[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9577-9578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3614]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Availability of Eastern San Diego County Draft Resource 
Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 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 Resource Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the El Centro Field 
Office. The Draft RMP/EIS addresses public lands managed by the El 
Centro Field Office in the eastern portion of San Diego County, 
California, and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment 
period.

DATES: To assure that they will be considered, BLM must receive written 
comments on the Draft RMP/EIS within 90 days following the date the 
Environmental Protection Agency publishes the Notice of Availability 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 at the public meetings or by any of 
the following methods:
     Web Site: http://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro.
     Fax: (760) 337-4490.
     Mail: 1661 So. 4th St., El Centro, California 92243.
     E-mail: [email protected].

CD and paper copies of the Eastern San Diego County Draft RMP/EIS are 
available at the El Centro Field Office at

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the above address and at the California BLM State Office, 2800 Cottage 
Way, Sacramento, California 95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Zale, (760) 337-4420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Eastern San Diego County Planning Unit 
is comprised of 98,902 acres of public land, spanning a portion of the 
eastern escarpment of Southern California's Peninsular Ranges. The 
Eastern San Diego County RMP, when completed, will provide management 
guidance for use and protection of the resources managed by the El 
Centro Field Office in this area. The Draft RMP/EIS has been developed 
through a collaborative planning process and considers five 
alternatives. The primary issues addressed include: Conflicts between 
motorized, mechanized, and non-motorized/non-mechanized recreationists; 
protection of sensitive natural and cultural resources from impacts due 
to recreational use, livestock grazing, and other land uses; guidance 
for renewable energy development; and addressing other planning issues 
raised during the scoping process.
    The Draft RMP/EIS also includes consideration of the designation of 
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs). The preferred 
alternative includes the following ACECs: In-Ko-Pah ACEC--23,020 acres 
(currently 22,186 acres); Table Mountain ACEC--4,684 acres (currently 
4,293 acres). Use of public lands within these ACECs would vary, 
depending on the resources and/or values identified (see Chapter 2 of 
the Draft RMP/EIS), but would likely include limitations on OHV use, 
livestock grazing, and development projects.
    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.

    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on February 26, 2007.


    Dated: September 6, 2006.
Vicki L. Wood,
El Centro Field Office Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-3614 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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