Timeline for the RMP Revision (text version)

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General Project Schedule

Time FrameProcess MilestonesPublic Participation Components
Winter 2004Notice of Intent
(completed process)		"Notice of Intent" published in the Federal Register
Winter 2004
Winter 2004Scoping

Identify Concerns
(current process)

  • 60-day public scoping period
  • Public scoping meetings held in Craig,
    Steamboat Springs & Maybell, CO (January 2005)
  • Informal scoping conducted by NWCOS to solicit
    public issues/comments for the RMP
Winter 2004/2005Planning Issues & Criteria Development

Ensure decisions address the pertinent issues

 
Winter 2004/2005Data CollectionNWCOS provides additional background
documents/surveys for inclusion in the Analysis of
the Management Situation (AMS) document and
Alternatives Development
Summer/Fall 2005Alternative Formulation

Develop range of reasonable management alternatives

 
Winter 2005/2006Alternatives Assessment

Analyze a Preferred Alternative

 
Winter 2006/2007Draft RMP/EIS

Analyze a Preferred Alternative

  • Written for public audience
  • Circulate and publicize availability of Draft
    RMP/EIS document
  • Request public comment
  • 90-day comment period
  • Public hearings will be held in the community
Summer 2010Final EIS & Proposed RMP
  • Consideration of and response to public
    comments obtained on draft RMP/EIS
  • File Final EIS with Environmental Protection
    Agency (EPA) and make publicly available
  • Make copies of any substantial Mitigation
    Action Plan publicly available
Summer 2010Protest Period
  • 30-day protest period
  • Protests are submitted to BLM Director
Fall/Winter 2010Resolve Protests & 
Issue Notice of Significant
Changes (if applicable)
  • Every protest is evaluated and a Protest
    Resolution Report is issued
  • If the protests result in any changes to the
    plan, BLM issues a Notice of Significant Changes
Spring 2011Issue Record of Decision
(ROD) Approving the RMP
  • BLM implements the decisions in the RMP
  • BLM monitors and evaluates the RMP

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