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[FR Doc No: 94-6912]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FES 94-7]

 

Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement

agencies: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), Department of the 
Interior (lead agency); U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Department of 
the Interior, and U.S. Air Force, Department of the Air Force 
(cooperating agencies).

action: Notice of Availability of a final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) on the proposed mineral withdrawal at Desert National 
Wildlife Range, Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada.

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addresses: For further information or to request a copy of the final 
EIS, contact Mark Strong, EIS Team Leader, Desert National Wildlife 
Range Mineral Withdrawal, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 911 NE 11th 
Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181, (503) 231-6164 or Ken Voget, 
Refuge Manager, Desert National Wildlife Range, 1500 N. Decatur 
Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108, (702) 646-3401.

supplementary information: The Service proposes to withdraw 
approximately 770,000 acres of the Desert National Wildlife Range 
(Range) from entry from locatable minerals for a period of 20 years. 
The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the biological and 
cultural resources of the Range and prevent uses that would be 
incompatible with the purposes of the Range. The Range was originally 
established for the protection, enhancement, and maintenance of 
wildlife, especially the desert bighorn sheep. Other approved purposes 
of the Range include conservation of biological diversity with emphasis 
on endangered and threatened species and protection and maintenance of 
cultural resources.
    This EIS provides an assessment of the affects of alternative 
proposals for withdrawal or exploration and development of minerals on 
the Range: (A) Wildlife Range Withdrawal, (B) No Action, and (C) 
Limited Entry. The agencies' preferred alternative is (A) Wildlife 
Range Withdrawal. A Record of Decision will be issued not sooner than 
30-days following the date of this notice.

    Dated: March 17, 1994.
Jonathan Deason,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 94-6912 Filed 3-24-94; 8:45 am]
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