Intent To Consider an Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan of 1980 and To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), pursuant to regulatory procedures for land use planning under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 CFR 1610.5-S), intends to consider an amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan for the purpose of identifying public land areas which may be suitable for wind energy development and to analyze the impacts of any proposed amendment and alternatives in an environmental impact statement (EIS). The primary purpose of this notice is to seek the public's assistance in identifying planning issues and concerns to be addresses in the plan amendment. This notice also satisfies the requirements of Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which calls for a 30-day public scoping period for EISs to enable the public to identify environmental and other issues to be addressed in the EIS.