Notice2024-25789
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the Redding and Arcata Field Offices Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan, CA
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Published
November 13, 2024
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Redding Field Office and Arcata Field Office, Northwest California Integrated RMP. The California State Director signed the ROD on September 18, 2024, which constitutes the decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89656-89657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25789]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_CA_FRN_MO4500179115]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved
Resource Management Plan for the Redding and Arcata Field Offices
Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management
Plan (RMP) for the Redding Field Office and Arcata Field Office,
Northwest California Integrated RMP. The California State Director
signed the ROD on September 18, 2024, which constitutes the decision of
the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.
DATES: The California State Director signed the ROD on September 18,
2024.
ADDRESSES: The ROD/Approved RMP is available online at <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012803/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012803/510</a>. Printed copies of
the ROD/Approved RMP are available for public inspection at the Arcata
Field Office, 1695 Heindon Road, Arcata, California 95521-4573 and the
Redding Field Office, 6640 Lockheed Drive, Redding, CA 96002-9003 or
can be provided upon request by contacting Victoria Callahan, Planning
and Environmental Specialist at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4630352a2733212e32233406242a2b68212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4335302f2236242b37263103212f2e6d242c35">[email protected]</span></a> or (707) 825-2315 or
by contacting Chad Endicott, Planning and Environmental Specialist at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e88b8d868c8b81879c9ca88a8485c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdded8d3d9ded4d2c9c9fddfd1d093dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a> or (530) 224-2140.
A copy of the Protest Resolution Report is available at: <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/protest-resolution-reports">https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/protest-resolution-reports</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Callahan, Planning and
Environmental Specialist, telephone: (707) 825-2315; address: Bureau of
Land Management, Arcata Field Office, 1695 Heindon Road, Arcata,
California 95521-4573; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91e7e2fdf0e4f6f9e5f4e3d1f3fdfcbff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="344247585541535c405146745658591a535b42">[email protected]</span></a> or Chad Endicott,
Planning and Environmental Specialist, telephone: (530) 224-2140;
address: Bureau of Land Management, Redding Field Office, 6640 Lockheed
Drive, Redding, CA 96002-9003; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccafa9a2a8a5afa3b8b88caea0a1e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e281878c868b818d9696a2808e8fcc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in
the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may
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dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services for contacting Ms. Callahan or Mr. Endicott. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Approved Northwest California Integrated
RMP replaces the 1992 Arcata RMP and 1993 Redding RMP. The Northwest
California planning area covers approximately 382,200 acres of public
land and approximately an additional 295,100 subsurface acres of
Federal mineral estate in Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou,
Trinity, Shasta, Tehama, and Butte counties. Separate management plans
guide BLM management for National Monuments, National Conservation
Areas, and similar designations within the planning area.
Other non-BLM-administered lands within the planning area include
the Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, Lassen, Plumas, and Mendocino
National Forests; Lassen Volcanic and Redwoods National Parks; the
Whiskeytown and Smith River National Recreation Areas; the Sacramento
Castle Rock and Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuges; and Black Butte
Lake (managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Tribal lands and reservations for 31 federally recognized Native
American Tribes fall within the planning area and the BLM-administered
lands include ancestral territories, sacred sites, gathering areas, and
other places important to Tribes. The Bureau of Reclamation manages
numerous land holdings and facilities within the planning area,
including six hydroelectric dams and lands that are co-managed with the
BLM under a memorandum of agreement with the Redding Field Office near
the Shasta Dam and Keswick Reservoir. In addition to federally managed
lands, there are an extensive number of State of California-managed
beaches, parks, wildlife areas, and recreation areas in the planning
area. The Arcata Field Office and Redding Field Office have taken these
non-BLM-administered lands into account in this planning effort.
The Approved RMP balances resource use among competing human
interests, land uses, and the conservation of natural and cultural
resource values, while sustaining and enhancing ecological integrity
across the landscape, including plant, wildlife, and fish habitat. The
plan has varied landscapes with distinct management, and it
incorporates a balanced level of protection, restoration, and
enhancement, as well as the use of resources and services to meet
ongoing programs and land uses with an emphasis on local community
visions for the future of public lands.
Through this collaborative planning effort, the Approved RMP
describes the actions and management to guide future management and
meet desired resource conditions. The preferred alternative for the
Proposed RMP was carried forward into the Approved RMP with minor
modifications. Notably, the management direction for the Sacramento
River Bend Area of Critical Environmental Concern was updated,
eliminating the need for BLM Authorized Officer approval for wildfire
suppression actions related to life or private property. Additionally,
the plan now recognizes recent changes in a community wildfire
protection plan and emphasizes the importance of considering municipal
plans during implementation.
The BLM provided the Proposed RMP/Final EIS for a 30-day public
protest starting on June 21, 2024, and received six protest letters.
The BLM Director resolved all protests. Responses to protest issues
were compiled and documented in a Protest Resolution Report (see
ADDRESSES). No changes to the Northwest California Integrated Resource
Management Plan Proposed RMP/EIS were necessary as a result of
protests.
The BLM provided the Proposed RMP/Final EIS to the Governor of
California for a 60-day Governor's consistency review on June 21, 2024.
No inconsistencies with state or local plans, policies or programs were
identified during the Governor's consistency review of the Proposed
RMP/Final EIS. No changes to the Northwest California Integrated
Resource Management Plan Proposed RMP/EIS were necessary as a result of
the Governor's consistency review.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 1610.5-1)
Joseph Stout,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-25789 Filed 11-12-24; 8:45 am]
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