Background

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The Imperial Sand Dunes Proposed Recreation Area Management Plan, Proposed Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan (Proposed RAMP/CDCA Plan Amendment) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) describes and analyzes eight alternatives for managing approximately 214,930 acres of Bureau of Land Management-administered lands within the Imperial Sand Dunes Special Recreation Management Area (ISD SRMA) in Imperial County, California. Information provided by the public, Bureau of Land Management personnel, and other agencies and organizations has been used to develop and analyze the alternatives in the Proposed RAMP/CDCA Plan Amendment and Final EIS.

Public Comments

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Public comments and BLM’s internal review resulted in a variety of clarifications and modifications throughout the Proposed RAMP/CDCA Plan Amendment and Final EIS. Revisions made between the Draft RAMP and Draft EIS and the Proposed RAMP/Plan Amendment and FEIS include the following: quantification of some management goals and objectives; additional analysis of impacts to air quality; clarification of multiple-use classes and visual resource management; consideration of lands with wilderness characteristics; modifications to alternatives regarding camping in the Dunebuggy Flats area; and modifications to implementation-level decisions to correctly categorize them as plan-level decisions or implementation actions.

Associated News Releases & Notices

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9/14/12	Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement
9/7/12	Notice of Availability of the Proposed Recreation Area Management Plan and CDCA Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement
9/7/12	BLM Releases Imperial Sand Dunes Proposed Recreation Area Management Plan
8/3/10	Notice of Re-Opening of Comment Period for the Draft RAMP and Draft EIS
6/8/10	BLM Extends Comment Period for Draft Imperial Sand Dunes Plan
3/26/10	Public Invited to Comment on Draft Plan for Imperial Sand Dunes
3/26/10	Notice of Availability of Draft RAMP and DEIS
9/22/08	BLM Releases Scoping Report for RAMP
7/17/08	12-Month Finding on a Petition To Delist Peirson’s milk-vetch
4/4/08	Public Meetings Scheduled for Revised Dunes Management Plan
3/18/08	BLM to Revise Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Management Plan
3/18/08	Notice of Intent to Amend CDCA Plan and RAMP for Imperial Sand Dunes
2/14/08	BLM Announces Intent to Revise Imperial Sand Dunes Management Plan
2/14/08	FWS Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for Peirson's Milkvetch

Proposed RAMP & Final EIS

Volume I

Errata Sheet September 27, 2012; *.pdf; 0.5Mb

Cover - Executive Summary *.pdf; 0.5Mb

1.0 - Introduction *.pdf; 0.1Mb

2.0 - Description of Alternatives *.pdf; 0.7Mb

3.0 - Affected Environment *.pdf; 1.0Mb

4.0 - Environmental Consequences *.pdf; 1.0Mb

5.0 - Consultation & Coordination *.pdf; 0.3Mb

Volume II

A - Results of Scoping *.pdf; 0.1Mb

B - Laws, Regulations & Executive Orders *.pdf; 0.1Mb

C - Typical Management Practices & BMP *.pdf; 0.1Mb

D - Dust Control Plan *.pdf; 0.1Mb

E - Traditional Gathering Policies F - Monitoring Plan G - Geothermal Resources Lease Stipulations H - Comparison of Alternatives *.pdf; 0.3Mb

I - Algodones Dunes Insect Report *.pdf; 2.9Mb

J - Special Status Species *.pdf; 0.1Mb

K - Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement *.pdf; 0.4Mb

L - Cultural Resources Sites Recorded M - Scenic Quality Field Inventory N - Authorized Land Uses/Status O - Rights-of-Way P - Environmental Database Results Q - Air Quality Monitoring Assumptions *.pdf; 0.6Mb

R - Impact on Bird Populations *.pdf; 0.4Mb

S1 - Public Comments, Part 1   *.pdf; 12Mb

S2 - Public Comments, Part 2  *.pdf; 6.0Mb

T - Reasonably Foreseeable Scenarios *.pdf; 0.1Mb

Glossary, Acronyms & References *.pdf; 0.2Mb

Maps *.pdf; 4.6Mb

 

Draft RAMP & EIS

Volume I *.pdf; 5.3Mb

Volume II *.pdf; 9.1Mb

Maps *.pdf; 22.5Mb

Public Meeting Presentation *.pdf; 3.2Mb

 

Related ISD Planning Documents

Alternatives Comparison Table March 2009; *.pdf; 0.2Mb

All Alternative Maps March 2009; *.pdf; 18.1Mb

Scoping Report September 2008; *.pdf; 0.1Mb

Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area Map April 2008; *.pdf; 0.4Mb

Biological Communities Map April 2008; *.pdf; 0.6Mb

Peirson's Milk-vetch Critical Habitat Map April 2008; *.pdf; 0.5Mb

Land Status Map April 2008; *.pdf; 0.5Mb

BLM Planning Process Flowchart April 2008; *.pdf; 0.1Mb

Proposed RAMP and Final EIS 2005;This RAMP, approved in 2005, was set aside by a Federal Court order in 2006 and remanded to BLM for further action, as was the previous FWS critical habitat designation.