[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 47963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22456]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice to Extend the Public Comment Period for the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Water Rights Acquisition 
for Lahontan Valley Wetlands, Churchill County, Nevada

AGENCIES: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (lead agency); Nevada Division 
of Wildlife, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, Naval Air Station--Fallon, Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, and 
Churchill County, Nevada (cooperators).

ACTION: Notice to extend the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the public comment period 
has been extended for an additional 30 days for the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for Water Rights acquisition for Lahontan Valley 
Wetlands, Churchill County, Nevada.

DATES: Public comments on the Draft EIS are requested by October 20, 
1995. This 30-day extension of the comment period provides the public a 
90-day review period for the Draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to:

Project Leader, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 1236, 
Fallon, NV 89407.

    Copies of the Draft EIS may be inspected at the following 
locations:

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, 1000 Auction Road, Fallon, NV 
89406
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuge and Wildlife, 911 N.E. 11th 
Avenue, Portland, OR 97232
Churchill County Public Library, 553 South Maine St., Fallon, NV 
89406
Nevada State Library and Archives, Reference Desk, 100 Stewart 
Street, Carson City, NV 89701
Reno Branch, Washoe County Public Library, 301 S. Center Street, 
Reno, NV 89501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ron Anglin, Project Leader, or Gary Shellhorn, Stillwater National 
Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 1236, Fallon, NV 89407, (702) 423-5128.
    Individuals desiring a copy of the draft EIS for review should 
immediately contact the above individuals. Copies have been sent to 
agencies and individuals who participated in the scoping process and to 
those people that requested to be added to the mailing list.

    Dated: September 1, 1995.
Thomas J. Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-22456 Filed 9-14-95; 8:45 am]
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