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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-050-4410-08]

 

Notice of Availability of the Supplement to the Draft Stateline 
Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Supplement to the Draft Stateline Resource Management Plan 
and Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) is available to the public 
for a 90 day review period. The purpose of this supplement is to 
analyze four additional issues: (1) Ephemeral/perennial rangeland 
classification; (2) utility corridors; (3) mineral management in 
Wilderness Study Areas not designated by Congress; and (4) implications 
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Draft Tortoise Recovery 
Plan and Proposed Critical Habitat. These four issues have implications 
to all of the resources of the area, therefore a complete Alternative E 
was developed for consideration in this Supplement.

DATES: All written comments on the Supplement to the Draft RMP/EIS must 
be submitted to BLM in person or postmarked no later than August 19, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Stateline Resource 
Area Manager, Attn. RMP Team Leader, Bureau of Land Management, 4765 
Vegas Drive, P.O. Box 26569, Las Vegas, NV 89126.
    Copies of the Supplement to the Draft RMP/EIS may be obtained from 
the above BLM Las Vegas District Office.
    Public reading copies are available for review at the public 
libraries of Clark and Nye Counties, all government depository 
libraries and at the following BLM locations:

Office of External Affairs, Main Interior Building, room 5000, 1849 
C Street, NW., Washington, DC
Public Room, Nevada State Office, 850 Harvard Way, Reno, Nevada
Las Vegas District Office at the above address

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jerry Wickstrom, RMP Team Leader, at BLM's Las Vegas District Office 
listed above or telephone (702) 647-5000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Supplement to the Draft is a complete 
alternative, Alternative E, to the five previous alternatives analyzed 
in the Draft RMP/EIS. All of these alternatives, along with public 
comment received during review of the Draft and also this Supplement, 
will be considered in preparation of a Proposed Resource Management 
Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement.
    The Supplement to the Draft provides resource recommendations that 
differ from the previous alternatives. Major variations include 
ephemeral/perennial range classification, revision and relocation of 
utility corridors, opening of wilderness study areas to mineral 
development if Congress does not designate, and incorporation of desert 
tortoise critical habitat and the Draft Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan. 
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) for protection of the 
desert tortoise have been reduced in size from the Preferred 
Alternative of the Draft RMP/EIS.
    During the 90 day comment period, public workshops may be held to 
discuss specific issues of the Supplement. Dates and location of these 
workshops will be announced at least 15 days prior to the meetings. 
Public requests for specific workshops will be considered during the 90 
day comment period.
    No public hearings are scheduled to be held on this Supplement.

    Dated: May 13, 1994.
Ronald B. Wenker,
Acting State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 94-13247 Filed 5-31-94; 8:45 am]
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