[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45617-45618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18598]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-030-1610-DH; N-66363]


Notice of Availability and Public Meeting for the Proposed 
Southern Washoe County Urban Interface Plan Amendment and Environmental 
Assessment, Proposed Designation of Three Areas of Critical 
Environmental Concern, and Proposed Withdrawal of Public Land; Washoe 
County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public meeting for a proposed 
resource management plan amendment, proposed designation of three Areas 
of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), and proposed withdrawal of 
public land.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City, Nevada Field 
Office and Washoe County have jointly prepared the Proposed Southern 
Washoe County Urban Interface Plan Amendment to address future 
management of public lands in the open and mountainous terrain of 
southern Washoe County's urban, suburban, and rural residential areas. 
The document is available for public and agency review and a public 
open house is scheduled in accordance with 43 CFR 1610.2 and 2310.3-1. 
to discuss the proposed plan amendment, proposed ACEC's, and proposed 
withdrawal of 160,620 acres of Federal lands and 15,800 acres of 
federally reserved minerals. BLM and Washoe County staff will be 
available to answer questions and take comments at the following public 
open house: August 24, 2000, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Bureau of Land 
Management (Conference Rooms A and B), 1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno, 
Nevada.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until September 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Bureau of Land Management, 
Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701, 
Attn: Terri Knutson, Project Manager. Comments may also be sent via 
electronic mail to the following address: [email protected] or via 
fax: (775) 885-6147.
    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the above

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address during regular business hours (7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), Monday 
through Friday, except holidays, and may be published as part of the 
document. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you 
wish to withhold your name or street address from public review or from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. However, we will 
not consider anonymous comments. Such requests will be honored to the 
extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terri Knutson, Carson City BLM, at 
(775) 885-6156 or Bill Whitney, Washoe County at (775) 328-3617.
    After the review period ends for the proposed plan amendment, 
proposed ACECs, and proposed withdrawal, comments will be analyzed and 
considered jointly by the BLM and Washoe County in preparing the final 
plan amendment and withdrawal.

    Dated: July 18, 2000.
John Singlaub,
Manager, Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 00-18598 Filed 7-21-00; 8:45 am]
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