Common use of PARTICIPATION OF CONSULTING PARTIES AND NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC Clause in Contracts

PARTICIPATION OF CONSULTING PARTIES AND NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC. A. Throughout the duration of the Agreement, the BLM will seek, discuss, and consider the views of the Consulting Parties and will, where feasible, seek agreement with them [36 CFR 800.16 (f)] when making decisions under the stipulations of this Agreement. i. The Consulting Parties are responsible for providing updated contact information to the BLM. ii. Unless otherwise agreed, Consulting Parties shall have 30 days to respond to a review of documents and deliverables associated with this Agreement, from receipt of a formal request for review. The BLM shall make reasonable attempts to contact Consulting Parties to confirm the participation of the Consulting Party in review. “Reasonable attempts” may include contacting the Tribal Chairperson, designated staff or representatives of the Consulting Parties by Certified Letter, email and/or follow-up telephone call. Where the period for review or comment has passed after such reasonable attempts, the BLM shall assume that the Consulting Party has elected not to comment. The BLM will proceed with the proposed course of action, after taking into consideration the comments from other Consulting Parties, and without that party’s comments on the matter. iii. The BLM will utilize BLM webpages and the public participation process described in NEPA to notify the Public regarding the activities carried out pursuant to this Agreement. a. The BLM will post the final Agreement, including any amendments, and all annual reports associated with this Agreement to the BLM California State Office and WMRNP webpages. The BLM will notify Consulting Parties of such postings by the methods described in Stipulation III.A(ii). b. The BLM will ensure that activities associated with the Agreement that require NEPA documentation are posted to the appropriate managing BLM Field Office webpage. At a minimum the pending Undertaking’s NHPA Section 106 information will be updated when the NEPA review is initiated and again when it is completed. c. The activity information will include a basic project location and description of either the proposed finding of effect, (i.e. no historic properties affected, no adverse effect to historic properties, or adverse effect to historic properties) or the proposed use of an exemption under the Agreement if that is the case.