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Transit Mixed Concrete Company Proposed Sand and Gravel Mining Operation, Soledad Canyon, Los Angeles County, CA

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 [Federal Register: May 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 104)]
[Notices]
[Page 34494-34495]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA66000199000; CACA20139 and CACA22901]


Transit Mixed Concrete Company Proposed Sand and Gravel Mining
Operation, Soledad Canyon, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Palm
Springs-South Coast Field Office, California Desert District.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 and 40 CFR 1503.4, notice is hereby given that the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Transit Mixed Concrete (TMC) Company
Sand and Gravel Mining Project proposed for construction and operation
off of Soledad Canyon Road and State Highway 14, in an unincorporated
area of Los Angeles County, California.
    Interested citizens are invited to review the Final EIS. Hard
copies of the Final EIS may be obtained by telephoning or writing the
contact persons listed below. The Technical Appendices and Volumes 1
through 6 are also available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is in Adobe Acrobat
Reader format, and contains a free download of Acrobat Reader so it can
be opened easily. Public reading copies are available at the following
County of Los Angeles public libraries: Canyon Country Library (18536
Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita); Newhall Library (22704 W. Ninth
Street, Santa Clarita); and the Valencia Library (23743 W. Valencia
Boulevard, Santa Clarita).

DATES: BLM will be rendering a decision on the proposed Project no
sooner than July 3, 2000.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elena Misquez, BLM, Palm
Springs-South Coast Field Office at (760) 2514810. To obtain copies of
the Final EIS, contact Ms. Linda Brody of Chambers Group Inc. at (949)
2615414. Fax requests can be sent to the attention of Ms. Linda Brody
at (949) 2618950. Please specify either CDROM or the specific volume(s)
desired (see Supplemental Information below). Please include name,
complete mailing address (no P.O. Boxes), and phone number on all
requests.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Final EIS for the Transit Mixed Concrete (TMC) Company Sand
and Gravel Mining Project. The Project is proposed for construction and
operation in an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County, north of
Soledad Canyon Road, south of the Antelope Valley Freeway (State
Highway 14), and west of Agua Dulce Canyon. TMC proposes to mine a
total of 83 million tons of sand and gravel over a 20-year period. The
Project site is located on split-estate lands where the surface is
privately owned and the minerals are federally owned and

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administered by the BLM. The Draft EIS was released for public review
on May 6, 1999, and the Supplement to the Draft EIS (SDEIS) was
released November 17, 1999. The public comment period for both of these
documents closed January 10, 2000.
    The Final EIS incorporates changes based on public comments
received on the Draft EIS, SDEIS, and technical appendices, including
final conformity determination for air quality. The Final EIS also
includes responses to written comments received during the public
comment period for the DEIS and SDEIS, responses to the BLM public
hearing held July 2, 1999, and responses to comments on Los Angeles
County's Draft EIR for the Project. The Final EIS is comprised of the
following volumes:
    Final EISMain Text Volume (incorporates changes to DEIS and SDEIS
text)
    Final EISTechnical Appendices Volume (incorporates changes to DEIS
Appendices)
    Volume 1Responses to Comments (Responses to all written and oral
comments received on the DEIS, SDEIS, and DEIR)
    Volume 2DEIS and SDEIS Written Comment Letters (includes federal,
state, and local agencies, community groups, associations, consulting
firms, and individual letters)
    Volume 3BLM Public Hearing Transcript
    Volume 4DEIR Written Comment Letters from State and Local Agencies,
Community Groups, Associations, and Consulting Firms
    Volume 5DEIR Written Comment Letters from Individuals/Petitions/
Form Letters
    Volume 6County DEIR Public Hearing Transcripts

    Dated: May 23, 2000.
Danella George,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 0013440 Filed 52600; 8:45 am]
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