Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Backcountry and Wilderness Plan for Joshua Tree National Park, California; Extension of Public Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Backcountry and Wilderness

Plan for Joshua Tree National Park, California; Extension of Public

Comment Period

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park

Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement assessing alternatives for, and potential impacts of,

a proposed Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan for Joshua Tree

National Park, California. In deference to public interest expressed to

date from local governmental agencies, organizations, and other

interested parties, the original 90 day public comment period has been

extended for one month. Written comments on the draft document must now

be received or post-marked not later than February 28, 1998, and should

be directed to the Superintendent, Joshua Tree National Park, 74485

National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California, 92277.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Patricia L. Neubacher,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West.

[FR Doc. 98-1734 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]

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