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provides management decisions for
197,000 acres.
Juan Palma,
Field Manager, Las Vegas.
[FR Doc. 05–18973 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am]
Dated: September 14, 2005.
Priscilla Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Draft South Denali Implementation
Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement
[WY–100–05–1310–DB]
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability of the
Draft South Denali Implementation Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale
Anticline Working Group
ACTION:
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 meet October 25,
2005, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting of the PAWG
will be held in the Lovatt room of the
Pinedale Library, 155 S. Tyler Ave.,
Pinedale, WY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Stiewig, BLM/PAWG Liaison,
Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale
Field Office, 432 E. Mills St., P.O. Box
738, Pinedale, WY 82941; (307) 367–
5363.
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.
The agenda for this meeting will
include discussions concerning any
modifications task groups may wish to
make to their monitoring
recommendations, a discussion on
monitoring funding sources, and overall
adaptive management implementation
as it applies to the PAWG. At a
minimum, public comments will be
heard prior to lunch and adjournment of
the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Draft South Denali Implementation Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Denali National Park and
Preserve. The document describes and
analyzes the environmental impacts of a
preferred alternative and one action
alternative for expanding visitor
facilities and access opportunities in the
south Denali region. A no action
alternative also is evaluated. This notice
announces the 60-day public comment
period and solicits comments on the
draft plan and EIS.
DATES: Written comments on the draft
plan and EIS must be received no later
than November 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft plan
and EIS should be submitted to the
Superintendent, Denali National Park
and Preserve, Post Office Box 9, Denali
Park, Alaska 99755. Submit electronic
comments to https://
parkplanning.nps.gov. The draft EIS
may be viewed online at https://
www.southdenaliplanning.com. Hard
copies or CDs of the Draft South Denali
Implementation Plan and EIS are
available by request from the
aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Tranel, Chief of Planning, Denali
National Park and Preserve. Telephone:
(907) 644–3611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Park Service (NPS) in
cooperation with the State of Alaska,
and Matanuska Susitna Borough has
prepared a draft implementation plan
and accompanying EIS for expanded
visitor facilities and access
opportunities in the south Denali
region. The purpose of the plan and EIS
is to address the needs of a growing
visitor population in the south Denali
region for the next two decades. The
south Denali region is defined to
include the southern portions of Denali
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National Park and Preserve, Denali State
Park in its entirety, and adjoining lands
owned and managed by the State of
Alaska and the Matanuska Susitna
Borough. The implementation plan and
EIS was initiated to address the rapidly
growing level of visitation, resource
management concerns, and anticipated
demand for future uses of public lands
in the south Denali region.
The draft plan and EIS includes a
range of alternatives based on planning
objectives, environmental resources,
and public input. Each alternative
represents a development concept that
addresses the needs and concerns of the
land managers, local communities, and
visitors. Two alternatives in addition to
a no-action alternative were developed.
Alternative A (No Action): Under
Alternative A, no new actions would be
implemented to support the 1997
Record of Decision for the South Side
Denali Development Concept Plan
except for those projects already
approved and initiated. This alternative
represents no change from current
management direction and therefore
represents the existing condition in the
south Denali region. However, it does
not ensure a similar future condition
which could be affected by factors
unrelated to this planning effort.
Alternative B: This destination facility
in the Peters Hills would serve package
tourism, the independent traveler, local
school groups, and Alaskan travelers.
Access to this facility would be from the
Trapper Creek area on the Petersville
Road, and a new, seven mile access
road. The vision is for a high quality
facility that offers a range of
opportunities for learning and recreating
during the summer months.
Development of campgrounds,
enhancements to local trail systems and
road corridors, and increased
interpretive signage are also
components of this alternative.
Alternative C (Preferred Alternative):
This destination facility would be
reached by a new four mile access road
from the George Parks Highway, and
would serve package tourism, the
independent traveler, local school
groups, and Alaskan travelers. The
vision is for a high quality facility that
offers a range of opportunities for
learning and recreating from late spring
to early fall. It would provide visitors of
various abilities a chance to experience
a subarctic tundra environment and
opportunities to view Mount McKinley
and the Alaska Range. Development of
campgrounds, enhancements to local
trail systems and road corridors, and
increased interpretive signage are also
components of this alternative.
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Informational and Public Meetings
Informational meetings and public
hearings will be scheduled in Alaska at
the following locations: Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Wasilla, Susitna Valley, and
McKinley Village. The specific dates
and times of the meetings and public
hearings will be announced in local
media. It is the practice of the National
Park Service to make comments,
including names and addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. An individual respondent may
request that we withhold his or her
address from the record, which we will
honor to the extent allowable by law. If
you wish to have NPS withhold your
name and/or address, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of
your comments. NPS will make all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Judy Gottlieb,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 05–18819 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
United States v. Professional
Consultants Insurance Company, Inc.;
Proposed Final Judgment and
Competitive Impact Statement
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the
Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,
15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed
Final Judgment, Stipulation and
Competitive Impact Statement have
been filed with the United States
District Court for the District of
Columbia in United States v.
Professional Consultants Insurance
Company, Inc., Civil Action No.
1:05CV01272. On June 28, 2005, the
United States filed a Complaint alleging
that Professional Consultants Insurance
Company, Inc., violated Section 1 of the
Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1. The proposed
Final Judgment, filed the same time as
the Complaint, requires Professional
Consultants Insurance Company, Inc., to
end its illegal information sharing
activities and create a program to
monitor its compliance with the
antitrust laws. A proposed Amended
Final Judgment was filed in substitution
of, and to correct a drafting error in, the
originally filed proposed Final
Judgment. Copies of the Complaint,
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proposed Amended Final Judgment and
Competitive Impact Statement are
available for inspection at the U.S.
Department of Justice, Antitrust
Division, 325 Seventh Street, NW.,
Room 200, Washington, DC 20530 and
at the Office of the Clerk of the United
States District Court for the District of
Columbia, 333 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, D.C. 20001.
Public comment is invited within 60
days of the date of this notice. Such
comments, and responses thereto, will
be published in the Federal Register
and filed with the Court. Comments
should be directed to Mark Botti, Chief,
Litigation I Section, United States
Department of Justice, 1401 H Street,
NW., Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20530
(telephone: 202–307–0001).
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust
Division.
United States District Court for the
District of Columbia
United States of America, Plaintiff, v.
Professional Consultants Insurance
Company, Inc., Defendant
Case Number 1:05CV01272
Judge: Gladys Kessler
Deck Type: Antitrust
Date Stamp: 06/24/2005
Complaint
The United States of America, by its
attorneys and acting under the direction
of the Attorney General of the United
States, brings this civil antitrust action
to obtain equitable relief against
Defendant Professional Consultants
Insurance Company, Inc. to prevent and
restrain violations of Section 1 of the
Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1. The United
States alleges as follows:
I. Jurisdiction and Venue
1. The United States brings this action
to prevent and restrain violations of
Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.
1. The Court has jurisdiction over the
parties to this action and of the subject
matter pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 4 and 28
U.S.C. 1331, 1337 and 1345. Venue is
proper in this District because
Defendant has so stipulated.
II. Defendant
2. Defendant Professional Consultants
Insurance Company, Inc. (‘‘PCIC’’) is a
professional liability insurance
company incorporated under the laws of
Vermont. PCIC’s principal business is to
provide errors and omissions insurance
coverage to its three shareholders,
which PCIC calls, and hereafter will be
referred to as, its ‘‘members.’’ Each of
PCIC’s three members is a major
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actuarial consulting firm doing business
throughout the United States.
3. At all times relevant to this
Complaint, PCIC has been managed and
operated by directors, officers, and
providers of professional services who
concurrently served as directors,
officers, or employees of its members.
4. The PCIC members each employ
hundreds of professional actuaries
throughout the country to serve, on a
nationwide basis, clients that require
actuarial consulting services. Actuarial
consultants are professionals trained
and skilled in mathematical and
statistical analysis and management of
financial and economic risks. Their
clients are firms and organizations that
require risk analysis and management in
various financial and other contexts,
including pension plans and other
employee benefit plans organized to
serve public or government employees,
private corporate employees, and
members of labor unions.
5. Apart from their joint ownership
and management of PCIC, the three
PCIC members operate actuarial
consulting businesses separately and
independently of, and in competition
with, each other. Each of the three PCIC
members is a major competitor of the
others in the provision of actuarial
consulting services to employee benefit
plans.
III. Trade and Commerce
6. At all times relevant to this
Complaint, PCIC has provided
professional liability insurance coverage
for claims against its members arising
from actuarial consulting businesses
conducted by its members, including
the provision of actuarial consulting
services to employee benefit plans,
throughout the United States. These
activities of PCIC and its members have
been within the flow of, and have
substantially affected, interstate
commerce.
7. Employee benefit plans engage
PCIC’s members and other actuarial
consulting firms to prepare actuarial
risk valuations. Employee benefit plans
rely on the work of actuarial consultants
to determine employee benefit levels
and employer contributions needed to
fund the benefits. An error or omission
in the work performed by an actuarial
consultant can result in substantial
monetary losses or other damages to the
employee benefit client.
8. To cover exposure to liability
claims of clients arising out of mistakes
made in their actuarial work, PCIC
members historically obtained
professional errors and omissions
liability insurance. Since the late 1980s
and continuing to the present, PCIC has
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft South Denali Implementation Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft South Denali Implementation
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of
the Draft South Denali Implementation Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for Denali National Park and Preserve. The document
describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of a preferred
alternative and one action alternative for expanding visitor facilities
and access opportunities in the south Denali region. A no action
alternative also is evaluated. This notice announces the 60-day public
comment period and solicits comments on the draft plan and EIS.
DATES: Written comments on the draft plan and EIS must be received no
later than November 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft plan and EIS should be submitted to
the Superintendent, Denali National Park and Preserve, Post Office Box
9, Denali Park, Alaska 99755. Submit electronic comments to https://
parkplanning.nps.gov. The draft EIS may be viewed online at https://
www.southdenaliplanning.com. Hard copies or CDs of the Draft South
Denali Implementation Plan and EIS are available by request from the
aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Tranel, Chief of Planning, Denali
National Park and Preserve. Telephone: (907) 644-3611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service (NPS) in
cooperation with the State of Alaska, and Matanuska Susitna Borough has
prepared a draft implementation plan and accompanying EIS for expanded
visitor facilities and access opportunities in the south Denali region.
The purpose of the plan and EIS is to address the needs of a growing
visitor population in the south Denali region for the next two decades.
The south Denali region is defined to include the southern portions of
Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali State Park in its entirety,
and adjoining lands owned and managed by the State of Alaska and the
Matanuska Susitna Borough. The implementation plan and EIS was
initiated to address the rapidly growing level of visitation, resource
management concerns, and anticipated demand for future uses of public
lands in the south Denali region.
The draft plan and EIS includes a range of alternatives based on
planning objectives, environmental resources, and public input. Each
alternative represents a development concept that addresses the needs
and concerns of the land managers, local communities, and visitors. Two
alternatives in addition to a no-action alternative were developed.
Alternative A (No Action): Under Alternative A, no new actions
would be implemented to support the 1997 Record of Decision for the
South Side Denali Development Concept Plan except for those projects
already approved and initiated. This alternative represents no change
from current management direction and therefore represents the existing
condition in the south Denali region. However, it does not ensure a
similar future condition which could be affected by factors unrelated
to this planning effort.
Alternative B: This destination facility in the Peters Hills would
serve package tourism, the independent traveler, local school groups,
and Alaskan travelers. Access to this facility would be from the
Trapper Creek area on the Petersville Road, and a new, seven mile
access road. The vision is for a high quality facility that offers a
range of opportunities for learning and recreating during the summer
months. Development of campgrounds, enhancements to local trail systems
and road corridors, and increased interpretive signage are also
components of this alternative.
Alternative C (Preferred Alternative): This destination facility
would be reached by a new four mile access road from the George Parks
Highway, and would serve package tourism, the independent traveler,
local school groups, and Alaskan travelers. The vision is for a high
quality facility that offers a range of opportunities for learning and
recreating from late spring to early fall. It would provide visitors of
various abilities a chance to experience a subarctic tundra environment
and opportunities to view Mount McKinley and the Alaska Range.
Development of campgrounds, enhancements to local trail systems and
road corridors, and increased interpretive signage are also components
of this alternative.
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Informational and Public Meetings
Informational meetings and public hearings will be scheduled in
Alaska at the following locations: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla,
Susitna Valley, and McKinley Village. The specific dates and times of
the meetings and public hearings will be announced in local media. It
is the practice of the National Park Service to make comments,
including names and addresses of respondents, available for public
review. An individual respondent may request that we withhold his or
her address from the record, which we will honor to the extent
allowable by law. If you wish to have NPS withhold your name and/or
address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your
comments. NPS will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Judy Gottlieb,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 05-18819 Filed 9-20-05; 8:45 am]
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