The Proposed RMP is open for a 30 day protest period beginning August 29, 2008 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes the Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in the Federal Register.  The protest period ends September 29, 2008.

Proposed RMP/Final EIS

Volume I

Cover Page (1.9 MB)
Table of Contents/ (750 KB)
Executive Summary (750 KB)
Chapter 1 (264 KB)
Chapter 2 (919 KB)
Chapter 3 (632 KB)

Volume II

Table of Contents (35 KB)
Chapter 4 (2 MB)

Volume III

Table of Contents (32 KB)
Chapter 5 (818 KB)
List of Preparers/ (341 KB)
Acronyms and Glossary/ (341 KB)
References (341 KB)

List of Appendices

Appendix A – Emery County, San Rafael (218 KB)
Appendix B – San Rafael Swell Special Area (155 KB)
Appendix C – Wild and Scenic Rivers Study Process (310 KB)
Appendix D – Letter From USFWS Related to Biological Opinion (633 KB)
Appendix E – Letter From SHPO Related to Section 106 Compliance (83 KB)
Appendix F – Best Management Practices for Raptors and Their Associated Habitats in Utah, August 2006 (210 KB)
Appendix G – Stipulations for Surface Disturbing Activities (160 KB)
Appendix H – Parcels for Disposal Through Sale (155 KB)
Appendix I – Criteria for Large Group Area Designation (127 KB)
Appendix J – Evaluation Criteria (127 KB)
Appendix K – Special Recreation Management Areas and Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Classification Standards (187 KB)
Appendix L – ACEC Evaluations for the Price Resource Management Area (274 KB)
Appendix M – Fluid Mineral Reasonably Foreseeable Development (221 KB)
Appendix N – Unsuitability for Mining Federal Lands in the Price Management Area (137 KB)
Appendix O – Livestock Grazing Allotments and Associated Forage Preference Allocation (146 KB)
Appendix P – Utah Public Lands Study – Key Social Survey Findings for Carbon and Emery Counties (178 KB)
Appendix Q – Detailed Changes from the Draft RMP/EIS to the Proposed RMP/Final EIS (186 KB)
Appendix R – State of Utah Letter Addressing Air Quality (1.25 MB)
Appendix S – Fluid Mineral Development Best Management Typical Practices (103 KB)

List of Maps

Map 1-1 General Location Map of Planning Area (4.2 MB)
Map 1-2 Land Surface Management Status (777 KB)
Map 2-1 Visual Resource Management Classes – No Action Alternative (1 MB)
Map 2-2 Visual Resource Management Classes – Alternative A (1 MB)
Map 2-3 Visual Resource Management Classes – Alternative B (995 KB)
Map 2-4 Visual Resource Management Classes – Alternative C (1 MB)
Map 2-5 Visual Resource Management Classes – Proposed RMP (1.3 MB)
Map 2-6 Wild Horse and Burro Herd Areas and Herd Management Areas – No Action Alternative (652 KB)
Map 2-7 Wild Horse and Burro Herd Areas and Herd Management Areas – Alternative A (667 KB)
Map 2-8 Wild Horse and Burro Herd Areas and Herd Management Areas – Alternative B (760 KB)
Map 2-9 Wild Horse and Burro Herd Areas and Herd Management Areas – Alternative C and Proposed RMP (764 KB)
Map 2-10 Forest and Woodland Management – No Action Alternative (1.2 MB)
Map 2-11 Forest and Woodland Management – Alternative A (1 MB)
Map 2-12 Forest and Woodland Management – Alternative B (1 MB)
Map 2-13 Forest and Woodland Management – Alternative C (1.1 MB)
Map 2-14 Forest and Woodland Management – Proposed RMP (787 KB)
Map 2-15 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designation – No Action Alternative (1 MB)
Map 2-16 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designation – Alternative A (781 KB)
Map 2-17 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designation – Alternative B (803 KB)
Map 2-18 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designation – Alternative C (805 KB)
Map 2-19 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designation – Proposed RMP (816 KB)
Map 2-20 Special Recreation Management Areas – No Action Alternative (697 KB)
Map 2-21 Special Recreation Management Areas – Alternative A (946 KB)
Map 2-22 Special Recreation Management Areas – Alternative B (1 MB)
Map 2-23 Special Recreation Management Areas – Alternative C (1 MB)
Map 2-24 Special Recreation Management Areas – Proposed RMP (1.3 MB)
Map 2-25 Recreation Management Zones – Alternative A (675 KB)
Map 2-26 Recreation Management Zones – Alternative B (647 KB)
Map 2-27 Recreation Management Zones – Alternative C (640 KB)
Map 2-28 Recreation Management Zones – Proposed RMP (649 KB)
Map 2-29 Large Group Areas – Alternatives A, B, C, and Proposed RMP (689 KB)
Map 2-30 Fluid Mineral Leasing – No Action Alternative (1.5 MB)
Map 2-31 Fluid Mineral Leasing – Alternative A (1.1 MB)
Map 2-32 Fluid Mineral Leasing – Alternative B (949 KB)
Map 2-33 Fluid Mineral Leasing – Alternative C (1.2 MB)
Map 2-34 Fluid Mineral Leasing – Proposed RMP (1.3 MB)
Map 2-35 Mineral Entry (Locatable) – No Action Alternative (803 KB)
Map 2-36 Mineral Entry (Locatable) – Alternative A (1.3 MB)
Map 2-37 Mineral Entry (Locatable) – Alternative B (1.3 MB)
Map 2-38 Mineral Entry (Locatable) – Alternative C (1.3 MB)
Map 2-39 Mineral Entry (Locatable) – Proposed RMP (828 KB)
Map 2-40 Mineral Materials Disposal (Salable) – No Action Alternative (1.3 MB)
Map 2-41 Mineral Materials Disposal (Salable) – Alternative A (1.3 MB)
Map 2-42 Mineral Materials Disposal (Salable) – Alternative B (1.3 MB)
Map 2-43 Mineral Materials Disposal (Salable) – Alternative C (1.3 MB)
Map 2-44 Mineral Materials Disposal (Salable) – Proposed RMP (1.8 MB)
Map 2-45 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern – No Action Alternative (726 KB)
Map 2-46 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern – Alternative A (704 KB)
Map 2-47 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern – Alternative B (764 KB)
Map 2-48 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern – Alternative C (815 KB)
Map 2-49 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern – Proposed RMP (722 KB)
Map 2-50 Suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers – Alternative B (739 KB)
Map 2-51 Suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers – Alternative C (820 KB)
Map 2-52 Suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers – Proposed RMP (697 KB)
Map 2-53 Utility Corridors – Alternative A (678 KB)
Map 2-54 Utility Corridors – Alternative B and Proposed RMP (680 KB)
Map 2-55 Utility Corridors – Alternative C (673 KB)
Map 2-56 Coal Available for Further Consideration for Leasing (731 KB)
Map 2-57 Visual Resource Management Classes – Alternative E (1.5 MB)
Map 2-58 Wild Horse and Burro Herd Areas and Herd Management Areas – Alternative E (747 KB)
Map 2-59 Forest and Woodland Management – Alternative E (1.5 MB)
Map 2-60 Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designation – Alternative E (997 KB)
Map 2-61 Special Recreation Management Areas – Alternative E (1.4 MB)
Map 2-62 Large Group Areas – Alternatives E (1 MB)
Map 2-63 Fluid Mineral Leasing – Alternative E (1.1 MB)
Map 2-64 Mineral Entry (Locatable) – Alternative E (1.3 MB)
Map 2-65 Mineral Materials Disposal (Salable) – Alternative E (1.3 MB)
Map 2-66 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern – Alternative E (791 KB)
Map 2-67 Suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers – Alternative E (801 KB)
Map 2-68 Utility Corridors – Alternative E (657 KB)
Map 2-69 OHV Route Designations – Alternative E (1.6 MB)
Map 2-70 Coal Available for Further Consideration for Leasing – Alternative E (639 KB)
Map 2-71 OHV Route Designations – No Action Alternative (1.7 MB)
Map 2-72 OHV Route Designations – Alternatives A and B (1.9 MB)
Map 2-73 OHV Route Designations – Alternative C (1.7 MB)
Map 2-74 OHV Route Designations – Proposed RMP (1.7 MB)
Map 2-75 Non-WSA Lands With Wilderness Characteristics – Proposed RMP (755 KB)
Map 3-1 Physiographic Provinces of Utah (1.3 MB)
Map 3-2 Geology of Planning Area (1 MB)
Map 3-3 Physiographic Provinces of the Planning Area (670 KB)
Map 3-4 Riparian Habitats (866 KB)
Map 3-5 Vegetation Cover Type (2 MB)
Map 3-6 Designated Critical Habitats for Threatened and Endangered Species and Other Wildlife Habitat Area Designations (671 KB)
Map 3-7 Fishery Habitats (701 KB)
Map 3-8 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Wildlife Management Units (668 KB)
Map 3-9 Pronghorn Antelope Habitat (1 MB)
Map 3-10 Mule Deer Habitats (789 KB)
Map 3-11 Bighorn Sheep Habitats (674 KB)
Map 3-12 Rocky Mountain Elk Habitats (710 KB)
Map 3-12a Big Game Crucial Habitats – Proposed RMP (1.7 MB)
Map 3-13 Sage-Grouse Habitats (1.1 MB)
Map 3-14 White-Tailed Prairie Dog Habitats (644 KB)
Map 3-15 Non-WSA Lands With Wilderness Characteristics (1.2 MB)
Map 3-16 Rangeland Health Standards (1.9 MB)
Map 3-17 Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (1.1 MB)
Map 3-18 Gypsum Occurrence Potential (698 KB)
Map 3-19 Clay Occurrence Potential (746 KB)
Map 3-20 Coalbed Natural Gas Occurrence Potential (1 MB)
Map 3-21 Conventional Oil and Gas Occurrence Potential (685 KB)
Map 3-22 Oil Shale and Tar Sands Occurrence Potential (644 KB)
Map 3-23 Federal Oil and Gas Leases (718 KB)
Map 3-24 Federal Coal Leases (642 KB)
Map 3-25 Coal Resources (669 KB)
Map 3-26 Sand and Gravel Occurrence Potential (739 KB)
Map 3-27 Stone Occurrence Potential (701 KB)
Map 3-28 Wilderness Study Areas (722 KB)
Map 3-29 Old Spanish Trail Route (803 KB)
Map 4-1 Energy Policy and Conservation Act – No Action Alternative (1.5 MB)
Map 4-2 Energy Policy and Conservation Act – Alternative A (889 KB)
Map 4-3 Energy Policy and Conservation Act – Alternative B (1.2 MB)
Map 4-4 Energy Policy and Conservation Act – Alternative C (1.3 MB)
Map 4-5 Energy Policy and Conservation Act – Alternative E (1.6 MB)
Map 4-6 Energy Policy and Conservation Act – Proposed RMP (1.4 MB)

Comments and Responses on Draft RMP/EIS

2004-07 - Sorted by Category (43 MB)
2004-07 - Sorted by Commentor (42 MB)

2005-12 ACEC-NOA Comments & Responses (128 KB)

2006-06 ACEC-Supplemental Comments & Responses (58 KB)

2007-09 Wilderness Characteristics-Supplemental Comments & Responses - Sorted by Category (823 KB)
2007-09 Wilderness Characteristics-Supplemental Comments & Responses - Sorted by Commentor (896 KB)