[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31206-31207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8460]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Auburn State Recreation Area General Plan/Interim Resource 
Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and notice of public scoping 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation (DPR) propose to prepare a joint EIS/EIR for the Auburn 
State Recreation Area General Plan/Interim Resource Management Plan 
(GP/IRMP). Reclamation is the Lead Federal Agency for NEPA and DPR is 
the Lead State Agency for CEQA. A public scoping meeting to solicit 
public input on the alternatives, concerns, and issues to be addressed 
in the GP/IRMP and EIS/EIR has been scheduled.

DATES: A public scoping meeting will be held on June 15, 2006 from 6 to 
9 p.m. in Auburn, California.
    Requests for reasonable accommodation should be received no later 
than 1 week before the meeting (see Supplementary Information).
    Send written comments on the scope of the EIS/EIR by the close of 
business on July 31, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting will be held at the Canyon View 
Center, Foothills Room, 471 Maidu Drive, Auburn, CA 95603.
    Written comments on the scope of the EIS/EIR should be sent to: Mr. 
Jim Micheaels, Park Planner, DPR, 7806 Folsom Auburn Road, Folsom, CA 
95630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Caballero, Environmental 
Specialist, Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630; (916) 
989-7172; or Jim Micheaels, Park Planner, DPR, 7806 Folsom-Auburn Road, 
Folsom, CA 95630, (916) 988-0513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An Auburn State Recreation Area (SRA) 
General Plan (GP) was completed in 1978 (a combined General Plan with 
Folsom Lake SRA). This plan presumed construction of Auburn Dam; 
however, Auburn Dam construction did not occur within the time frame 
identified by the 1978 GP. Because construction of Auburn Dam was not 
completed within the time frames anticipated, an IRMP was prepared in 
1992 to address current resources, conditions, and uses. Auburn Dam 
continues to be a federally recognized project.
    The current 1992 IRMP lacks sufficient detail and analysis of the 
natural resources and existing visitor uses for contemporary management 
of Auburn SRA as a river-based resource. An updated and more 
comprehensive Canyon/River based IRMP is needed until Congress 
determines the future of

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Auburn Dam and the related land and water resources.

Key GP/IRMP Issues for Analysis

(1) Public health and safety;
(2) Resource protection and conservation;
(3) Conflicts between user groups;
(4) Wild land fire and fuel management plans;
(5) Encroachment and trespassing;
(6) Emerging and growing recreation uses.

    Comments presented at the public meeting will be used to further 
analyze environmental issues that should be addressed in the GP/IRMP 
and accompanying EIS/EIR. Individual scoping meetings can be arranged 
with responsible/cooperating agencies and with special interest groups 
upon request.
    Persons needing reasonable accommodations in order to attend and 
participate in the public meeting should contact Ms. Laura Caballero, 
at 916-989-7172, as soon as possible. In order to allow sufficient time 
to process requests, please call no later than 1 week before the 
meeting. Information regarding this proposed action is available in 
alternative formats upon request.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to 
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are 
known to have interest in this proposal to ensure that the full range 
of issues related to this proposed action are addressed and all 
significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited 
from all interested parties and stakeholders.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home addresses from 
public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. 
There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a 
respondent's identity from public disclosure, 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 disclosure in their entirety.

Frank Michny,
Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E6-8460 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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