The Hollister branch of the Bureau of Land Management will hold
a meeting for property owners and right-of-way holders in the Clear
Creek area, to discuss the possible impact of the proposed resource
management plan on the area.
The Hollister branch of the Bureau of Land Management will hold a meeting for property owners and right-of-way holders in the Clear Creek area, to discuss the possible impact of the proposed resource management plan on the area.
The Clear Creek Management Area is 31,000 acres of public land in southern San Benito County that has been temporary closed for public use since 2008, after the United States Environmental Protection Agency found high levels of chrysotile asbestos because of the natural forming serpentine rock.
Since then, the BLM has been determining a new resource plan that it expects to release in the middle of this year. According to the draft plan, the BLM will choose from among seven alternatives that range from closing the area for good or doing nothing and re-opening it.
The meeting is a precursor to the decision to explain the options to land owners and right-of way holders at Clear Creek, according to a statement from the BLM.
“The purpose of this meeting is to explain the right-of-way process for the 31,000-acre serpentine area of critical environmental concern and how this will affect your property/right of way access,” said Christine Sloand through the BLM statement.
The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Hollister BLM office at 20 Hamilton Court, Hollister.
Calls to the office were not returned before press time.
