Notice2021-28257
Notice of Intent To Amend the White River Resource Management Plan and Prepare an Environmental Assessment; Notice of Realty Action: Proposed Sale of Public Lands in Rio Blanco County, CO
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Published
December 29, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to amend the 1997 White River Resource Management Plan (RMP) to allow for the disposal of 3.73 acres of public land to the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) at the appraised fair market value of $25,000.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74103-74104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28257]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCON05000.L16100000.DU0000; COC-80216]
Notice of Intent To Amend the White River Resource Management
Plan and Prepare an Environmental Assessment; Notice of Realty Action:
Proposed Sale of Public Lands in Rio Blanco County, CO
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent and notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to amend the
1997 White River Resource Management Plan (RMP) to allow for the
disposal of 3.73 acres of public land to the Colorado Northwestern
Community College (CNCC) at the appraised fair market value of $25,000.
DATES: Interested parties may submit written comments regarding the RMP
amendment planning criteria and proposed land sale during the 45-day
scoping and comment period initiated by publication of this notice in
the Federal Register and ending on February 14, 2022. All timely
comments will be considered during analysis of the RMP amendment and
land sale proposal.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Monte Senor, Acting Field Manager,
BLM, White River Field Office, 220 East Market Street, Meeker, CO 81641
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0929c9daf939faf8782969faf83919c95b0929c9dde979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6949a9ba99599a981849099a985979a93b6949a9bd8919980">[email protected]</span></a>.
Project information, documents, and associated maps will be
available for review during associated public comment and review
periods during business hours Monday through Friday at the White River
Field Office, except during federally recognized holidays. Project
information will also be available on the BLM's e-Planning website:
<a href="https://go.usa.gov/x79BM">https://go.usa.gov/x79BM</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Sauls, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, BLM White River Field Office, telephone:
970-878-3855, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#177f6476627b6457757b7a39707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed859e8c98819ead8f8180c38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1 (800) 877-8339 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 direct sale would be subject to
applicable provisions of Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), and BLM land-sale
regulations. Publication of this notice in the Federal Register also
segregates the subject lands from all appropriation under the public
land laws, including the general mining laws, and from the mineral
leasing and geothermal leasing laws, except the sales provisions of
FLPMA. This notice initiates the public scoping process with a 45-day
comment period for the RMP amendment and associated Environmental
Assessment (EA) effort. The BLM invites the public to submit comments
concerning the scope of analysis and identification of relevant
information involving the proposed plan amendment identified in the
planning criteria and disposal action.
The purpose and need of the proposed action is to resolve an
inadvertent, unauthorized use on public lands for continued operations
of an existing shooting range that has been in use for over 20 years.
The CNCC shooting range was previously authorized in 1997, but the
lease expired in 2006 and was never renewed. This action would allow
continued use of the shooting range for training law enforcement
officers while alleviating the BLM of any responsibility for oversight,
management, and possible future remedial actions of any contamination
at the site due to the use of lead ammunition. If this parcel is sold
to CNCC, the BLM anticipates authorizing right-of-way grants for an
existing access road and power line that serve the shooting range.
The CNCC shooting range is an outdoor range that is presently used
by nearly every law enforcement agency in the area for training
purposes. These agencies include the Rangely Police Department, Rio
Blanco County Sheriff's Office, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the
National Park Service's Dinosaur National Monument, all of which send
their respective armed officers to the range to conduct firearms
training. Additionally, CNCC's National Park Ranger Academy conducts 6
weeks of firearms training annually at the range as part of the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center's required curriculum for the basic
training of seasonal law enforcement officers.
The RMP identifies parcels suitable for disposal, but the subject
lands are not currently listed as available for disposal. The BLM will
analyze the suitability for disposal of the 3.73 acres per the criteria
listed in FLPMA Section 203(a). The proposed RMP amendment would allow
for the lands to be sold if they are found suitable for disposal. The
planning criteria identifying the issues and their analytical
frameworks the BLM proposes to use to guide the effects analysis of the
RMP amendment is provided for review on the BLM's ePlanning website:
<a href="https://go.usa.gov/x79BM">https://go.usa.gov/x79BM</a>.
The BLM is considering a direct sale of the following described
lands:
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, T. 1 N., R. 102 W., sec. 12,
lot 2.
The area aggregates 3.73 acres.
If issued, the patent will include the following terms, covenants,
conditions, and reservations:
1. A reservation to the United States for all minerals;
2. A reservation to the United States for ditches and canals
constructed by authority of the United States under the Act of August
30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945);
3. Valid existing rights of record; and
4. Additional terms and conditions that the authorized officer
deems appropriate.
Segregation: The segregation will terminate automatically upon
issuance of a patent or on December 29, 2023, whichever occurs first.
The BLM is no longer accepting land-use applications affecting the
subject public lands, except applications to amend previously filed
right-of-way applications or existing authorizations to increase grant
terms in accordance with 43 CFR 2807.15 and 43 CFR 2886.15.
Notification to Grazing Use Authorization Holders: This notice also
initiates a 2-year notification to grazing-use authorization holders
that the BLM is considering disposing of the subject lands and that
such authorizations may be cancelled in accordance with 43 CFR 4110.4-
2(b).
Additional opportunities to participate in this process: Interested
parties will be notified when the Draft RMP amendment, EA, and unsigned
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are ready for review and will
be provided another 30-day comment period. Upon review of comments to
the Draft RMP amendment, EA, and unsigned FONSI, a Proposed RMP
amendment, EA, and signed FONSI will be completed. Interested parties
will be notified again when the Proposed RMP amendment, EA, and signed
FONSI are ready for review, which will initiate three separate external
engagement opportunities. First, interested parties will be provided a
30-day protest period subject to 43 CFR 1610.5-2 on the proposed RMP
amendment to the BLM Director. The BLM Director will review all
protests and must render a decision on the protests to the land use
planning decisions, which shall be the final decision for the
Department of the Interior (43 CFR 1610.5-2(b)). Second,
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the notification will begin a separate, concurrent 60-day Governor's
consistency review of the proposed RMP amendment (43 CFR 1610.3-2(e)).
The BLM Colorado State Director will review any inconsistencies with
State plans, policies, or programs raised by the Governor and accept or
reject recommendations proposed to resolve the inconsistencies. Any
rejection of the recommendations will initiate a further 30-day appeal
period for the Governor on the BLM Colorado State Director's rejection
of the recommendations. Third, the notification of the Proposed RMP
amendment, EA, and signed FONSI will also begin a separate, concurrent
30-day protest period subject to MS2711.4(d) on the land-sale decision.
The BLM Colorado State Director will review all protests and may
sustain, vacate, or modify the RMP amendment and land sale, in whole or
in part. In the absence of any protests, the BLM will develop the
approved RMP amendment and Decision Record which will document the
final determination of the Department of the Interior for the land
sale.
In addition to publication in the Federal Register, the BLM will
publish this notice in the Rio Blanco Herald Times newspaper once a
week for 3 consecutive weeks. Any other subsequent notices related to
the RMP amendment and land sale may also be published in the Rio Blanco
Herald newspaper.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1-2, 43 CFR 1610.2)
Jamie E. Connell,
Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2021-28257 Filed 12-28-21; 8:45 am]
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