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Vol. 72, No. 65
Thursday, April 5, 2007
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–800][1920–PP–4070]
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Northern San
Juan Basin Coal Bed Methane
Development Project Final
Environmental Impact Statement,
Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior. U.S. Forest Service,
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, the National Forest
Management Act of 1976, and other
regulatory requirements, the Joint Lead
Agencies announce the availability of
the Record of Decision (ROD) for the
Northern San Juan Basin Coal Bed
Methane Development Project Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for natural gas development in La Plata
and Archuleta Counties, Colorado. The
Joint Lead Agencies have issued the
ROD to document agency decisions,
including selection of FEIS Preferred
Alternative 7, with specific
modifications and requirements for
monitoring and mitigation.
DATES: The ROD documents the Bureau
of Land Management’s (BLM) and the
U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) decisions
and describes the agencies’ appeal
processes and timeframes. Official
notice of USFS appeal processes and
timeframes will be published separately
in the newspaper of record, the Durango
Herald. Those wishing to appeal USFS
decisions should rely on the
information presented in that official
notice when published.
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Requests for copies of the
ROD may be sent by mail to the San
Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett
Court, Durango, CO 81301, Attn: Walt
Brown, or by e-mail to: nsjbfeis@arcadis-us.com. The ROD is
available electronically at https://
www.nsjb-eis.net, or https://
www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/projects/
projects.shtml. Hard copies of the ROD
are available for review at the San Juan
Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court,
Durango Colorado 81301, the
Columbine Ranger District and Field
Office, 367 Pearl Street, Bayfield
Colorado 81122, and the Pagosa Ranger
District and Field Office, 180 Second
Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walt
Brown or Jim Powers at the above
address, or phone: 970–385–1372.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS
analyzes industry’s gas field
development proposal (approximately
185 new gas wells involving federal
authority) and four other alternatives in
a 125,000-acre Study Area in the
Northern San Juan Basin of Colorado.
The Study Area occupies portions of La
Plata and Archuleta Counties, and is
bounded on the south by the Southern
Ute Reservation and on the west, north
and east by the arcing line of the base
of the Pictured Cliffs sandstone. The
Study Area consists of approximately
7,000 acres of BLM administered land,
49,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service
administered land, 9,000 acres of
private lands with federal minerals and
60,000 acres of state or privately held
(fee) lands with non-federal minerals.
The ROD is based on the FEIS and its
supporting project record. The ROD
documents BLM and USFS project
decisions, including selection of FEIS
Preferred Alternative 7 (approximately
138 new gas wells involving federal
authority), with specific modifications.
The ROD also documents requirements
for gas field development in the
Northern San Juan Basin within the
framework of modified Alternative 7,
including monitoring, mitigation, and
environmental protection measures.
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal
Advisory Committee will hold a
meeting on April 12, 2007 at the U.S.
Forest Service Office, 35 College Drive,
South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150. This
Committee, established by the Secretary
of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64
FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice
to the Secretary on implementing the
terms of the Federal Interagency
Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region
and other matters raised by the
Secretary.
The meeting will be held April
12, 2007, beginning at 1 p.m. and
ending at 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35
College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA,
96150.
DATES:
Dated: September 25, 2006.
Mark W. Stiles,
Center Manager/Forest Supervisor, San Juan
Public Lands Center, Durango, Colorado.
Arla
Hains, Lake Tahoe Basin Management
Unit, Forest Service, 35 College Drive,
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, (530)
543–2773.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to
be covered on the agenda include: (1) A
public hearing on the Lake Tahoe
Federal Advisory Committees’ Southern
Nevada Public Land Management Act
Round 8 project recommendations; and,
(2) the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory
Committee Communications Plan. All
Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory
Committee meetings are open to the
public. Interested citizens are
encouraged to attend at the above
address. Issues may be brought to the
attention of the Committee during the
open public comment period at the
meeting or by filing written statements
with the secretary for the Committee
before or after the meeting. Please refer
any written comments to the Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the
contact address stated above.
Editorial Note: This document was
received at the Office of the Federal Register
on March 30, 2007.
[FR Doc. E7–6291 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am]
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Terri Marceron,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 07–1670 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1670]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee will hold a
meeting on April 12, 2007 at the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 College
Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150. This Committee, established by the
Secretary of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 FR 2876), is
chartered to provide advice to the Secretary on implementing the terms
of the Federal Interagency Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region and
other matters raised by the Secretary.
DATES: The meeting will be held April 12, 2007, beginning at 1 p.m. and
ending at 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Forest Service Office,
35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arla Hains, Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit, Forest Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA
96150, (530) 543-2773.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to be covered on the agenda include:
(1) A public hearing on the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committees'
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Round 8 project
recommendations; and, (2) the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee
Communications Plan. All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee
meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to
attend at the above address. Issues may be brought to the attention of
the Committee during the open public comment period at the meeting or
by filing written statements with the secretary for the Committee
before or after the meeting. Please refer any written comments to the
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the contact address stated above.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Terri Marceron,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 07-1670 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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