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individual task groups. At a minimum,
public comments will be heard prior to
lunch and adjournment of the meeting.
chairperson, and other items of concern
within the Reclamation Task Group.
Public comments will be accepted.
Dated: March 7, 2005.
Bill Wadsworth,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 05–5102 Filed 3–14–05; 8:45 am]
Dated: March 7, 2005.
Bill Wadsworth,
Acting Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 05–5103 Filed 3–14–05; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale
Anticline Working Group’s
Reclamation Task Group
Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale
Anticline Working Group’s Water
Resources Task Group
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dessa Dale, BLM/Reclamation TG
Liaison, Bureau of Land Management,
Pinedale FO, 432 E. Mill Street, P.O.
Box 768, Pinedale WY 82941; 307–367–
5321.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pinedale Anticline Working Group
(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 this
meeting will be discussion related to
revision of the draft reclamation
monitoring plan into a new format. The
meeting will address concurrence on the
revised plan, nomination of a new
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of public meeting.
ACTION:
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)
Reclamation Task Group
(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale,
Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task
Group meetings are open to the public.
DATES: The PAWG Reclamation Task
Group will meet April 6, 2005, from 6
p.m. until 8 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings of the PAWG
Reclamation Task Group will be held in
the Lovatt Room at the Sublette County
Library. The Sublette County Library is
located at 155 South Tyler Ave., in
Pinedale.
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AGENCY:
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)
Water Resources Task Group
(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale,
Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task
Group meetings are open to the public.
DATES: PAWG Water Resources Task
Group meetings are scheduled for April
6, 2005 and May 12, 2005. Each meeting
will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Both meetings of the PAWG
Water Resources Task Group will be
held in the Lovatt Room of the Pinedale
Library at 155 S. Tyler Ave., Pinedale,
WY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Woodfield, BLM/Water
Resources TG Co-Liaison, Bureau of
Land Management, Pinedale Field
Office, 432 E. Mills St., P.O. Box 738,
Pinedale, WY 82941; (307) 367–5360 or
Dennis Doncaster, BLM/Water
Resources TG Co-Liaison, Bureau of
Land Management, Rock Springs Field
Office, 280 Hwy 191 North, Rock
Springs, Wyoming, 82901; (307) 352–
0207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pinedale Anticline Working Group
(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 proceeds for the life
of the field.
SUMMARY:
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The agenda for these meetings will
include discussion and refinement of
the water resources monitoring plan to
assess impacts of development in the
Pinedale Anticline gas field. Final Task
Group recommendations are due to the
PAWG in April, 2005. At a minimum,
public comments will be heard just
prior to adjournment of the meeting.
Dated: March 7, 2005.
Bill Wadsworth,
Acting Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 05–5104 Filed 3–14–05; 8:45 am]
Bureau of Land Management
[AK–024–05–1610–DU–WMRA]
Notice of Intent To Prepare Plan
Amendment for the 1986 White
Mountains National Recreation Area
Resource Management Plan (RMP)
Northern Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, Fairbanks, Alaska.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document provides
notice that the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) intends to prepare
an RMP amendment for the White
Mountains National Recreation Area.
The amendment will fulfill the needs
and obligations set forth by the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA), and BLM management
priorities. The BLM will work closely
with interested parties to identify the
management decisions that are best
suited to local, regional and national
needs and concerns. The public scoping
will be used to identify planning issues
and develop planning criteria.
DATES: The scoping comment period
will commence with the publication of
this notice. Formal scoping will end 60
days after publication of this notice.
Public Participation: Comments on
issues and planning criteria should be
submitted in writing and should be
received on or before the end of the
scoping period at the address listed
below. One public meeting will be held
in Fairbanks during the scoping and
preparation period. The meeting will be
announced through local news media
and the BLM Web site (https://
aurora.ak.blm.gov/) at least 15 days
prior to the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: Northern Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 1150 University
Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709–3844,
attention Lon Kelly.
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For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
Lon Kelly, telephone (907) 474–2368.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP
for the White Mountains National
Recreation Area was signed in 1986.
The planning area is approximately 60
miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska,
and encompasses approximately
1,000,000 acres of public lands within
the recreation area and approximately
20,000 acres of public lands outside of
the Recreation Area. There are
approximately 160 acres of private lands
within the Recreation Area. A recent
evaluation of the RMP found issues
related to several existing land use plan
allocations that will require an
amendment to the RPM in order to be
changed. These resource use allocations
include: (1) Areas designated for offhighway vehicle use are not meeting
RMP objectives and need to be
reevaluated, (2) two transportation
corridors were prescribed in the RMP
but only one corridor was established.
The second corridor was replaced by the
Nome Creek Gateway project. The plan
should be updated to reflect the change,
(3) there are other issues affecting this
planning area including, (a) federally
managed lands exist within the
planning area boundaries but were not
included in or covered by the RMP, (b)
there has been a change in Federal
subsistence regulations since the RMP
was completed, (c) ownership patterns
in the area have changed due to the
completion of State and native
selections, and (d) fire management
policy. Other issues may be considered
depending on public input. Additional
issues to be addressed in this
amendment can be submitted to the
BLM by interested agencies, groups, and
individuals throughout the planning
process. Documents pertinent to this
amendment may be examined at the
Northern Field Office located in
Fairbanks, Alaska. Comments, including
names and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review at the Northern Field Office
during regular business hours 7:45 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays, and may be published
as part of the EA. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality.
If you wish BLM to withhold your
name or street address from public
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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review or from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, you must
state this prominently at the beginning
or your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by
law. All submissions from organizations
and businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Robert Schneider,
Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Civil
Penalties
Minerals Management Service
(MMS).
ACTION: Notice summarizing OCS civil
penalties paid, January 1, 2004, through
December 31, 2004.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice provides a listing
of civil penalties paid January 1, 2004,
through December 31, 2004, for
violations of the OCS Lands Act
(OCSLA). The goal of the MMS OCS
Civil Penalties Program is to assure safe
and clean operations on the OCS.
Through the pursuit, assessment, and
collection of civil penalties and referrals
for the consideration of criminal
penalties, the program is designed to
encourage compliance with OCS
statutes and regulations. The purpose of
publishing the penalties summary is to
provide information to the public on
violations of special concern in OCS
operations and to provide an additional
incentive for safe and environmentally
sound operations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanne McCammon (Acting Program
Coordinator), 703–787–1292.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90)
strengthened section 24 of the OCSLA
Amendments of 1978. Subtitle B of OPA
90, titled ‘‘Penalties,’’ increased the
amount of the civil penalty from a
maximum of $10,000 to a maximum of
$20,000 per violation for each day of
noncompliance. More importantly, in
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cases where a failure to comply with
applicable regulations constitutes or
constituted a threat of serious,
irreparable, or immediate harm or
damage to life (including fish and other
aquatic life); property; any mineral
deposit; or the marine, coastal, or
human environment; OPA 90 provided
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary)
with the authority to assess a civil
penalty without regard to the
requirement of expiration of a period of
time allowed for corrective action.
On August 8, 1997, MMS published
new regulations (62 FR 42668)
implementing the civil penalty
provisions of the OCSLA. Written in
‘‘plain English,’’ the new question-andanswer format provides a better
understanding of the OCS civil penalty
process. In addition, the provisions of
OPA 90 require the Secretary to adjust
the maximum civil penalty to reflect
any increases in the Consumer Price
Index. The new rule increased the
maximum civil penalty to $25,000 per
violation, per day. Please note,
subsequent to publishing the new
regulations, MMS made several
corrections and amendments, including
the appeals procedures. These were
published at 63 FR 42711, 8/11/98; 64
FR 9066, 2/24/99; 62 FR 9065, 2/24/99,
and 64 FR 26257, 5/13/99.
On November 28, 2003, MMS
published a new regulation (68 FR
61622) adjusting the maximum civil
penalty assessment to comply with the
Department of Labor’s Consumer Price
Index. The maximum amount is now
$30,000 per violation per day.
Between August 18, 1990, and
January 2005, MMS initiated 504 civil
penalty reviews. Operators have paid
397 civil penalties for a total of
$13,234,792 in fines. Seventy cases were
dismissed; 5 cases were merged; and 32
cases are under review.
On September 1, 1997, the Associate
Director of Offshore Minerals
Management issued a notice informing
lessees and operators of Federal oil, gas,
and sulphur leases on the OCS that
MMS will annually publish a summary
of OCS civil penalties paid. The annual
summary will highlight the identity of
the party, the regulation violated, and
the amount paid. The following table
provides a listing of the penalties paid
between January 1, 2004, and December
31, 2004.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK-024-05-1610-DU-WMRA]
Notice of Intent To Prepare Plan Amendment for the 1986 White
Mountains National Recreation Area Resource Management Plan (RMP)
AGENCY: Northern Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks,
Alaska.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) intends to prepare an RMP amendment for the White
Mountains National Recreation Area. The amendment will fulfill the
needs and obligations set forth by the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and BLM
management priorities. The BLM will work closely with interested
parties to identify the management decisions that are best suited to
local, regional and national needs and concerns. The public scoping
will be used to identify planning issues and develop planning criteria.
DATES: The scoping comment period will commence with the publication of
this notice. Formal scoping will end 60 days after publication of this
notice.
Public Participation: Comments on issues and planning criteria
should be submitted in writing and should be received on or before the
end of the scoping period at the address listed below. One public
meeting will be held in Fairbanks during the scoping and preparation
period. The meeting will be announced through local news media and the
BLM Web site (https://aurora.ak.blm.gov/) at least 15 days prior to the
meeting.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Northern Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska
99709-3844, attention Lon Kelly.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact Lon Kelly, telephone (907)
474-2368.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMP for the White Mountains National
Recreation Area was signed in 1986. The planning area is approximately
60 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska, and encompasses approximately
1,000,000 acres of public lands within the recreation area and
approximately 20,000 acres of public lands outside of the Recreation
Area. There are approximately 160 acres of private lands within the
Recreation Area. A recent evaluation of the RMP found issues related to
several existing land use plan allocations that will require an
amendment to the RPM in order to be changed. These resource use
allocations include: (1) Areas designated for off-highway vehicle use
are not meeting RMP objectives and need to be reevaluated, (2) two
transportation corridors were prescribed in the RMP but only one
corridor was established. The second corridor was replaced by the Nome
Creek Gateway project. The plan should be updated to reflect the
change, (3) there are other issues affecting this planning area
including, (a) federally managed lands exist within the planning area
boundaries but were not included in or covered by the RMP, (b) there
has been a change in Federal subsistence regulations since the RMP was
completed, (c) ownership patterns in the area have changed due to the
completion of State and native selections, and (d) fire management
policy. Other issues may be considered depending on public input.
Additional issues to be addressed in this amendment can be submitted to
the BLM by interested agencies, groups, and individuals throughout the
planning process. Documents pertinent to this amendment may be examined
at the Northern Field Office located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Comments,
including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available
for public review at the Northern Field Office during regular business
hours 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays,
and may be published as part of the EA. Individual respondents may
request confidentiality.
If you wish BLM to withhold your name or street address from public
review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you
must state this prominently at the beginning or your written comment.
Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All
submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Robert Schneider,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-5018 Filed 3-14-05; 8:45 am]
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