[Federal Register: October 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 202)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-670-02-1610-JP-064B]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Amendment and Associated
Environmental Assessment to the California Desert Conservation Area
Plan for Off-Road Vehicle Trail (Route of Travel) Designations in the
Western Colorado Desert (WECO) Portion of Imperial County, CA
AGENCY: Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California
Desert District.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft amendment and associated
environmental assessment to the California Desert Conservation Area
Plan for off-road vehicle trail (route of travel) designations in the
Western Colorado Desert (WECO) portion of Imperial County, California.
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DATES: Written comments on the Draft Amendment and the Environmental
Assessment will be accepted if postmarked within 45 calendar days from
the date this Notice of Availability is published in the Federal
Register by the Bureau of Land Management. Instructions for submitting
comments are included below under Supplemental Information.
SUMMARY: The draft plan amendment will establish or revise designations
of trails (routes of travel) for off-road vehicles in accordance with
Part 43 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart 8342. Trails (routes of
travel) for inclusion in the State of California's Discovery Trail
System and the route to be used as a segment of the Juan Bautista de
Anza National Historic Trail within the Western Colorado Desert (WECO)
project area will be identified. The proposals will pertain to public
lands addressed by the California Desert Conservation Area Plan in the
WECO portion of Imperial County that lie west of the Union Pacific
Railroad and the Chocolate Mountain Gunnery Range (excluding the
Imperial Sand Dunes and the western portion of the California Desert
Conservation Area in San Diego County, California).
ADDRESSES: Copies of the document are being mailed to those who
requested it. The document is available for review on line at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro and is also available in a hard copy or a CD
rom format at the following addresses and telephone numbers: Bureau of
Land Management, El Centro Field Office, 1661 South 4th Street, El
Centro, CA 92243, (760) 337-4400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Arnold Schoeck, Bureau of Land Management,
1661 South 4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243; (760) 337-4441.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management published in
the Federal Register on March 25, 2002, the Notice of Intent to prepare
an Environmental Assessment and to make a Plan Amendment to the
California Desert Conservation Area Plan by making off-road vehicle
trail (route of travel) designations in the Western Colorado Desert
portion of Imperial County. The public scoping period for the project
began March 25, 2002 and the comment period until has been expanded
until October 7, 2002.
The publication of the Environmental Assessment will start a 45-day
public comment period for the proposed designations and alternative
plan amendments described in the environmental assessment. Public
meetings and their locations for the public to make comments at will be
announced in the local media and on the El Centro Field Office's Web
site (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro).
The public is invited to submit comments on the alternatives to the
plan amendment and the Environmental Assessment. Written comments
should be sent to the above address and must be post marked by December
2, 2002. E-mail comments may be sent to caecweco@ca.blm.gov but must be
received by the close of business on December 2, 2002. Delays caused by
the Internet, servers, and other related computer problems will not be
cause for a time extension.
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the El Centro Field Office during normal
working hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays), and may be
published as part of the Decision Record or other related documents.
Individuals may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your
name or address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom
of Information Act, you must state this promptly at the beginning of
your comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by
law. All submissions from organizations or businesses will be made
available for public inspection in their entirety.
After the public comment period ends, (1) a Notice of the Proposed
Decision, (2) the effective date for the proposed decision, and (3) the
beginning of a 30 day protest period will be published. The procedures
for
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protesting a decision will be described at that time.
Greg Thomsen,
Field Manager, El Centro Field Office.
[FR Doc. 02-25949 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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