Notice of Availability of the Eagle Butte West Federal Coal Lease by Application Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Hearing, Wyoming, 62007-62008 [E6-17142]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–030–06–1610–PH–241A]
Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument Advisory Committee: Call
for Nominations
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of call for nominations
for members of the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument Advisory
Committee (GSENMAC).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to request public nominations for seven
members of the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument Advisory
Committee (GSENM–MAC). The
GSENM–MAC provides advice and
recommendations to GSENM on science
issues and the achievement of Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Management Plan objectives. GSENM
will receive public nominations for 30
days from the date this notice is posted.
DATES: A completed nomination form
and accompanying nomination letters
must be received at the address listed
below no later than 30 days from the
date this notice is posted.
ADDRESSES: Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument Headquarters
Office, 190 East Center, Kanab, Utah
84741.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Larry Crutchfield, Public Affairs
Officer, GSENM Headquarters Office,
190 East Center, Kanab, Utah 84741;
phone (435) 644–4310, or e-mail
larry_crutchfield@blm.gov.
The
Secretary of the Interior established the
GSENM–MAC pursuant to section 309
of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1739) and in conformity with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
The 17 appointed members of the
GSENM–MAC perform several primary
tasks: (1) Review evaluation reports
produced by the Management Science
Team and make recommendations on
protocols and projects to meet overall
objectives. (2) Review appropriate
research proposals and make
recommendations on project necessity
and validity. (3) Make recommendations
regarding allocation of research funds
through review of research and project
proposals as well as needs identified
through the evaluation process above.
(4) Could be consulted on issues such as
protocols for specific projects.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The Secretary appoints persons to the
GSENM–MAC who are representatives
of the various major citizen interests
pertaining to land use planning and
management of the lands under BLM
management in GSENM. This notice,
published pursuant to 43 CFR 1784.4–
1 and in accordance with the Approved
Management Plan for Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument (February
2000), requests the public to submit
nominations to fill seven vacant
positions on the committee. Any
individual or organization may
nominate one or more persons to serve
on the GSENM–MAC. Individuals may
nominate themselves for GSENM–MAC
membership.
Nomination forms may be obtained
from the Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument Headquarters
Office, (address listed above). To make
a nomination, submit to the
Headquarters Office a letter of
nomination, a completed nomination
form, letters of reference from the
represented interests or organizations
associated with the interest represented
by the candidate, and any other
information that speaks to the
candidate’s qualifications.
Nominations may be made for the
following categories of interest:
• A member with expertise in
archaeology;
• A member with expertise in
paleontology;
• A member with expertise in
systems ecology;
• A livestock grazing permittee
operating within the Monument to
represent grazing permittees;
• An outfitter and guide operating
within the Monument to represent
commercial recreational users;
• A representative of the motorized
recreational community; and
• A representative of the nonmotorized recreational community.
The specific category the nominee
would be representing should be
identified in the letter of nomination
and in the nomination form. The Utah
BLM State Director and Monument
Manger will review the nomination
forms and letters of reference. The State
Director shall confer with the Governor
of the State of Utah on potential
nominations. The BLM State Director
will then forward recommended
nominations to the Secretary of the
Interior who has responsibility for
making the appointments.
Each GSENM–MAC member will be a
person who, as a result of training and
experience, has knowledge or special
expertise which qualifies him or her to
provide advice from among the
categories of interest listed above. As
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appropriate, certain committee members
may be appointed as Special
Government Employees. Special
Government Employees serve on the
committee without compensation, and
are subject to financial disclosure
requirements in the Ethics in
Government Act and 5 CFR part 2634.
All members of the GSNEM–MAC are
appointed for terms of 3 years. The new
appointments to these seven positions
will begin no earlier than March 1,
2007, and will end February 28, 2010.
Members will serve without monetary
compensation, but will be reimbursed
for travel and per diem expenses at
current rates for Government
employees. The Committee will meet at
least twice a year. Additional meetings
may be called by the Designated Federal
Officer.
Dated: October 16, 2006.
Brad Exton,
Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[(WY–060–1320-EL), WYW155132]
Notice of Availability of the Eagle Butte
West Federal Coal Lease by
Application Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Notice of
Hearing, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of
Federal Coal Lease By Application
(LBA) Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) and Public Hearing to
Request Comments on the DEIS,
Maximum Economic Recovery (MER),
and Fair Market Value (FMV).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act and
the implementing regulations, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
providing this NOA regarding the
availability of the Eagle Butte West LBA
DEIS and notice of a public hearing
requesting comments on the DEIS, MER,
and FMV pursuant to 43 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 3425.4. The
DEIS analyzes the potential impacts for
coal LBA WYW155132, referred to as
the Eagle Butte West tract, in the
decertified Powder River Federal Coal
Production Region, Wyoming.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS,
MER, and FMR will be accepted for 60
days following the date that the
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Environmental Protection Agency
publishes their NOA of the DEIS in the
Federal Register. The public hearing
will be held at 7 p.m. MST, on
November 14, 2006, at the Clarion Hotel
in Gillette, Wyoming.
ADDRESSES: Please address questions,
comments, or concerns to the Casper
Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, Attn: Nancy Doelger, 2987
Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming
82604, by facsimile (fax) to 307–261–
7587, or send e-mail comments to the
attention of Nancy Doelger at
casper_wymail@blm.gov. Copies of the
DEIS are available for public inspection
at the following BLM office locations:
BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming
82009; and BLM Casper Field Office,
2987 Prospector Lane, Casper, Wyoming
82604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Doelger or Mike Karbs at the
above address, or telephone: 307–261–
7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
is considering issuing a coal lease as a
result of a December 28, 2001,
application made by RAG Coal West,
Inc. (RAG Coal) to lease the Federal coal
in the Eagle Butte West Coal tract. This
tract is near the Eagle Butte Mine and
approximately 3 miles north of Gillette,
Wyoming, in Campbell County,
Wyoming. In August 2004 Foundation
Coal West, Inc. (Foundation) purchased
the Eagle Butte Mine from RAG Coal.
The DEIS analyzes and discloses to the
public direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of issuing a
Federal coal lease in the Wyoming
portion of the Powder River Basin. A
copy of the DEIS has been sent to
affected Federal, State, and local
government agencies; persons and
entities identified as potentially being
affected by a decision to lease the
Federal coal in this tract; and persons
who indicated to the BLM that they
wished to receive a copy of the DEIS.
The purpose of the public hearing is to
solicit comments on the DEIS, on the
proposed competitive sale of Eagle Butte
West Coal tract, and comments on the
FMV and MER of the Federal coal.
RAG Coal originally applied for the
tract to extend the life of the existing
Eagle Butte Mine in accordance with 43
CFR part 3425. On October 16, 2003,
Foundation, the new owner of RAG
Coal, filed a request to modify the tract
and estimated that the tract includes
approximately 231 million tons of
recoverable Federal coal underlying the
following lands in Campbell County,
Wyoming:
T. 51 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
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Section 19: Lots 13, 14, 19, and 20;
Section 20: Lots 10 (S1⁄2), 11 (S1⁄2), and 12
through 15;
Section 29: Lot 1 W1⁄2 of lots, 2 through 7,
W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4 of lot 8, and lots 9 through
16;
Section 30: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14, 19 and
20.
Total Acres: 1,397.64 acres more or less.
The Eagle Butte Mine is adjacent to
the LBA and has an approved mining
and reclamation plan from the Land
Quality Division of the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) and an approved air quality
permit from the Air Quality Division of
the Wyoming DEQ that allows them to
mine up to 35 million tons of coal per
year.
The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, the Land
Quality Division of the Wyoming DEQ,
the Air Quality Division of the
Wyoming DEQ, the Wyoming
Department of Transportation, the
Wyoming State Planning Office, and the
Board of Commissioners of Campbell
County, Wyoming are cooperating
agencies in the preparation of the DEIS.
The DEIS analyzes leasing the Eagle
Butte West Coal tract as the Proposed
Action and it is the agency’s Preferred
Action. Under the Proposed Action, a
competitive sale would be held and a
lease issued for Federal coal in the tract
as applied for by Foundation. As part of
the coal leasing process, the BLM is
evaluating adding Federal coal to the
tract to avoid bypassing coal or to
prompt competitive interest in the
unleased Federal coal for this area. The
alternate tract configuration that BLM is
evaluating is described and analyzed as
a separate alternative in the DEIS. Under
this alternative, a competitive sale
would be held and a lease issued for
Federal coal lands included in a tract
modified by the BLM. The DEIS also
analyzes the alternative of rejecting the
application to lease Federal coal as the
No Action Alternative. The Proposed
Action and Alternatives being
considered in the DEIS are in
conformance with the ‘‘Approved
Resource Management Plan for Public
Lands Administered by the Bureau of
Land Management Buffalo Field Office’’
(April 2001).
Requests to be included on the
mailing list for this project and to
request copies of the DEIS or
notification of the comment period or
hearing date, or both, may be sent in
writing, by facsimile, or electronically to
the addresses previously stated at the
beginning of this notice. The BLM asks
that those submitting comments on the
DEIS make them as specific as possible
with reference to page numbers and
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chapters of the document. Comments
that contain only opinions or
preferences will not receive a formal
response; however, they will be
considered and included as part of the
BLM decision-making process.
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the Casper
Field Office, at the address listed above,
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
through 4:30 p.m.), Monday through
Friday, except holidays. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish 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
of your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by
law. All submissions from organizations
or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Dated: September 1, 2006.
Robert A. Bennett,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM–510–1610-DS–025G]
Notice of Availability (NOA)
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Special Status Species Draft Resource
Management Plan Amendment/
Environmental Impact Statement
(DRMPA/EIS), New Mexico.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the
BLM has prepared a Special Status
Species DRMPA/EIS for the Pecos
District and by this Notice is
announcing the opening of the comment
period.
DATES: To assure that they will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the DRMPA/EIS
within 90 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes their NOA in the Federal
Register. The BLM will announce future
meetings or hearings and any other
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[(WY-060-1320-EL), WYW155132]
Notice of Availability of the Eagle Butte West Federal Coal Lease
by Application Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of
Hearing, Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of Federal Coal Lease By
Application (LBA) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and
Public Hearing to Request Comments on the DEIS, Maximum Economic
Recovery (MER), and Fair Market Value (FMV).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and
the implementing regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
providing this NOA regarding the availability of the Eagle Butte West
LBA DEIS and notice of a public hearing requesting comments on the
DEIS, MER, and FMV pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
3425.4. The DEIS analyzes the potential impacts for coal LBA WYW155132,
referred to as the Eagle Butte West tract, in the decertified Powder
River Federal Coal Production Region, Wyoming.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS, MER, and FMR will be accepted for
60 days following the date that the
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes their NOA of the DEIS in the
Federal Register. The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. MST, on
November 14, 2006, at the Clarion Hotel in Gillette, Wyoming.
ADDRESSES: Please address questions, comments, or concerns to the
Casper Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Nancy Doelger,
2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604, by facsimile (fax) to
307-261-7587, or send e-mail comments to the attention of Nancy Doelger
at casper_wymail@blm.gov. Copies of the DEIS are available for public
inspection at the following BLM office locations: BLM Wyoming State
Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; and BLM Casper
Field Office, 2987 Prospector Lane, Casper, Wyoming 82604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Doelger or Mike Karbs at the
above address, or telephone: 307-261-7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM is considering issuing a coal lease
as a result of a December 28, 2001, application made by RAG Coal West,
Inc. (RAG Coal) to lease the Federal coal in the Eagle Butte West Coal
tract. This tract is near the Eagle Butte Mine and approximately 3
miles north of Gillette, Wyoming, in Campbell County, Wyoming. In
August 2004 Foundation Coal West, Inc. (Foundation) purchased the Eagle
Butte Mine from RAG Coal. The DEIS analyzes and discloses to the public
direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of issuing a
Federal coal lease in the Wyoming portion of the Powder River Basin. A
copy of the DEIS has been sent to affected Federal, State, and local
government agencies; persons and entities identified as potentially
being affected by a decision to lease the Federal coal in this tract;
and persons who indicated to the BLM that they wished to receive a copy
of the DEIS. The purpose of the public hearing is to solicit comments
on the DEIS, on the proposed competitive sale of Eagle Butte West Coal
tract, and comments on the FMV and MER of the Federal coal.
RAG Coal originally applied for the tract to extend the life of the
existing Eagle Butte Mine in accordance with 43 CFR part 3425. On
October 16, 2003, Foundation, the new owner of RAG Coal, filed a
request to modify the tract and estimated that the tract includes
approximately 231 million tons of recoverable Federal coal underlying
the following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 51 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Section 19: Lots 13, 14, 19, and 20;
Section 20: Lots 10 (S\1/2\), 11 (S\1/2\), and 12 through 15;
Section 29: Lot 1 W\1/2\ of lots, 2 through 7, W\1/2\ and SE\1/
4\ of lot 8, and lots 9 through 16;
Section 30: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14, 19 and 20.
Total Acres: 1,397.64 acres more or less.
The Eagle Butte Mine is adjacent to the LBA and has an approved
mining and reclamation plan from the Land Quality Division of the
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and an approved air
quality permit from the Air Quality Division of the Wyoming DEQ that
allows them to mine up to 35 million tons of coal per year.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Land
Quality Division of the Wyoming DEQ, the Air Quality Division of the
Wyoming DEQ, the Wyoming Department of Transportation, the Wyoming
State Planning Office, and the Board of Commissioners of Campbell
County, Wyoming are cooperating agencies in the preparation of the
DEIS.
The DEIS analyzes leasing the Eagle Butte West Coal tract as the
Proposed Action and it is the agency's Preferred Action. Under the
Proposed Action, a competitive sale would be held and a lease issued
for Federal coal in the tract as applied for by Foundation. As part of
the coal leasing process, the BLM is evaluating adding Federal coal to
the tract to avoid bypassing coal or to prompt competitive interest in
the unleased Federal coal for this area. The alternate tract
configuration that BLM is evaluating is described and analyzed as a
separate alternative in the DEIS. Under this alternative, a competitive
sale would be held and a lease issued for Federal coal lands included
in a tract modified by the BLM. The DEIS also analyzes the alternative
of rejecting the application to lease Federal coal as the No Action
Alternative. The Proposed Action and Alternatives being considered in
the DEIS are in conformance with the ``Approved Resource Management
Plan for Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management
Buffalo Field Office'' (April 2001).
Requests to be included on the mailing list for this project and to
request copies of the DEIS or notification of the comment period or
hearing date, or both, may be sent in writing, by facsimile, or
electronically to the addresses previously stated at the beginning of
this notice. The BLM asks that those submitting comments on the DEIS
make them as specific as possible with reference to page numbers and
chapters of the document. Comments that contain only opinions or
preferences will not receive a formal response; however, they will be
considered and included as part of the BLM decision-making process.
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will
be available for public review at the Casper Field Office, at the
address listed above, during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. through
4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish 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 of your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: September 1, 2006.
Robert A. Bennett,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E6-17142 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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