[Federal Register: October 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 198)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of the Hollister Draft Resource Management
Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Hollister Field Office (California).
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Hollister Draft Resource
Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
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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
and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the Hollister
Field Office.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft RMP/EIS will be accepted for 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://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister (subject to
change).
Fax: (831) 630-5000.
Mail: 20 Hamilton Court, Hollister, California 95023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sky Murphy, (831) 630-5039.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area covers approximately
278,000 surface acres and approximately 443,806 acres of subsurface
mineral estate within the following California counties: Alameda,
Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz,
and portions of Fresno, Merced, and San Joaquin counties. The Hollister
RMP, when completed, will provide management guidance for use and
protection of the resources managed by the Hollister Field Office. The
Hollister Draft RMP/EIS has been developed through a collaborative
planning process and considers four alternatives. The primary issues
addressed include: Recreation; protection of sensitive natural and
cultural resources, livestock grazing; guidance for energy and mineral
development; land tenure adjustments; and 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: Panoche-Coalinga ACEC--29,604
acres (existing); Panoche-Coalinga ACEC Expansion--40,514 acres
(proposed); Joaquin Rocks ACEC/RNA--7,327 acres (proposed); Fort Ord
Public Lands ACEC--approximately 15,200 acres (proposed); and Santa
Cruz Coast Dairies ACEC--approximately 6,770 acres (proposed). Two
additional ACECs, Joaquin Ridge ACEC--19,215 acres and Panoche-Coalinga
ACEC--42,123 acres, were considered but not included in the preferred
alternative. 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 motorized-
vehicle use and other surface disturbing activities.
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.
CD and paper copies of the Hollister Draft RMP/EIS are available at the
Hollister Field Office at the above address; CD copies are available at
the California BLM State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,
California 95825.
Robert Beehler,
Hollister Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-20618 Filed 10-13-05; 8:45 am]
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