[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 49 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13303-13304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6032]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-110-0777-30-24-1A; HAG0-0145]


Notice of Availability of Draft Management Plan/Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Cascade Siskiyou Ecological Emphasis 
Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft Management Plan/Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Cascade Siskiyou Ecological Emphasis 
Area.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 202 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and Section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, a Draft Management Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the Cascade Siskiyou Ecological Emphasis Area 
(CSEEA) has been completed for a portion of the Medford District. The 
DEIS describes and analyzes future options for managing up to 52,407 
acres in southern Jackson County, Oregon. The DEIS address boundary 
issues associated with adjacent BLM administered land in California. 
Management activity specific to those lands will be addressed by the 
BLM Redding Field Office.
    Decisions generated during this planning process will partially 
supersede and supplement interim land use allocations and management 
direction for the CSEEA, which were analyzed in the 1994 Medford 
Resource Management (RMP) final EIS which was approved in 1995 in the 
Medford RMP Record of Decision. Major issues which are addressed 
include ecosystem management direction, potential use of prescribed 
fire, motorized recreation and possible off-highway-vehicle 
restrictions, livestock grazing and vegetation management objectives 
and expansion of existing or potential Areas of critical Environmental 
Concern.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until June 14, 2000.


ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Rich Drehobl, Field 
Manager, Ashland Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, Medford 
District Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97504.
    Comments, including names and addresses, will be available for 
public review. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If 
you wish to withhold your name and/or address from public review or 
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act,

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you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written 
comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Individual copies of the DEIS may be 
obtained by contacting Bill Yocum or Lorie List at 541/618-2384. The 
DEIS is also available on CD-ROM and at www.or.blm.gov/Medford.
    Copies are also available for inspection at the following 
locations:

Southern Oregon University Library, Ashland, OR
Jackson County Library, Ashland Branch, OR
Siskiyou County Library, Yreka Branch, CA

    The DEIS analyzes five alternatives ranging from emphasis on 
commodity extraction to emphasis on preservation.
    A public meeting will be held on the proposal on Saturday, April 8, 
2000, at 1 p.m. in the Arena Room/Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon 
University. Additional meetings will be considered if there is 
sufficient interest.
    Public participation has occurred throughout the planning process. 
A Notice of Intent was published in the Federal Register on August 27, 
1999. Since that time several open houses, public meetings and field 
tours were conducted to provide information and solicit comments and 
ideas. Any comments presented throughout the process have been 
considered.
    The notice meets the requirements of 43 CFR 1610.5-5 for plan 
amendments and 43 CFR 1610.7-2 for designations of Areas of Critical 
Environmental Concern.

    Dated: March 7, 2000.
Rich Drehobl,
Ashland Field Manager, Medford District.
[FR Doc. 00-6032 Filed 3-10-00; 8:45 am]
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