Notice of Availability of Supplemental Air Quality Information for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Jonah Infill Drilling Project, Pinedale, Wyoming, 46187-46188 [05-15808]
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Federal laws, Executive Orders, and
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Background: The Barton Springs
Ecosystem is dependent upon adequate
spring flow from the Barton Springs
segment of the Edwards Aquifer to
support endangered species. Cessation
of spring flow in the Barton Springs
Ecosystem may result in ‘‘take’’ of listed
species and an appreciable reduction in
the likelihood of survival and recovery
of listed species. Due to the growing
water use anticipated in the Barton
Springs segment of the Edwards
Aquifer, a comprehensive management
plan may be necessary to assure the
sustained spring flow in the Barton
Springs Ecosystem.
The Service proposes to prepare a
draft EIS to evaluate the impacts of
alternatives associated with issuing an
incidental take permit under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Section
9 of the Act prohibits the taking of
Federally listed species, unless
authorized under the provisions of
Section 7 or 10 of the Act. The term
‘‘take’’ under the Act includes actions
that may directly kill or injure listed
species, actions that significantly
disrupt normal behavioral patterns such
as feeding and breeding, and actions
that detrimentally modify habitat to the
extent that harms individuals of the
species.
Section 10(a)(1)(B) allows the Service
to permit taking of listed species,
provided that taking is incidental to an
otherwise legal activity, and that it will
not jeopardize a listed species. The
applicant must submit an HCP as part
of the incidental take permit
application.
Proposed Action: The District will
consider adoption of an HCP consistent
with the Service’s Barton Springs
Salamander (Draft) Recovery Plan
(January 2005) and with Sections 9 and
10 of the Act. The District’s proposed
HCP will consider a comprehensive
approach to protect Federally listed
species and their habitats that may be
affected by groundwater withdrawals
from the aquifer. Activities proposed for
consideration under the Permit may
include management and permitting of
certain water withdrawals from the
Edwards Aquifer within the jurisdiction
of the District, and habitat conservation
measures to mitigate impacts of changes
in flows of Barton Springs.
Comments Requested: The Service is
soliciting information and comments on
the scope of issues to be addressed in
the draft EIS. The NEPA process is
intended to aid public officials to make
decisions based on the understanding of
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environmental consequences and take
actions that protect, restore, and
enhance the human environment. NEPA
scoping procedures are intended to
ensure that information on the proposed
action, alternatives, and impacts are
solicited from the public and that all
information is available to public
officials and citizens before planning
decisions are made. Accurate scientific
analysis, expert agency comments, and
public scrutiny are essential to
implementing NEPA. NEPA documents
concentrate on the issues that are
significant to the action in question. The
Service invites the public to submit
information and comments either in
writing or at the scheduled meeting. The
Austin meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m.
on August 23, 2005, at the Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La
Crosse Avenue in Travis County, Texas.
The Service requests that comments be
as specific as possible.
Major environmental and species
concerns in this scoping process include
the direct, indirect, and cumulative
impacts that implementation of the
proposal could have on endangered and
candidate listed species, other
environmental resources, and the
quality of the human environment.
Other relevant issues include effects of
aquifer and water withdrawal levels on
Barton Springs flows, effect of various
aquifer water use management options,
and alternative water supply options on
the environments affected by those
options.
The Service is gathering information
necessary for the preparation of an EIS.
Information regarding the following
topics would assist the Service in
assessing the impacts of the proposed
issuance of an incidental take permit
under the provisions of an HCP: The
hydrogeology of the Barton Springs
segment of the Edwards Aquifer and the
effects of aquifer levels on spring flows
at Barton Springs as they relate to the
habitat needs of Federally listed species;
potential water conservation measures
and strategies to reduce the withdrawal
demands on the Edwards Aquifer and
their negative effects on spring flows;
alternate water supplies and their
potential effect on reducing Edwards
Aquifer water withdrawals and
maintaining spring flows; effects of
aquifer level management and spring
flow changes on the quality of the
issues; the impact of no action; or
suggestions that would be relevant
toward the Service’s review and
development of alternatives.
In addition to considering impacts on
listed species and their habitat, the EIS
must include information on impacts
from the proposal and alternatives to the
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proposal on other components of the
human environment. These other
components include such things as air
and water quality, cultural resources,
other fish and wildlife species, social
resources, and economic resources.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–05–1310–DB]
Notice of Availability of Supplemental
Air Quality Information for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
Jonah Infill Drilling Project, Pinedale,
Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
supplemental information and its public
review period
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of supplemental air quality
analyses and information prepared for
the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the Jonah Infill
Drilling Project (JIDP), Sublette County,
Wyoming. The supplemental
information will be available to the
public for a 60-day review and comment
period.
DATES: The supplemental air quality
information will be available for review
for 60 calendar days starting on the date
this notice is published in the Federal
Register. The BLM can best use your
comments within this 60-day review
period.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the supplemental
air quality information is available for
public inspection during regular
business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday) at the
following BLM office locations:
• Bureau of Land Management,
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
• Bureau of Land Management,
Pinedale Field Office, 432 East Mill
Street, Pinedale, Wyoming.
The document may be available
electronically on the following Web site:
https://www.wy.blm.gov/nepa/
nepadocs.htm. If you wish to review the
information electronically, please check
with the Pinedale Field Office as to the
availability of BLM Internet documents.
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For
information regarding the JIDP DEIS,
contact Carol Kruse, Project Manager,
Pinedale Field Office, 432 E. Mill Street,
P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming
82941. For technical air quality
information contact Susan Caplan,
Meteorologist, BLM, Wyoming State
Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road,
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009. Ms. Kruse
and Ms. Caplan may be contacted by
telephone at (307) 367–5352 and (307)
775–6113, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 11, 2005, the BLM published
in the Federal Register a Notice of
Availability of a DEIS for the JIDP for
public review and comment. On April
12, 2005, the BLM published
notification in the Federal Register of
its intent to prepare supplemental air
quality information for the JIDP DEIS.
Until the analyses and supplemental
information were completed, the public
was provided with additional time to
submit comments on the air quality
information contained in the DEIS. The
analyses have been completed and the
supplemental air quality information is
now available for review.
A summary of the supplemental air
quality information has been sent to
affected Federal, State, and local
government agencies and to interested
parties. A copy of the full report is
available from the Pinedale Field Office
upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
How To Submit Comments
The BLM welcomes your comments
on the supplemental air quality
information prepared for the JIDP DEIS.
The BLM asks that your comments
specifically reference page number and
paragraph in the report, where possible.
Comments that contain only opinions or
preferences will not receive a formal
response; they will, however, be
considered and included as part of the
BLM decisionmaking process.
Written comments may be mailed
directly or delivered to the BLM at:
Jonah Infill Drilling Project DEIS,
Project Manager, Bureau of Land
Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432
East Mill Street, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale,
Wyoming 82941.
You may also send your comments
electronically to
WYMail_Jonah_Infill@blm.gov. Please
write ‘‘Attention: Carol Kruse’’ in the
subject line.
To ensure full consideration by the
BLM, all comment submittals must
include the commenter’s name and
street address.
Comments, including the names and
street addresses of each respondent, will
be available for public review at the
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Pinedale Field Office during regular
business hours, Monday through Friday,
except for Federal holidays. You
comments may be published as part of
the EIS process. Individual respondents
may request confidentiality. If you wish
to withhold your name or street address,
or both, from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
written comments. Such requests will
be honored to the extent allowed by
law. We will not consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from
organizations or businesses will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Dated: June 21, 2005.
Alan L. Kesterke,
Associate State Director.
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statements may be submitted for the
Councils consideration. Depending on
the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time
for individual oral comments may be
limited. Summary minutes for the
Council Meeting will be maintained in
the Royal Gorge Field Office and will be
available for public inspection and
reproduction during regular business
hours within thirty (30) days following
the meeting. Meeting Minutes and
agenda (10 days prior to each meeting)
are also available at: https://
www.blm.gov/rac/co/frrac/co_fr.htm.
Dated: August 2, 2005.
Roy L. Masinton,
Royal Gorge Field Manager.
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Notice of Public Meeting, Idaho Falls
District Resource Advisory Council
Meeting
Notice of Meeting, Front Range
Resource Advisory Council (Colorado)
AGENCY:
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Front Range
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 7, 2005 from 9:15 a.m. to 4
p.m.
ADDRESSES: Holy Cross Abbey
Community Center, 2951 E. Highway
50, Canon City, Colorado 81212.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Smith, (719) 269–8500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15
member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Land Management, on a variety of
planning and management issues
associated with public land
management in the Royal Gorge Field
Office and San Luis Valley, Colorado.
Planned agenda topics include: Manager
updates on current land management
issues; current realty actions and travel
management planning. All meetings are
open to the public. The public is
encouraged to make oral comments to
the Council at 9:30 a.m. or written
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls
District Resource Advisory Council
(RAC), will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 7 and 8, 2005 at the BLM
Salmon Field Office, 50 U.S. Highway
93 South in Salmon, Idaho. The meeting
will start at 1 p.m. September 7, with
the public comment period as the first
agenda item. The meeting will adjourn
at or before 3 p.m. on the following day.
This will be the final meeting of the
2004–05 session. The first meeting of
the new session will be held in
November or December.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Land Management, on a variety of
planning and management issues
associated with public land
management in the BLM Idaho Falls
District (IFD), which covers eastern
Idaho. At this meeting, topics we plan
to discuss include:
• Sage Grouse Conservation strategies
for the State of Idaho, if completed and
released for public review.
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-100-05-1310-DB]
Notice of Availability of Supplemental Air Quality Information
for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Jonah Infill Drilling
Project, Pinedale, Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of supplemental information and its
public review period
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of supplemental air quality analyses and information prepared for the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Jonah Infill
Drilling Project (JIDP), Sublette County, Wyoming. The supplemental
information will be available to the public for a 60-day review and
comment period.
DATES: The supplemental air quality information will be available for
review for 60 calendar days starting on the date this notice is
published in the Federal Register. The BLM can best use your comments
within this 60-day review period.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the supplemental air quality information is
available for public inspection during regular business hours (8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) at the following BLM office
locations:
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432 East
Mill Street, Pinedale, Wyoming.
The document may be available electronically on the following Web
site: https://www.wy.blm.gov/nepa/nepadocs.htm. If you wish to review
the information electronically, please check with the Pinedale Field
Office as to the availability of BLM Internet documents.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the JIDP
DEIS, contact Carol Kruse, Project Manager, Pinedale Field Office, 432
E. Mill Street, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941. For technical
air quality information contact Susan Caplan, Meteorologist, BLM,
Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009.
Ms. Kruse and Ms. Caplan may be contacted by telephone at (307) 367-
5352 and (307) 775-6113, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 11, 2005, the BLM published in
the Federal Register a Notice of Availability of a DEIS for the JIDP
for public review and comment. On April 12, 2005, the BLM published
notification in the Federal Register of its intent to prepare
supplemental air quality information for the JIDP DEIS. Until the
analyses and supplemental information were completed, the public was
provided with additional time to submit comments on the air quality
information contained in the DEIS. The analyses have been completed and
the supplemental air quality information is now available for review.
A summary of the supplemental air quality information has been sent
to affected Federal, State, and local government agencies and to
interested parties. A copy of the full report is available from the
Pinedale Field Office upon request.
How To Submit Comments
The BLM welcomes your comments on the supplemental air quality
information prepared for the JIDP DEIS. The BLM asks that your comments
specifically reference page number and paragraph in the report, where
possible. Comments that contain only opinions or preferences will not
receive a formal response; they will, however, be considered and
included as part of the BLM decisionmaking process.
Written comments may be mailed directly or delivered to the BLM at:
Jonah Infill Drilling Project DEIS, Project Manager, Bureau of Land
Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432 East Mill Street, P.O. Box 768,
Pinedale, Wyoming 82941.
You may also send your comments electronically to WYMail--Jonah--
Infill@blm.gov. Please write ``Attention: Carol Kruse'' in the subject
line.
To ensure full consideration by the BLM, all comment submittals
must include the commenter's name and street address.
Comments, including the names and street addresses of each
respondent, will be available for public review at the Pinedale Field
Office during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, except for
Federal holidays. You comments may be published as part of the EIS
process. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you
wish to withhold your name or street address, or both, from public
review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you
must state this prominently at the beginning of your written comments.
Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. We will not
consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or
businesses will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Dated: June 21, 2005.
Alan L. Kesterke,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-15808 Filed 8-8-05; 8:45 am]
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