[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 232 (Monday, December 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 63858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30549]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-360-1220-00]


Interlakes Special Recreation Management Area Plan and Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Redding Resource Area, NORCAL 
District, California.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a plan and DEIS.

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SUMMARY: BLM has released a plan and DEIS covering land management 
options and anticipated consequences regarding the Interlakes Special 
Recreation Management Area. Preparation of this plan and DEIS is a 
joint effort between the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, National Park 
Service, and Bureau of Reclamation. BLM was directed to lead this 
planning effort under BLM's Record of Decision for the Redding Resource 
Management Plan and EIS which was prepared under the authority of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (section 202). This plan 
and DEIS is prepared under the authority of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Interlakes Special Recreation Management 
Area is a 74,850 acre region which encompasses lands administered 
through the United States Department of the Interior's BLM, National 
Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of 
Agriculture's Forest Service. Once approved, this plan will guide 
management activities for the BLM for the next 10 to 15 years. The 
National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Forest Service 
may approve this plan by continuing with this joint planning effort and 
approving a Record of Decision, or may implement portions of this plan 
by tiering to this document within their own planning documents.

DATES: Comments on this plan and DEIS should be submitted in writing by 
January 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles M. Schultz, Area Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, CA., 96002 (916) 
224-2100.

    Dated: November 19, 1996.
Kelly Williams,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-30549 Filed 11-29-96; 8:45 am]
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