[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3712-3713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1474]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-066-00-5440-00-ZBBB; CACA-30070; CACA-25594; CACA-31926]


Notice of Availability of Final Eagle Mountain Landfill and 
Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental 
Impact Report, Riverside County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final Eagle Mountain Landfill and 
Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmetal 
Impact Report.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 202 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, a Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) has been prepared for the Eagle 
Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project by the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) and County of Riverside. Mine Reclamation Corporation 
and Kaiser Eagle Mountain, Inc. Have proposed to develop a Class III 
nonhazardous municipal solid waste landfill, primarily a waste-by-rail 
facility, on a portion of the Kaiser Eagle Mountain Mine, Riverside 
County, California. The proposed project also includes the renovation 
and repopulation of Eagle Mountain Townsite and a Specific Plan, 
General Plan Amendment, Change of Zone, Development Agreement, Revised 
Permit to Reclamation Plan, and Tentative Tract Map with the County. 
The proposed project includes a land exchange, involving about 3,481 
acres of public land, and application for two rights-of-way with the 
Bureau of Land Management. The EIS/EIR analyzes the effects of the 
proposed action and alternatives on such environmental issues as desert 
tortoise, air and water quality, and wilderness The EIS/EIR describes 
and analyzes six alternatives in addition to the proposed project. The 
BLM's preferred alternative is the proposed action. Statements 
concerning the proposed action will be considered in preparation of the 
Record of Decision.

DATES: Written statements on the Final EIS/EIR must be submitted or 
postmarked no later than February 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the document should be mailed to: Eagle 
Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project, Bureau of Land 
Management, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, California 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Romoli, California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, 
California 92507; phone (909) 697-5237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the EIS/EIR are available for 
review at the following libraries:

Desert Hot Springs Public Library, 1691 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs, 
CA
Los Angeles Public Library, Documents Dept., 433 Spring Street, Los 
Angeles, CA
Palo Verde Valley District Library, 125 W. Chanslor Way, Blythe, CA
San Bernardino County Library, Yucca Valley Branch, 57098 Twentynine 
Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, CA
University of California, Riverside Library, Government Publications, 
Riverside, CA
California State Library, Sacramento, CA
Indio Branch Library, 200 Civic Center Mall, Indio, CA
Palm Desert Public Library, 4480 Portola, Palm Desert, CA Riverside 
Central Library, Government Documents, 381 Mission Inn Avenue, 
Riverside, CA
College of the Desert Library, 43-500 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert, CA
Coachella Branch Library, Coachella, CA
Lake Tamarisk Branch Public Library, 43880 Lake Tamarisk Drive, Desert 
Center, CA
Palm Springs Library, 300 S. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA
San Bernardino County Library, Joshua Tree Branch, 6465 Park Boulevard, 
Joshua Tree, CA
San Bernardino Public Library, Feldheym Central Library, W. 6 Street, 
San Bernardino, CA
Riverside Community College, Martin Luther King Library, 4800 Magnolia 
Avenue, Riverside, CA
Rancho Mirage Public Library, 42520 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA
Cathedral City, 33520 Date Palm Drive, Cathedral City, CA


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    Copies will also be available at the following BLM and County 
offices:

BLM Desert District Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA
BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Resource Area, 690 W. Garnet, North Palm 
Springs, CA
County of Riverside, Planning Department 4080 Lemon Street, 9th Floor, 
Riverside, CA
County of Riverside, Transportation and Land Management Agency, 46-209 
Oasis Street, Room 209, Indio, CA

    Dated: January 14, 1997.
Molly S. Brady,
Assistant District Manager, Planning & Renewable Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-1474 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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