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National Historic Preservation Act
Update:
On July 25, 2019, Utah State Historic Preservation Office concurred with the BLM's Area of Potential Effect for this undertaking, concur the BLM has completed a good faith effort to take into account the effects of the undertaking on historic property, and concur with the finding of "No Adverse Effect" for the September 2019 Lease Sale.
NHPA:
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), leasing has been determined as both an action (NEPA; 40 CFR 1508.18a) and an undertaking (NHPA; 36 CFR 800.16y). As such, and Per 36 C.F.R. 800.8(a)(1):
Kent Hoffman
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals
Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management
440 W. 200 S. Suite 500
Salt Lake City UT 84101-1345
Update:
On July 25, 2019, Utah State Historic Preservation Office concurred with the BLM's Area of Potential Effect for this undertaking, concur the BLM has completed a good faith effort to take into account the effects of the undertaking on historic property, and concur with the finding of "No Adverse Effect" for the September 2019 Lease Sale.
NHPA:
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), leasing has been determined as both an action (NEPA; 40 CFR 1508.18a) and an undertaking (NHPA; 36 CFR 800.16y). As such, and Per 36 C.F.R. 800.8(a)(1):
Federal Agencies are encouraged to coordinate compliance with section 106 and the procedures in this part with any steps taken to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Agencies should consider their section 106 responsibilities as early as possible in the NEPA process, and plan their public participation, analysis, and review in such a way that they can meet the purposes and requirements of both statutes in a timely and efficient manner. (36 C.F.R. 800.8(a)(1))
Utah BLM will proceed with section 106 analysis (Class I) on new parcels offered for leasing in September 2019 only. Parcels that were offered in prior leases, but are being sold now, were analyzed during their initial sale. The following parcels will be analyzed in the 2019 September Lease Sale Cultural Resources Report:
Cedar City: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Moab: 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 133, 136
Price: 106
Richfield: 18, 19, 20, 21, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 426, 428, 431
Vernal: 108, 109, 110, 113, 155
If you have input regarding BLM's responsibilities for managing historic properties, and would like to be a consulting party on the September 2019 Oil and Gas Leasing Cultural Resources Report, please mail your input with a statement regarding your demonstrated interest in the undertaking to:
Cedar City: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Moab: 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 133, 136
Price: 106
Richfield: 18, 19, 20, 21, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 426, 428, 431
Vernal: 108, 109, 110, 113, 155
If you have input regarding BLM's responsibilities for managing historic properties, and would like to be a consulting party on the September 2019 Oil and Gas Leasing Cultural Resources Report, please mail your input with a statement regarding your demonstrated interest in the undertaking to:
Kent Hoffman
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals
Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management
440 W. 200 S. Suite 500
Salt Lake City UT 84101-1345