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1993 Interior Dec. (IBLA) 52 (1993)

handle is hein.amindian/ibla1993 and id is 1 raw text is: Editor's note: Reconsideration denied by Order dated Jan. 24, 1994 OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION ET AL. IBLA 92-564 Decided January 5, 1993 Appeal from a decision of the Burns, Oregon, District Office, Bureau of Land Management, denying protest against regraveling of a portion of the Steens Loop Road. EA OR-020-2-35. Reversed and remanded. 1. Environmental Policy Act -- Environmental Quality: Environmental Statements The mere fact that a proposed action is consistent with an approved Recreation Area Management Plan does not establish that no further environmental analysis is needed prior to implementing the proposal. 2. Environmental Policy Act -- Environmental Quality: Environmental Statements A proposal to regravel a 15-mile segment of a road which bisects two wilderness study areas and provides access to an area of critical environmental concern is not subject to a categorical exclusion from the NEPA process as routine maintenance where the evidence establishes that the proposed action is not properly classified as routine. APPEARANCES: Bill Marlett, President, Oregon Natural Desert Association, Bend, Oregon; Craig Miller, Board of Directors, Oregon Natural Resources Council, Bend, Oregon; Stuart Sugarman, President, Oregon Wildlife Federation, Portland, Oregon; Donald P. Lawton, Esq., Assistant Regional Solicitor, Portland, Oregon, for the Bureau of Land Management. OPINION BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE BURSKI The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA), the Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC), and the Oregon Wildlife Federation have appealed from a decision of the Burns District Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), dated June 17, 1992, denying their protests against the regraveling of a 15-mile segment of the Steens Mountain Loop Road. We reverse. 125 IBLA 52

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