Notice of Availability of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Preferred Action for the Proposed Sand and Gravel Mining Operation, Los Angeles County, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-066-99-1990-00; CACA-20139 and CACA-22901]

Notice of Availability of Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement and Preferred Action for the Proposed Sand and Gravel Mining

Operation, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Palm

Springs-South Coast Field Office, Desert District, California.

ACTION: Notice of availability of supplemental environmental impact

statement and identification of preferred action.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 and 40 CFR 1503.1(a), notice is hereby given that the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a supplement to the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This supplement to the Draft EIS

addresses a new proposal by Transit Mixed Concrete Company to transport

mine material by a conveyor belt system rather than open trucks as

proposed in the original draft EIS. The supplement will provide;

further analysis of the potential air quality impacts. In addition the

supplement identifies the BLM's preferred action. Interested citizens

are invited to review the Supplement and submit comments. Copies of the

Supplement may be obtained by telephoning or writing to the contact

person listed below. Public reading copies of the Supplement are

available at the following County of Los Angeles public libraries:

Canyon County Library, 18536 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA

91351; Newhall Library, 22704 W. Ninth Street, Santa Clarita, CA 91321;

Valencia Library, 23743 W. Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing to the BLM no later than

January 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments shall be mailed to the following address:

Mr. James G. Kenna, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Palm

Springs-South Coast Field Office, 690 W. Garnet Avenue, PO Box 1260,

North Palm Springs, California, 92258. Comments may also be submitted

by electronic mail (E-mail) to the following address:

[email protected]. The response to comments will be provided in the

Final EIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elena Misquez, BLM, Palm Springs-

South Coast Field Office, PO Box 1260, North Palm Springs, CA 92258,

telephone 760-251-4804.

Dated: November 12, 1999.

Carole Levitzky,

Assistant District Manager, External Affairs.

[FR Doc. 99-30094 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]

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