Notice of Withdrawal of Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Cabazon Resource Recovery Park, Section 6 General Plan, Cabazon Indian Reservation, Indio, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Notice of Withdrawal of Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement for the Proposed Cabazon Resource Recovery Park, Section 6

General Plan, Cabazon Indian Reservation, Indio, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) (63 FR 32238, June 12, 1998) for a proposed

general plan and master lease of approximately 590 acres held in trust

by the federal government for the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians in

Riverside County, California, has been withdrawn. The DEIS described a

proposed resource recovery park and industrial area for the recycling,

reuse and transformation of waste streams of various types. The DEIS

was prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with

the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians and their environmental

consultants. The BIA proposes to issue an amended DEIS that addresses

specific potential impacts of possible subleases and an expanded range

of alternatives.

DATES: The withdrawal is effective February 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the withdrawal to Ronald M. Jaeger, Area

Director, Sacramento Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800

Cottage Way, Sacramento, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Allan, Environmental

Protection Specialist, at the above address, or by telephone at (916)

979-2575, extension 254.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA will consider all comments received

during the commenting period on the original DEIS or at the public

hearing, in preparing the amended DEIS.

This notice is published pursuant to Sec. 1506.6 of the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508)

implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the

Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the exercise

of authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by

209 DM 8.

Dated: January 7, 1999.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 99-916 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]

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