[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28492]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Resource Recovery Park Project, 
Riverside County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent and public scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA), with the cooperation of the Cabazon Band of Mission 
Indians, intends to gather information necessary for preparing a 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Cabazon 
Resource Recovery Park Project proposed for development on Section 6 of 
the Cabazon Reservation in Riverside County, California. A description 
of the proposed project, location, and environmental considerations to 
be addressed in the PEIS are provided below (see supplemental 
information). In addition to this notice, a public meeting regarding 
the proposed project and preparation of the PEIS will be held.
    This notice is published in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations found in 40 CFR 1501.7. The 
purpose of this notice is to obtain suggestions and information from 
other agencies and the public on the scope of issues to be addressed in 
the PEIS. Comments and participation in this scoping process are 
encouraged.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 28, 1997. A 
public scoping meeting will be held November 13, 1997, from 7 p.m. to 
10 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Ronald Jaeger, Area 
Director, Sacramento Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 4330 Watt 
Avenue, 4th Floor, North Higlands, California 95660. A public scoping 
meeting will be held on November 13, 1997, at the Tribal Hall, Cabazon 
Reservation, 84-245 Indio Springs Drive, Indio, California, from 7 p.m. 
to 10 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Fryman, Acting Area Natural 
Resources Officer, Sacramento Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
4330 Watt Avenue, 4th Floor, North Higlands, California 95660, 
telephone number (916) 979-2575, extension 255; or Michael Derry, 
Development Manager, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 84-245 Indio 
Springs Drive, Indio, California 92201, telephone number (760) 342-
2593, extension 3015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians plans to 
develop Section 6 of their Reservation, located between Avenue 62 and 
Avenue 66 on State Highway 111, south of the City of Coachella in 
Riverside County, California, into the Cabazon Resource Recovery Park 
(CRRP). The CRRP will be developed to include numerous industrial 
facilities in the areas of recycling, reclamation, and reuse of 
materials that would otherwise be disposed of as waste, and subsequent 
manufacturing of products from the reclaimed materials. The CRRP will 
build on the existing waste recycling industries already constructed on 
Section 6. Future types of industries to be pursued include: a 
catalytic converter recycling plant in which platinum metal is 
recovered; a waste tire recycling plant which will produce crumb rubber 
for numerous industrial and paving uses; a materials recovery facility 
(MRF) which will separate reusable materials from the municipal solid 
waste stream; a biomass to ethanol facility; a building block 
production facility; and a specialty plastic products manufacturer 
using plastics recovered at the MRF. Numerous other projects similar in 
nature are planned. An infrastructure will be constructed to support 
the facilities in the Park, including rail sidings, a road network, a 
sewage treatment plant, and a cogeneration plant. The project will use 
the existing Southern Pacific rail line and the improved State Highway 
86 for transportation of materials to and from the Park. The PEIS will 
address existing, developing, planned, and representative projects in 
the CRRP. Areas of environmental concern include: air quality, traffic 
and transportation, biological and botanical resources, and cultural 
resources. The range of issues addressed may be expanded based on 
comments received during the scoping process.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-28492 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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