Availability of Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement; Fort Wainwright, Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[AK-930-4410-02-2410-P]

Availability of Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final

Environmental Impact Statement; Fort Wainwright, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Fort Wainwright Proposed Resource

Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Pub. L.

99-606), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,

Steese/White Mountains District, has prepared a Proposed Resource

Management Plan (PRMP)/Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for

the portion of the Fort Wainwright military withdrawal known as the

Yukon Maneuver Area. This tract is southeast of Fairbanks, and adjacent

to and east and north of Eielson Air Force Base. The U.S. Army's 6th

Infantry Division (Light) assisted in drafting the plan. The document

addresses planning for nonmilitary use of the withdrawal. It addresses

questions such as access, recreation, timber and fuel wood harvesting,

and wildlife habitat and cultural resource protection. Although mining

is discussed, none would be allowed in the immediate future because of

potential conflicts with the military's mission.

DATES: Protests on the PRMP/FEIS must be postmarked by February 15,

1994.

ADDRESSES: Protests on the PRMP/FEIS should be sent to: Bureau of Land

Management, Division of Planning and Environmental Coordination (WO-

760), 1849 C Street NW. (406 L St.), Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ducker, Military Withdrawals

Planning Team Leader, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office,

222 W. 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; phone (907) 271-3369.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRMP/FEIS is available by contacting Jim

Ducker at the address or phone number listed above.

The Proposed Plan refines the Preferred Alternative presented in

the Draft Resource Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DRMP/DEIS). These refinements are the result of comments from the

public and the availability of information developed since the

distribution of the draft.

The PRMP/FEIS describes the Proposed Plan and its impacts in full

and presents summaries of five alternatives and their impacts. Complete

descriptions of the alternatives and their impacts can be found in the

DRMP/DEIS which are available at the main public libraries in Fairbanks

and Anchorage and at the Steese/White Mountains District Office in

Fairbanks and the Alaska State Office in Anchorage.

Dated: December 29, 1993.

Roger Bolstad,

District Manager, Steese/White Mountains District.

[FR Doc. 94-416 Filed 1-7-94; 8:45 am]

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