[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3472-3473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1457]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Cabazon 
Section 6 General Plan, Cabazon Indian Reservation, Riverside County, 
California

AGENCY:  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) intends to file a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) for a general development plan and master lease of approximately 
590 acres on the Cabazon Indian Reservation in Riverside County, 
California, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and that the 
FEIS is now available for final public review. Brief descriptions of 
the proposed action and alternatives follow as supplementary 
information.

DATES:  A Record of Decision will be issued on or after February 22, 
2000.

ADDRESSES:  Copies of this FEIS may be obtained from Mr. William C. 
Allan, Regional Environmental Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 
95825, telephone (916) 978-6043; or by contacting Reese-Chambers 
Systems Consultants, at (805) 386-4343. Copies of the FEIS have already 
been sent to all agencies and individuals who participated in the 
scoping process or public hearings, who commented on the Draft EIS, or 
who have already requested copies of the document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. William C. Allan, (916) 978-6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The BIA prepared this FEIS in cooperation 
with

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the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. The proposed action is a master 
lease and development plan for the Cabazon Resource Recovery Park. The 
lease area is approximately 590 contiguous acres of Indian trust land 
on the Cabazon Indian Reservation. It is located in Section 6, Township 
7 South, Range 9 East, SBB&M, one mile northwest of the town of Mecca, 
California. Subleases from the master lease would be for a variety of 
recycling type industries. These include, but are not limited to, a 
materials recovery facility, a biomass gasification plant, a food and 
green waste conversion plant, an aquaculture facility, a used oil 
refinery, a platinum recycling facility, a paper de-inking and 
recycling plant and a medical waste disposal facility. Support 
infrastructure would include rail yards plus power generation/co-
generation and sewage treatment facilities.
    The principal alternatives to the proposed action that were 
analyzed for the FEIS include no action (no approval of the master 
lease) and a reduced scope project, which eliminates the paper de-
inking and recycling plant and the medical waste disposal facility from 
the proposed action. The reduced scope alternative is environmentally 
preferred and is recommended for selection in the Record of Decision.
    This notice is published pursuant to Section 1503.1 of the Council 
of 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. 437 et seq.) Department of 
the Interior Manual (510 DM1-7) and is in the exercise of authority 
delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

    Dated: January 13, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-1457 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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