[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32544-32545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13191]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-670-02-1610-JP-064B]


Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
and Associated Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area 
Plan and Final Recreation Area Management Plan for the Imperial Sand 
Dunes Recreation Area

AGENCY: Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California 
Desert District.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) and associated Amendment to the California Desert 
Conservation Area Plan (CDCA) and Final Recreation Area Management Plan 
(FRAMP) for the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.

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DATES: Written protests on the FEIS will be accepted if postmarked 
within 30 calendar days from the date that a Notice of Availability is 
published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection 
Agency. Instructions for filing protests are contained in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement document cover sheet just inside the 
front cover, and are included below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SUMMARY: The final RAMP provides direction and guidance for the 
management of public lands and resources of the ISDRA, including 
multiple use goals and ecosystem management objectives, management 
prescriptions in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act (FLPMA) of 1976, management direction specific to discrete areas 
within the ISDRA, and monitoring and evaluation requirements.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the document are being mailed to those who request 
it. The document is available for review online at http://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro and is also available in hard copy or CD-Rom at 
the following addresses and telephone numbers: Bureau of Land 
Management, El Centro Field Office, 1661 South 4th Street, El Centro, 
CA 92243. (760) 337-4400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynnette Elfer, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1661 South 4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243; (760) 337-4420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency 
published the Notice of Availability of the Imperial Sand Dunes 
Recreation Area Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) in the Federal Register on March 29, 2002. The public review 
period on the DEIS began March 29, 2002 and ended June 28, 2002.
    Following are the instructions from the 43 Code of Federal 
Regulations 1610.5-2 for filing protests. (a) Any person who 
participates in the planning process and has an interest which is or 
may be adversely affected by the approval or amendment of a resource 
management plan may protest such approval or amendment. A protest may 
raise only those issues which were submitted for the record during the 
planning process.
    (1) The protest shall be in writing and shall be filed with the 
Director. The protest shall be filed within 30 days of

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the date the Environmental Protection Agency published the notice of 
receipt of the final environmental impact statement containing the plan 
or amendment in the Federal Register. For an amendment not requiring 
the preparation of an environmental impact statement, the protest shall 
be filed within 30 days of the publication of the notice of its 
effective date.
    (2) The protest shall contain:
    (i) The name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the 
person filing the protest;
    (ii) A statement of the issue or issues being protested;
    (iii) A statement of the part or parts of the plan or amendment 
being protested;
    (iv) A copy of all documents addressing the issue or issues that 
were submitted during the planning process by the protesting party or 
an indication of the date the issue or issues were discussed for the 
record; and
    (v) A concise statement explaining why the State Director's 
decision is believed to be wrong.
    (3) The Director shall promptly render a decision on the protest. 
The decision shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons for 
the decision. The decision shall be sent to the protesting party by 
certified mail, return receipt requested.
    (b) The decision of the Director shall be the final decision for 
the Department of the Interior.
    Mailing address for filing a protest:

Regular mail: Director (210), Attn: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 66538, 
Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight mail; U.S. Department of the Interior, Director, Bureau of 
Land Management, Protest Coordinator (WO-210), 1620 ``L'' Street, NW., 
Rm 1075, Washington, DC 20036.

Greg Thomsen,
Field Manager, El Centro Field Office.
[FR Doc. 03-13191 Filed 5-29-03; 8:45 am]
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