97-10313. Notice of Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19600-19601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10313]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-060-07-1990-00]


Notice of Public Meeting

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 
and 94-579, that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled a 
public meeting on Thursday, May 8, 1997, in Pasadena, California on the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Army's proposed 
expansion of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. 
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Magnolia Room at the Pasadena 
Holiday Inn, located at 303 East Cordova Street.
    The meeting is scheduled to provide the public additional 
opportunity to comment on the DEIS. Agency representatives will present 
an overview of the DEIS and provide attendees the opportunity to ask 
questions prior to the formal public meeting. A court reporter will 
record all comments, which will become part of the record. Previous 
public meetings were held in San Bernardino, Victorville, Barstow, 
Baker, and Sacramento.
    A one-half hour ``open house'' will begin at 6:30 p.m., during 
which agency representatives will provide information about the 
proposed expansion and the environmental review process. Members of the 
public will have the opportunity to ask questions about the proposed 
project. Comments on the DEIS will be recorded only during the formal 
public meeting.
    The DEIS for the Army's proposed Land Acquisition Project for Fort 
Irwin was released for public comment January 3 and comments will be 
accepted through June 3. The DEIS addresses the proposed withdrawal of 
approximately 310,000 acres of public lands currently managed by BLM 
from entry under public land laws.

DATES: Public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
the

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Army's proposed expansion of the NTC will be accepted through June 3, 
1997.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Barstow Resource Area Office, Attention: Mike Dekeyrel, Project 
Manager, 150 Coolwater Lane, Barstow, California 92311.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Dekeyrel at [phone] or BLM 
public affairs in Riverside at [phone] for more information or 
to request a copy of the Fort Irwin DEIS, executive summary or 
technical appendices.

    Dated: April 16, 1997.
Henri R. Bisson,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-10313 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am]
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