Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Locations and Times, 9964-9965 [05-3888]

Download as PDF 9964 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 1, 2005 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Selwyn, (505) 563–3106. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pueblo proposes that 78.431 acres of land be taken into trust so that the Pueblo may use the property for the development of gaming and related entertainment facilities. The 78.431 acres proposed for trust acquisition are part of a 111.7 acre tract located on the southwest corner of Interstate 10 and New Mexico State Road 404 (O’Hara Road) in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Although the eventual size and scope of the facilities may be altered based on information obtained through the EIS process, the Pueblo’s current proposal is to build and then operate for 2 years a 24,000 square foot temporary casino on acquired trust land, while building a permanent gaming facility. The permanent facility, also on acquired trust land, would have a 48,000 square feet gaming floor and would be connected to an 80 to 100 room hotel located on adjacent, non-trust land. The temporary casino would have asphalt parking for 500 vehicles that would be retained after operations begin in the permanent casino. Approximately 260 additional asphalt parking spaces, including spaces for oversized vehicles, will be added at the time the permanent casino begins operations. The proposed action encompasses the various federal approvals required to implement the Pueblo’s fee-to-trust application. Areas of environmental concern identified so far for analysis in the EIS include land resources, water resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, socioeconomic conditions, traffic and transportation, land use, public utilities and services, noise, lighting, hazardous materials, environmental justice, and visual resources/aesthetics. The range of issues and alternatives to be addressed in the EIS may be expanded based on comments received in response to this notice and at the public scoping meeting. Public Comment Availability Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES section, during business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish us 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 VerDate jul<14>2003 14:21 Feb 28, 2005 Jkt 205001 written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by the law. We will not, however, consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety. Authority: This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.l. Dated: February 23, 2005. Michael D. Olsen, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary— Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 05–4028 Filed 2–28–05; 8:45 am] (PAWG) was authorized and established with release of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG advises the BLM on the development and implementation of monitoring plans and adaptive management decisions as development of the Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Field (PAPA) proceeds for the life of the field. The agenda for these meetings will include follow-up discussions and recommendations on proposed monitoring plans submitted by individual task groups. At a minimum, public comments will be heard prior to lunch and adjournment of the meeting each day. Dated: February 14, 2005. Priscilla E. Mecham, Field Office Manager. [FR Doc. 05–3837 Filed 2–28–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–22–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BILLING CODE 3410–W7–P Bureau of Land Management DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [NV–912–05–1990–PO–241A–006F] Bureau of Land Management Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Locations and Times [WY–100–05–1310–DB] Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Group meetings are open to the public. DATES: The PAWG will hold meetings on April 21 and May 19, 2005, with both meetings being held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ADDRESSES: These meetings of the PAWG will be held in the Lovatt room of the Pinedale Library, 155 S. Tyler Ave., Pinedale, WY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Kruse, BLM/PAWG Liaison, Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432 E. Mills St., PO Box 738, Pinedale, WY 82941; 307–367– 5352. The Pinedale Anticline Working Group SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of meeting locations and times for the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (Nevada). AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), two meetings of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC), Nevada, will be held as indicated below. Topics for discussion at the meetings will include, but are not limited to: Manager’s reports of current field office activities; RAC subcommittee reports on guidelines for wild horse management; Carson City Field Office Energy RMP Amendment/ DEIS; Churchill County RMP Amendment/EA; Pine Nut Mountain RMP Amendment/DEIS; Granite-Fox Power Plant Project; Coer-Rochester Mine Plan/DEIS; BLM–Nevada Draft OHV Route Inventory & Designation Strategy; Winnemucca RMP/DEIS; Winnemucca Field Office Wildfire Support Group; Sierra Front Recreation Coalition Map; and additional topics the council may raise during the meetings. E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.SGM 01MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 1, 2005 / Notices & TIMES: The RAC will meet on Wednesday-Thursday, April 27–28, 2005, at the BLM-Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada; and on Thursday-Friday, July 28–29, 2005, at the BLM–Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, Nevada. All meetings are open to the public. A general public comment period, where the public may submit oral or written comments to the RAC, will be held on the first day of each two-day meeting at 4 p.m. (April 27 & July 28). A final detailed agenda, with any additions/corrections to agenda topics and the starting and ending times of each meeting, will be determined/ posted at least two weeks before each two-day meeting on the BLM–Nevada State Office Web site at https:// www.nv.blm.gov/rac; hard copies of the agendas can also be mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals who need special assistance such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, or who wish a hard copy of the agenda, should contact Mark Struble, Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 885–6107, no later than two weeks before each twoday meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer, BLM Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701. Telephone: (775) 885–6107. Email: mstruble@nv.blm.gov DATES Dated: February 22, 2005. Don Hicks, Field Office Manager, BLM–Carson City Field Office. [FR Doc. 05–3888 Filed 2–28–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CA–180] Cancellation of Scheduled Meeting of the Central California Resource Advisory Council ACTION: Cancellation of public meeting . SUMMARY: The meeting of the Central California Advisory Council scheduled for March 11 and 12, 2005, as announced in the Federal Register on February 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 30, Page 7757) is cancelled for logistical reasons, and will be rescheduled for July. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deane Swickard, Field Manager, 63 VerDate jul<14>2003 14:21 Feb 28, 2005 Jkt 205001 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630, telephone (916) 985–4474. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The twelve-member Central California Resource Advisory Council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of public land issues associated with public land management in Central California. The meeting will be rescheduled for July in the Sacramento region on a date yet unspecified. The rescheduled meeting will be announced in the Federal Register. Charge Code: CA 180–1430–HN. Dated: February 23, 2005. D.K. Swickard, Folsom Field Office Manager. [FR Doc. 05–3890 Filed 2–28–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–40–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service Programmatic Environmental Assessment of Structure-Removal Operations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability of an environmental assessment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of structure-removal activities on the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The activities analyzed in the EA include vessel and equipment mobilization, structure preparation, nonexplosive- and explosive-severance activities, post-severance lifting and salvage, and site-clearance verification. The impact-producing factors of structure removals considered in the EA include seafloor disturbances, air emissions and water discharges, pressure and acoustic energy from explosive detonations, and space-use conflicts with other OCS users. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, Mr. Dennis Chew, (504) 736–2793. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS requires operators engaged in activities on the OCS, including structure-removal or decommissioning activities, to comply with the OCS Lands Act of 1953, as amended, and its implementing regulations for operations at 30 CFR part PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9965 250, and with a number of lease stipulations, Notices to Lessees, and other mitigation measures designed to reduce or eliminate impacts to sensitive environmental resources from impactproducing factors such as vessel or aircraft traffic, anchoring, and trash and debris. As part of the impact analyses completed in the Structure-Removal Operations EA, current (the status quo) and additional feasible mitigation measures were considered and evaluated to reduce further the potential for impacts to marine mammals, sea turtles, archaeological artifacts, and sensitive biological features. Based on established significance criteria, the results of the impact analyses are that structure-removal activities are not expected to result in significant adverse impacts to any of the potentially affected resources. Potentially adverse but not significant impacts were identified for marine mammals, and negligible to potentially adverse but not significant impacts were identified for sea turtles. No potentially significant impacts were identified for air and water quality; fish, benthic, and archaeological resources; or other OCS pipeline, navigation, and military uses. The EA has resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). Based on this EA, we have concluded that the structure-removal activities evaluated in the EA will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Preparation of an environmental impact statement is not required. The EA will be included as part of the information package used to petition the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for small ‘‘takes’’ incidental to explosiveseverance activities in the GOM, under the enabling regulations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Information from the EA will also be used in documentation for a formal consultation with NOAA under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (50 CFR 402.14). Public Comments: Interested parties may submit comments on this EA/ FONSI within 30 days of this Notice’s publication to the Regional Supervisor, Leasing and Environment (MS 5410), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Minerals Management Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. Comments may be submitted in one of the following three ways: 1. Comments may be submitted using MMS’s new Public Connect on-line commenting system at https:// ocsconnect.mms.gov. This is the preferred method for commenting. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9964-9965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3888]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-912-05-1990-PO-241A-006F]


Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; 
Notice of Meeting Locations and Times

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting locations and times for the Sierra Front-
Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (Nevada).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), two meetings of 
the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC), 
Nevada, will be held as indicated below. Topics for discussion at the 
meetings will include, but are not limited to: Manager's reports of 
current field office activities; RAC subcommittee reports on guidelines 
for wild horse management; Carson City Field Office Energy RMP 
Amendment/DEIS; Churchill County RMP Amendment/EA; Pine Nut Mountain 
RMP Amendment/DEIS; Granite-Fox Power Plant Project; Coer-Rochester 
Mine Plan/DEIS; BLM-Nevada Draft OHV Route Inventory & Designation 
Strategy; Winnemucca RMP/DEIS; Winnemucca Field Office Wildfire Support 
Group; Sierra Front Recreation Coalition Map; and additional topics the 
council may raise during the meetings.

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DATES & TIMES: The RAC will meet on Wednesday-Thursday, April 27-28, 
2005, at the BLM-Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd., 
Winnemucca, Nevada; and on Thursday-Friday, July 28-29, 2005, at the 
BLM-Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, 
Nevada. All meetings are open to the public. A general public comment 
period, where the public may submit oral or written comments to the 
RAC, will be held on the first day of each two-day meeting at 4 p.m. 
(April 27 & July 28).
    A final detailed agenda, with any additions/corrections to agenda 
topics and the starting and ending times of each meeting, will be 
determined/posted at least two weeks before each two-day meeting on the 
BLM-Nevada State Office Web site at https://www.nv.blm.gov/rac; hard 
copies of the agendas can also be mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals 
who need special assistance such as sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodations, or who wish a hard copy of the agenda, 
should contact Mark Struble, Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill 
Road, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 885-6107, no later than 
two weeks before each two-day meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer, 
BLM Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 
89701. Telephone: (775) 885-6107. E-mail: mstruble@nv.blm.gov

    Dated: February 22, 2005.
Don Hicks,
Field Office Manager, BLM-Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 05-3888 Filed 2-28-05; 8:45 am]
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