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

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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

Notice of Availability of Final Eagle Mountain Landfill and

Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental

Impact Report, Riverside County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final Eagle Mountain Landfill and

Recycling Center Project Environmental Impact Statement/Environmetal

Impact Report.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 202 of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, a Final 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. Mine Reclamation Corporation

and Kaiser Eagle Mountain, Inc. Have proposed to develop a Class III

nonhazardous municipal solid waste landfill, primarily a waste-by-rail

facility, on a portion of the Kaiser Eagle Mountain Mine, Riverside

County, California. The proposed project also includes the renovation

and repopulation of Eagle Mountain Townsite 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 proposed project includes a land exchange, involving about 3,481

acres of public land, and application for two rights-of-way with the

Bureau of Land Management. 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 EIS/EIR describes

and analyzes six alternatives in addition to the proposed project. The

BLM's preferred alternative is the proposed action. Statements

concerning the proposed action will be considered in preparation of the

Record of Decision.

DATES: Written statements on the Final EIS/EIR must be submitted or

postmarked no later than February 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the document should be mailed to: Eagle

Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project, Bureau of Land

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Romoli, California Desert District, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard,

California 92507; phone (909) 697-5237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Dept., 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 Public Library, 4480 Portola, Palm Desert, CA Riverside

Central Library, Government Documents, 381 Mission Inn Avenue,

Riverside, CA

College 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

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

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Copies will 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, 690 W. 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

Dated: January 14, 1997.

Molly S. Brady,

Assistant District Manager, Planning & Renewable Resources.

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