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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–310–06–1310–PP]
Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005, Implementation of the Pilot
Project To Improve Federal Permit
Coordination; Public Listening
Sessions
AGENCY:
Two public
listening sessions are scheduled for
November 14, 2006 in Denver, Colorado,
at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801
Quebec Street, Denver Colorado 80207.
The first listening session will be held
from 2 p.m. MST to 4 p.m. MST. The
second listening session will be held
from 6 p.m. MST to 8 p.m. MST.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Kesterke, Energy Policy Liaison for
the Energy Act Implementation Team at
(307) 775–6001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public listening sessions will begin with
an overview of progress on the Pilot
Project. Participants who request to
speak will be provided a set amount of
time to provide their comments.
DATES AND LOCATION:
Thomas Lonnie,
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and
Resource Protection.
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Interior.
Notice of public listening
session.
ACTION:
Two public listening sessions
will be held by the Bureau of Land
Management ( BLM) to solicit views
from the public on implementation of
the Pilot Project provisions of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005. Section 365
of the Energy Policy Act directs the
Secretary of the Interior to establish
seven BLM Field Offices as oil and gas
streamlining Project Offices. The offices
are: Rawlins, Wyoming; Buffalo,
Wyoming; Miles City, Montana;
Farmington, New Mexico; Carlsbad,
New Mexico; Grand Junction/Glenwood
Springs, Colorado; and Vernal, Utah.
The Act directs that within 90 days from
the date the Act was signed (August 8,
2005) that a Memorandum of
Understanding be signed between the
U.S. Department of the Interior and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and
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the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The
Memorandum of Understanding was
signed October 24, 2005. In addition,
Section 365 specifies that not later than
3 years after the date of enactment, the
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to
Congress a report that outlines the
results of the Pilot Project, and makes
recommendations to the President
regarding whether the Pilot Project
should be implemented throughout the
United States. The public listening
sessions will provide an opportunity for
the public to comment on the progress
made in the first year of the Pilot
Project.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-310-06-1310-PP]
Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Implementation of
the Pilot Project To Improve Federal Permit Coordination; Public
Listening Sessions
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public listening session.
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SUMMARY: Two public listening sessions will be held by the Bureau of
Land Management ( BLM) to solicit views from the public on
implementation of the Pilot Project provisions of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005. Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act directs the Secretary of
the Interior to establish seven BLM Field Offices as oil and gas
streamlining Project Offices. The offices are: Rawlins, Wyoming;
Buffalo, Wyoming; Miles City, Montana; Farmington, New Mexico;
Carlsbad, New Mexico; Grand Junction/Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and
Vernal, Utah. The Act directs that within 90 days from the date the Act
was signed (August 8, 2005) that a Memorandum of Understanding be
signed between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Memorandum of Understanding was
signed October 24, 2005. In addition, Section 365 specifies that not
later than 3 years after the date of enactment, the Secretary of the
Interior shall submit to Congress a report that outlines the results of
the Pilot Project, and makes recommendations to the President regarding
whether the Pilot Project should be implemented throughout the United
States. The public listening sessions will provide an opportunity for
the public to comment on the progress made in the first year of the
Pilot Project.
Dates and Location: Two public listening sessions are scheduled for
November 14, 2006 in Denver, Colorado, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel,
3801 Quebec Street, Denver Colorado 80207. The first listening session
will be held from 2 p.m. MST to 4 p.m. MST. The second listening
session will be held from 6 p.m. MST to 8 p.m. MST.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kesterke, Energy Policy Liaison
for the Energy Act Implementation Team at (307) 775-6001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public listening sessions will begin
with an overview of progress on the Pilot Project. Participants who
request to speak will be provided a set amount of time to provide their
comments.
Thomas Lonnie,
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection.
[FR Doc. E6-16586 Filed 10-5-06; 8:45 am]
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