[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17611]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-069-1220-00]


Intent To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) Needles Resource Area office is conducting a cooperative planning 
effort focused on Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) and recreation use in the 
southeastern portion of Chemehuevi Valley in California. An activity 
level management plan will be developed to address the management 
options. Public scoping is initiated with publication of this notice 
and will continue until August 10, 1997. Public scoping workshops will 
be held to identify issues and concerns involving OHV use, other 
recreation activities, cultural resources and encourage and facilitate 
public participation in the planning process.

DATES: The public scoping workshops are scheduled as follows:

July 11, 1997, 7 p.m. at Needles Council Chambers, 1111 Bailey Ave., 
Needles, CA.
July 12, 1997, 10 a.m. at Friendship Hall, 148808 Havasu Lake Rd., 
Havasu Lake, CA.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments to the Bureau of Land Management, Needles 
Resource Area, Attn: Lesly Smith, 101 W. Spikes Rd., Needles, CA 92363.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lesly Smith at (760) 326-7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning effort is a component of the 
Northern and Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan (NECO 
Plan). The Activity Level Plan will set the standard for managing Off-
Highway Vehicle (OHV) use within the planning area.
    The planning effort will focus on OHV use in the southeastern 
Chemehuevi Valley, California. The 88,000 acre planning 
area will include public, state, private, and tribal lands. The 
northern boundary is defined by the Metropolitan Water District of 
Southern California powerline road and the Chemehuevi Mountains 
Wilderness boundary. The western boundary is defined by U.S. Highway 
95. The southern boundary is defined by an unmaintained dirt road (East 
Mojave Heritage Trail) and the Whipple Mountain Wilderness boundary. 
The eastern boundary is the Colorado River and the Chemehuevi Indian 
Reservation. The planning area lies within San Bernardino County.
George R. Meckfessel,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-17611 Filed 7-3-97; 8:45 am]
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