Notice of Meetings of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group, Wyoming, 22723 [2011-9704]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2011 / Notices disposals, renewable energy ROW avoidance/mitigation area, motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, closed to surface-disturbing activities, and ROW avoidance/ mitigation area. • Rattlesnake Mountain (19,119 acres): Value(s) of Concern—Special Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, closed to mineral material disposals, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, closed to surface-disturbing activities, ROW exclusion area, and pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws. • Sheep Mountain (25,153 acres): Value(s) of Concern—Special Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized vehicle use limited to designated roads and trails, unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, closed to mineral material disposals, pursue a withdrawal from appropriation under the mining laws, closed to surface-disturbing activities, and ROW avoidance/mitigation area. • Paleocene and Eocene Thermal Maximum (14,906 acres): Value(s) of Concern—Paleontological. Proposed Use Limitation(s)—NSO restriction applied to fluid mineral leases, and closed to mineral material disposals. Alternative A proposes to maintain the nine existing ACECs. Alternative B proposes to establish all of the ACECs listed above, with expansions, except Paleocene and Eocene Thermal Maximum. Alternative C proposes to maintain only Spanish Point Karst and Brown/Howe Dinosaur Area as ACECs. Alternative D, the Preferred Alternative, proposes ACEC designation for Big Cedar Ridge (264 acres); Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite (1,798 acres); Sheep Mountain Anticline (11,528 acres); Spanish Point Karst (6,627 acres); Brown/Howe Dinosaur Area (5,517 acres); Carter Mountain (10,867 acres); Five Springs Falls (163 acres); Little Mountain (21,475 acres); Upper Owl Creek (13,057 acres); Clarks Fork Canyon (2,724 acres); Sheep Mountain (14,201 acres); and Paleocene, Eocene Thermal Maximum (14,906 acres) for a total of 103,087 acres proposed to be managed as ACECs. The BLM initiated a Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) review of all BLMadministered public lands along waterways within the Worland and Cody planning areas. The BLM requests the public to submit information regarding the suitability of eligible river segments for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The BLM will use comments submitted during the announced comment period VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:01 Apr 21, 2011 Jkt 223001 to gather additional data to determine suitability for inclusion into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. You may submit comments in writing to the BLM at any public meeting, or you may submit them to the BLM using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section above. In order to reduce the use of paper and control costs, the BLM strongly encourages the public to submit comments electronically at the project Web site or via e-mail. Only comments submitted using the methods described in the ADDRESSES section above will be accepted. Comments submitted must include the commenter’s name and street address. Whenever possible, please include reference to either the page or section in the Draft RMPs/EIS to which the comment applies. Please note that public comments and information submitted—including names, street addresses and e-mail addresses of persons who submit comments—will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information–may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10 and 43 CFR 1610.2, 1610.7–2 and 8350. Ruth Welch, Associate State Director. [FR Doc. 2011–9703 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–22–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWYD01000–2009–LL13100000–NB0000– LXSI016K0000] Notice of Meetings of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group, Wyoming Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 22723 Land Management (BLM) announces that the Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will conduct meetings and a field tour in Pinedale, Wyoming. All meetings and tours are open to the public. The PAWG will meet on the following dates: August 3, 2011, and November 8, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. Mountain Time at the BLM Pinedale Field Office. A field tour of the Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA) will also be held on August 2, 2011 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time. Members of the public are asked to RSVP no later than 1 week prior to the field tour to Shelley Gregory, BLM Pinedale Field Office, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941; 307–315–0612; ssgregory@blm.gov. DATES: BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street, Pinedale, Wyoming. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelley Gregory, BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941; 307– 315–0612; ssgregory@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. The PAWG was established by the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Record of Decision (ROD) for the PAPA on July 27, 2000, and carried forward with the release of the ROD for the PAPA Supplemental EIS on September 12, 2008. The PAWG is a FACA-chartered group which develops recommendations and provides advice to the BLM on mitigation, monitoring, and adaptive management issues as oil and gas development in the PAPA proceeds. Additional information about the PAWG can be found at: https:// www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/ pinedale/pawg.html. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Donald A. Simpson, State Director. [FR Doc. 2011–9704 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–22–P E:\FR\FM\22APN1.SGM 22APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-9704]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWYD01000-2009-LL13100000-NB0000-LXSI016K0000]


Notice of Meetings of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group, 
Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces 
that the Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will conduct meetings 
and a field tour in Pinedale, Wyoming. All meetings and tours are open 
to the public.

DATES: The PAWG will meet on the following dates: August 3, 2011, and 
November 8, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. Mountain Time at the BLM Pinedale 
Field Office. A field tour of the Pinedale Anticline Project Area 
(PAPA) will also be held on August 2, 2011 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time. 
Members of the public are asked to RSVP no later than 1 week prior to 
the field tour to Shelley Gregory, BLM Pinedale Field Office, P.O. Box 
768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941; 307-315-0612; ssgregory@blm.gov.

ADDRESSES: BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street, Pinedale, 
Wyoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelley Gregory, BLM Pinedale Field 
Office, 1625 West Pine Street, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941; 
307-315-0612; ssgregory@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD), may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during 
normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PAWG was established by the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
PAPA on July 27, 2000, and carried forward with the release of the ROD 
for the PAPA Supplemental EIS on September 12, 2008.
    The PAWG is a FACA-chartered group which develops recommendations 
and provides advice to the BLM on mitigation, monitoring, and adaptive 
management issues as oil and gas development in the PAPA proceeds.
    Additional information about the PAWG can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/pinedale/pawg.html.

Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-9704 Filed 4-21-11; 8:45 am]
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