[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34494-34495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13440]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-660-00-1990-00; CACA20139 and CACA22901]


Transit Mixed Concrete Company Proposed Sand and Gravel Mining 
Operation, Soledad Canyon, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Palm 
Springs-South Coast Field Office, California Desert District.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) of 1969 and 40 CFR 1503.4, notice is hereby given that the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Transit Mixed Concrete (TMC) Company 
Sand and Gravel Mining Project proposed for construction and operation 
off of Soledad Canyon Road and State Highway 14, in an unincorporated 
area of Los Angeles County, California.
    Interested citizens are invited to review the Final EIS. Hard 
copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by telephoning or writing the 
contact persons listed below. The Technical Appendices and Volumes 1 
through 6 are also available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is in Adobe Acrobat 
Reader format, and contains a free download of Acrobat Reader so it can 
be opened easily. Public reading copies are available at the following 
County of Los Angeles public libraries: Canyon Country Library (18536 
Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita); Newhall Library (22704 W. Ninth 
Street, Santa Clarita); and the Valencia Library (23743 W. Valencia 
Boulevard, Santa Clarita).

DATES: BLM will be rendering a decision on the proposed Project no 
sooner than July 3, 2000.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elena Misquez, BLM, Palm 
Springs-South Coast Field Office at (760) 251-4810. To obtain copies of 
the Final EIS, contact Ms. Linda Brody of Chambers Group Inc. at (949) 
261-5414. Fax requests can be sent to the attention of Ms. Linda Brody 
at (949) 261-8950. Please specify either CD-ROM or the specific 
volume(s) desired (see Supplemental Information below). Please include 
name, complete mailing address (no P.O. Boxes), and phone number on all 
requests.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 
prepared a Final EIS for the Transit Mixed Concrete (TMC) Company Sand 
and Gravel Mining Project. The Project is proposed for construction and 
operation in an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County, north of 
Soledad Canyon Road, south of the Antelope Valley Freeway (State 
Highway 14), and west of Agua Dulce Canyon. TMC proposes to mine a 
total of 83 million tons of sand and gravel over a 20-year period. The 
Project site is located on ``split-estate'' lands where the surface is 
privately owned and the minerals are federally owned and

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administered by the BLM. The Draft EIS was released for public review 
on May 6, 1999, and the Supplement to the Draft EIS (SDEIS) was 
released November 17, 1999. The public comment period for both of these 
documents closed January 10, 2000.
    The Final EIS incorporates changes based on public comments 
received on the Draft EIS, SDEIS, and technical appendices, including 
final conformity determination for air quality. The Final EIS also 
includes responses to written comments received during the public 
comment period for the DEIS and SDEIS, responses to the BLM public 
hearing held July 2, 1999, and responses to comments on Los Angeles 
County's Draft EIR for the Project. The Final EIS is comprised of the 
following volumes:
     Final EIS--Main Text Volume (incorporates changes to DEIS 
and SDEIS text)
     Final EIS--Technical Appendices Volume (incorporates 
changes to DEIS Appendices)
     Volume 1--Responses to Comments (Responses to all written 
and oral comments received on the DEIS, SDEIS, and DEIR)
     Volume 2--DEIS and SDEIS Written Comment Letters (includes 
federal, state, and local agencies, community groups, associations, 
consulting firms, and individual letters)
     Volume 3--BLM Public Hearing Transcript
     Volume 4--DEIR Written Comment Letters from State and 
Local Agencies, Community Groups, Associations, and Consulting Firms
     Volume 5--DEIR Written Comment Letters from Individuals/
Petitions/Form Letters
     Volume 6--County DEIR Public Hearing Transcripts

    Dated: May 23, 2000.
Danella George,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-13440 Filed 5-26-00; 8:45 am]
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