[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33544]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period on Supplemental
Analysis to Environmental Assessment No. CA-069-EA7-42; Tritium and
Related Materials Testing on Public Lands in Ward Valley, San
Bernardino County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Public comment period on Supplemental Analysis.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Supplemental Analysis on simultaneous
drilling activities by DOI/BLM and the State of California, Department
of Health Services, and on related issues.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Public comments on the Supplemental Analysis must be
received by January 9, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Supplemental Analysis may be obtained upon
request. Submit requests to: External Affairs Staff, Bureau of Land
Management, California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Blvd.,
Riverside, CA 92507; or to: External Affairs Staff, Bureau of Land
Management, California State Office, 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento,
California 95825. The EA is also available on the Internet at:
www.ca.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOI and BLM prepared an Environmental
Assessment, EA No. CA-069-EA7-42, on proposed tritium and related
materials testing and a proposal by the State of California to conduct
rainfall infiltration studies. The EA was released for public review on
November 6, 1997. Since the initial EA was released, new information
has become available that is relevant to the DOI/BLM and State
proposals. Specifically, a simultaneous drilling alternative is under
consideration, and more information concerning unexploded military
ordnance on site has become available. These topics are analyzed in the
Supplemental Analysis which is being distributed for public review
through January 9, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ward Valley Project Coordinator Bureau
of Land Management, California State Office, 2135 Butano Drive,
Sacramento, California 95825; tel: (916) 978-4630.
Carl Rountree,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-33544 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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