[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45790-45791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18652]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-680-5101-ER-B124; CACA-41418]


Proposed Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent for plan amendment to California desert 
conservation area plan.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) has proposed a plan amendment to the California Desert 
Conservation Area Plan (CDCA) to partially exempt a proposed fiber 
optic cable right-of-way from a designated Energy Production and 
Utility Corridor for a portion of the proposed alignment.

DATES: Written scoping comments must be received no later than August 
24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments should be addressed to: Becki 
Gonzales, Attn: Plan Amendment, Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow 
Road, Barstow, CA 92311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becki Gonzales (760) 252-6029.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An approximate 235.8 mile fiber optic cable 
is proposed by Level 3 Communications, L.L.C., from Las Vegas, Nevada 
to San Bernardino, California. A major portion of the proposed route 
will utilize Energy

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Production and Utility Corridor ``D'' as shown in the California Desert 
Conservation Area Plan 1980 (CDCA), as amended. The proposed right-of-
way as it nears the City of Victorville, deviates from the corridor at 
Stoddard Wells Road following existing fiber optic lines to Black 
Mountain Quarry Road, returning to the corridor. The approximate 12 
miles segment where the proposed route leaves Corridor D is not 
formally designated as a utility corridor by the CDCA Plan. The 
proposed plan amendment/exemption is being evaluated in the 
environmental documentation for the proposed fiber optic facility.
    Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withold 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. Such requests 
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from 
organizations or business, and from individuals identifying themselves 
as representatives or officials of organization or business, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: July 18, 2000.
James L. Williams,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-18652 Filed 7-24-00; 8:45 am]
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