80 FR 57862 - Reopening of the Public Comment Period and Two Additional Public Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Plan Amendment, California Desert Conservation Area Plan, West Mojave Planning Area, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 186 (September 25, 2015)

On March 6, 2015, the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), published in the Federal Register a notice of availability for comment on a Draft Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West Mojave Route Network Project (WMRNP) for the West Mojave (WEMO) Planning Area of the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA), to amend the Motor Vehicle, Recreation, and Grazing Elements of the CDCA Plan and to designate a transportation network within the planning area. Comments were requested by June 4, 2015. The BLM is reopening the public comment period for the draft LUPA and draft supplemental EIS for an additional 120 days.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57862]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24437]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Reopening of the Public Comment Period and Two Additional Public 
Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and 
Draft Plan Amendment, California Desert Conservation Area Plan, West 
Mojave Planning Area, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernardino 
Counties

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On March 6, 2015, the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), published in the Federal Register a notice of 
availability for comment on a Draft Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) and 
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West 
Mojave Route Network Project (WMRNP) for the West Mojave (WEMO) 
Planning Area of the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA), to 
amend the Motor Vehicle, Recreation, and Grazing Elements of the CDCA 
Plan and to designate a transportation network within the planning 
area. Comments were requested by June 4, 2015. The BLM is reopening the 
public comment period for the draft LUPA and draft supplemental EIS for 
an additional 120 days.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 25, 2016. 
Two public meetings will be scheduled. Notice of the meetings will be 
provided on the BLM Web site (see ADDRESSES) and in local papers at 
least 15 days prior to the date of the meetings.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by WMRNP in the subject 
line, by one of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/cdd/west_mojave_wemo.
     Fax: 951-697-5299.
     Mail: BLM California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle 
San Juan de Los Lagos, ATTN: West Mojave Route Network Project, Moreno 
Valley, CA 92553-9046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Seehafer, telephone 760-252-
6021; address: Bureau of Land Management, Barstow Field Office, 2601 
Barstow Road, Barstow, CA 92311; email [email protected]. Documents 
relevant to this notice may be examined at the California Desert 
District Office and associated Field Offices in Barstow, Ridgecrest, 
Needles, Palm Springs, and El Centro, at the Web site (see ADDRESSES), 
or the BLM's California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 
95825.
    Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1 (800)877-8339 to 
contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 6, 2015, the BLM published in the 
Federal Register a notice of availability for comment of a draft LUPA 
and draft supplemental EIS for the WMRNP (80 FR 12194). In the original 
notice, the BLM requested comments by June 4, 2015. The BLM is 
reopening the public comment period in response to requests by the 
public and to allow for public consideration of new information on 
reasonably foreseeable actions as identified in the Desert Renewable 
Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) as it relates to the WMRNP.
    Concurrent with the WMRNP planning effort, the BLM is proposing 
CDCA LUPA alternatives in the DRECP that include, among other 
proposals, special area designations and associated management 
parameters, and which comprise new information that may be considered 
in the identification of alternatives and the analysis of impacts in 
the WMRNP. The BLM is considering whether to adjust or add additional 
alternatives to the WMRNP in response to the proposals in the DRECP. 
All previously submitted comments will be considered; comments 
submitted during the initial WMRNP comment period need not be 
resubmitted.
    Information and environmental documents on the DRECP are available 
for review at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/energy/DRECP.html.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 
1610.2

Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-24437 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
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