[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 166 (Friday, August 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 51843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21696]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land management

[OR-120: GP0-0306]


Availability of the Record of Decision for the Bal'diyaka 
Interpretive Center

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the 
Bal'diyaka Interpretive Center

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Coos Bay District of the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), in cooperation with the Confederated Tribes of Coos, 
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (Confederated Tribes) had an 
Environmental Impact Statement prepared to address impacts of 
constructing and operating the Bal'diyaka Interpretive Center in Coos 
County, Oregon.
    The BLM, in partnership with the Confederated Tribes has chosen the 
No Action Alternative for this project since current budgets will not 
support the cost of construction and operation of the Bal'diyaka 
Interpretive Center as described in the Proposed Action of the subject 
EIS. The No Action Alternative will leave the three action alternative 
sites in their original condition, will not foreclose future management 
options at these sites, and will not impact current budgets.
    The Proposed Action in the EIS was to locate the Bal'diyaka 
Interpretive Center on Gregory Point, which is an approximately 30-acre 
headland area north of Sunset Bay, west of Cape Arago Highway and south 
of Lighthouse Way.
    A total of four alternatives were explored in the EIS: the No 
Action Alternative, the Proposed Action, and two alternative locations.
    Copies of the Record of Decision will be available for review at 
the Coos Bay and North Bend Public Libraries, upon request from the 
BLM, Coos Bay District Office, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, OR 97459-
2000, and the office of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, 
and Siuslaw Indians at 1245 Fulton Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420.

DATES: The Record of Decision will be available to the public starting 
August 14, 2000. An appeal period of 30 days will begin with the 
printing of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Steven 
Fowler, Area Manager, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, OR 97459-2000.

Sue Richardson,
District Manager, Coos Bay District.
[FR Doc. 00-21696 Filed 8-24-00; 8:45 am]
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