[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 105 (Friday, May 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 38145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13475]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-660-02-1610-DS]


Notice of Availability of Draft California Desert Conservation 
Area Plan Amendment for the Coachella Valley, Draft Trails Management 
Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft California Desert Conservation 
Area (CDCA) Plan Amendment for the Coachella Valley, Draft Trails 
Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Title 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFF) 
Part 1610.2(f)(3) and Title 40 CFR part 1500, the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) hereby gives notice that the Draft CDCA Plan Amendment 
for the Coachella Valley, Draft Trails Management Plan, and DEIS is 
available for public review and comment.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until 90-days have elapsed after 
publication of notice in the Federal Register by the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA).

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any 
of several methods. You may mail comments to: James G. Kenna, Field 
Manager; Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast Field 
Office, P.O. Box 581260, North Palm Springs, CA 92258.
    You may also comment via the Internet to [email protected]. 
Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of 
special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include in 
the subject line: ``Draft CDCA Plan Amendment and EIS'' and your name 
and return address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet 
message, contact Elena Misquez at (760) 251-4810. Finally, you may 
hand-deliver comments to: Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South 
Coast Field Office, 690 W. Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, CA 92258.
    Oral comments will be accepted and recorded at any of three public 
meetings to be held during the month of July, 2002. Notice published in 
local media will also be provided at least 15 days prior to the 
scheduled public meetings.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Misquez at (760) 251-4810 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the Draft CDCA Plan Amendment for 
the Coachella Valley, Draft Trails Management Plan, and DEIS is 
available for review via the internet at www.ca.blm.gov/palmsprings. 
Electronic (on CD-ROM) and paper copies may also be obtained by 
contacting Elena Misquez at the aforementioned addresses and phone 
number.
    This Draft CDCA Plan Amendment for the Coachella Valley and draft 
Trails Management Plan is being developed in partnership with the 
Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) in support of their 
efforts to prepare a Coachella Valley Multi-Species Habitat 
Conservation Area Plan (CVMSHCP). The Trails Management Plan will be 
incorporated into the CVMSHCP. Upon completion of the environmental 
impact statement/environmental impact report for the CVMSHCP, BLM may 
adopt the CVMSHCP as an activity (implementation) level plan in 
accordance with Bureau Manual guidance and the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). A separate record of decision will be 
prepared for the CDCA Plan Amendment for the Coachella Valley in 
accordance with the planning regulations at Title 43 CFR 1610 and NEPA.

    Dated: May 6, 2002.
James G. Kenna,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-13475 Filed 5-30-02; 8:45 am]
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