97-29111. Interlakes Special Recreation Management Area Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59724-59725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29111]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-360-1220-00]


Interlakes Special Recreation Management Area Plan and Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Redding Resource Area, NORCAL 
District, California.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a plan and FEIS.

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SUMMARY: BLM has released a plan and FEIS covering land management 
options and anticipated consequences regarding the Interlakes Special 
Recreation Management Area. Preparation of this plan and FEIS is a 
joint effort between the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, National Park 
Service, and Bureau of Reclamation. BLM was directed to lead this 
planning effort under BLM's Record of Decision for the Redding Resource 
Management Plan and EIS which was

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prepared under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (section 202). This plan and FEIS is prepared under the 
authority of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Interlakes Special Recreation Management 
Area is a 74,850 acre region which encompasses lands administered 
through the United States Department of the Interior's BLM, National 
Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of 
Agriculture's Forest Service. Once approved, this plan will guide 
management activities for the BLM for the next 10 to 15 years. The 
National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Forest Service 
may approve this plan by continuing with this joint planning effort and 
approving a Record of Decision, or may implement portions of this plan 
by tiering to this document within their own planning documents.

DATES: Comments on this plan and FEIS should be submitted in writing by 
December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles M. Schultz, Area Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Drive, Redding, CA 96002.

    Dated: October 27, 1997.
Francis Berg,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-29111 Filed 11-03-97; 8:45 am]
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