Notice to Extend the Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Water Rights Acquisition for Lahontan Valley Wetlands, Churchill County, Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice to Extend the Public Comment Period for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Water Rights Acquisition

for Lahontan Valley Wetlands, Churchill County, Nevada

AGENCIES: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (lead agency); Nevada Division

of Wildlife, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs,

U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation

Service, Naval Air Station--Fallon, Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, and

Churchill County, Nevada (cooperators).

ACTION: Notice to extend the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the public comment period

has been extended for an additional 30 days for the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for Water Rights acquisition for Lahontan Valley

Wetlands, Churchill County, Nevada.

DATES: Public comments on the Draft EIS are requested by October 20,

1995. This 30-day extension of the comment period provides the public a

90-day review period for the Draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to:

Project Leader, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 1236,

Fallon, NV 89407.

Copies of the Draft EIS may be inspected at the following

locations:

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, 1000 Auction Road, Fallon, NV

89406

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuge and Wildlife, 911 N.E. 11th

Avenue, Portland, OR 97232

Churchill County Public Library, 553 South Maine St., Fallon, NV

89406

Nevada State Library and Archives, Reference Desk, 100 Stewart

Street, Carson City, NV 89701

Reno Branch, Washoe County Public Library, 301 S. Center Street,

Reno, NV 89501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ron Anglin, Project Leader, or Gary Shellhorn, Stillwater National

Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 1236, Fallon, NV 89407, (702) 423-5128.

Individuals desiring a copy of the draft EIS for review should

immediately contact the above individuals. Copies have been sent to

agencies and individuals who participated in the scoping process and to

those people that requested to be added to the mailing list.

Dated: September 1, 1995.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 95-22456 Filed 9-14-95; 8:45 am]

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