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Proposed RMP/Final EIS

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Federal Register - Notice of Availability

Federal Register - Notice of Availability - Supplemental Information on Proposed ACECs

Proposed RMP/Final EIS Dear Reader Letter Title Page Abstract Executive Summary Table of Contents Chapter 1: Purpose & Need Chapter 2: Descriptions of the Alternatives Chapter 3: Affected Environment Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences Chapter 5: Consultation & Coordination Chapter 6: List of Preparers & Contributors Acronyms Glossary Literature Cited Figures Appendices Appendix 1: Wyoming BLM Mitigation Guidelines for Surface Disturbing & Disruptive Activities Appendix 2: 2003 Coal Screening Process Summary Appendix 3: Wild & Scenic River Designation Process Appendix 4: Air Quality Impact Technical Support Document Appendix 5: Cultural Resources Management Appendix 6: Land Exchange, Acquisition & Disposal Criteria Appendix 7: Lands Considered for Disposal, Withdrawal & Acquisition Appendix 8: Monitoring Methods to Assess Wyoming Standards & Guidelines for Healthy Rangelands Appendix 9: Exception, Modification, & Waiver Criteria Appendix 10: Special Status Species List Appendix 11: Water Quality & Watershed Management Within the RMPPA Appendix 12: Managing Wild Horse Populations in the Rawlins RMPPA Appendix 13: Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution with Best Management Practices Appendix 14: Programmatic Biological Opinion for the Wyoming BLM Rawlins Resource Management Plan Appendix 15: Best Management Practices for Reducing Surface Disturbance & Disruptive Activities Appendix 16: Mountain Plover Management Guidelines: Occupied Habitat Protection Measures Appendix 17: Monitoring & Evaluation Appendix 18: Compensation (Offsite) Mitigation Appendix 19: Vegetation Treatments, Forest Practices, & Range Improvements Appendix 20: Oil & Gas Operations Appendix 21: Clarification of OHV Designations & Travel Management in the BLM Land Use Planning Process Appendix 22: ACEC Designation Process Appendix 23: MOU between BLM & WWDC Concerning High Savery Dam & Reservoir Project Appendix 24: Mitigation Guidelines for Special Status Plants Appendix 25: Visual Resource Management Appendix 26: Road Management & Closures in Sensitive Habitat Areas Appendix 27: Procedures For Processing Applications For Permit To Drill Appendix 28: Plant Common & Scientific Names Appendix 29 Range Allotment Information Appendix 30: Probable Fossil Yield Classifications, By Formation, State of Wyoming Appendix 31: Rawlins Field Office Noxious Weed Prevention Plan Appendix 32: Hazard Management & Resource Restoration Program Appendix 33: Reasonably Foreseeable Developments & Reasonably Foreseeable Actions Tables Appendix 34: Designated Right-Of-Way Corridor Criteria Appendix 35: Socioeconomic Impact Analysis & Significance Criteria Albany County Carbon County Laramie County Sweetwater County County Aggregation City of Cheyenne City of Laramie City of Rawlins City of Rock Springs State of Wyoming Appendix 36: Reclamation Plan Appendix 37: Adobe Town Dispersed Recreation Use Area Appendix 38: Response to Public Comments Appendix 39: Relevant Statutes, Limitations, & Guidelines

Maps Map 1-1 Overview Map 1-2 Surface Administration Map 1-3 Sub-Surface Administration Map 1-4 Rawlins RMPPA Map 2-1 Fire Management Map 2-2 Designated Right-of-Way Corridors Map 2-3 Domestic Sheep Avoidance Area Map 2-4 Existing & Proposed Withdrawals - Alternative 1 Map 2-5 OHV Designations - Alternative 1 Map 2-6 Wilderness Study Areas Map 2-7 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern - Alternative 1 Map 2-8 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern - Alternative 3 Map 2-9 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern - Alternative 4 Map 2-10 Other Management Areas - Alternative 1 Map 2-11 Other Management Areas - Alternative 2 Map 2-12 Other Management Areas - Alternative 3 Map 2-13 Other Management Areas - Alternative 4 Map 2-14 Recreation Management Areas - Alternative 1 Map 2-15 Recreation Management Areas - Alternative 2 Map 2-16 Recreation Management Areas - Alternative 3 Map 2-17 Recreation Management Areas - Alternative 4 Map 2-18 National Natural Landmarks Map 2-19 Segments Eligible for Inclusion in the Wild & Scenic River System Map 2-20 Watersheds with Management Actions Map 2-21 Wild Horse Herd Management Areas Map 2-22 Potential Disposals - Carbon County - Alternative 1 Map 2-23 Potential Disposals - Sweetwater County - Alternative 1 Map 2-24 Potential Disposals - Laramie County - Alternative 1 Map 2-25 Potential Disposals - Albany County - Alternative 1 Map 2-26 Potential Disposals - Carbon County - Alternatives 2 & 4 Map 2-27 Potential Disposals - Sweetwater County - Alternatives 2 & 4 Map 2-28 Potential Disposals - Laramie County - Alternatives 2 & 4 Map 2-29 Potential Disposals - Albany County - Alternatives 2 & 4 Map 2-30 Utility/Transportation Systems & Wind Energy Exclusion & Avoidance Areas - Alternative 1 Map 2-31 Utility/Transportation Systems & Wind Energy Exclusion & Avoidance Areas - Alternative 2 Map 2-32 Utility/Transportation Systems & Wind Energy Closure & Exclusion Areas - Alternative 3 Map 2-33 Utility/Transportation Systems & Wind Energy Exclusion & Avoidance Areas - Alternative 4 Map 2-34 Bison Exclusion Areas Map 2-35 Oil & Gas Classifications - Alternative 1 Map 2-36 Oil & Gas Classifications - Alternative 2 Map 2-37 Oil & Gas Classifications - Alternative 3 Map 2-38 Oil & Gas Classifications - Alternative 4 Map 2-39 Existing & Proposed Withdrawals - Alternative 2 Map 2-40 Existing & Proposed Withdrawals - Alternative 3 Map 2-41 Existing & Proposed Withdrawals - Alternative 4 Map 2-42 OHV Designations - Alternative 2 Map 2-43 OHV Designations - Alternative 3 Map 2-44 OHV Designations - Alternative 4 Map 2-45 This map from the Draft EIS has been removed in the Final EIS Map 2-46 Historic Trails - Alternatives 1 & 2 Map 2-47 Historic Trails - Alternative 3 & 4 Map 2-48 This map has been combined with Map 2-47 Map 2-49 Visual Resource Management - Alternative 3 Map 2-50 Visual Resource Management - Alternative 4 Map 2-51 Visual Resource Management - Alternative 1 Map 2-52 Visual Resource Management - Alternative 2 Map 2-53 Pronghorn Habitat Map 2-54 Mule Deer Habitat Map 2-55 Bighorn Sheep Habitat & Lambing Areas Map 2-56 Elk Habitat & Parturition Areas Map 2-57 Greater Sage-grouse Nesting Limitation Area for Oil & Gas Development Map 2-58 Adobe Town Dispersed Use Area Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Map 2-59 Adobe Town Dispersed Use Area Recreation Opportunity Spectrum-Desired Future Condition Map 3-1 Forest Management Map 3-2 Wind Energy Potential Map 3-3 Grazing Allotments Map 3-4 Major Structural Elements Map 3-5 Oil & Gas Fields Map 3-6 Permitted Mining Activities Map 3-7 Recreation Sites & Areas Map 3-8 Percent of Minority Population by County Map 3-9 Median Household Income Map 3-10 Vegetation Communities Map 3-11 Major Surface Water Basins Map 3-12 Soil/Precipitation Zones Map 3-13 Greater Sage-Grouse & Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Leks Map 4-1 Water Quality & Watersheds - Cumulative Impact Analysis Area Map 4-2 Wild Horses - Cumulative Impact Analysis Area Map 4-3 Bighorn Sheep - Cumulative Impact Analysis Area Map 4-4 Elk - Cumulative Impact Analysis Area Map 4-5 Mule Deer - Cumulative Impact Analysis Area Map 4-6 Pronghorn - Cumulative Impact Analysis Area Map 4-7 Oil & Gas Project Locations with Oil, Gas, & Coal Bed Natural Gas Potential Map A2-1 Coal Development Potential Map A2-2 Unsuitable Lands within Coal Development Potential Map A2-3 Unsuitable Lands within Coal Development Potential Map A2-4 Unsuitable Lands within Coal Development Potential Map A8-1 Standards & Guidelines Assessment by Year Map A23-1 High Savery Dam MOU ACEC Proposal Report - revised 08/08/07 Biological Assessment

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Draft EIS Comments & Responses

Comments & responses are organized by (1) unique comment submittals (which are organized by resource category, & then by commentor name in alphabetical order), and

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(2) form letter comment submittals.

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Nonsubstantive comments are not included.