99-941. Notice of Availability of the Squirrel River Final Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-941]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-020-09-1220-00-241A]


Notice of Availability of the Squirrel River Final Environmental 
Impact Statement

SUMMARY: The Northern Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in 
Alaska has prepared a final environmental impact statement on a 
proposal to make the Squirrel River, located in northwestern Alaska, a 
component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. The Final EIS 
is available January 15, 1999. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
identifies the Squirrel River in section 5(a), and requires the 
Department of the Interior to conduct a study on the suitability of the 
river as a worthy addition to the national system. That authority was 
delegated to the BLM. Draft and final environmental impact statements 
have been prepared because the National Environmental Protection Act 
calls for their preparation whenever a proposal results from a study 
process required by statute.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: Written comments must be received or postmarked on 
or before February 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: .

General information: Susan Will, [phone]
Technical information: Lon Kelly, [phone]
In Kiana and Kotzebue: Randy Meyers, [phone]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An electronic version of the document is 
available on the Internet at: http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/squirrel.
    Copies of the Final Environmental Impact Statement can be obtained 
by writing to: Bureau of Land Management, 1150 University Ave., 
Fairbanks, AK, 99709-3899; or by calling 1-800-437-7021 or (907) 474-
2200.

    Dated: January 6, 1999.
Lon Kelly,
Squirrel River Coordinator, BLM-Alaska, Northern Field Office.
[FR Doc. 99-941 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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