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alternative management approaches and 

identify all possible measures to avoid 

or minimize harm; an ‘‘environmentally 

preferred’’ alternative will also be 

identified. 

Early in this scoping period the NPS 

will distribute a GMP newsletter to 

neighboring communities, state and 

federal agencies, associated American 

Indian tribes, County commissioners, 

local organizations, researchers and 

institutions, the Congressional 

delegation, and other interested 

members of the public. In addition, five 

public scoping meetings will be hosted 

during May 17–21, 2010, to provide 

opportunities for interested persons to 

learn about the proposed update of the 

GMP. Specific times and locations will 

be announced in the local and regional 

media, and details will be included in 

the GMP newsletter and also posted on 

the project Web site http:// 

www.nps.gov/jotr (details may also be 

obtained by telephone, as noted below). 

Scoping Comments and Dates: 

General park information requests or 

requests to be added to the GMP mailing 

list should be directed to Karin 

Messaros, Management Assistant, 

Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua, 

74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine 

Palms, California 92277. Telephone: 

(706) 367–5512. General information 

about Joshua Tree National Park is also 

available on the internet at http:// 

www.nps.gov/jotr. If you wish to 

provide relevant information or suggest 

any issues to be considered in updating 

the GMP, you may submit your 

comments by any one of several 

methods: (1) Mail comments to 

Management Assistant Karen Messaros 

(address as noted above); (2) transmit 

via the internet to 

karin_messaros@nps.gov or http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/jotr; (3) handdeliver comments to park headquarters 

at Joshua Tree National Park, 74485 

National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, 

California 92277, or deliver at any of the 

public meetings. All written comments 

must be postmarked or transmitted not 

later than August 31, 2010. 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 in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Decision Process: Following due 

consideration of all public and agency 

comments as may be forthcoming; a 

draft EIS/GMP will be prepared. 

Availability would be announced 

through the Federal Register as well as 

via direct mailing, Web site postings, 

and through local and regional press 

media. After an opportunity for public 

review, a final EIS/GMP would be 

prepared. As a delegated EIS, the official 

responsible for the final decision on the 

plan update is the Regional Director, 

Pacific West Region; subsequently the 

official responsible for implementation 

of the updated GMP would be the 

Superintendent, Joshua Tree National 

Park. 

Dated: April 5, 2010. 

Cicely A. Muldoon, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11955 Filed 5–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–EK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Cachuma Lake Resource Management 

Plan, Santa Barbara County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation) has made 

available the Final EIS for the Cachuma 

Lake Resource Management Plan (RMP). 

The RMP involves alternatives for future 

use of the project area for recreation and 

resource protection and management. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

EIS was published in the Federal 

Register on July 25, 2008 (73 FR 43472). 

The written comment period on the 

Draft EIS ended on September 23, 2008. 

On October 9, 2008 a notice was 

published in the Federal Register (73 

FR 59669) extending the comment 

period on the Draft EIS until October 31, 

2008. The Final EIS contains responses 

to all comments received and reflects 

comments and any additional 

information received during the Draft 

EIS review period. 

DATES: Reclamation will not make a 

decision on the proposed action until at 

least 30 days after release of the Final 

EIS. After the 30-day wait period, 

Reclamation will complete a Record of 

Decision (ROD). The ROD will state the 

action that will be implemented and 

will discuss all factors leading to the 

decision. 

ADDRESSES: Send requests for a compact 

disc copy of the Final EIS to Mr. Jack 

Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N 

Street, Fresno, CA 93721. 

Copies of the Final RMP/EIS will be 

available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ 

nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=283. 

See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the 

Final EIS are available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 

p.m., at (559) 349–4544 (TDD (559) 487– 

5933) or jwcollins@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cachuma 

Lake is an existing reservoir formed by 

Bradbury Dam, and located in Santa 

Barbara County, California. The dam, 

which provides irrigation, domestic, 

and municipal and industrial water 

supplies to the City of Santa Barbara, 

Goleta Water District, Montecito Water 

District, Carpinteria Valley Water 

District, and Santa Ynez River Water 

Conservation District, was constructed 

in the 1950s. The Cachuma Project has 

delivered an average of 25,000 acre-feet 

per year over the past 45 years and 

encompasses approximately 9,250 acres. 

In 1956, operation and maintenance of 

the Cachuma project was transferred 

from Reclamation to the Cachuma 

Operation and Maintenance Board. 

Reclamation still retains ownership of 

all project facilities and is responsible 

for the operation of the dam. The RMP 

will have a planning horizon of 20 

years. 

The new RMP would: (1) Ensure safe 

storage and timely delivery of highquality water to users while enhancing 

natural resources and recreational 

opportunities; (2) protect natural 

resources while educating the public 

about the value of good stewardship; (3) 

provide recreational opportunities to 

meet the demands of a growing, diverse 

population; (4) ensure recreational 

diversity and the quality of the 

experience; and (5) provide the updated 

management considerations for 

establishing a new management 

agreement with the managing partner. 

The Final EIS is a program-level 

analysis of the potential environmental 

impacts associated with adoption of the 

RMP. The Final EIS outlines the 

formulation and evaluation of 

alternatives designed to address these 

issues by representing the varied 

interests present at the Plan Area and 

identifies Alternative 2 (Enhancement) 

as the Preferred Alternative. The RMP is 

intended to be predominately selfmitigating through implementation of 

RMP management actions and 

strategies, and the EIS also includes 


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measures intended to reduce the 

adverse effects of the RMP. 

Copies of the Final EIS are available 

at the following locations: 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 94825. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, SouthCentral California Area Office, 1243 N. 

Street, Fresno, CA 93721. 

• Cachuma Lake State Recreation 

Area, Highway 154, Santa Barbara, CA 

93454. 

• Santa Maria Public Library, Central 

Location, 420 South Broadway Avenue, 

Santa Maria, CA 93454. 

• Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 

East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 

93101. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver 

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, 

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, 

Denver, CO 80225. 

• Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in any 

correspondence, you should be aware 

that your entire correspondence— 

including your personal identifying 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you ask us 

in your correspondence to withhold 

your personal identifying information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Dated: April 21, 2010. 

David W. Gore, 

Assistant Regional Director, Mid-Pacific 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11994 Filed 5–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY922000–L13200000–EL0000, 

WYW179009] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal 

Exploration License Application 

WYW179009, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Invitation to 

Participate in Coal Exploration License. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Mineral 

Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the 

Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act 

of 1976, and to Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) regulations, all 

interested parties are hereby invited to 

participate with Bridger Coal Company 

on a pro rata cost sharing basis in its 

program for the exploration of coal 

deposits owned by the United States of 

America. 

DATES: This notice of invitation will be 

published in the Rock Springs Daily 

Rocket-Miner once each week for 2 

consecutive weeks beginning the week 

of May 17, 2010, and in the Federal 

Register. Any party electing to 

participate in this exploration program 

must send written notice to both the 

BLM and Bridger Coal Company, as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section 

below, no later than 30 days after 

publication of this invitation in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

plan are available for review during 

normal business hours in the following 

offices (serialized under number 

WYW179009): Bureau of Land 

Management, Wyoming State Office, 

5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, Bureau of 

Land Management, Rock Springs Field 

Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock 

Springs, WY 82901. The written notice 

to participate should be sent to the 

following addresses: Bridger Coal 

Company, c/o Interwest Mining 

Company, Attn: Scott Child, 1407 West 

North Temple, Suite 310, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84116, and the Bureau of Land 

Management, Wyoming State Office, 

Branch of Solid Minerals, Attn: Mavis 

Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 

82003. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, at 

307–775–6258. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the exploration program is to 

obtain structural and quality 

information of the coal. The Federal 

coal resources included in the 

exploration license application are 

located in the following described 

lands: 

T. 22 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming 

Sec. 34: W1⁄2. 

Containing 320 acres, more or less, in 

Sweetwater County, WY. 

The proposed exploration program is 

fully described and will be conducted 

pursuant to an exploration plan to be 

approved by the BLM. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3410.2–1(c)(1). 

Larry Claypool, 

Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11995 Filed 5–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDB00000 L17110000.PH0000 

LXSS024D0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Resource 

Advisory Council to the Boise District, 

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. 

Department of the Interior 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Boise District 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

hold a meeting as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 9, 

2010 at the Boise District Offices 

beginning at 9 a.m. and adjourning at 

4:30 p.m. Members of the public are 

invited to attend. A comment period 

will be held following the Field Office 

Updates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MJ 

Byrne, Public Affairs Officer and RAC 

Coordinator, BLM Boise District, 3948 

Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705, 

Telephone (208) 384–3393. 

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 southwestern Idaho. 

Items on the agenda will include reports 

by the RAC’s Resource Management 

Plan, Off Highway Vehicle and 

Transportation Management, and Permit 

Renewal/Litigation subgroups. Updates 

on the status of Economic Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) 

projects in the Boise District, and on 

actions related to the implementation of 

the Owyhee Public Lands Management 

Act (OMA) will be provided. Field 

Office managers will provide highlights 

for discussion on activities in their 

offices. Agenda items and location may 

change due to changing circumstances. 

All RAC meetings are open to the 

public. The public may present written 

or oral comments to members of the 

Council. At each full RAC meeting, time 

is provided in the agenda for hearing 

public comments. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to comment 

and time available, the time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Individuals who plan to attend 

and need special assistance, should 


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