[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 24874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11452]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-015-95-1610-00: G5-116]


High Desert Management Framework Plan Amendment, Lake Abert Area 
of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), DOI.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act, section 202(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act, and 43 CFR Part 1610, the Lakeview District has completed a draft 
plan amendment and environmental impact statement (EIS) covering a 
proposal to designate the Lake Abert area as an ACEC. The draft plan 
and EIS is expected to be available for review on or about May 12, 
1995.
    The planning area is located north of Valley Falls in central Lake 
County, Oregon, and covers approximately 120,570 acres, of which 
approximately 99,900 acres are administered by the BLM. This area was 
nominated as a potential ACEC by the Oregon Waterfowl and Wetlands 
Association and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in 1992. The 
Lakeview District evaluated the area in accordance with 43 CFR Part 
1610.7-2 and found it met the ACEC relevance and importance criteria 
for four resource values: prehistoric cultural values, scenic values, 
wildlife values, and natural processes. The document presents ten 
management goals, objectives to measure those goals, and seven 
management alternatives for BLM-administered lands within the planning 
area. The alternatives range from no action (no change in present 
management), to designating portions of the planning area as an ACEC 
with somewhat restrictive management, to designating the entire 
planning area as an ACEC with very restrictive management.

DATES: This notice announces the beginning of the ninety-day public 
review period. Interested individuals, organizations, and other 
agencies are encouraged to review the document and provide written 
comments by August 16, 1995. In addition, two public meetings are 
planned in June 1995 at the locations specified below.

MEETING ADDRESSES: Meeting location (1) is BLM conference room, 
Lakeview District Office, 1000 South 9th Street, Lakeview, Oregon, at 
6:30 p.m. on June 27, 1995. Meeting location (2) is Room 161 of the 
Boyle Education Center, Central Oregon Community College, 2600 NW 
College Way, Bend, Oregon, at 6:30 p.m. on June 29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Whitman, BLM, Lakeview District 
Office, P.O. Box 151, Lakeview, Oregon 97630 (Telephone: 503-947-6110).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those individuals, organizations, native 
American tribes, and agencies with a known interest in the proposal 
have been sent a copy of the draft plan and EIS. Persons wishing to be 
added to the mailing list or desiring additional copies should contact 
the point of contact listed above. Reading copies of the document are 
available at the Lake, Klamath, and Harney County, Oregon libraries and 
at the following BLM locations: Office of External Affairs, Main 
Interior Building, Room 5600, 18th and C Streets, NW, Washington DC 
20240, and Public Room, Oregon State Office, 1515 SW 5th, Portland, 
Oregon 97201.
Scott R. Florence,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-11452 Filed 5-9-95; 8:45 am]
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