Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27.12.1996

California Desert District; Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS); U.S. Army's Land Acquisition Project for the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; Proposed Withdrawal of Public Lands and Proposed Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Department of the Interior has prepared, by third party contractors to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) analyzing the impacts to the human environment of the U.S. Army's proposed expansion of the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin. The NTC is located approximately 35 miles northeast of Barstow in north-central San Bernardino County, California. The proposed action is (1) the withdrawal and transfer of jurisdiction to the U.S. Army of approximately 310,296 acres of public lands managed by the BLM, and (2) an amendment of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan. This DEIS analyzes environmental impacts of the proposed action, five alternatives and the no action alternative, and identifies mitigation measures. This DEIS was prepared to comply with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 43 U.S.C. 1701.