United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Klamath Falls Resource Area
2795 Anderson Avenue, Building 25
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603-7891
Phone: (541) 883-6916 | Fax: (541) 884-2097
E-Mail Address: [email protected]
Website: http://www.or.blm.gov/Lakeview/kfra/index.htm
April 3, 2014
IN REPLY REFER TO:
1790 (ORL040)
To: All Interested Parties
The Klamath Falls Resource Area (KFRA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking
public input as we begin the environmental analysis process for renewal of Klamath County
Public Works Department’s (KCPWD) permits for the Harpold and Stukel Mineral Pits. The
permits expired in 2012 and KCPWD submitted an application to renew the permits they have
held for these sites since the 1980s. The Harpold and Stukel Quarries contain common varieties
of gravel and rock which KCPWD uses for road maintenance.
The Harpold Quarry is located southwest of Bonanza in T. 39 S., R. 11 E. Section 19 (see
attached map). The free use permit (FUP) area is approximately 160 acres in size, with
approximately 42 acres of public land disturbed. The permit area is adjacent to a 65-acre
mineral pit to the southwest owned by Klamath County and an adjoining Bureau of Reclamation
mineral site to the southeast.
The Stukel Quarry is located southeast of Klamath Falls in T. 40 S., R. 10 E. Section 5, S½ NE¼. The FUP area is approximately 80 acres in size, with approximately 36 acres of public
land disturbed. The permit area borders an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
material site right-of-way to the southeast, and a private land quarry to the southwest. Purpose & Need for Action
The purpose of the action is to respond to KCPWD’s application under 43 CFR 3600
regulations to renew the Free Use Permits for Harpold and Stukel Mineral Material Sites.
The need for action is driven by BLM’s policy to manage public lands in a manner that
recognizes the Nation’s need for domestic sources of minerals (Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, Section 102 (12)), to make mineral materials available (43 CFR
3601.6 (a)), and to permit local government entities free use of these materials for qualified purposes (43 CFR 3601.6 (c)).
Comments Requested
The BLM is asking for your help in identifying issues and concerns that you may have regarding
the proposed Harpold and Stukel Mineral Pit Permit Renewal project. Please submit your
comments by April 17, 2014 to be most effective in BLM’s planning schedule. To submit
issues or questions about the proposed treatments, you may email us at the following address:
BLM_OR_KF_ [email protected] and identify your comments as being for the "Harpold & Stukel
Mineral Pit EA." For regular mail, please use the address in our letterhead, ATTN: Field
Manager.
Once an Environmental Assessment has been prepared, the public will be notified again and
will have an opportunity to review and provide comments on the proposed action and analysis.
For further information, contact Phil D' Amo, Lakeview District Geologist at 541-947-2177 or
Teny Austin at the Klamath Falls Field Office, 541- 883-6916.
NOTE: Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available for
public review at the Klamath Falls Resource Area Office during regular business hours (7:45
a.m. to 4:30p.m.), Monday tln·ough Friday, except holidays. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personally identifying information in your comment,
please be aware that your entire comment -including your personal identifYing information­
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying information from public review or from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, we cmmot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifYing themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
inspection in their entirety.
Sincerely,
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with other data. Original data were compiled from various sources and may
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