BLM Extends Comment Period on Lake Mountain Planning Effort

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on May 4, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

Salt Lake City- The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office is extending until May 31, 2016, its public comment period on an environment assessment analyzing alternatives for managing target shooting in the Eastern Lake Mountains area.

Electronic versions of the EA and Finding of No Significant Impact remain available at these websites:

NEPA Register: https://www.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do

Environmental Notification Bulletin Board: https://www.blm.gov/ut/enbb/index.php

(Navigate both websites via Utah>Salt Lake Field Office>EA>2015>Eastern Lake Mountains Target Shooting Plan Amendment)

Comments on the proposal may submitted in several ways shown below. Commenters should reference Eastern Lake Mountains Target Shooting Plan Amendment when submitting comments.

Mail

BLM-Salt Lake Field Office

2370 South Decker Lake Boulevard West Valley City, Utah 84119

Fax

(801) 977-4397

NEPA Register

https://www.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do

Email

blm_ut_sl_comments@blm.gov

A public open house is scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the reception room of the Talons Cove Golf Club, 2220 South Talons Cove Dr., in Saratoga Springs. Participants will have the opportunity to gather more information and to leave comments.

It is the BLM's practice to make comments, including names and addresses of respondents, available for public review. Before including an address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information in any comments, commenters should be aware that the entire comment-including personal identifying information-may be made publicly available at any time. Requests to withhold personal identifying information from public review can be submitted, but the BLM cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.

For additional information, please contact JuLee Pallette, Outdoor Recreation Planner, or Pamela Schuller, Environmental Coordinator, at (801) 977-4300. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-8339 to leave a message or question for the above individuals. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Replies are provided during normal business hours.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management