Amendments to Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Desert Rock Energy Project, San Juan County, NM, 12005-12006 [05-4688]
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Northeast region States: Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New
York. The Northeast Regional Panel will
discuss several topics at this meeting
including: Future panel meeting
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ANS Task Force and Invasive Species
Council and other groups; roundtable;
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York State highlights; New England
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Dated: February 23, 2005.
Mamie Parker,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task
Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries & Habitat
Conservation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic
Nuisance Species Meeting
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance
Species (ANS) Task Force Mid-Atlantic
Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The
meeting topics are identified in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The Mid-Atlantic Panel on
Aquatic Nuisance Species will meet
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March 31, 2005 and from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2005. Minutes
of the meeting will be available for
public inspection during regular
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ADDRESSES: The Mid-Atlantic Panel on
Aquatic Nuisance Species meeting will
be held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Chesapeake Bay Field Office,
177 Admiral Cochrane Drive,
Annapolis, MD 21401. Phone (410) 573–
4517. Minutes of the meeting will be
maintained in the office of Chief,
Division of Environmental Quality, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Suite 322,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington,
Virginia 22203–1622.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Greiner, Mid-Atlantic Panel on
Aquatic Nuisance Species Interim Chair
at (410) 267–5783 or Pam Meacham,
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Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.
I), this notice announces meetings of the
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance
Species. The Task Force was established
by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990. The
Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance
Species was established by the ANS
Task Force in 2003. The Mid-Atlantic
Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species,
comprised of representatives from
Federal, State, local agencies and from
private environmental and commercial
interests, performs the following
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a. Identifies priorities for activities in
the Mid-Atlantic region,
b. Develops and submits
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The purpose of the Panel is to advise
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includes nine Mid-Atlantic States:
Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
West Virginia. The Mid-Atlantic Panel
on Aquatic Nuisance Species will
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including: An overview of the ANS Task
Force and Regional Panels; ANS Task
Force Outreach and Education
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Carolina and the Chesapeake and
Delaware Bay watersheds; regional
projects; organization, operations and
budget of the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Panel; work plan development; and the
formation of work groups.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 3, 2005.
Everett Wilson,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species
Task Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries &
Habitat Conservation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amendments to Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Desert
Rock Energy Project, San Juan
County, NM
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is
amending its Notice of Intent to Prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the proposed Desert Rock
Energy Project, San Juan County, New
Mexico, published in the Federal
Register on November 10, 2004 (69 FR
65215), which described the proposed
action. The amendments: (1) Add the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, the Bureau of Land
Management and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
as cooperating agencies; (2) include the
mining of up to six million more tons
of coal per year from the BHP Navajo
Coal Company lease area and delivery of
that coal to the proposed power plant,
plus the issuance of permits required
under the Clean Water Act by the Army
Corps of Engineers and/or the EPA, for
analysis in the EIS; (3) announce five
more public scoping meetings to
identify potential issues and alternatives
for inclusion in the EIS; and (4) extend
the period for public comment on
scoping for the EIS.
DATES: Written comments addressing
issues or alternatives to be considered in
the EIS or other information bearing on
the EIS must arrive by April 11, 2005.
The additional public scoping meetings
will be held March 28, 29 (2 meetings),
30, and 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry
written comments to Eloise Chicharello,
Director, Navajo Regional Office, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, PO Box 1060, Gallup,
New Mexico 87305.
The addresses and times for the
public scoping meetings are:
1. March 28, 2005—Cortez Middle
School Cafeteria, 450 West 2nd Street,
Cortez, Colorado, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
2. March 29, 2005—Sanostee Chapter
House, Highway 491, Navajo Nation, 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.,and Burnham Chapter
House, Navajo Nation, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
3. March 30, 2005—Auxiliary
Gymnasium, Shiprock High School,
Highway 64 West, Shiprock, New
Mexico, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
4. March 31, 2005—Indian Pueblo
Cultural Center, Silver & Turquoise
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Room, 2401 12 Street NW, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
An EPA representative will be present
at the Albuquerque public meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Loretta A.W. Tsosie, (505) 863–8296, or
Richard Knox, (602) 861–7428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sithe
Global Power, LLC, a privately held,
´
independent power company, and Dine
Power Authority, an enterprise of the
Navajo Nation established by the Navajo
Nation Council to promote the
development of energy resources, have
entered into a joint agreement to
develop a coal-fired electric powergenerating plant on a 600-acre site
approximately 30 miles southwest of
Farmington, New Mexico. Coal to
support the long-term production of
electricity may be mined from the
adjacent BHP Navajo Coal Company
lease area, hence the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
would approve any necessary permits
for the existing lessee to mine additional
areas of the coal lease and construct a
coal-handling facility for delivery of
coal to the proposed electric powergenerating plant.
Resources and issues so far identified
for analysis in the EIS include air,
geology, soils, water, vegetation,
wildlife, special status species, land use,
access, visual resources, noise, social
and economic conditions,
environmental justice, hazardous
materials, and cultural and
paleontological resources. Analyses will
address requirements of the Clean Water
Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species
Act, National Historic Preservation Act,
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability
Act, Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act, and others, as needed.
Alternatives to be analyzed include, at
a minimum, the proposed action and no
action. The range of issues and
alternatives to be addressed may be
expanded based on comments received
during the scoping process.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
mailing address shown in the
ADDRESSES section, during regular
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 written comment.
Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by 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 on 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. 4321 et seq.), and
the 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.
Dated: February 23, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Public Notice
National Park Service, Interior.
Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23,
public notice is hereby given that the
National Park Service proposes to
extend the following expiring
concession contracts for a period of up
to one year, or until such time as a new
contract is executed, whichever occurs
sooner.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
All of the
listed concession authorizations will
expire by their terms on or before
December 31, 2004. The National Park
Service has determined that the
proposed short-term extensions are
necessary in order to avoid interruption
of visitor services and has taken all
reasonable and appropriate steps to
consider alternatives to avoid such
interruption. These extensions will
allow the National Park Service to
complete and issue prospectuses
leading to the competitive selection of
concessioners for new long-term
concession contracts covering these
operations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Concid ID number
Concessioner name
Park
BOST002–88 ............................................................................................
GATE019–01 ............................................................................................
SHEN001–85 ............................................................................................
Boston Concessions ...............................................
Dover Gourmet ........................................................
ARAMARK ...............................................................
Boston NHP.
Gateway NRA.
Shenandoah NP.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 2, 2005.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Jo
A. Pendry, Concession Program
Manager, National Park Service,
Washington, DC 20240, Telephone (202)
513–7156.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: December 17, 2004.
Alfred J. Poole, III,
Acting Associate Director, Administration
Business Practices and Workforce
Development.
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Draft General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for
the First Ladies National Historic Site,
Ohio; Correction
AGENCY:
National Park Service.
Notice of availability of the draft
general management plan and draft
environmental impact statement for the
First Ladies National Historic Site,
Ohio; correction.
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Federal Register, the National Park
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management plan and environmental
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First Ladies National Historic Site (the
park). Due to unanticipated delays, the
document will not be available until
April 25, 2005.
Correction: The draft GMP/EIS will be
made available for public review for 60
days following the publishing of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amendments to Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Desert Rock Energy Project, San Juan County,
NM
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs is amending its Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Desert Rock Energy Project, San
Juan County, New Mexico, published in the Federal Register on November
10, 2004 (69 FR 65215), which described the proposed action. The
amendments: (1) Add the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) as cooperating agencies; (2) include the mining
of up to six million more tons of coal per year from the BHP Navajo
Coal Company lease area and delivery of that coal to the proposed power
plant, plus the issuance of permits required under the Clean Water Act
by the Army Corps of Engineers and/or the EPA, for analysis in the EIS;
(3) announce five more public scoping meetings to identify potential
issues and alternatives for inclusion in the EIS; and (4) extend the
period for public comment on scoping for the EIS.
DATES: Written comments addressing issues or alternatives to be
considered in the EIS or other information bearing on the EIS must
arrive by April 11, 2005. The additional public scoping meetings will
be held March 28, 29 (2 meetings), 30, and 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Eloise
Chicharello, Director, Navajo Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, PO Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87305.
The addresses and times for the public scoping meetings are:
1. March 28, 2005--Cortez Middle School Cafeteria, 450 West 2nd
Street, Cortez, Colorado, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
2. March 29, 2005--Sanostee Chapter House, Highway 491, Navajo
Nation, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,and Burnham Chapter House, Navajo Nation, 4
p.m. to 8 p.m.
3. March 30, 2005--Auxiliary Gymnasium, Shiprock High School,
Highway 64 West, Shiprock, New Mexico, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
4. March 31, 2005--Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Silver &
Turquoise
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Room, 2401 12 Street NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
An EPA representative will be present at the Albuquerque public
meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loretta A.W. Tsosie, (505) 863-8296,
or Richard Knox, (602) 861-7428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sithe Global Power, LLC, a privately held,
independent power company, and Din[eacute] Power Authority, an
enterprise of the Navajo Nation established by the Navajo Nation
Council to promote the development of energy resources, have entered
into a joint agreement to develop a coal-fired electric power-
generating plant on a 600-acre site approximately 30 miles southwest of
Farmington, New Mexico. Coal to support the long-term production of
electricity may be mined from the adjacent BHP Navajo Coal Company
lease area, hence the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement would approve any necessary permits for the existing lessee
to mine additional areas of the coal lease and construct a coal-
handling facility for delivery of coal to the proposed electric power-
generating plant.
Resources and issues so far identified for analysis in the EIS
include air, geology, soils, water, vegetation, wildlife, special
status species, land use, access, visual resources, noise, social and
economic conditions, environmental justice, hazardous materials, and
cultural and paleontological resources. Analyses will address
requirements of the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species
Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, and others,
as needed. Alternatives to be analyzed include, at a minimum, the
proposed action and no action. The range of issues and alternatives to
be addressed may be expanded based on comments received during the
scoping process.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the mailing address shown in the
ADDRESSES section, during regular 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 written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by 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 on 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. 4321 et seq.),
and the 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.
Dated: February 23, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-4688 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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