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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

 

Suitability Study for Eight Streams and Rivers Being Considered 
for National Wild and Scenic River Status

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) and Notice of Availability of EIS.

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SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest and Lake Tahoe 
Basin Management Unit are preparing a Legislative Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) to determine the suitability or non-suitability of the 
approximately 58.8 miles (revised from previously published 61 miles) 
of eight eligible streams and rivers on the Tahoe National Forest and 
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit for inclusion in the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System. In addition to the Wild and Scenic River 
suitability analysis, the EIS will evaluate the environmental effects 
of possible Special Interest Area designation, a Forest Service 
Administrative designation, as an alternative to Wild and Scenic River 
designation. Lynn Sprague, Regional Forester, Pacific Southwest Region, 
U.S. Forest Service, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 
94111, is the responsible official for Special Interest Area 
designation. Michael Espy, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Room 200-A, Adm. Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20250, is the 
responsible official for recommendations for wild and scenic river 
designation.
    The Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be available for 
public review beginning August 18, 1994 and a copy can be obtained by 
writing: Forest Supervisor, Tahoe National Forest, P.O. Box 6003, 
Nevada City, California 95959 or telephone (916) 265-4531. The public 
comment period extends through November 18, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For additional information about the proposed DEIS, contact Phil 
Horning, P.O. Box 6003, Nevada City, California 95959, or telephone 
(916) 265-4531.

    Dated: August 1, 1994.
Judie L. Tartaglia,
Acting Forest Supervisor, Tahoe National Forest.
[FR Doc. 94-20208 Filed 8-16-94; 8:45 am]
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