Notice of Availability of Draft Eagle Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, Riverside County, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[CA-066-00-5440-00-ZBBB; CACA-30070; CACA-25594; CACA-31926]

Notice of Availability of Draft Eagle Mountain Landfill and

Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental

Impact Report, Riverside County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Eagle Mountain Landfill and

Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental

Impact Report.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 202 of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, a draft Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) has been prepared for the Eagle

Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project by the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) and County of Riverside. The EIS/EIR describes and

analyzes six alternatives in addition to the proposed project. Mine

Reclamation Corporation and Kaiser Eagle Mountain, Inc. has proposed to

develop the project on a portion of the Kaiser Eagle Mountain Mine in

Riverside County, California. The proposed project comprises a Class

III nonhazardous municipal solid waste landfill and the renovation and

repopulation of Eagle Mountain Townsite. The proposal by the proponent

includes a land exchange and application for rights-of-way with the

Bureau of Land Management and a Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment,

Change of Zone, Development Agreement, Revised Permit to Reclamation

Plan, and Tentative Tract Map with the County. The EIS/EIR analyzes the

effects of the proposed action and alternatives on such environmental

issues as desert tortoise, air and water quality, and wilderness. The

BLM has not identified a preferred alternative in the Draft EIS/EIR; a

preferred alternative will be identified in the Final EIS/EIR. Comments

concerning the adequacy of this document will be considered in

preparation of the Final EIS/EIR. Copies of the EIS/EIR are available

for review at the following libraries:

Desert Hot Springs Public Library, 1691 West Drive, Desert Hot Springs,

CA

Los Angeles Public Library, Documents Department, 433 Spring Street,

Los Angeles, CA

Palo Verde Valley District Library, 125 W. Chanslor Way, Blythe, CA

San Bernardino County Library, Yucca Valley Branch, 57098 Twentynine

Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, CA

University of California, Riverside Library, Government Publications,

Riverside, CA

California State Library, Sacramento, CA

Indio Branch Library, 200 Civic Center Mall, Indio, CA

Palm Desert Publc Library, 4480 Portola, Palm Desert, CA

Riverside Central Library, Government Documents, 381 Mission Inn

Avenue, Riverside, CA

Colllege of the Desert Library, 43-500 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert, CA

Coachella Branch Library, Coachella, CA

Lake Tamarisk Branch Public Library, 43880 Lake Tamarisk Drive, Desert

Center, CA

Palm Springs Library, 300 S. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA

San Bernardino County Library, Joshua Tree Branch, 6465 Park Boulevard,

Joshua Tree, CA

San Bernardino Public Library, Feldheym Central Library, W. 6 Street,

San Bernardino, CA

Riverside Community College, Martin Luther King Library, 4800 Magnolia

Avenue, Riverside, CA

Rancho Mirage Public Library, 42520 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA

Catherdral City, 33520 Date Palm Drive, Cathedral City, CA

Copies will be also be available at the following BLM and County

offices:

BLM Desert District Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA

BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Resource Area, 63-500 Garnet, North Palm

Springs, CA

County of Riverside, Planning Department, 4080 Lemon Street, 9th Floor,

Riverside, CA

County of Riverside, Transportation and Land Management Agency, 46-209

Oasis Street, Room 209, Indio, CA

DATES: A sixty (60) day comment period has been established for review

of the Draft EIS/EIR. Written comments on the draft EIS/EIR must be

submitted or postmarked no later than September 10, 1996. Oral and/or

written comments may also be presented at four public hearings to be

held:

August 5, 1996, 6:00-9:00 p.m.--Lake Tamarisk Clubhouse, 26251

Parkview, Desert Center, CA

August 6, 1996, 4:00-7:00 p.m.--Palm Springs Convention Center, Springs

Theater, 277N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA

August 7, 1996, 6:00-9:00 p.m.--Black Rock Visitor Center, 9800 Black

Rock Canyon Road, Yucca Valley, CA

August 8, 1996, 4:00-7:00 p.m.--Riverside Municipal Auditorium, 3485

Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the document should be addressed to:

Eagle Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project, Bureau of Land

Management, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, California 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joan Oxendine, California Desert District, 6220 Box Springs Boulevard,

California 92507; phone (909) 697-5365.

Dated: July 3, 1996.

Henri R. Bisson,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96-17699 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]

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