[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 122 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-15455]
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[Federal Register: June 27, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-010-4410-02]
Availability of Drafts; Caliente Resource Management Plan;
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 1610.2, a draft Resource
Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/DEIS) has
been prepared for the Caliente Resource Area. The draft RMP/DEIS
describes and analyzes alternative management scenarios for about
570,000 acres of public lands and an additional 450,000 acres of
federal mineral estate located in Kings, San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, Tulare, Ventura, and western Kern counties in central
California.
Decisions relating to management of the Caliente Resource Area
generated by this planning process will supersede those currently in
the Coast Valley RMP and the South Sierra Foothills Management
Framework Plan. Copies of the draft RMP/DEIS can be obtained from the
Caliente Resource Area Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield,
California 93308.
Copies are also available for review at public libraries in Avenal,
Bakersfield, Hanford, Oxnard, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura, and Visalia; and at the following BLM
locations:
Office of Public Affairs, Main Interior Bldg., RM 5600, 18th and C
Street NW., Washington, DC 20240
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Bakersfield District Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Sacramento, CA 93308
Background information and maps used in developing the draft RMP/
DEIS can be reviewed at the Caliente Resource Area Office.
DATES: Written comments on the draft RMP/DEIS will be accepted until
September 28, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to James Wesley Abbott, Area
Manager, Caliente Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, 3801
Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft RMP/DEIS analyzes five
alternatives to address the following issues: oil and gas development,
land tenure adjustment, endangered and other special status plants and
animals, and livestock grazing. The alternatives have been developed to
incorporate the issues and are summarized as follows: Alt. #1--No
action or the continuation of existing management, Alt. #2--Resource
Protection, Alt. #3--Administrative Adjustment (land exchanges,
disposals, and acquisitions), Alt. #4--Development Emphasis (especially
oil and gas, and grazing), and Alt. #5--Preferred Alternative.
Public participation has occurred throughout the RMP process. A
Notice of Intent was filed in the Federal Register in March 1989. Since
that time there have been mailings and public meetings to solicit
comments and ideas. All comments received have been considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Larson, Resource Staff Chief,
Caliente Resource Area; phone (805) 391-6099.
Dated: June 17, 1994.
James Wesley Abbott,
Area Manager, Caliente Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 94-15455 Filed 6-24-94; 8:45 am]
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