[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 75 (Monday, April 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8760]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-1430-ER]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Flood Control Master Plan, Clark County 
Regional Flood Control District, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
    Cooperating Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 
District.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (Draft SESIS) for the Flood Control Master Plan, Clark 
County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft SEIS of the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Flood Control Master Plan, Clark County 
Regional Flood Control District, approved June 4, 1991, by record of 
Decision. This Draft SEIS was prepared to describe the potential 
environmental effects of construction and operation of flood control 
facilities encompassing private and public lands within in the Las 
Vegas Valley and Boulder City by the Clark County Regional Flood 
Control District for the next ten-year period.
    Due to changes in Federal regulations, regional growth, flooding 
history, and CCRFCD project changes and objectives that have occurred 
since 1991, this Draft SEIS was also prepared for the CCRFCD's Master 
Plan to update the 1991 FEIS. This document will also assess impacts 
associated with the implementation of the Master Plan and subsequent 
updates.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft SEIS will be accepted for 60 days 
following the date of publication of the Notice of Availability by the 
Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register. Future 
meetings or hearings and any other public involvement activities will 
be announced at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media 
news releases, and/or mailings.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web Site: www.blm.nv.gov.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (702) 515-5010.
     Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field 
Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130-2301.
    Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold 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 and businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety. 
Copies of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Flood Control Master Plan, Clark County Regional Flood Control District 
are available in the Las Vegas Field Office at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have 
your name added to our mailing list, contact Adrian A. Garcia, BLM, Las 
Vegas Field Office, telephone (702) 515-5089; email [email protected], 
of Jeff Steinmitz at (702) 515-5097; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The changing needs and interests of the 
public and the growth within the Las Vegas Valley necessitates a 
revision to the Flood Control Master Plan FEIS. Preliminary issues and 
management concerns have been identified by BLM and CCRFCD, their 
consultant, and other agencies, and represent the BLM's current 
information on existing issues and management concerns. The major issue 
themes that will be addressed in the Draft SEIS include: Impacts to 
surface water hydrology and water quality; protection of federally-
listed species, State-listed species, and BLM sensitive species; 
minimizing impacts to air quality; minimizing visibility impacts; 
balancing conflicting and compatible land uses; protection of cultural 
and paleontological resources; cumulative impacts of the project; and 
the creation of a new project-specific analysis procedure for future 
flood control facilities.

    Dated: April 13, 2004.
Sharon DiPinto,
Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands.
[FR Doc. 04-8760 Filed 4-16-04; 8:45 am]
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