[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22561]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive 
Management Plan

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife 
Refuge Act of 1992, the Refuge Manager of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal 
National Wildlife Area, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of 
Interior) gives notice of the agency's intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National 
Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Management Plan, Adams County, Colorado.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis should be received 
in writing by October 13, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Dave Shaffer, Rocky Mountain 
Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Building 613, Commerce City, Colorado 
80022-1748.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dave Shaffer, Plan Coordinator, (303) 289-0232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife 
Refuge Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-402) established the Rocky Mountain 
Arsenal as a National Wildlife Refuge following environmental cleanup, 
and provided authority for the Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the 
area as if it were a National Wildlife Refuge during the cleanup 
process. Pursuant to the Department of Interior's Departmental Manual 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, an Environmental 
Impact Statement will be prepared for all master plans for major new 
installations of the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Plan will guide the 
development of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Ray 
Rauch, Refuge Manager, will be the responsible official.
    Federal, state and local agencies, individuals, or organizations 
who may be interested in or affected by the decision regarding the Plan 
are invited to participate in the scoping process. Public involvement 
in the planning process will be sought by 1) sending planning updates 
and requests for comments to agencies, organizations, and individuals, 
and 2) holding open house/public comment forums in the Denver 
metropolitan area. Scoping meetings will be held on September 12, 13, 
and 14. Locations and times for the scoping meetings will be announced 
in the local news media and in a newsletter. The analysis is expected 
to take about 12 months. A draft environmental impact statement should 
be available for public review and comment by May, 1995.
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes it is important to give 
reviewers notice at this early stage of guidance provided by several 
court rulings related to public participation in the environmental 
review process. Reviewers of draft environmental impact statements must 
structure their participation in the environmental review of the 
proposal so that it is meaningful and alerts an agency to the 
reviewer's position and contentions. Judicial review may waive or 
dismiss objections that could have been raised at the draft 
environmental impact statement stage, but that were not raised until 
after completion of the final environmental impact statement.

    Dated: September 6, 1994.
Terry Terrell,
Acting Regional Director, Region 6, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 94-22561 Filed 9-12-94; 8:45 am]
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