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CRMO MP/EIS

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This document, the Proposed Plan/FEIS, presents an overview of the planning process and planning issues, describes all alternatives and their associated impacts, summarizes public comment received on the Draft Plan/EIS, and provides responses to the substantive issues raised. Alternative D, which is identified as the Proposed Plan, is largely based on the Preferred Alternative (Alternative D) presented in the Draft Plan/EIS. However, the Proposed Plan adopts several recommendations received from the public to increase the amount of Pristine Zone and reduce the amount of Passage Zone in the selected alternative. It also incorporates clarifications and additions recommended by reviewers regarding various management actions, including those relating to transportation, access, grazing allotments, and fi re history. Many of these recommendations incorporated select portions of Alternatives A, B, and C in the Draft Plan/EIS into the Proposed Plan (Alternative D) presented in this document.

This Proposed Plan/FEIS is open for a 30-day no-action/protest period beginning with the date the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes the notice of availability of the FEIS in the Federal Register. During this period, neither the NPS nor the BLM will take action to implement the plan. However, the portion of the Proposed Plan/FEIS that addresses BLM-administered lands within the Monument may be protested by any person who participated in the planning process and who has an interest that may be adversely affected by approval of the Proposed Plan/FEIS. A protest may raise only those issues that were submitted for the record during the planning process (see Code of Federal Regulations 1610.5-2). Protests must be filed with the Director, Bureau of Land Management.

All protests must be written and must be postmarked on or before the 30th day following publication by EPA of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register and contain the following information:
• The name, mailing address, telephone number, and interest of the person filing the protest;
• A statement of the issue or issues being protested;
• A statement of the part or parts of the document being protested;
• A copy of all documents addressing the issue or issues previously submitted during the planning process by the protesting party, or an indication of the date the issue or issues were discussed for the record; and
• A concise statement explaining precisely why the decision presented in the Proposed Plan/FEIS is believed to be wrong.

The Director, Bureau of Land Management, will promptly render a decision on the protest. The decision will be in writing and will be sent to the protesting party by certified mail, return receipt requested. The decision of the Director shall be final.

Although the NPS does not include a formal protest period in its procedures, anyone who wishes to communicate a particular concern with the Proposed Plan/FEIS before a final decision is rendered may write to the Regional Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service, 1111 Jackson Street, Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607.

Upon resolution of any protests, the plan will be approved and a Record of Decision will be issued. The Final Management Plan/Record of Decision will be mailed to all individuals who participated in this planning process and all other interested publics upon their request.

Sincerely,
James A. Morris
Superintendent
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
National Park Service

Rick Vander Voet
Monument Manager
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Bureau of Land Management


Contact Information

Anyone who wishes to communicate a particular concern with this plan before a final decision is rendered may write to the Regional Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service, 1111 Jackson Street, Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607.