Management or Mr. Karl Boyer orMr. Carter Reed, 435
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637
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2817 at theManti-La Sal National ForestSupervisors Office, Price, Utah. Theappeal periods for Joint DecisionNotice/Finding of No Significant Impactdocument for the Forest ServiceDecision to consent to leasing will endon April 4, 2003 and the appeal periodfor BLM
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s decision to lease will end onMarch 20, 2003. Any appeals must bepostmarked as of these dates.
Dated: February 24, 2003.
Kent Hoffman,
DSD, Division of Lands and Minerals.
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AGENCY
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Bureau of Land Management,Interior.
ACTION
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Notice of intent to prepare anEnvironmental Impact Statement for theproposed amendments of the Bureau of Land Management
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s grazingadministration regulations andannouncement of public meetings.
SUMMARY
:
Under section 102(2)(C) of theNational Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the BLM will prepare anational, programmatic EIS and conductpublic scoping meetings on amendingthe regulations governing BLM livestockgrazing administration on public lands.The current rule, issued in 1995,requires amendment to comply withcourt decisions, provide greaterflexibility to managers and permittees,improve existing administrativeprocedures and business practices, andpromote conservation of public lands.The BLM will work collaboratively withinterested parties to identify themanagement decisions that are bestsuited to local, regional, and nationalneeds as well concerns regardingpossible changes to the GrazingAdministration Program. The publicscoping process will identify issues anddevelop criteria in the context of theneeds and interests of the public. Weencourage the public to participate inplanned public meetings and to providecomments and suggestions to help usclearly define possible changes to theGrazing Administration Program.
DATES
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You must submit your comments by May 2, 2003. BLM may notnecessarily consider or include in theAdministrative Record for the proposedrule comments that BLM receives afterthe close of the comment period orcomments delivered to an address otherthan those listed below (
see
ADDRESSES
).In addition, BLM will hold publicscoping meetings to focus on relevantissues and environmental concerns,identify possible alternatives, and helpdetermine the scope of the EIS. Thepublic scooping meetings will be held
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on the following dates at the specifiedlocations and times:
Location Date and time Address of meeting Contact personBillings, Montana...........................March 18, 2003, 6
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10 p.m...........Holiday Inn Grand, Montana, 550Midland Road, Billings, MT59101.Mary Apple, 406
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896
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5258.Reno, Nevada................................March 20, 2003, 6
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10 p.m...........Reno Sparks Convention Center,4590 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV89502.JoLynn Worley, 775
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861
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6515.Albuquerque, New Mexico.............March 25, 2003, 6
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10 p.m...........Hilton of Albuquerque, 1901 Uni-versity Blvd., NE., Albuquerque,NM 87102.Kitty Mulkey, 505
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438
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7511.Washington, DC.............................March 27, 2003, 1
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5 p.m.............Courtyard By Marriott, (GeneralScott Room) 1600 Rhode Is-land Ave., NW., Washington,DC 20036.Tom Gorey, 202
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452
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5137.
ADDRESSES
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Mail: Director (630), Bureauof Land Management, Eastern StatesOffice, 7450 Boston Boulevard,Springfield, Virginia 22153, Attention:RIN 1004
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AD42.
Personal or messenger delivery:
1620L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington,DC 20036.
Direct internet response:http://www.blm.gov/nhp/news/ regulatory/index.html 
or go to BLM
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sexternal homepage at
http:// www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
and clickon the link.You may also comment via email atthe following address:
WOComment@blm.gov.
We intend thisaddress for use by those who want tokeep their electronic commentsconfidential. Please submit emailcomments as an ASCII file, avoiding theuse of special characters and any formof encryption. Please also include
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Attn:AD42
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and your name and returnaddress in your email message. You mayexamine documents pertinent to thisproposal at the L Street address.Comments, including names and streetaddresses of respondents, will beavailable for public review on theInternet address above and may bepublished as part of the EIS. Individualrespondents may requestconfidentiality. If you wish to withholdyour name or street address from publicreview or from disclosure under theFreedom of Information Act, you muststate this prominently at the beginningof your written comment. Such requestswill be honored to the extent allowed bylaw. All submissions from organizationsand businesses, and from individualsidentifying themselves asrepresentatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will beavailable for public inspection in theirentirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
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Forfurther information relating to thegrazing program or the substance of theregulations to be proposed, contactKenneth Visser at (202) 452
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77434. Forinformation relating to the rulemakingprocess, contact Cynthia Ellis at (202)452
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5012. Persons who use atelecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal InformationRelay Service (FIRS) at 1
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800
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877
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8330, 24 hours a day, seven days aweek, to contact the above individuals.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
In thisissue of the
Federal Register
, BLM isalso publishing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the changes weare considering making to theregulations governing BLM
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s GrazingAdministration Program. BLM iscommitted to making the changes toreflect the Secretary
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s
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4C
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 philosophy of 
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consultation,cooperation, and communication all inthe service of conservation.
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Since thefirst set of grazing regulations wasissued after passage of the TaylorGrazing Act of 1934 as amended (43U.S.C. 315, 315a
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315r), the regulationshave been periodically modified,revised and updated. The last majorrevision effort culminated when BLMpublished and implementedcomprehensive changes to the grazingregulations in 1995.The changes BLM is consideringwould encourage partnerships in publicland stewardship and establish newoptions for BLM and rangeland users inthe administration and management of public lands. Our goals are to:(1) Enhance community-basedconservation and citizen-centeredstewardship;(2) Improve BLM business practices;and(3) Provide greater flexibility for themanager and the permittee.
Description of Information Requested
BLM is committed to carrying out theSecretary
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s objectives and the RangelandManagement Program established by theFederal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 CFR 1740), the PublicRangelands Improvement Act of 1978(43 U.S.C. 1901
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1908), and the TaylorGrazing Act of 1934 as amended (43U.S.C. 315, 315a
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315r). We specificallyrequest comments on the topics we areconsidering for the proposed rule, asthey relate to the EIS. These topicsinclude, but are not limited to, thefollowing (the listing is identical to thatwhich appears in the advance notice of proposed rulemaking):A. Definitions.We are considering revising orcreating definitions of the followingterms: Active use; Authorized use; Baseproperty; Grazing lease; Grazing permit;Grazing preference or Preference;Livestock kind or kind of livestock;Monitoring; Reserve common allotment.B. We are considering changingregulations to clarify currentrequirements and to allow betterrangeland management and permitadministration. Changes we areconsidering include:
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Clarifying the permit renewalperformance review requirements whengrazing permits are pledged as securityfor loans.
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Clarifying who is qualified forpublic lands grazing use and who willreceive preference for a grazing permitor lease.
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Clarifying the provisions addressinggrazing preference transfers.
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Reinstating an earlier provision thatBLM and the permit holder may sharetitle to certain range improvements if the improvement was constructed undera Cooperative Range ImprovementAgreement.
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Clarifying that BLM will followstate law with respect to the acquisitionof water rights.
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Examining whether BLM shouldauthorize temporarily locked gates onpublic lands in order to protect privateland and improve livestock operations.
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