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Notice of Availability of the Hellgate Recreation Area Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 27 mile section of the Rogue River from the mouth of the Applegate River to Grave Creek

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 [Federal Register: January 22, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 14)]
[Notices]
[Page 6655-6656]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22ja01-158]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-110-6332-AA; HAG01-0074]


Notice of Availability of the Hellgate Recreation Area Management
Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 27 mile
section of the Rogue River from the mouth of the Applegate River to
Grave Creek

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Office, Grants Pass
Resource Area.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 202 of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and Section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, a Recreation Area Management Plan and DEIS have
been completed for a portion of the Medford District. The DEIS
describes and analyzes future options for managing the 27 mile section
of the Rogue River (from the mouth of the Applegate River to Grave
Creek) in southern Josephine County, Oregon.
    The need for action is based on BLM visitor use reports that show
major increases in water-based visitor use activities, on a recreation
use study, and on a scoping effort which identified visitor use
conflicts. The purpose of the action is to ensure recreational use
levels are in alignment with the purposes of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act of October 2, 1968.
    All of the recommend planning issues share one topic: The growth of
different

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types of recreation use on the river, and how much recreation use can
and should the river support. The identified issues are motorized
boating, non-motorized float boating, non-mortorized boat angling, user
fees, camping, trails, day-use areas, public access and visitor
services.
    The DEIS analyzes five alternatives ranging from fewer watercraft
and less visitor use to maximum watercraft and visitor use. Open houses
will be held on January 18, 2001, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the City of
Grants Pass Council Chambers, 101 NW A. Street in Grants Pass, and on
January 24, 2001, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Medford District
Office, 3040 Biddle Road, in Medford.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until February 24, 2001. Informal
meetings may be scheduled before the comment period closes.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Cori Cooper, Planning Team
Leader, Grants Pass Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, Medford
District Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97504. Individual
copies of the DEIS may be obtained by contacting the Planning Team
Leader.
    Comments, including names and addresses, will be available for
public review. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If
you wish to withhold your name and/or address from public review or
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such
requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law.

    Dated: January 9, 2000.
Abbie Jossie,
Field Manager, Grants Pass Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 01-1726 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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