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Two Environmental Assessments Out for Public Review

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Date: October 1, 1996
Contact: John Dell'Osso, 415-663-8522 x226

Point Reyes National Seashore Superintendent Don Neubacher announced today that two Environmental Assessments (EA) for projects within the Seashore are available for public review. The two projects are:

  1. the removal of utility poles and lines via helicopter within the Muddy Hollow Corridor, and
  2. a dairy waste management and reclamation project at the Historic J Ranch.

The removal of utility poles and lines within the Muddy Hollow Corridor examines and analyzes three alternatives, which will in turn formally designate a portion of "potential wilderness" into full "wilderness" status. The electrical lines will be placed under Limantour Road and will allow formal wilderness designation fulfilling the intent of Public Law 94-544, October 18, 1976, establishing the Point Reyes Wilderness Area. The poles are proposed to be removed by helicopter to a staging site near the Estero Trailhead where they will then be removed from the park by truck.

The EA for the Dairy Waste Management and Reclamation Project at the Kehoe Dairy examines and analyzes alternatives for construction of a series of ponds to improve the overall efficiency and viability in dairy waste management and provides for new opportunities to conduct public education and technology transfer activities which will promote improved water quality management techniques. The project will be funded in part by the Environmental Protection Agency's 319(h) Non-Point Source Grant Program and overall project administration would be provided by the Marin County Resources Conservation District and the University of California at Berkeley.

The public comment period closes on October 25, 1996, for the removal of utility poles by helicopter. The public comment period for the dairy waste management and reclamation project closes on October 30, 1996. Comments for both projects should be sent to Superintendent, Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes, CA 94956.

-NPS-



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