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• Kemmerer Field Office, 312
Highway 189 North, Kemmerer, WY
83101.
• Rawlins Field Office, at 1300 North
Third, PO Box 2407, Rawlins, WY
82301.
• Rock Springs Field Office, 280
Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, WY
82901.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherri Thompson, BLM Project
Manager, at (303) 239–3758,
(sherri_thompson@blm.gov), Bureau of
Land Management, 2850 Youngfield
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215 or
Mitchell Leverette, BLM Division Chief,
Solid Minerals, at (202) 452–5088,
(mitchell_leverette@blm.gov), Bureau of
Land Management, 1620 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20036.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
decision in the ROD selects Alternative
B as the Approved Resource
Management Plan Amendments, which
would amend 10 land use plans in
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to make
approximately 2 million acres of lands
containing oil shale resources available
for application for commercial leasing
and approximately 430,000 acres
available for application for commercial
leasing of tar sands.
Because of the strategic importance
and multiple state involvement in the
process, the Assistant Secretary, Land
and Minerals Management, in the
Department of the Interior approved the
proposed plan amendments on
November 17, 2008.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 1610.2,
43 CFR 1610.5–1.
Dated: November 17, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK–910–09–1739–NSSI]
Call for Nominations: North Slope
Science Initiative, Science Technical
Advisory Panel, Alaska
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Call for Nominations for the
North Slope Science Initiative, Science
Technical Advisory Panel.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a call
for nominations to serve on the North
Slope Science Initiative, Science
Technical Advisory Panel in accordance
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with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of
1972, 5 U.S.C. Appendix.
DATES: Submit a completed nomination
form and nomination letter to the
address listed below no later than 45
days from the date of publication of this
Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
F. Payne, Ph.D, Executive Director,
North Slope Science Initiative (AK–
910), c/o Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513,
phone (907) 271–3431, or
john_f_payne@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the Science Technical
Advisory Panel is to advise the North
Slope Science Oversight Group on
issues such as identifying and
prioritizing inventory, monitoring and
research needs, and providing other
scientific as requested by the Oversight
Group. The Oversight Group consists of
the Alaska Regional Directors of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park
Service, Minerals Management Service,
and National Marine Fisheries Service;
the BLM–Alaska State Director; The
Commissioners of the Alaska
Departments of Fish and Game and
Natural Resources; the Mayor of the
North Slope Borough and the president
of the Arctic Slope Regional
Corporation. Advisory to the Oversight
Group are the Regional Executive, U.S.
Geological Survey, Alaska Director, U.S.
Arctic Research Commission, and the
Regional Directors of the National
Weather Service and U.S. Department of
Energy, National Energy Technology
Laboratory.
The Science Technical Advisory
Panel shall consist of a representative
group of not more than 15 scientists and
technical experts from diverse
professions and interests, including the
oil and gas industry, subsistence users,
Alaska Native entities, conservation
organizations, and academia, as
determined by the Secretary of the
Interior. The members will be selected
from among, but not limited to, the
following disciplines: North Slope
traditional and local knowledge,
landscape ecology, petroleum
engineering, civil engineering, geology,
botany, hydrology, limnology, habitat
biology, wildlife biology, biometrics,
sociology, cultural anthropology,
economics, ornithology, oceanography,
fisheries biology, and climatology.
The duties of the Science Panel are
solely advisory to the Oversight Group,
which will give direction to the Science
Panel regarding priorities for decisions
needed for the Department of the
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Interior’s management. Duties could
include the following:
a. Advise the Oversight Group on
science planning and relevant research
and monitoring projects;
b. Advise the Oversight Group on
scientific information relevant to the
Oversight Group’s mission;
c. Review selected reports to advise
the Oversight Group on their content
and relevance;
d. Review ongoing scientific programs
of North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)
member organizations on the North
Slope at the request of the member
organizations to promote compatibility
in methodologies and compilation of
data;
e. Advise the Oversight Group on how
to ensure that scientific products
generated through NSSI activities are of
the highest technical quality;
f. Periodically review the North Slope
Science Plan and provide
recommendations for changes to the
Oversight Group;
g. Provide recommendations for
proposed NSSI funded inventory,
monitoring and research activities to the
Oversight Group;
h. Provide other scientific advice as
requested by the Oversight Group; and
i. Coordinate with groups and
committees appointed or requested by
the Oversight Group to provide science
advice, as needed.
The Executive Director, North Slope
Science Initiative shall serve as the
Designated Federal Officer of the
Science Technical Advisory Panel.
Qualifications and Procedures
Required for Nomination
All membership shall consist of
professionals with advanced degrees
and a minimum of five years of work
experience in Alaska in their field of
expertise, preferably in the North Slope
region. Professionals will be selected
from among those disciplines and
entities described above. Any individual
or organization may nominate one or
more persons to serve on the Science
Technical Advisory Panel. Members
will be appointed for three-year terms.
At the discretion of the Secretary of the
Interior, Science Technical Advisory
Panel members may be reappointed
indefinitely.
How To Nominate
Individuals may nominate themselves
to the Science Technical Advisory
Panel. You may obtain nomination
forms from the Executive Director,
North Slope Science Initiative (see
address above), or from https://
www.northslope.org. To make a
nomination, or self nominate, you must
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submit a completed nomination form
with a letter of reference that describes
the nominee’s qualifications to serve on
the Science Technical Advisory Panel.
The professional discipline the nominee
would like to represent should be
identified in the letter of nomination
and in the nomination form. Nominees
may be scientists and technical experts
from diverse professions and interests,
including the oil and gas industry,
subsistence users, Alaska Native
entities, conservation organizations, and
academia. Nominees selected to serve
on the Science Technical Advisory
Panel will serve only in their
professional capacity and will not serve
to represent any group, agency or entity
with whom they may be affiliated. The
Executive Director shall collect the
nomination forms and letters of
reference and distribute them to the
Oversight Group of the North Slope
Science Initiative. The Oversight Group
will submit their recommendations
through the Bureau of Land
Management to the Secretary of the
Interior who has the responsibility for
making the appointments. Members of
the Science Technical Advisory Panel
will serve without monetary
compensation. Members will be
reimbursed for travel and per diem
expenses at the current rate for
Government employees.
Certification
I hereby certify that the establishment
of the Science Technical Advisory Panel
for the North Slope Science Initiative is
necessary and in the public interest in
connection with the Secretary of the
Interior, and in compliance with Section
348, Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L.
109–58).
Thomas P. Lonnie,
State Director.
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Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of the Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for the Designation of
Energy Corridors on Federal Land in
the 11 Western States, Including
Proposed Amendments to Selected
Land Use Plans
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Bureau of Land Management,
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ACTION:
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and the Department
of Energy (DOE) as co-lead agencies, and
the U.S. Forest Service (FS) of the
Department of Agriculture (USDA), the
Department of Defense (DOD), and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
of the Department of the Interior (DOI)
as cooperating Federal Agencies (the
Agencies) announce the availability of
the Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement for the Designation of
Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the
11 Western States (Final PEIS) (DOE/
EIS–0386) that also proposes to amend
138 land use plans.
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe, the
California Energy Commission (CEC),
the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC), the State of
Wyoming, and the Lincoln, Sweetwater,
and Uinta counties and conservation
districts in Wyoming are also
cooperating agencies. The Department
of Commerce (DOC) and the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
are consulting agencies.
The Agencies prepared the Final PEIS
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; the Council on
Environmental Quality NEPA
regulations, 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508;
the DOE NEPA regulations, 10 CFR Part
1021; Compliance with Floodplain and
Wetland Environmental Review
Requirements, 10 CFR Part 1022; the
BLM planning regulations, 43 CFR
subpart 1610; and applicable FS
planning regulations.
Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct 2005), Public Law 109–
58, directs the Secretaries of
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense,
Energy, and the Interior, in consultation
with FERC, states, tribal or local units
of governments, as appropriate; affected
utility industries; and other interested
persons to designate, under their
respective authorities, corridors on
Federal land in the 11 Western States
for oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines as
well as electricity transmission and
distribution facilities; perform any
environmental reviews that may be
required to complete the designation of
such corridors; and incorporate the
designated corridors into relevant
agency land use and resource
management plans or equivalent plans.
The 11 Western States are Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming.
DATES: Copies of the Final PEIS were
distributed beginning November 20,
2008 to Members of Congress, American
Indian Tribal governments, state and
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local governments, other Federal
agencies, and organizations and
individuals who are known to have an
interest in the Final PEIS.
The DOI, USDA and DOD would issue
separate Records of Decision (ROD) to
amend selected land use plans for the
purpose of designating EPAct 2005
Section 368 corridors no sooner than 30
days after the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes the Notice of
Availability of the Final PEIS. BLM’s
ROD must also await a 60-day
Governors’ Consistency Review in
accordance with 43 CFR 1610.3–2.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for
compact discs (CD) or printed copies of
the Final PEIS to: West-wide Energy
Corridor Final PEIS, Argonne National
Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Bldg.
900, Mailstop 4, Argonne, IL 60439; by
toll-free fax: 1–866–542–5904; or order
online at https://corridoreis.anl.gov.
The Final PEIS consists of a stand
alone Summary, the PEIS Chapters
(Volume 1–648 pages), the Appendices
(Volume 2–564 pages), Maps (Volume
3–148 pages), and Comments and
Responses (Volume 4–174 pages). The
Final PEIS Volume 3 map atlas is
printed on 11x17-inch paper. The CD
version of the Final PEIS includes the
map atlas in PDF format. The most
powerful and flexible version of the
map data is available on the project Web
site (https://corridoreis.anl.gov). The
Web site maps are available within a
geographic information system (GIS)
database that allows users to merge,
enlarge, and view multiple map-data
layers. Software and instructions to use
the GIS data are user-friendly and
available for free download on the Web
site. The Final PEIS is available on the
project Web site at https://
corridoreis.anl.gov, on the DOE NEPA
Web site at https://www.gc.energy.gov/
nepa, and at the following reading room
locations:
• The BLM state and field offices and
FS regional offices in the 11 Western
States, and
• The DOE Freedom of Information
Act Office and Reading Room, Room
1E–190, 1000 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; phone 202–586–
3142.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the Final PEIS, please
contact Kate Winthrop, BLM, WO–350,
MS 1000 LS, 1849 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240; by phone: 202–
452–5051; or by e-mail:
kate_winthrop@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agencies prepared the Final PEIS to
implement Section 368 of EPAct to
designate preferred locations for future
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK-910-09-1739-NSSI]
Call for Nominations: North Slope Science Initiative, Science
Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Call for Nominations for the North Slope Science Initiative,
Science Technical Advisory Panel.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a call for nominations to serve on the
North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) of 1972, 5 U.S.C. Appendix.
DATES: Submit a completed nomination form and nomination letter to the
address listed below no later than 45 days from the date of publication
of this Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Payne, Ph.D, Executive
Director, North Slope Science Initiative (AK-910), c/o Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13,
Anchorage, Alaska 99513, phone (907) 271-3431, or john_f_
payne@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Science Technical
Advisory Panel is to advise the North Slope Science Oversight Group on
issues such as identifying and prioritizing inventory, monitoring and
research needs, and providing other scientific as requested by the
Oversight Group. The Oversight Group consists of the Alaska Regional
Directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service,
Minerals Management Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service; the
BLM-Alaska State Director; The Commissioners of the Alaska Departments
of Fish and Game and Natural Resources; the Mayor of the North Slope
Borough and the president of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
Advisory to the Oversight Group are the Regional Executive, U.S.
Geological Survey, Alaska Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission,
and the Regional Directors of the National Weather Service and U.S.
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
The Science Technical Advisory Panel shall consist of a
representative group of not more than 15 scientists and technical
experts from diverse professions and interests, including the oil and
gas industry, subsistence users, Alaska Native entities, conservation
organizations, and academia, as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior. The members will be selected from among, but not limited to,
the following disciplines: North Slope traditional and local knowledge,
landscape ecology, petroleum engineering, civil engineering, geology,
botany, hydrology, limnology, habitat biology, wildlife biology,
biometrics, sociology, cultural anthropology, economics, ornithology,
oceanography, fisheries biology, and climatology.
The duties of the Science Panel are solely advisory to the
Oversight Group, which will give direction to the Science Panel
regarding priorities for decisions needed for the Department of the
Interior's management. Duties could include the following:
a. Advise the Oversight Group on science planning and relevant
research and monitoring projects;
b. Advise the Oversight Group on scientific information relevant to
the Oversight Group's mission;
c. Review selected reports to advise the Oversight Group on their
content and relevance;
d. Review ongoing scientific programs of North Slope Science
Initiative (NSSI) member organizations on the North Slope at the
request of the member organizations to promote compatibility in
methodologies and compilation of data;
e. Advise the Oversight Group on how to ensure that scientific
products generated through NSSI activities are of the highest technical
quality;
f. Periodically review the North Slope Science Plan and provide
recommendations for changes to the Oversight Group;
g. Provide recommendations for proposed NSSI funded inventory,
monitoring and research activities to the Oversight Group;
h. Provide other scientific advice as requested by the Oversight
Group; and
i. Coordinate with groups and committees appointed or requested by
the Oversight Group to provide science advice, as needed.
The Executive Director, North Slope Science Initiative shall serve
as the Designated Federal Officer of the Science Technical Advisory
Panel.
Qualifications and Procedures Required for Nomination
All membership shall consist of professionals with advanced degrees
and a minimum of five years of work experience in Alaska in their field
of expertise, preferably in the North Slope region. Professionals will
be selected from among those disciplines and entities described above.
Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to
serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel. Members will be
appointed for three-year terms. At the discretion of the Secretary of
the Interior, Science Technical Advisory Panel members may be
reappointed indefinitely.
How To Nominate
Individuals may nominate themselves to the Science Technical
Advisory Panel. You may obtain nomination forms from the Executive
Director, North Slope Science Initiative (see address above), or from
https://www.northslope.org. To make a nomination, or self nominate, you
must
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submit a completed nomination form with a letter of reference that
describes the nominee's qualifications to serve on the Science
Technical Advisory Panel. The professional discipline the nominee would
like to represent should be identified in the letter of nomination and
in the nomination form. Nominees may be scientists and technical
experts from diverse professions and interests, including the oil and
gas industry, subsistence users, Alaska Native entities, conservation
organizations, and academia. Nominees selected to serve on the Science
Technical Advisory Panel will serve only in their professional capacity
and will not serve to represent any group, agency or entity with whom
they may be affiliated. The Executive Director shall collect the
nomination forms and letters of reference and distribute them to the
Oversight Group of the North Slope Science Initiative. The Oversight
Group will submit their recommendations through the Bureau of Land
Management to the Secretary of the Interior who has the responsibility
for making the appointments. Members of the Science Technical Advisory
Panel will serve without monetary compensation. Members will be
reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at the current rate for
Government employees.
Certification
I hereby certify that the establishment of the Science Technical
Advisory Panel for the North Slope Science Initiative is necessary and
in the public interest in connection with the Secretary of the
Interior, and in compliance with Section 348, Energy Policy Act of 2005
(Pub. L. 109-58).
Thomas P. Lonnie,
State Director.
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