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off-road vehicle use including use on 

the following trails: Caribou Creek, Lost 

Creek, Trail Creek, Reeve Field, 

Boomerang Lake, Soda Lake, Suslota 

Lake, Copper Lake and Tanada Lake. 

The EIS will be used to guide the 

management of all ORV use. 

In addition to the No Action 

alternative, the EIS will evaluate a 

proposed action that would authorize 

recreational ORV use on trails that can 

be maintained to a standard that 

minimizes resource impacts. Other 

alternatives include authorizing 

recreational ORV use on all nine trails 

without trail improvement, not 

authorizing recreational ORV use on any 

trails, and authorizing recreational ORV 

use on improved trails in the preserve 

but not the park. Public input is sought 

on this range of alternatives. In all 

action alternatives, subsistence ORV use 

would be monitored and measures taken 

to mitigate resource impacts. 

Scoping: This notice extends the 

scoping period for this EIS and solicits 

comments. The NPS requests input from 

the public including local rural 

residents and residents of the park’s 

twenty-three resident zone communities 

who engage in subsistence activities 

within the park. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. We will always 

make submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before June 29, 2009. Electronic 

comments may be submitted to the NPS 

Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/WRST. Written 

comments also may be mailed or faxed 

to the address and phone number 

provided below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meg 

Jensen, Park Superintendent, WrangellSt. Elias National Park and Preserve, 

P.O. Box 439, Copper Center, Alaska 

99573. Telephone (907) 822–5234, Fax 

(907) 822–7259. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

December 21, 2007 Notice of Intent for 

the project was followed by scoping 

which included five public meetings in 

March and April of 2008. The meetings 

were held in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Tok, 

Slana, and Glennallen, Alaska. Scoping 

also included meetings with the 

Wrangell-St. Elias Park Subsistence 

Resource Commission, the Southcentral 

Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional 

Advisory Council, Ahtna Inc., and the 

villages of Mentasta and Chistochina. 

The public scoping process and the 

comments received were summarized in 

a scoping report posted on the park’s 

Web site and on the NPS Planning, 

Environment, and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/WRST. 

Based on comments received from the 

public, NPS developed a set of draft 

alternatives. An alternative package was 

sent out for public review and comment 

in December 2008. NPS received over 30 

comments, nine of which requested that 

NPS consider reasonable regulation of 

subsistence ORV use within a range of 

alternatives. 

Public meetings will be held after the 

release of the Draft EIS, tentatively 

scheduled for Spring 2010. Public 

meetings will be held in Anchorage, 

Fairbanks, Tok, Glennallen, and Slana, 

Alaska. When public meetings have 

been scheduled, the dates, times, and 

locations will be announced in local 

newspapers and posted on the NPS 

Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/WRST. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

Sue E. Masica, 

Regional Director, Alaska Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–9783 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAN00000.L18200000.XZ0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Northeast 

California Resource Advisory Council 

and Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 

(FACA), the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Northeast California Resource 

Advisory Council will meet as indicated 

below. 

DATES: The RAC Resource Management 

Plan Implementation Subcommittee will 

meet Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 10 a.m. 

at the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office, 

2950 Riverside Drive, Susanville, CA. 

The meeting is open to the public. The 

full RAC will meet Thursday and 

Friday, June 4–5, 2009, at the BLM 

Alturas Field Office, 708 West 12th St., 

Alturas, CA. On June 4, the council 

meets at 10 a.m. for a field tour of public 

lands managed by the Alturas Field 

Office. Members of the public are 

welcome; they must provide their own 

transportation and lunch. On June 5, the 

meeting begins at 8 a.m. and is open to 

the public. Public comments will be 

heard at 11 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Burke, BLM Alturas Field Office 

manager, (530) 233–4666; or BLM 

Public Affairs Officer Joseph J. Fontana, 

(530) 252–5332. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Northeast California and 

the northwest corner of Nevada. The 

May 19 subcommittee meeting will 

focus on implementation of resource 

management plans for the Alturas, Eagle 

Lake and Surprise field offices. At the 

June 4–5 full RAC meeting agenda 

topics include a report from the 

subcommittee, a status report on the 

Wild Horse and Burro Program, a 

summary of northeast California 

projects using federal stimulus funds, an 

update on proposed wind energy 

projects, a status report on the Sage 

Steppe Ecosystem Restoration Strategy, 

and an update on planning for the 

Modoc Line. Members of the public may 

present written comments to the 

council. Each formal council meeting 

will have time allocated for public 

comments. Depending on the number of 

persons wishing to speak, and the time 

available, the time for individual 

comments may be limited. Members of 

the public are welcome on field tours, 

but they must provide their own 

transportation and lunch. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation and other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

BLM as provided above. 

Dated: April 20, 2009. 

Joseph J. Fontana, 

Public Affairs Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9796 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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