[Federal Register: April 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 65)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR110-6310-DP; HAG02-0126]

 
Notice of Availability of the Draft Kelsey Whisky Landscape 
Management Plan, Associated Amendments to the Medford Resource 
Management Plan, and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Glendale Resource Area, Medford District, Bureau of Land 
Management.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Kelsey Whisky Landscape 
Management Plan (LMP), Associated Amendments to the Medford Resource 
Management Plan (RMPA), and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
(RMPA/LMP/EIS).

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SUMMARY: The Glendale Resource Area is providing the Draft Kelsey 
Whisky Landscape Management Plan (LMP), Associated Amendments to the 
Medford Resource Management Plan (RMPA), and Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) (RMPA/LMP/EIS) for public review and comment. The 
planning area encompasses approximately 104,000 acres of public land 
managed by the Glendale Resource Area, Medford District and located in 
Josephine, Douglas and Curry counties in southwestern Oregon. The 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has and will continue to work closely 
with all interested parties to identify the management decisions that 
are best suited to the needs of the public. The public is invited to 
review and comment on the range and adequacy of the draft alternatives 
and associated environmental effects. For comments to be most helpful, 
they should relate to specific concerns or conflicts that are within 
the legal responsibilities of the BLM and they must be able to be 
resolved in this planning process. Specific comments are the most 
useful in helping us improve the analysis and development of the 
preferred alternative. Documents referenced in this draft EIS may be 
examined at the Medford District Office during normal working hours.

DATES: The comment period will end 90 days after the publication of the 
Environmental Protection Agency's Notice of Availability of the draft 
RMPA/LMP/EIS in the Federal Register. Comments must be received on or 
before the end of the comment period at the address listed below. No 
public meetings, open houses or field tours of the project area have 
been scheduled at this time. If there is sufficient public interest, 
public meetings will be arranged to discuss the management alternatives 
and answer questions. At least 15 days notice in local media will be 
given for activities where the public is invited to attend. All 
meetings will be published on the Medford District web site 
www.or.blm.gov/Medford under ``Planning Documents'' (subject to 
internet availability) and in the Grant's Pass Courier and Umpqua Free 
Press newspapers. Comments, including names and addresses of 
commentors, will be available for public review. Individual respondents 
may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name and/or 
address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Sherwood Tubman, 
Ecosystem Planner, Glendale Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, 
3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97504. Planning records are available 
at this address for inspection during normal working hours. Requests 
for copies of the draft plan can also be made by telephone to Sherwood 
Tubman at 541-618-2399 or Lynda Boody at 541-618-2279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are three action alternatives and a 
no-action alternative, each developed with differing emphasis. The 
range of management direction includes timber harvest of anywhere from 
4.8 to 12.9 million board feet (MMBF), restoration activities, road 
decommissionings, water source enhancement projects, fuel hazard 
reduction treatments, and other land management direction. Public 
comments were considered in developing and analyzing issues and 
alternatives, along with local government, known interest groups and 
data developed by BLM staff. The alternatives were designed to address, 
in different ways, the land and resource management issues identified 
in the early stages of the planning process.

    Authority: Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

    Dated: March 14, 2002.
Lynda Boody,
Field Manager, Glendale Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 02-8228 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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