[Federal Register: May 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[(NV-014) (9211)]

 
Notice of Availability of a Draft Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft amendment to the Elko and 
Wells Resource Management Plans and preliminary environmental 
assessment to address fire management.

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SUMMARY: Public meetings will be held to obtain public comment on the 
draft amendment and preliminary environmental assessment of the Elko 
and Wells Resource Management Plans to address fire management. The 
Elko and Wells Resource Management Plans address management of public 
lands in Elko and portions of Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada.

DATES: Public meetings will be announced in the local news media at 
least 15 days before the scheduled meetings and meeting notices will be 
sent to persons and parties on the mailing list. Comments not presented 
at these meetings are due in the Elko Field Office by June 24th.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments not made at the public 
meetings can be made by contacting Joe Freeland, Fire Management 
Officer, by telephone at 775-753-0200, by e-mail at Joe--
Freeland@nv.blm.gov, or by mail at Bureau of Land Management, Elko 
Field

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Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. Comments can also be 
made by contacting Melissa Petersen, Fire Information Officer, at 775-
748-4141 or by e-mail at Melissa--Petersen@nv.blm.gov. Our practice is 
to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, 
available for public review during regular business hours. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the 
record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also 
may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a 
respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold 
your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the Draft Resource Management Plan 
Amendment and Preliminary Environmental Assessment can be obtained by 
contacting Joe Freeland or Melissa Petersen at the Bureau of Land 
Management, Elko Field Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. 
Copies of the draft plan amendment will also be available at the public 
meetings.

    Dated: March 25, 2002.
Helen Hankins,
Elko Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-12924 Filed 5-22-02; 8:45 am]
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