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Citation Label: MT12
Publication Name: Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
Publication Type: Land Use Plan / NEPA Document
Section Name: Chapter 2 - Alternatives
Author Name: Bureau of Land Management
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Publication Year: 2008
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http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/mt/field_offices/lewistown/um_rmp/proposed_rmp/vol_i.Par.13347.File.dat/chap2.pdf

Local Source File: MT12-UMRBChap2.pdf
Annotation: This Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement describes and analyzes six alternatives for managing the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument located in portions of Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, and Phillips Counties in north central Montana. Chapter 2 outlines the different proposed alternatives and highlights their respective lease stipulations for oil and gas development.
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Recommended -- An FSEIS is not a decision document. Its purpose is to inform the public and interested parties of the BLM's analysis potential impacts associated with implementing the proposal and other alternatives.
Ownership: "Federal -- The Monument includes about 375,000 acres of BLM land in northcentral Montana in Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus and Phillips Counties. This planning area is shown in Figure 1.1. The Monument also includes about 396,000 acres of federal minerals. The BLM has no jurisdiction over private or state land and minerals, and these lands and minerals are not part of the Monument. Chapter 1, pg1"