[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9977]


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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-060-04-4350-08]

 

Amendment to a Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare Northern & 
Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan; Amendment Extends 
Public Comment Period for Identification of Issues To Be Addressed in 
the Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Amended notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Amended notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) will hold two additional public scoping workshops and 
extend the public comment date for scoping of issues to be addressed in 
the Northern & Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan and 
EIS. In the Federal Register notice published March 15, 1994, the close 
of public comment for issue identification was set as April 15, 1994. 
This notice amends that deadline so that public comments will now end 
on June 11, 1994.

AREA: Portions of California counties of Imperial, Riverside and San 
Bernardino.

DATES: BLM is seeking the involvement of interested public, 
organizations and other local, state, and federal agencies in the 
identification of issues that should be addressed in the plan and EIS. 
In response to public requests, the public comment period for issue 
identification has been extended to June 11, 1994. Written comments 
should be received or post-marked by that date to allow for compilation 
into a report on issues assessment.
    Many comments and requests were received from the public for 
additional scoping workshops to the locations of those identified in 
the March 15 Notice. Therefore, BLM is holding two additional workshops 
for identification of issues for the plan and EIS as follows:

May 4, 1994, 7-9 p.m., Black Rock Visitor Center, Joshua Tree National 
Monument, Joshua Lane, Yucca Valley, CA, (5 miles S. of Hwy 62 at end 
of Joshua Lane)
May 11, 1994, 7-9 p.m., Brea City Council Chambers, Brea Civic and 
Cultural Center, 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, CA, (near intersection of 
Hwy 57 and Imperial Hwy).

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to team Leader, Northern & Eastern 
Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan, Bureau of Land Management, 
6221 Box Springs Blvd., Riverside, CA 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard E. Crowe, Bureau of Land Management, 6221 Box Springs Blvd., 
Riverside, CA 92507, (909) 697-5216/5200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM will develop a comprehensive land 
use plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for federal public 
lands in California's Northern & Eastern Colorado Desert. BLM will 
prepare this plan in cooperation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 
(FWS), the California Department of Fish and Game, and Joshua Tree 
National Monument. The plan will identify measures to implement the 
recovery tasks for the Desert Tortoise which was listed as a threatened 
species in 1990 under the federal Endangered Species Act. Measures for 
the recovery of the Chemehuevi and Chuckwalla populations are called 
for by the FWS in its 1993 draft ``Recovery Plan for the Desert 
Tortoise (Mojave Population)''. BLM's plan will also address the needs 
of other significant and special status plants and wildlife and all use 
needs of the public. The plan will amend BLM's California Desert 
Conservation Area Plan of 1980.

    Dated: April 19, 1994.
Henri R. Bisson,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-9977 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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