Public Hearing Scheduled for the Supplement to the Draft Stateline RMP/EIS

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[NV-050-4410-02]

Public Hearing Scheduled for the Supplement to the Draft

Stateline RMP/EIS

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1502.9(c), the

Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Las Vegas District is holding a

public hearing to receive oral comments from the public on the

Supplement to the Draft Stateline Resource Management Plan and

Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the Stateline Planning

Unit, Las Vegas District, Nevada.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on August 3, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held in Room 203-206, Cashman Field, 850

Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jerry Wickstrom, RMP Team Leader, Bureau of Land Management, 4765 Vegas

Drive, P.O. Box 26569, Las Vegas, NV 89126; Telephone: (702) 647-5000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Oral comments may be made at the public

hearing beginning at 7 p.m. Individuals wishing to speak are to

register before speaking and limit their remarks only to the

information addressed in the Supplement to the Draft.

The Supplement to the Draft RMP/EIS contains a new alternative

incorporating recommendations for ephemeral/perennial grazing, utility

corridors, mineral management in Wilderness Study Areas not designated

by Congress, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Draft Tortoise

Recovery Plan and Proposed Critical Habitat.

The Supplement to the Draft Stateline RMP/EIS was released for

public review on May 20, 1994. The public comment period closes August

19, 1994.

Copies of the Supplement to the Draft RMP/EIS may be obtained from

the Las Vegas District Office. All written comments on the Supplement

to the Draft RMP/EIS must be submitted or postmarked no later than

August 19, 1994. Written comments should be addressed to: Stateline

Resource Area Manager, Attn. RMP Team Leader, Bureau of Land

Management, 4765 Vegas Drive, P.O. Box 26569, Las Vegas, NV 89126.

Dated: July 8, 1994.

Thomas V. Leshendok,

Acting State Director, Nevada.

[FR Doc. 94-17064 Filed 7-13-94; 8:45 am]

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