[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3821]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCAN0600, L16100000]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment 
and Associated Environmental Assessment for the Designation of the 
Lower Clear Creek and Grass Valley Creek Areas of Critical 
Environmental Concern, Redding, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Redding Field 
Office, California intends to prepare an amendment to the Redding 
Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental 
Assessment (EA), and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the 
scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.

DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process for the plan 
amendment and associated EA. Comments on issues may be submitted in 
writing until March 29, 2010. The dates and locations of any scoping 
meetings will be announced at least 15 days in advance through local 
media, newspapers and the BLM Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/redding/redding_rmp.html. In order to be included in the EA, all 
comments must be received prior to the close of the scoping period or 
15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria 
related to the project by any of the following methods:
     Web site: www.blm.gov/ca/redding.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (530) 224-2172.
     Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Redding Field Office, 355 
Hemsted Drive, Redding, California 96002.
    Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the Redding 
Field Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have 
your name added to our mailing list, contact Francis Berg, telephone 
(530) 224-2120; address 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, California 96002; 
e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM's 
Redding Field Office intends to prepare an RMP Amendment with an 
associated EA to consider the designation of the Lower Clear Creek (in 
western Shasta County) and Grass Valley Creek (in eastern Trinity 
County) as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). This 
document also announces the beginning of the scoping process and seeks 
public input on issues and planning criteria. Designation of one or 
both of the ACECs would require an amendment to the Redding RMP (1993). 
The two areas encompass approximately 15,000 acres of public land 
administered by the Redding Field Office. Designation of these two 
areas as ACECs would provide enhanced opportunities for conservation of 
fisheries including special status species.
    The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant 
issues that will influence the scope of the amendment and EA, including 
alternatives, and guide the development of the amendment and EA. The 
BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach in developing the amendment 
and EA to ensure reasonable consideration of each issue and the impacts 
of the ACEC designations. Preliminary issues for the planning areas 
include: Botany; wildlife; fisheries; archaeology and cultural 
resources; minerals, geology; forestry; lands and realty; soils; 
hydrology; outdoor recreation; and law enforcement.
    You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria in writing 
to the BLM using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section 
above. To be most helpful, you should submit comments within 30 days 
after publication of this notice. Native American Tribal consultations 
will be conducted, and Tribal concerns will be given due consideration, 
including impacts on Indian trust assets. Federal, state, and local 
agencies, along with other stakeholders that may be interested or 
affected by the BLM's decision on this project are invited to 
participate in the scoping process and, if eligible, may participate as 
a cooperating agency.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

     Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7; 43 CFR 1610.2; 1610.5-5; and 1610.7-
2.

Steven W. Anderson,
Redding Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 2010-3821 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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