[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22641]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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


Intent To Conduct Public Scoping Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of additional public meeting and extension of public 
comment period.

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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. Due to increased public participation at the public meetings 
held on July 11 and July 12, 1997 an additional public scoping meeting 
has been initiated with publication of this notice along with comments 
from the public being accepted through September 10, 1997. The public 
scoping meeting will identify additional issues and concerns involving 
OHV use, other recreation activities, cultural resources and encourage 
public participation in the planning process.

DATES: The public scoping meeting is scheduled as follows: August 30, 
1997, 9 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 OHV 
use within the planning area.
    The planning effort will focus on Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use in 
the southeastern Chemehuevi Valley, California. The 94,000 
acre planning area will include public, state, private, and tribal 
lands. The northern boundary is defined by Metropolitan Water District 
of Southern California powerline road and the Chemehuevi Mountains 
Wilderness boundary. The western boundary is defined by US 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 whole planning area lies within San Bernardino County.
George R. Meckfessel,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-22641 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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