BLM announces proposed East Alaska Resource Management Plan amendment

BLM announces proposed East Alaska Resource Management Plan amendment

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on Sept. 28, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing the availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a proposed amendment to the East Alaska Resource Management Plan of 2007. The environmental assessment analyzes the environmental impacts of potentially making lands near Thompson Pass in the vicinity of Valdez, Alaska, available for exchange. 

Under BLM's planning regulations, any person who participated in the planning process for this plan amendment and has an interest that is or may be adversely affected by the planning decision may protest the approval of this planning decision.

The protest period runs for 30-days and ends on Oct. 28, 2021. The environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the proposed resource management plan amendment are posted on the BLM’s National Environmental Policy Act Register at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2003781/570.

Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM regarding the proposed resource management plan amendment may be found online at https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/filing-a-plan-protest and 43 CFR 1610.5-2. All protests must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address or submitted electronically through the BLM NEPA Register.

Mailed protests must be in writing and sent to one of the following addresses:

Regular Mail:

Director (210)

Attn: Protest Coordinator

P.O. Box 261117

Lakewood, CO 80226

Overnight Delivery:

Director (210)

Attn: Protest Coordinator

2850 Youngfield Street

Lakewood, CO 80226

Upon resolution of all land use plan protests, the BLM will issue a decision record. The decision record will be available on the BLM NEPA Register.

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

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