Intent to Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-060-4210-05]

Intent to Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.2(a), notice is hereby given that the

Bureau of Land Management proposes to change the Multiple Use

Classification from Class L to Class M for the following public lands:

San Bernardino Meridian, Imperial County, California

T. 16S., R. 16 E.,

Sec. 25, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

DATES: Written comments on this proposed plan amendment will be

accepted until August 22, 1994. Please address comments to G. Ben

Koski, Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, El Centro Resource

Area, 1661 South 4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Friedrich, El Centro Resource Area, 1661 South 4th Street, El

Centro, California, 92243, (619) 353-1060.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 20, 1992

(Vol. 57, No. 55, p. 9743), a Notice of Intent was published initiating

the 1992 Review of the California Desert Conservation Plan and inviting

requests for amendments to the Plan from individuals, public and

private organizations, and the Bureau's own observation. Those

amendment proposals were included on the agenda at the public meeting

of the California Desert District Advisory Council Meeting on June 3-4,

1992. A Notice was published in the Federal Register of May 22, 1992

(Vol. 57, No. 100, p. 21820) announcing the meeting.

The proposal to reclassify the above-described land from Multiple

Use Class L to Class M was presented at the meeting and no adverse

comments were received. This Notice of Intent is being published to re-

initiate the public scoping period. The forty-acre parcel described

above is being considered for direct sale at fair market value to

General Farm Investment Company, owner and operator of the farmland

that borders three sides of this land. The subject land extends into

the farming operations and is an obstacle to efficient farming and

irrigating. Disposal would establish a more manageable ownership

boundary benefiting both the Bureau of Land Management and General

Farm. The proposed plan amendment and decision on disposal will be

determined through environmental analysis in accordance with 43 CFR

1610.5-5.

Dated: July 13, 1994.

Jim Talent,

Acting Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 94-17748 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]

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