Environmental Impact Statement for the Renewed Application for the Proposed Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians Fee-to-Trust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel Project, San Bernardino County, CA, 16418 [E9-8199]

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E9–8146 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Environmental Impact Statement for the Renewed Application for the Proposed Los Coyotes Band of ˜ Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians Fee-toTrust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel Project, San Bernardino County, CA AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Correction; Republication and Correction. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is republishing in its entirety a document it published in the March 27, 2009 Federal Register to correct the comment deadline listed in the DATES section. The correct comment deadline VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:39 Apr 09, 2009 Jkt 217001 is listed in the DATES section of this notice. DATES: Comments on the scope of the EIS will be accepted until May 11, 2009. ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Dale Morris, Regional Director, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik, Chief, Division of Environment, Cultural Resources Management and Safety, BIA Pacific Region (916) 978– 6051. This notice corrects the comment deadline published in the March 27, 2009 Federal Register. There is no substantive change to the original notice; therefore, the description of the notice published on March 27, 2009 is reprinted here, as follows. This notice advises the public that the BIA is correcting its previous NOI to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Los Coyotes Band ˜ of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians’ renewed application for a Proposed Feeto-Trust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel Project in San Bernardino County, California, which was published on June 6, 2008 (73 FR 32354). The NOI did not include the names of two additional cooperating agencies; provided a larger acreage of land to be transferred from fee to trust status; and contained some inaccuracies in the details of the proposed casino and hotel project. Therefore, this notice is being published, pursuant to the BIA National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Handbook, Section 6.4(A)(1), to supplement the June 2008 NOI by: • Adding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Barstow, California, as cooperating agencies, in addition to the National Indian Gaming Commission and the Los ˜ Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians; • Establishing that the proposed land acquisition would involve approximately 23.1 acres, rather than the 45 acres stated in the June 2008 NOI; and • Correcting the proposed project details represent a smaller proposed development compared to the Los ˜ Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Cupeno Indians’ original application (specifically, the corrected details are that the proposed project would include a proposed casino of approximately 89,003 square feet, a 160-room hotel, 3,000 parking spaces, and associated food and beverage facilities, retail space, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 banquet/meeting space and administrative space). Alternatives identified for analysis include the proposed action, a no-action alternative, a reduced-intensity development alternative, a non-gaming alternative, and an alternative development location alternative. Additional information, including a map of the project site, is available by contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Dated: March 30, 2009. George T. Skibine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development. [FR Doc. E9–8199 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP); Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site National Park Service. Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP), Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and National Park Service (NPS) policy in Director’s Order Number 2 (Park Planning) and Director’s Order Number 12 (Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making) the NPS announces the availability of a DEIS/GMP for the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Tuskegee, Alabama. The document provides a framework for management, use, and development options for the historic site by the NPS for the next 15 to 20 years. It describes five management alternatives for consideration, including a No-Action Alternative that continues current management policies and the NPS’s preferred alternative. The document analyzes the environmental impacts of the alternatives. DATES: There will be a 60-day comment period beginning with the Environmental Protection Agency’s publication of its notice of availability in the Federal Register. 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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8199]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Environmental Impact Statement for the Renewed Application for 
the Proposed Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupe[ntilde]o Indians 
Fee-to-Trust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel Project, San Bernardino 
County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Correction; Republication and Correction.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is republishing in its 
entirety a document it published in the March 27, 2009 Federal Register 
to correct the comment deadline listed in the DATES section. The 
correct comment deadline is listed in the DATES section of this notice.

DATES: Comments on the scope of the EIS will be accepted until May 11, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Dale Morris, 
Regional Director, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik, Chief, Division of 
Environment, Cultural Resources Management and Safety, BIA Pacific 
Region (916) 978-6051.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice corrects the comment deadline 
published in the March 27, 2009 Federal Register. There is no 
substantive change to the original notice; therefore, the description 
of the notice published on March 27, 2009 is reprinted here, as 
follows.
    This notice advises the public that the BIA is correcting its 
previous NOI to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the 
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupe[ntilde]o Indians' renewed 
application for a Proposed Fee-to-Trust Acquisition and Casino-Hotel 
Project in San Bernardino County, California, which was published on 
June 6, 2008 (73 FR 32354). The NOI did not include the names of two 
additional cooperating agencies; provided a larger acreage of land to 
be transferred from fee to trust status; and contained some 
inaccuracies in the details of the proposed casino and hotel project. 
Therefore, this notice is being published, pursuant to the BIA National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Handbook, Section 6.4(A)(1), to 
supplement the June 2008 NOI by:
     Adding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the 
City of Barstow, California, as cooperating agencies, in addition to 
the National Indian Gaming Commission and the Los Coyotes Band of 
Cahuilla and Cupe[ntilde]o Indians;
     Establishing that the proposed land acquisition would 
involve approximately 23.1 acres, rather than the 45 acres stated in 
the June 2008 NOI; and
     Correcting the proposed project details represent a 
smaller proposed development compared to the Los Coyotes Band of 
Cahuilla Cupe[ntilde]o Indians' original application (specifically, the 
corrected details are that the proposed project would include a 
proposed casino of approximately 89,003 square feet, a 160-room hotel, 
3,000 parking spaces, and associated food and beverage facilities, 
retail space, banquet/meeting space and administrative space).
    Alternatives identified for analysis include the proposed action, a 
no-action alternative, a reduced-intensity development alternative, a 
non-gaming alternative, and an alternative development location 
alternative. Additional information, including a map of the project 
site, is available by contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.

    Dated: March 30, 2009.
George T. Skibine,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
[FR Doc. E9-8199 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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