Notice2026-11952
Policy Review: BLM Manual 6330, Management of BLM Wilderness Study Areas
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Published
June 15, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on potential updates to BLM Manual 6330--Management of Wilderness Study Areas and is interested in receiving information and recommendations regarding whether updates, clarifications, or other revisions to existing Manual 6330 may be appropriate.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11952]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516; #O2509-014-004-125222]
Policy Review: BLM Manual 6330, Management of BLM Wilderness
Study Areas
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of policy and procedural guidance.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment
on potential updates to BLM Manual 6330--Management of Wilderness Study
Areas and is interested in receiving information and recommendations
regarding whether updates, clarifications, or other revisions to
existing Manual 6330 may be appropriate.
DATES: Send your comments on Manual 6330 on or before August 14, 2026.
The BLM is not obligated to consider comments received after this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods.
Please include the words ``Management of Wilderness Study Areas'' as an
identifier in your message.
To submit comments electronically, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. In the Search-box, enter ``BLM-2026-0069'' and
click the ``Search'' button. Click the ``Comment Now!'' button.
Comments can also be mailed or hand delivered to: U.S. Department of
the Interior, Director (630), Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C St. NW,
Room 5646, Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Management of Wilderness
Study Areas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean MacDougall, BLM Division of
National Conservation Lands, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e7e9e8faedf4fa919495faf2ccc9c1c0d7cbc0d6d6e5e7e9e88be2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fddd3d2c0d7cec0abaeafc0c8f6f3fbfaedf1faececdfddd3d2b1d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>,
telephone: (970) 256-4934 for additional information.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Mr. MacDougall. 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 BLM is seeking public comment on
potential updates to BLM Manual 6330--Management of Wilderness Study
Areas. The manual provides policy and guidance for managing wilderness
study areas (WSAs) to maintain their suitability for potential
congressional designation as wilderness, until Congress makes a final
determination. It defines the non-impairment standard for WSAs and
outlines requirements for BLM managers to manage the resources on these
lands in a manner that maintains each WSA's suitability for
preservation as wilderness. The WSA policy applies to: (1) WSAs
identified by the wilderness review required by section 603 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA); (2) Legislative WSAs
established by Congress; and (3) WSAs that were identified and
submitted to Congress in Wilderness Study Reports under the authority
of section 202 of FLPMA. With respect to certain section 202 WSAs that
were identified after the Wilderness Study Reports were submitted to
Congress, this policy applies until the designation is changed through
BLM's land use planning process. The BLM is interested in receiving
information and recommendations regarding whether updates,
clarifications, or other revisions to existing Manual 6330 may be
appropriate.
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 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
Carla M. Bock,
Acting Assistant Director, National Conservation Lands and Community
Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 2026-11952 Filed 6-12-26; 8:45 am]
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