[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34418-34419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-360-03-1610-JP-064B]


Notice of Intent To Designate Routes of Travel and Amend the 
Redding Resource Management Plan

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to designate routes of travel and amend the 
Redding Resource Management Plan (RMP).

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DATES: Scoping comments will be accepted in person, by mail and email 
until July 9, 2003. Comment periods and planning meetings will be 
publicized in Shasta and Trinity counties through local news media.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Charles M. Schultz, Field 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Redding Field Office, 355 Hemsted 
Dr., Redding, CA 96002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Isola, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, at the above address, telephone number (530) 224-2126, or e-
mail: [email protected].
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management proposes to amend the Redding 
Resource Management Plan pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) at 43 CFR 1610.2(c). The proposed amendment would establish or 
revise designations of ways, routes, and trails for off-highway 
vehicles in accordance with 43 CFR part 8342. The proposals will 
include public lands in the Interlakes Special Recreation Management 
Area, a complex of routes west of French Gulch Road and east of County 
Line Road North, the Sacramento River Bend Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern (ACEC), and other areas that may be identified in 
the planning process.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Input from previous public meetings and 
written comments from previous public discussions will be used to 
define issues. Preliminary issues identified include: Off-highway 
vehicle recreation use; adequate vehicle access for other casual uses, 
and visitor safety. All vehicular travel on public lands in the 
planning area will be restricted to the designated routes.
    Planning criteria will honor valid existing rights. The amendment 
will be consistent with officially approved resource related plans, 
policies and programs of other Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, and Indian Tribes, so long as the guidance and plans are 
consistent with the purposes,

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policies and programs of Federal laws and regulations applicable to 
public lands. The plan will comply with trail designation regulations 
(43 CFR part 8340). The planning process shall include an environmental 
assessment with a biological evaluation prepared in compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the President's 
Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR part 1500), 
and BLM planning regulations (40 CFR part 1600). The Bureau will rely 
largely on existing route inventory data, information obtained from 
coordination with other federal, state, and local agencies, and public 
comments.
    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the Redding Field Office during normal 
working hours (7:45 AM to 4:30 PM, except holidays), and may be 
published as part of the EA or other related documents. Individuals may 
request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or address 
from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information 
Act, you must state this promptly at the beginning of your comment. 
Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All 
submissions from organizations or businesses will be made available for 
public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: March 7, 2003.
Charles M. Schultz,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-14446 Filed 6-6-03; 8:45 am]
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