Department of the Interior March 10, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In the December 28, 2004, Federal Register, the National Park Service (NPS) announced the availability of the draft general management plan and environmental impact statement (GMP/EIS) for the First Ladies National Historic Site (the park). Due to unanticipated delays, the document will not be available until April 25, 2005. Correction: The draft GMP/EIS will be made available for public review for 60 days following the publishing of the notice of availability in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency. The NPS will notice the draft GMP/EIS availability and public meetings in local media and on the Planning, Environment, and Public Comment Web site at the following address: https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/publicHome.cfm.

This notice sets forth the dates of April 7, 2005 and October 6, 2005 of the Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission.

Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to extend the following expiring concession contracts for a period of up to one year, or until such time as a new contract is executed, whichever occurs sooner.

This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Northeast Regional Panel. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is amending its Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Desert Rock Energy Project, San Juan County, New Mexico, published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65215), which described the proposed action. The amendments: (1) Add the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as cooperating agencies; (2) include the mining of up to six million more tons of coal per year from the BHP Navajo Coal Company lease area and delivery of that coal to the proposed power plant, plus the issuance of permits required under the Clean Water Act by the Army Corps of Engineers and/or the EPA, for analysis in the EIS; (3) announce five more public scoping meetings to identify potential issues and alternatives for inclusion in the EIS; and (4) extend the period for public comment on scoping for the EIS.

In response to the inherent risks of gaming enterprises and the resulting need for effective internal controls in Tribal gaming operations, the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission or NIGC) first developed Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) for Indian gaming in 1999, and then later revised them in 2002. The Commission recognized from the outset that periodic technical adjustments and revisions would be necessary in order to keep the MICS effective in protecting Tribal gaming assets and the interests of Tribal stakeholders and the gaming public. To that end, the following proposed rule revisions contain certain proposed corrections and revisions to the Commission's existing MICS, which are necessary to clarify, improve, and update other existing MICS provisions. The purpose of these proposed MICS revisions is to address apparent shortcomings in the MICS and various changes in Tribal gaming technology and methods.