[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6218-6219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2699]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


New Melones Lake Area Resource Management Plan, Tuolumne and 
Calaveras Counties, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Resource Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (as 
amended), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made available 
for public review a Final RMP/EIS for the New Melones Lake Area. The 
Final RMP/EIS describes and presents the environmental effects of four 
alternatives, including no action, for future use of the project area 
for recreation and resource protection and management.
    A Notice of Availability of the joint Draft RMP/EIS was published 
in the Federal Register on November 2, 2009 (74 FR 56656). The written 
comment period on the Draft RMP/EIS ended on January 4, 2010. The Final 
RMP/EIS contains responses to all comments received and reflects 
comments and any additional information received during the review 
period.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action 
until at least 30 days after release of the Final RMP/EIS. After the 
30-day waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision 
(ROD). The ROD will state the action that will be implemented and will 
discuss all factors leading to the decision.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for a compact disc or a bound copy of the 
Final RMP/EIS to Melissa Vignau, Natural Resources Specialist, Bureau 
of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630, or telephone: 
916-989-7182. Copies of the Final RMP/EIS will be available for review 
at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2536.
    See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Section for locations where copies of 
the Final RMP/EIS are available for public review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Vignau, Natural Resources 
Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, at 916-989-7182 or Dan Holsapple, 
Acting New Melones Resource Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, at 209-536-
9094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This planning activity encompasses 
approximately 30,000 acres of publicly accessible water and land owned 
and managed by Reclamation. The RMP, which will replace the New Melones 
Lake Area Master Plan of 1976, will be the primary management document 
for Reclamation's New Melones Lake Area, providing a defined purpose, 
vision, long-term goals, and management guidelines. It will be used by 
Reclamation as a framework for guiding decision-making related to 
future development potential, on-going management, public health and 
safety, and public use of the New Melones Lake Area.
    The RMP attempts to enhance and expand the recreation opportunities 
while also providing more active protection and management of natural 
and cultural resources. The RMP is intended to be implemented over an 
extended period as determined by both user demand and need. To do so, 
the RMP provides goals and guidelines relating to natural, cultural and 
visual resources, water quality, circulation, visitor services, 
interpretation and operations.
    The EIS is a program-level analysis of the potential environmental 
impacts associated with adoption of the RMP. The RMP is intended to be 
predominantly self-mitigating through implementation of RMP policies 
and management strategies, and the EIS will also include measures 
intended to reduce the adverse effects of the RMP.
    Copies of the Final EIS are available for public review at the 
following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, New 
Melones

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Lake Office, 6850 Studhorse Flat Road, Sonora, California 95370.
     City of Angels Camp, City Hall, S. Main Street, Angels 
Camp, CA 95222.
     Calaveras Planning Department, Calaveras County Government 
Center, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, CA 95249.
     San Andreas Central Library, 1299 Gold Hunter Road, San 
Andreas, CA 95249.
     Tuolumne County Administrator's Office, Administration 
Building, 2 South Green St., 4th Floor, Sonora, CA 95370.
     Sonora Main Branch Library, 480 Greenley Rd, Sonora, CA 
95370.
    Before including your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, 
or other personal identifying information in any correspondence, you 
should be aware that your entire correspondence including your personal 
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your correspondence to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: December 21, 2009.
Pablo R. Arroyave,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-2699 Filed 2-5-10; 8:45 am]
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