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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

 

Clark County Wetlands Park Master Plan, East Las Vegas, NV

Agency: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

Action: Notice of intent to prepare a draft environmental impact 
statement and notice of scoping meeting for Clark County Wetlands Park 
Master Plan.

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SUMMARY: Clark County Departments of Comprehensive Planning and Parks 
and Recreation propose to develop a desert wetlands park in Las Vegas 
Wash, between the Sam Boyd Stadium and Lake Las Vegas, east of the City 
of Las Vegas, Nevada. A portion of the park would be on Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation) land. Reclamation proposes to prepare a draft 
environmental impact statement (EIS) to address the impacts associated 
with construction and operation of the park. A scoping meeting is 
planned to provide information and receive oral comments from 
interested parties.

DATE AND ADDRESS: Scoping meeting, November 9, 1994, 7 p.m., Las Vegas 
Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, 
Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments and questions should be 
addressed to Del Kidd, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, 
P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470, telephone: (702) 293-8698.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1970, 470 acres of wetlands in Las 
Vegas Wash have been lost to erosion, and hundreds of thousands of tons 
of eroded material deposited downstream in Lake Mead. Las Vegas Wash is 
a unique desert wetland with important recreation and conservation 
potential. Four alternative plans have been developed in a Wetlands 
Park Master Plan being prepared by the Clark County Departments of 
Comprehensive Planning and Parks and Recreation. These alternatives, 
plus a no action alternative, will be evaluated in the EIS. All action 
alternatives include approximately 15 erosion control structures in Las 
Vegas Wash, as well as extensive wetlands enhancement. Each alternative 
focuses on a concept of intensity and type of park use: conservation, 
recreation, full development, and a balance of the three. The draft EIS 
is expected to be available for public review and comment by the middle 
of 1995.
    Public workshops with agency representatives and interested parties 
have been held on the Master Plan to ensure that the park components 
are appropriate to the community and the environment. Future public 
meetings will include an EIS scoping meeting and a public hearing to 
ensure that a full range of all issues related to the proposed action 
are identified and addressed.

    Dated: October 19, 1994.
Lawrence F. Hancock,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 94-26367 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]
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