[Federal Register: September 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 170)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-650-02-1610-JP-064B]

 
Notice of Extension of Scoping Phase Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the scoping phase public comment period 
for an Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement regarding vehicle route designation in 
the Surprise Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

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SUMMARY: The Notice of Intent for the Amendment to the California 
Desert Conservation Area Plan and Environmental Impact Statement 
regarding vehicle route designation in the Surprise Canyon Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern, Inyo County, California was published 
in the Federal Register on May 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 104, Pages 
37859-37860).

DATES:  The time period for accepting written comments on the scope of 
the proposed plan amendment and Environmental Impact Statement has been 
extended to October 3, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Hector Villalobos, Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, Ridgecrest Field Office, 300 S. Richmond 
Rd., Ridgecrest, CA 93555. Comments, including names and addresses of 
respondents, will be available for public review at the Ridgecrest 
Field Office during normal working hours (7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays), and may be published as part of the 
Environmental Impact Statement or other related documents. Individuals 
may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or 
address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, you must state this at the beginning of your comment 
letter. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All 
submissions from organizations or businesses will be made available for 
public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey B. Aardahl, Bureau of Land 
Management, Ridgecrest Field Office, 300 S. Richmond Rd., Ridgecrest, 
CA 93555, telephone number (760) 384-5420, or e-mail at 
jaardahl@ca.blm.gov.

    Dated: June 12, 2002.
Hector Villalobos,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-22388 Filed 8-30-02; 8:45 am]
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