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selected applications until the middle of
December, 2005, if your option expires
prior to December 31, 2005, in order to
ensure that you have an acceptable
application, you should execute the
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This requirement applies to all
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Dated: July 29, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT–020–05–1310–DO–CBMP]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplement to the Statewide Oil and
Gas Final Environmental Impact
Statement and Amendment of the
Powder River and Billings Resource
Management Plans; MT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
Supplement to the Montana Statewide
Oil and Gas Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and Amendment of the
Powder River and Billings Resource
Management Plans (Statewide
Document) and to initiate public
scoping.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: By Order of the U.S. District
Court for the District of Montana,
pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 and 43 CFR
1610.2(c) for amending resource
management plans (RMPs), and in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321), as amended, and the
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
is preparing a Supplement to the
Statewide Document (SEIS/
Amendment) and will amend the
Powder River and Billings RMPs. The
SEIS/Amendment will evaluate the
effects of phased coal bed natural gas
(CBNG) development and production in
the Billings and Powder River RMP
areas. The tentative completion date of
the Record of Decision for the SEIS/
Amendment is December 2006.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
of the SEIS/Amendment and the
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proposed planning criteria may be
submitted for 30 days from the date of
this notice. Public scoping meetings will
be held in Miles City, Broadus, Lame
Deer and Billings, Montana. Meeting
locations and dates for each town will
be announced through the local news
media.
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods.
Written comments must be signed.
Mail: BLM, Attn: Mary Bloom, SEIS/
Amendment Comments, 111 Garryowen
Road, Miles City, MT 59301.
E-mail: mtseis@blm.gov.
Fax: (406) 233–2921.
Hand-Deliver: Miles City Field Office,
111 Garryowen Road, Miles City,
Montana.
Comments may also be submitted to
the BLM at the public scoping meetings.
Documents pertinent to the SEIS/
Amendment may be examined at the
Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen
Road, Miles City, MT. Proposed
planning criteria may be obtained by
contacting the BLM at the above
address.
ADDRESSES:
Contact Mary
Bloom, Project Manager, BLM, Miles
City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road,
Miles City, MT 59301, telephone (406)
233–2852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Powder River and Billings RMP areas
comprise approximately 1,506,011 acres
of BLM managed surface and 5,009,784
acres of BLM managed mineral estate.
There are approximately 3,185,016 acres
of BLM managed oil and gas.
The Powder River RMP area includes
Powder River, Carter, and Treasure
counties; and portions of Big Horn,
Custer, and Rosebud counties. The
Billings RMP area includes Carbon,
Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater,
Sweet Grass, Wheatland, and
Yellowstone counties; and the
remaining portion of Big Horn County.
BLM published the original Notice of
Intent for the Montana Statewide Oil
and Gas Final EIS and Amendment of
the Powder River and Billings RMPs in
the Federal Register on December 19,
2000. The Statewide Document Notice
of Availability was published in the
Federal Register on January 17, 2003,
and the Record of Decision approved on
April 30, 2003. The State of Montana
and BLM were co-leads for the
Statewide Document. Several lawsuits
were filed immediately against the BLM
decision. Two of the lawsuits resulted
in an April 5, 2005 ruling by the U.S.
District Court ordering BLM to prepare
a Supplemental EIS to consider a
phased development alternative for
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CBNG production in the Billings and
Powder River RMP Areas of Montana.
Topics to be addressed in the SEIS/
Amendment are those provided by the
U.S. District Court: Phased CBNG
development, the inclusion of the
proposed Tongue River Railroad in the
cumulative impact analysis, and a
discussion on how private water well
mitigation agreements will help
alleviate the impacts of methane
migration and groundwater drawdown.
The purpose of the public scoping
period is to help BLM define ‘‘phased
development’’ and to identify relevant
issues that should be considered and
analyzed in the SEIS/Amendment, in
addition to those mentioned above.
The SEIS/Amendment will be
prepared by an interdisciplinary team of
specialists for recreation, fisheries,
economics, sociology, archeology, air
quality, wildlife, realty, minerals and
range management.
Please note that comments and
information submitted regarding this
SEIS/Amendment, including names, email addresses and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address. BLM will not accept
anonymous comments. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. Individuals who wish to
withhold their name or street address
from public review or from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act
must state this prominently at the
beginning of their written comments.
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.
Dated: July 27, 2005.
David McIlnay,
Field Manager, BLM Miles City, Montana
Field Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Meeting of the California Desert
District Advisory Council
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in
accordance with Public Laws 92–463
and 94–579, that the California Desert
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District Advisory Council to the Bureau
of Land Management, U.S. Department
of the Interior, will participate in a field
tour of BLM-administered public lands
on Friday, September 23, 2005, from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal
session on Saturday, September 24 from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Baker Community
Center, located at 56725 Park Avenue in
Baker.
The Council and interested members
of the public will depart for a field tour
at 7:30 a.m. from the Desert Studies
Center at Zzyzx. The public is welcome
to participate in the tour, but should
plan on providing their own
transportation, drinks, and lunch. Tour
stops and presentations and meeting
agenda topics will be announced later.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Desert
District Advisory Council meetings are
open to the public. Time for public
comment may be made available by the
Council Chairman during the
presentation of various agenda items,
and is scheduled at the end of the
meeting for topics not on the agenda.
Public comment for items not on the
agenda will be scheduled at the
beginning of the meeting Saturday
morning.
Written comments may be filed in
advance of the meeting for the
California Desert District Advisory
Council, c/o Bureau of Land
Management, Public Affairs Office,
22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos,
Moreno Valley, California 92553.
Written comments also are accepted at
the time of the meeting and, if copies
are provided to the recorder, will be
incorporated into the minutes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doran Sanchez, BLM California Desert
District Public Affairs Specialist (951)
697–5220.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Linda Hansen,
District Manager.
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Bureau of Land Management
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[UT–910–05–1040–PH–24–1A]
Minerals Management Service
Notice of Utah Resource Advisory
Council Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Utah Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
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Dated: July 27, 2005.
Gene Terland,
Associate State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM) Utah
Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The Utah Resource Advisory
Council (RAC) will meet September 8
(8–5) and September 9 (8–12:15), 2005,
in Blanding, Utah. On September 8, the
RAC will meet at the Edge of the Cedars
State Park Museum (located at 660 West
400 North, Blanding) for a field trip to
the Four Corners region of Utah. On
September 9, the RAC will meet at the
Blanding Arts & Events Center
Auditorium (located at 715 West 200
South, Blanding). A half-hour public
comment period is scheduled to begin at
11:30 a.m. on September 9. Written
comments may be sent to the Bureau of
Land Management address listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherry Foot, Special Programs
Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau
of Land Management, P.O. Box 45155,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84145–0155; phone
(801) 539–4195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 8, the RAC will be
introduced to the cultural resources and
their relationship to other resources.
The field trip will focus on the Comb
Ridge area and include short hikes and
a drive through Butler and Comb
Washes. On September 9, the RAC will
be given updates on the Resource
Management Plans, Fires across the
state, and Day-Ride Maps. An overview
of issues occurring on BLM Utah lands,
an update from the Factory Butte RAC
Subgroup and a presentation on the role
of the Public Lands Council will also be
given.
All meetings are open to the public;
however, transportation, lodging, and
meals are the responsibility of the
participating public.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
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collection (OMB Control Number 1010–
0073).
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
30 CFR part 220. This notice also
provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements. The previous title of this
ICR was ‘‘30 CFR part 220, Accounting
Procedures for Determining Net Profit
Share Payment for Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Leases.’’ The new title
of this ICR is ‘‘30 CFR part 220—
Accounting Procedures for Determining
Net Profit Share Payment for Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases,
§ 220.010 NPSL capital account,
§ 220.030 Maintenance of records,
§ 220.031 Reporting and payment
requirements, § 220.032 Inventories, and
§ 220.033 Audits.’’
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before September 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
by either FAX (202) 395–6566 or e-mail
(OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior (OMB
Control Number 1010–0073). Mail your
comments to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead
Regulatory Specialist, Chief of Staff
Office, Minerals Management Service,
Minerals Revenue Management, P.O.
Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver, Colorado
80225. If you use an overnight courier
service or wish to hand-carry your
comments, our courier address is
Building 85, Room A–614, Denver
Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.
You may also e-mail your comments to
us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include
the title of the information collection
and the OMB Control Number in the
‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also
include your name and return address.
Submit electronic comments as an
ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
If you do not receive a confirmation that
we have received your e-mail, contact
Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, e-mail
sharron.gebhardt@mms.gov. You may
also contact Sharron Gebhardt to obtain,
at no cost, a copy of the regulations that
require the subject collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463
and 94-579, that the California Desert
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District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of BLM-
administered public lands on Friday, September 23, 2005, from 7:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m., and meet in formal session on Saturday, September 24 from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Baker Community Center, located at 56725 Park
Avenue in Baker.
The Council and interested members of the public will depart for a
field tour at 7:30 a.m. from the Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx. The
public is welcome to participate in the tour, but should plan on
providing their own transportation, drinks, and lunch. Tour stops and
presentations and meeting agenda topics will be announced later.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Desert District Advisory Council
meetings are open to the public. Time for public comment may be made
available by the Council Chairman during the presentation of various
agenda items, and is scheduled at the end of the meeting for topics not
on the agenda. Public comment for items not on the agenda will be
scheduled at the beginning of the meeting Saturday morning.
Written comments may be filed in advance of the meeting for the
California Desert District Advisory Council, c/o Bureau of Land
Management, Public Affairs Office, 22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos,
Moreno Valley, California 92553. Written comments also are accepted at
the time of the meeting and, if copies are provided to the recorder,
will be incorporated into the minutes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doran Sanchez, BLM California Desert
District Public Affairs Specialist (951) 697-5220.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Linda Hansen,
District Manager.
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