[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6100]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-056-1220-04; GP6-0086]


Supplement to the Final Lower Deschutes River Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement; Prineville District, Deschutes Resource 
Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that the comment period is open for the 
Supplement to the Final Lower Deschutes River Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement. Comments must be submitted by May 13, 
1996.

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    Public workshops have been scheduled to promote a dialogue among 
river users, interested individuals and agency personnel on the 
permitting issue. They are set for: Warm Springs on March 19, Maupin on 
March 20, and Portland on March 21, 1996.
    Formal hearings to take testimony have been set for Madras on April 
16, The Dalles on April 17, and Portland on April 18.
    In 1988, the Lower Deschutes River was designated a federal Wild 
and Scenic River. The Lower Deschutes River Management Plan, a joint 
effort completed in 1993, made the decision to limit boater numbers. 
The plan used the 161,200 boater days during the primary boating season 
in 1990 as the base year for a cap on seasonal use for each segment of 
the river between Pelton Dam and the Columbia River. The plan also set 
daily use targets intended to reduce peak weekend use to below the 1990 
levels.
    Three alternative approaches to limit and direct boating use are 
being considered by a joint agency management team for the Lower 
Deschutes River between Pelton Dam and the Columbia River. The joint 
management team represents the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Parks 
and Recreation Department, Oregon Marine Board, Oregon Department of 
Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State Police, the Confederated Tribes of the 
Warm Springs and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    If you would like to know more about the public workshops or formal 
hearings, or if you would like a copy of the report, contact Oregon 
Parks and Recreation Department, 1115 Commercial St. NE, Salem, OR 
97310-1001 (phone: (504) 378-6378, ext. 293). The public is invited to 
submit written comments on the preferred and other alternatives as well 
as the analysis of impacts contained in the document. For further 
information contact: Tom Mottl (telephone: (541) 416-6432).

    Dated: March 1, 1996.
James L. Hancock,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-6100 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am]
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