[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29124]


[Federal Register: November 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-020-1040-00]


Notice of Intent To Prepare Land Use Plan Amendments and 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Susanville District 
Office, California.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare Land Use Plan Amendments and 
Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 1601, 43 CFR 1610, and 40 CFR 1500-1508 
notice is hereby given that the Susanville District Office, Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM), California, will prepare amendments to three 
land use plans (LUPs) and prepare an associated environmental impact 
statement (EIS). The LUPs to be amended are the (1) Cal-Neva Management 
Framework Plan of 1982, (2) Tuledad-Home Camp Management Framework Plan 
of 1977, and (3) Alturas Resource Management Plan of 1984. The LUP 
amendments and EIS will be published in a single document entitled East 
Lassen Ecosystem Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement 
(ELEMP/EIS).

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The public will be provided opportunities to 
participate and comment throughout scoping, preparation, and review of 
the ELEMP/EIS. Opportunities for public participation at a series of 
public scoping meetings will also be provided. Times, dates, and 
locations of public meetings will be announced through the news media, 
by mail, and personal contact. Public meetings are anticipated to be 
held in Susanville, California; Alturas, California; Sacramento, 
California; and Reno, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR RELATED DOCUMENTS CONTACT: Herrick E. Hanks, 
District Manager, Attention: East Lassen Project, Bureau of Land 
Management, Susanville District Office, 705 Hall Street, Susanville, 
California 96130. Telephone: (916) 257-5381.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The East Lassen area is located in the 
northwestern Great Basin, encompassing about 1.25 million acres in 
portions of Washoe county in Nevada, and Lassen and Modoc counties in 
California. The area contains many jurisdictions, including lands and 
resources administered by BLM Susanville and Winnemucca Districts, 
Modoc National Forest, Sierra Army Depot, State of California, Nevada 
Division of Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Game, and 
private lands. A BLM interdisciplinary (ID) team of specialists has 
been assigned to prepare the ELEMP/EIS. The ID team anticipates the LUP 
amendments to result in decisions to incorporate ecosystem management 
principles, make resource allocations, set goals and objectives, 
establish priorities, establish standards and guidelines, be consistent 
with Rangeland Reform '94 and other initiatives, and define future 
public participation processes. The LUP amendments will be applicable 
to the land and resources administered by BLM Susanville District in 
the East Lassen area. Preliminary issues to be addressed are (1) 
vegetation, including riparian-wetland, (2) wild horses and burros, (3) 
fish and wildlife, (4) livestock grazing, (5) recreation opportunities, 
and (6) local socio-economics. Preliminary future management strategies 
(alternatives) to be addressed are (1) Baseline/Current Management (No 
Action), (2) Custodial Level Management, (3) Native Species and Habitat 
Restoration, and (4) Featured Animals Management. At this time the ID 
team does not anticipate LUP amendments to address BLM oil and gas, 
coal, geothermal, other mineral resources, cadastral survey, user fees, 
or realty related decisions or actions.
Herrick E. Hanks,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-29124 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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