27102 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 1998 / Notices

Arizona 85546; telephone number (520)

348–4400.

DATES: All nominations should be

received by June 1, 1998.

Dated: May 5, 1998.

William T. Civish,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–12931 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–930–1020–00 [4000/1790]

Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Impact Statement and

Proposed Plan Amendment to Land

Use Plans in the Development of

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Grazing Management on

Public Lands in California and

Northwestern Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) in California has

available a Final Environmental Impact

Statement (Final EIS) to address

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Grazing Management as

provided in BLM’s grazing regulations

(43 CFR Part 4100) and to amend, as

necessary, existing Land Use Plans in

the State. The Final EIS is prepared in

compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act. This notice

announces the availability of the Final

EIS for public review.

DATES: Protests concerning the Final EIS

must be received by June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Protests concerning the

Final EIS should be mailed to Director

(210), Bureau of Land Management,

Attention: Brenda Williams, 1849 C

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.

Requests to receive a copy of the Final

EIS should be made to Jim Morrison,

Rangeland Health Coordinator, Bureau

of Land Management, 2135 Butano

Drive, Sacramento, CA 95825–0451 or

phone (916) 978–4642.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jim Morrison at (916) 978–4642.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM

opened an initial scoping period on

March 25, 1996, closing on April 24,

1996 and due to public desires,

reopened the scoping period on August

5, 1996, closing September 4, 1996.

Information taken during the scoping

periods, information developed from

BLM’s Resource Advisory Councils

(RACs), and other information, both

existing and new, were used to

formulate alternatives and to analyze

the impacts to the environment as

documented in a Draft EIS. A Draft EIS

was issued May 27, 1997 and provided

90 days for public review and comment.

The comments received were analyzed

and considered in the development of

the Final EIS. The comments and BLM’s

response are included in the Final EIS

document.

As indicated in the previous notices

of intent, BLM is required by grazing

management regulations (43 CFR Part

4100), effective August 21, 1995 to

develop state-wide Standards for

Rangeland Health and Guidelines for

Grazing Management. The final selected

Standards and Guidelines (S&Gs) will

be incorporated into existing Land Use

Plans as plan amendments. The Final

EIS is tiered to the national EIS which

was completed in early 1995 during the

development of the above referenced

regulations. The development of

rangeland S&Gs for the public owned

rangelands in Southern California are

not included in this effort and will be

developed later in conjunction with the

development of coordinated

management plans.

There are five alternatives sets of

rangeland S&Gs considered in the Final

EIS including: (1) a set of S&Gs from

each of three RACs which constitutes

the proposed action, (2) a consolidated

state-wide set of S&Gs, (3) a set of fallback S&Gs as references in the

regulations and constitutes the no action

alternative, (4) a set of S&Gs for rapid

improvement and recovery of rangeland

health and (5) a set of S&Gs as the

preferred alternative. The Final EIS

analyzes the environmental, social, and

economic impacts for each alternative.

This document will also amend 19

existing land use plans in California and

portions of Northwestern Nevada. The

proposed plan amendments may be

protested only by parties who

participated in the planning and

analysis process and may only protest

issues that had been previously raised

on the Draft EIS. Protests must be sent

to the Director (210), Bureau of Land

Management, Attention: Brenda

Williams, 1849 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20240. Protests must be

postmarked no later than June 15, 1998.

Protests must minimally contain the

following information.

1. The name, mailing address,

telephone number, and interest of the

person filing the protest.

2. A statement of the issue or issues

being protested.

3. A statement of the part or parts

being protested. Cite pages, paragraphs,

maps, etc. of the proposed action where

practical.

4. A copy of all documents addressing

the issue(s) that the protestant

submitted during the draft EIS process,

or a reference to the date when the

protestant discussed the issue(s) for the

record.

5. A concise statement why the

protestant believes the BLM State

Director’s proposed action is incorrect.

At the end of the 30-day protest

period, the proposed action, excluding

any portion under protest will become

final. A Record of Decision will be

issued for non-protested portions of the

proposal, amending land use plans.

Approval will be withheld on any

portion of the proposal under protest

until a final action has been completed

on such protest.

No formal public hearings or meetings

are anticipated.

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Carl Rountree,

Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Termination of Preparation of

an Environmental Impact Statement for

the Great Egg Harbor National Scenic

and Recreational River Comprehensive

Management Plan

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Termination of preparation of

an environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

termination of work toward preparation

of an Environmental Impact Statement

for the development of a Comprehensive

Management Plan for the Great Egg

Harbor National Scenic and

Recreational River in New Jersey. The

Notice of Intent for this project appeared

in the April 10, 1997 Federal Register.

A determination has since been made

that an Environmental Assessment

would suffice to address National

Environmental Policy Act requirements

for development of the Comprehensive

Management Plan. The Environmental

Assessment will be circulated for public

comment upon its completion.

Following the comment period, we

anticipate preparation of a Finding of

No Significant Impact. We encourage all

who have an interest in this National

Park System unit’s future to contact

Mary Vavra, National Park Service

Program Manager, by letter or

telephone.