[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12485]
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[Federal Register: May 23, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management, States of Oregon and Washington
[OR-015-94-4410-02; G4-047]
Eastside Ecosystem Management Strategy, Pacific Northwest Region
AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: At the time the original Federal Register and local media
announcements of our Notice of Intent were published (February 1, 1994,
59 FR 4680), the geographic area to be addressed in this environmental
impact statement (EIS) had not been completely identified. The
geographic area to be included in the analysis for the EIS has now been
decided by the Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State
Director and Forest Service Regional Forester. It will include all land
east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains in the States of Oregon and
Washington managed by the Forest Service and the BLM. The areas being
added include lands managed by the BLM within the Vale, Lakeview, and
Burns Districts in portions of Malheur, Harney, and Lake Counties in
southeast Oregon. The subject BLM managed lands are covered by the
Northern Malheur, Southern Malheur, Andrews, High Desert, and Warner
Lakes Management Framework Plans, all of which may be amended or
revised to incorporate the new ecosystem management strategy and
rangeland reform standards and guidelines. The entire BLM Prineville
District area in north central Oregon and all portions of the Baker
Resource Area in northeastern Oregon will also be addressed in the EIS.
It has also been decided to hold additional public meetings
throughout this area for the purposes of identifying public issues.
These scoping meetings will be held in the following locations:
May 23, 1994
Walla Walla, Washington
May 24, 1994
Bend, Oregon, John Day, Oregon, Wenatchee, Washington
May 25, 1994
Lakeview, Oregon, Burns, Oregon, Okanogan, Washington
May 26, 1994
Klamath Falls, Oregon, Vale, Oregon, Colville, Washington
May 31, 1994
Spokane, Washington, La Grande, Oregon
June 1, 1994
Portland, Oregon, Yakima, Washington
June 2, 1994
Seattle, Washington
Specific locations for the meetings within these communities will
be published in local newspapers of record. All meetings start at 7
p.m. PDT except the one in Vale, OR which starts at 7 p.m. MDT.
DATES: It is important for comments to be postmarked by July 2, 1994 to
be considered in the formulation of alternatives in this environmental
impact statement.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments concerning issues to be addressed in
this EIS to Eastside Ecosystem Management Project, Attn: Scoping, 122
East Poplar Street, Walla Walla, Washington 99362.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George R. Pozzuto, EIS Team Leader, 122 East Poplar Street, Walla
Walla, Washington 99362, phone (509) 522-4030.
Dated: May 17, 1994.
Nancy Graybeal,
Deputy Regional Forester.
Robert D. Rheiner, Jr.,
Associate State Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 94-12485 Filed 5-20-94; 8:45 am]
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