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[FR Doc No: 94-15455]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-4410-02]

 

Availability of Drafts; Caliente Resource Management Plan; 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 1610.2, a draft Resource 
Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/DEIS) has 
been prepared for the Caliente Resource Area. The draft RMP/DEIS 
describes and analyzes alternative management scenarios for about 
570,000 acres of public lands and an additional 450,000 acres of 
federal mineral estate located in Kings, San Luis Obispo, Santa 
Barbara, Tulare, Ventura, and western Kern counties in central 
California.
    Decisions relating to management of the Caliente Resource Area 
generated by this planning process will supersede those currently in 
the Coast Valley RMP and the South Sierra Foothills Management 
Framework Plan. Copies of the draft RMP/DEIS can be obtained from the 
Caliente Resource Area Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, 
California 93308.
    Copies are also available for review at public libraries in Avenal, 
Bakersfield, Hanford, Oxnard, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa 
Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura, and Visalia; and at the following BLM 
locations:

Office of Public Affairs, Main Interior Bldg., RM 5600, 18th and C 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20240
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Bakersfield District Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Sacramento, CA 93308

    Background information and maps used in developing the draft RMP/
DEIS can be reviewed at the Caliente Resource Area Office.

DATES: Written comments on the draft RMP/DEIS will be accepted until 
September 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to James Wesley Abbott, Area 
Manager, Caliente Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, 3801 
Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft RMP/DEIS analyzes five 
alternatives to address the following issues: oil and gas development, 
land tenure adjustment, endangered and other special status plants and 
animals, and livestock grazing. The alternatives have been developed to 
incorporate the issues and are summarized as follows: Alt. #1--No 
action or the continuation of existing management, Alt. #2--Resource 
Protection, Alt. #3--Administrative Adjustment (land exchanges, 
disposals, and acquisitions), Alt. #4--Development Emphasis (especially 
oil and gas, and grazing), and Alt. #5--Preferred Alternative.
    Public participation has occurred throughout the RMP process. A 
Notice of Intent was filed in the Federal Register in March 1989. Since 
that time there have been mailings and public meetings to solicit 
comments and ideas. All comments received have been considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Larson, Resource Staff Chief, 
Caliente Resource Area; phone (805) 391-6099.

    Dated: June 17, 1994.
James Wesley Abbott,
Area Manager, Caliente Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 94-15455 Filed 6-24-94; 8:45 am]
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