5656 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 24 / Friday, February 4, 2000 / Notices

must be received no later than Monday,

March 20, 2000. A Public Hearing to

receive comments on the DEIS/R will be

held on Monday, February 28, 2000 at

7:00 PM in the City of Del Mar City Hall

Annex, 235 11th St., Del Mar,

California.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the

DEIS/R will be available for review at:

Fish and Wildlife Service, 2730 Loker

Ave. West, Carlsbad, California 92008

San Dieguito River Park, 18372

Sycamore Creek Rd., Escondido,

California 92025

Del Mar Library, 1309 Camino del Mar,

Del Mar, California

Carmel Valley Library, 3919 Townsgate

Drive, San Diego, California

Solana Beach Branch Library, 981

Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite F, Solana

Beach, California

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

DEIS/R has been prepared and is being

circulated in accordance with the

California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) and the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA). This project

involves the proposal to implement a

comprehensive habitat restoration plan

with a public access component for an

approximately 400-acre area known as

the San Dieguito Lagoon. The project

site is in the western San Dieguito River

Valley under the influence of the Pacific

Ocean, within the northwestern-most

portions of the City of San Diego and the

City of Del Mar in San Diego County,

CA.

A major component of this planning

effort is a tidal restoration proposal to 1)

restore the aquatic functions of the

lagoon through permanent inlet

maintenance and expansion of the

lagoon’s tidal prism and 2) create

subtidal and intertidal habitats on both

the east and west sides of Interstate 5,

which bisects the project site. It is

anticipated that tidal restoration would

be accomplished primarily by Southern

California Edison and partners (SCE),

provided the restoration satisfies the

conditions of the California Coastal

Commission (CCC) permit for the

construction and operation of the San

Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

(SONGS) Units 2 and 3. Upland habitat

restoration, non-tidal wetland

restoration, endangered species habitat

improvements, and public trails and

interpretive facilities would be provided

by the San Dieguito River Park in

cooperation with other agencies and

organizations including the Fish and

Wildlife Service, Coastal Conservancy,

Cities of Del Mar and San Diego, and

others. The draft EIS/R analyzes six

project alternatives including the Mixed

Habitat, Maximum Tidal Basin,

Maximum Intertidal, Hybrid, Reduced

Berm, and No Action Alternatives.

Potentially significant environmental

impacts have been identified in the

areas of land use, landform alteration/

visual quality, hydrology/water quality,

traffic circulation, noise, air quality,

geology and soils, public utilities,

biological resources, and natural

resources. The project includes

measures to mitigate some potential

impacts, while other mitigation will be

made conditions of subsequent permits.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack

Fancher, Coastal Program Coordinator,

Fish and Wildlife Service, 2730 Loker

Ave. West, Carlsbad, California 92008,

phone (760) 431–9440.

Dated: January 24, 2000.

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Acting Manager, California-Nevada Office,

Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2214 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–190–98–1610–AF–24–1A]

Notice of Emergency Closure Policy

and Procedures for Public Lands

Managed by the Hollister Field Office,

California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed

Implementation Policy for Emergency

Closures on an As Needed Basis for

Public Lands Administered by the

Hollister Field Office, California.

SUMMARY: In order to facilitate

emergency operations and protect

resources in the event of severe seasonal

storms and/or natural disasters, the

Hollister Field Officer is hereby serving

notice that it will be adopting an

emergency closure policy to be enacted

on an as-needed basis when basic

criteria are met. The closure will be

invoked or lifted in public media such

as Information Hot Lines, Press

Releases, and on-the-ground postings.

The lands covered by this emergency

closure policy include all public lands

administered by the Hollister Field

Office. Public notices in the media and

on recording information will specify

which public lands will be temporarily

closed, and will reflect local conditions.

One of the following criteria shall be

met: (1) State, County or Federal road

access to the area is closed or restricted

to residents and emergency personnel;

(2) BLM or emergency response

personnel cannot access and/or perform

their duties in a given location; (3)

Roads or trails are saturated with

moisture to the point where vehicle

traffic causes ruts or bogs leading to

increased erosion. See attached

moisture criteria supplement sheet.

The above policy is intended to allow

the BLM flexibility in implementing

emergency closure while also utilizing

the most time-effective method of

notifying the public. This will also

facilitate management to minimize

threats to public health and safety, as

well as the potential for resource

damage. Any time the closure policy is

enacted, the following persons will be

exempt:

(1) Federal, State, or Local Law

Enforcement Officers, while engaged in

the execution of their official duties.

(2) BLM personnel or their

representatives while engaged in the

execution of their official duties.

(3) Any member of an organized

rescue, fire-fighting force, Emergency

Medical Services organization while in

the performance and execution of an

official duty.

(4) Any member of a federal, state, or

local public works department while in

the performance of an official duty.

(5) Any person in receipt of a written

authorization of exemption obtained

from the Hollister Field Office.

(6) Local landowners, persons with

valid existing rights or lease operations,

or representatives thereof, who have a

responsibility or need to access their

property or to continue their operations

on public land.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This policy will become

effective March 6, 2000, and shall

remain in effect until rescinded or

modified by the Authorized Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

closures and restrictions are under the

authority of 43 CFR 8364.1 and 43 CFR

8341.2. Persons violating this closure

shall be subject to the penalties

provided in 43 CFR 8360.0–7 and

8340.0–7, including a fine not to exceed

$100,000 and/or imprisonment not to

exceed 12 months. Parties exempt from

the closure action shall be responsible

for mitigating any resource damage

caused by entering the closed area.

Waivers can be granted for emergency

circumstances, however in the event an

emergency is caused by a negligent

action, the responsible party would then

be responsible for the mitigation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Area

Manager, Hollister Field Office, 20

Hamilton Court, Hollister, CA 95024,

(831) 630–5000.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 24 / Friday, February 4, 2000 / Notices 5657

Dated: January 19, 2000.

Robert E. Beehler,

Hollister Field Manager.

Supplemental Soil Moisture Closure

Criteria

Clear Creek Management Area

No action would be taken until the

annual total precipitation exceeds 8

inches, the rain year would be the same

as that used by the national weather

service and rainfall data would be from

the California Water Resources Board,

nearest available rain gage. Once 8

inches of precipitation has been

exceeded, the following would apply.

Additional rainfall exceeding 1⁄2 inch

within a 24 hour period, or 1 inch

within a 72 hour period would result in

a 3 day closure. Once the area has been

closed a field inspection will be

completed prior to reopening, and daily

thereafter to determine suitability of

road conditions. When recorded field

observations show that road and trail

surfaces have not dried sufficiently to

allow traffic without damage to the

surface, the area shall remain closed.

Closure criteria may be amended or

refined as results of area closures are

evaluated. Specific criteria may be

developed for other areas as needed.

[FR Doc. 00–2513 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–1492–ER]

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Navy Department

Notice of Availability for the Final

Environmental Impact Statement,

Bureau of Land Management Carson

City and Battle Mountain, Nevada Field

Offices and Department of the Navy,

Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior and Naval

Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Department

of the Navy.

COOPERATING AGENCIES: Federal

Aviation Administration, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Yomba

Shoshone Tribe, Fallon PaiuteShoshone Tribe, Walker River Paiute

Tribe, Nevada Division of Wildlife,

Eureka, Lander, and Churchill County

Commissions, and Kingston Town

Board.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the Naval Air Station Fallon’s

proposed Fallon Range Training

Complex Requirements.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) and 40 CFR 1500–1508

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations (CEQ), notice is given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Carson City and Battle Mountain,

Nevada Field Offices and the

Department of the Navy (Navy) Naval

Air Station Fallon have jointly prepared,

with the assistance of a third-party

consultant, a Final EIS on the proposed

Fallon Range Training Complex

Requirements, and has made the

document available for public and

agency review.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until

March 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill

Road, Carson City, NV 89701, Attn:

Terri Knutson, Project Manager.

Comments may also be sent via

electronic mail to the following address:

tknutson@nv.blm.gov or via fax: (775)

885–6147. A limited number of copies

of the Draft EIS may be obtained at the

above BLM Field Office in Carson City,

NV, as well as, BLM Battle Mountain

Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle

Mountain, NV 89820. In addition, the

Final EIS is available on the internet via

the Carson City Field Office Home Page

at: www.nv.blm.gov/carson.

Comments, including names and

addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the above

address during regular business hours

(7:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m.), Monday through

Friday, except holidays, and may be

published as part of the EIS. Individual

respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. However, we

will not consider anonymous

comments. Such requests will be

honored to the extent allowed by law.

All submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Knutson, Carson City BLM, at

(775) 885–6156 or Gary Foulkes, Battle

Mountain BLM, at (775) 635–4060, or

John Smith, NAS Fallon, at (775) 426–

2101.

After the review period ends for the

Final EIS, comments will be analyzed

and considered jointly by the BLM and

the Navy in preparing the Record of

Decision (ROD).

Dated: January 25, 2000.

John Singlaub,

Manager, BLM Carson City.

Dated: January 24, 2000.

RADM T.R. Beard,

Commander, Naval Strike and Air Warfare

Center Fallon.

[FR Doc. 00–2223 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–00–2822–M948: GPO–0099]

Emergency Motor Vehicle Use

Limitations; Lincoln Fire; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Vale District, Oregon, Department of the

Interior.

ACTION: A temporary closure to motor

vehicle use on public lands within the

area of the Lincoln Fire (M948)

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Malheur Resource

Area, Vale District, Oregon.

SUMMARY: One June 24, 1999 the Lincoln

Fire burned 1415 acres of public and

private land within T.19S., R.46E.,

Williamette Meridian, Sections 28, 29,

30, 31, 32, and 33. Because of the

damage caused by the fire, this closure

is necessary to prevent erosion and

enhance the fire rehabilitation efforts

within the burned area. The authorized

officer has determined that vehicle use

other than on designated routes will

cause considerable adverse effects upon

recovering soil and vegetation resources

in the burned area and may also limit

the successful establishment of

desirable vegetation or other proposed

rehabilitation actions.

Open roads within the fire area will

be clearly identified. A map designating

those routes which will remain open to

vehicle use is included in the Vale

District Bureau of Land Management,

Lincoln Fire Rehabilitation Plan M948,

Environmental Assessment (EA No. OR–

030–99–021). The map and plan can be

reviewed at: Vale District Office, USDI

Bureau of Land Management, 100 East

Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon 97918.

Prohibited Act: Pursuant to 43 CFR

8364.1, motorized vehicle use is

prohibited on public land within the