[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33544]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period on Supplemental 
Analysis to Environmental Assessment No. CA-069-EA7-42; Tritium and 
Related Materials Testing on Public Lands in Ward Valley, San 
Bernardino County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Public comment period on Supplemental Analysis.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) has prepared a Supplemental Analysis on simultaneous 
drilling activities by DOI/BLM and the State of California, Department 
of Health Services, and on related issues.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Public comments on the Supplemental Analysis must be 
received by January 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Supplemental Analysis may be obtained upon 
request. Submit requests to: External Affairs Staff, Bureau of Land 
Management, California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Blvd., 
Riverside, CA 92507; or to: External Affairs Staff, Bureau of Land 
Management, California State Office, 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento, 
California 95825. The EA is also available on the Internet at: 
www.ca.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOI and BLM prepared an Environmental 
Assessment, EA No. CA-069-EA7-42, on proposed tritium and related 
materials testing and a proposal by the State of California to conduct 
rainfall infiltration studies. The EA was released for public review on 
November 6, 1997. Since the initial EA was released, new information 
has become available that is relevant to the DOI/BLM and State 
proposals. Specifically, a simultaneous drilling alternative is under 
consideration, and more information concerning unexploded military 
ordnance on site has become available. These topics are analyzed in the 
Supplemental Analysis which is being distributed for public review 
through January 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ward Valley Project Coordinator Bureau 
of Land Management, California State Office, 2135 Butano Drive, 
Sacramento, California 95825; tel: (916) 978-4630.
Carl Rountree,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-33544 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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