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From: John Stewart <jstewart@cox.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: BLM District Advisory Council to Meet in Ridgecrest


>
> BLM District Advisory Council to Meet in Ridgecrest
>
> The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert District
> Advisory Council will participate in a field tour of Surprise Canyon
> on Friday, December 13, 2002, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and meet
> in formal session on Saturday, December 14 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
> in the Parker Performing Arts Center at Sherman E. Burroughs High
> School, located at 500 East French Avenue in Ridgecrest, California.
>
> On Friday, the Council and interested members of the public will
> assemble for a field tour at the parking lot of the China Lake Best
> Western Inn at 7:15 a.m. and depart 7:30 a.m. The Inn is located at
> 400 South China Lake Boulevard in Ridgecrest. The first tour stop
> will be Surprise Canyon, where BLM staff will give presentations and
> discuss issues the Council may want addressed in the development of
> alternatives in the Surprise Canyon draft environmental impact
> statement (EIS). The tour will conclude with a stop at the Briggs
> Mine proposed expansion drilling site, where mine officials will
> discuss drilling/mining operations. The public is welcome to
> participate in the tour, but should plan on providing their own
> transportation, drinks, and lunch.
>
> Agenda items on Saturday will include a workshop from 8:00 a.m. to
> noon during which the Council will develop alternatives they believe
> should be addressed in the Surprise Canyon draft EIS. The formal
> session will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in which the Council
> will present their formal recommendations. The Council also will
> hear an update on the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center
> environmental impact statement and a briefing on the Desert Managers
> Group.
>
> All Desert District Advisory Council meetings are open to the public.
> Time for public comment may be made available by the Council Chairman
> during the presentation of various agenda items, and is scheduled at
> the end of the meeting for topics not on the agenda.
>
> Written comments may be filed in advance of the meeting for the
> California Desert District Advisory Council, c/o Bureau of Land
> Management, Public Affairs Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard,
> Riverside, California 92507-0714. Written comments also are accepted
> at the time of the meeting and, if copies are provided to the
> recorder, will be incorporated into the minutes.
>
> For more information regarding the California Desert District
> Advisory Council meeting, contact BLM Public Affairs Officer Doran
> Sanchez at (909) 697-5220.
>
> For more information, visit BLM website at www.ca.blm.gov.
>
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> John Stewart
> Director, Environmental Affairs, UFWDA, http://www.ufwda.org
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