Land Management Bureau August 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of a 30-Day Public Comment Period To Affirm the Policy for the Standards To Establish the Potash Enclave as Used To Administer the Secretarial Order of 1986 Entitled “Oil and Gas and Potash Leasing and Development Within the Designated Potash Area of Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico”
Document Number: 05-17176
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-30
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This notice solicits public comments on the report which affirms the existing policy on the criteria used to establish the potash enclave.
Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, and Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council
Document Number: 05-16987
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Advisory Council meeting will be held as indicated below.
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Arizona
Document Number: 05-16976
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The plats of survey described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona, (30) thirty calendar days from the date of this publication.
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and to Conduct Public Scoping for the West Tavaputs Natural Gas Full Field Development Plan, Carbon and Duchesne Counties, UT
Document Number: 05-16953
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Price Field Office, Price, Utah, will prepare an EIS on the impacts of efficient and orderly development of the natural gas resources in the West Tavaputs Plateau area on approximately 137,700 acres of public, state, and private lands in Carbon and Duchesne Counties in eastern Utah, as well as considering a site-specific development proposal on a portion of the West Tavaputs Plateau area. The Price Field Office Manager will be the authorized officer for this project.
Notice of Availability for the Ruby Hill Mine Expansion-East Archimedes Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; A Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing Operations in Eureka County, NV
Document Number: 05-16951
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations found at 40 CFR 1500-1508, notice is hereby given of the availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for comment, prepared by the Battle Mountain Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The statement analyzes the environmental effects of the Proposed Action and the No Action Alternatives.
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Document Number: 05-16950
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park and Recreation Act of 1978, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service have jointly prepared a Proposed Plan/Final EIS for the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The Final EIS discusses public and agency comments received on the draft EIS. It describes and analyzes four alternative management strategies, each presenting a different approach to resolving issues identified through public scoping. Alternative A is the ``no action'' or continuation of present management alternative. Alternative B would promote more travel and access within the Monument. Alternative C would emphasize retention and enhancement of the Monument's primitive character. The Proposed Plan is Alternative D, the agency preferred alternative from the draft Plan/EIS, refined by public comment. Alternative D, which emphasizes protection and restoration of physical and biological resources, is also considered to be the environmentally preferred alternative.
Notice of Availability of Records of Decision for the Andrews Management Unit and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area Resource Management Plans (RMPs)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Steens Mountain Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Plan
Document Number: 05-16949
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 (Steens Act), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policies, the BLM announces the availability of the RMPs/RODs for the Andrews Management Unit (AMU) and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA), located primarily in Harney County in southeastern Oregon. The Oregon/ Washington State Director approved the RMPs/RODs, which become effective immediately. In accordance with the Steens Act, BLM is also releasing the Final Steens Mountain Wilderness and WSRs Plan for pertinent lands within the CMPA.
Competitive Sale of Public Land and Partial Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classifications in Douglas County, NV
Document Number: 05-16870
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is identifying for sale public land encompassing 206.25 acres more or less in North Douglas County, NV, in accordance with competitive bidding procedures. The BLM is also terminating Recreation and Public Purpose Act classifications on this same land.
Public Land Order No. 7644; Revocation of 4 Bureau of Reclamation Orders and 2 Public Land Orders; Idaho
Document Number: 05-16873
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-25
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order revokes 4 Bureau of Reclamation Orders and 2 Public Land Orders in their entirety as they affect 6,785.75 acres of lands withdrawn for the Minidoka Reclamation Project. This order opens 2,767.04 acres of public lands to all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, and 4,018.71 acres of lands to such uses as may be authorized by law on National Forest System lands. This order also opens all of the lands to the mining laws.
Notice of Invitation-Coal Exploration License Application MTM 94825
Document Number: 05-16872
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-25
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Spring Creek Coal Company in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in the following- described lands located in Big Horn County, Montana, encompassing 1917.50 acres:
Public Land Order No. 7643; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7464; Montana
Document Number: 05-16871
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-25
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order extends Public Land Order No. 7464 for an additional 5-year period. This extension is necessary to continue to protect reclamation of the Zortman-Landusky mining area.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: 05-16869
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-25
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Mary's Igloo Native Corporation. The lands are located in Lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 604, Alaska, and T. 3 S., Rgs. 30, 31, and 32 W., Kateel River Meridian; T. 4 S., R. 32 W., Kateel River Meridian; and Ts. 3 and 4 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River, Alaska, in the vicinity of Mary's Igloo Alaska, and contains 18,915.33 acres. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Nome Nugget.
Alaska Lands Conveyance
Document Number: 05-16868
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-25
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision directing conveyance of lands pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act will be issued to Shee Atika, Incorporated, for certain lands in T. 47 S., R. 66 E., Copper River Meridian, located in the vicinity of Sitka, Alaska, containing approximately 20 acres. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Ketchikan Daily News.
Survey Plat Filing; Maine
Document Number: 05-16815
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-24
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of Public Lands in Clark County, NV; Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes Classification and Segregation; Withdrawal of the Formerly Classified Lands by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act
Document Number: 05-16492
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to sell by public auction 86 parcels of Federal public land, aggregating approximately 3,197.00 acres, more or less, in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. The sale will be under the authority of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2343), as amended by Title IV of the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 1994) (SNPLMA). The SNPLMA sale will be subject to the applicable provisions of Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719), and BLM land sale and mineral conveyance regulations at 43 CFR parts 2710 and 2720. The sale will be conducted in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 16, 2005, using competitive bidding procedures under the regulations, at not less than the appraised fair market value (FMV) of each parcel. BLM may also continue the auction of up to five additional parcels near Laughlin, Nevada (hereinafter, ``the Laughlin parcels''), which remain unsold from a BLM competitive oral auction held in Laughlin, Nevada, on June 15, 2005. These five parcels aggregate approximately 1,796.65 acres and have been for sale on the Internet since the June 15, 2005, sale. If not sold on the Internet by November 16, 2005, BLM will take oral bids on these parcels at not less than the appraised fair market value of each parcel, at the proposed November 16, 2005, sale. Sealed bids may also be submitted for these parcels. These parcels are not within the SNPLMA disposal boundary and are sold solely under the authority of FLPMA. They were originally noticed for sale in the Federal Register on March 30, 2005, at 70 FR 16301. That notice provides that, ``If not sold, any parcel described above in this Notice may be identified for sale at a later date without further legal notice.'' 70 FR at 16303. More information on these parcels, as well as all parcels involved with the November 16 sale, is available at https:// propertydisposal.gsa.gov. If sold on the Internet or at the November 16, 2005, sale, these parcels will be sold under the terms of conditions of the original notice at 70 FR 16301. BLM's decision to sell the Laughlin parcels has already undergone notice and comment procedures pursuant to the sale regulations at 43 CFR part 2700. Environmental documentation prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act for sale of the Laughlin parcels has also undergone a public comment period. Therefore, BLM will not be accepting any new comments regarding the continued auction of the Laughlin parcels.
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area Advisory Council Meeting
Document Number: 05-16356
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area (MCNCA) Advisory Council will hold its next meeting of 2005 on September 7, 2005. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. and will be held at the Fruita City Office Building, 325 East Aspen Avenue, Fruita, CO. An additional meeting will be held on December 7, 2005 at the Mesa County Administration Building; 544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO.
Final Supplementary Rules on Public Land in Oregon and Washington
Document Number: 05-16162
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office is implementing supplementary rules for public lands within the states of Oregon and Washington. The rules are needed in order to protect the area's natural resources and provide for public health and safety. The rules are based on existing regulations and address camping and residency, vehicles and off-road vehicles, fire, conduct, firearms, sanitation and refuse and permits. The supplementary rules promote consistency between BLM rules on these topics and similar rules of other natural resource agencies including the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Oregon Parks and Recreation, and the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Notice of Realty Action: Proposed Modified Competitive Sale and Competitive Sale of Public Lands, Grand County, Colorado
Document Number: 05-16316
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides notice that it will offer five parcels of public lands located in Grand County, Colorado, for sale at not less than their respective appraised fair market values. The Kremmling Field Manager has determined that because Parcels 1 and 5 have no legal access via any public road and are surrounded by private lands, they will be offered for sale only to the current adjoining landowners under modified competitive sale procedures. Parcels 2, 3, and 4, which have legal access via public roads, will be sold individually under competitive sale procedures open to any person or entity qualified to bid. Sales of all parcels will be by sealed bid only.
Non-Competitive Sale of Reversionary Interest, Portion of Recreation and Public Purposes Act Patent Number 27-80-0056
Document Number: 05-16315
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The State of Nevada has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to purchase, at fair market value, 102.5 acres of land in Clark County, Nevada, free and clear of a reversionary interest held by the United States, pursuant to a direct sale conducted in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Final Supplementary Rule for the Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Relating to Possession of Open Containers of Alcohol While Operating or Riding on/in Motor Vehicles
Document Number: 05-16314
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing a final supplementary rule to apply to the public lands administered by the Arizona State Office. The final supplementary rule prohibits the illegal use of alcohol on public lands. BLM needs the final supplementary rule to protect natural resources and the health and safety of public land users. The final supplementary rule will allow BLM law enforcement officers to enforce a regulation prohibiting the possession of open containers of alcohol while operating or riding on/ in motor vehicles on public lands in a manner consistent with current Arizona State law and BLM California supplementary rules.
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease CACA 45944
Document Number: 05-16313
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Under the provisions of Public Law 97-451, Summitt Ventures Inc, timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease CACA 45944 for lands in Kern County, California, and it was accompanied by all required rentals and royalties accruing from April 1, 2005, the date of termination.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: 05-16312
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that two appealable decisions approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Olgoonik Corporation. The lands are located in T. 16 N., R. 29 W., T. 14 N., R. 30 W., Tps. 4 S., Rs. 11 and 12 W., Umiat Meridian, in the vicinity of Wainwright, Alaska, aggregating 6,524.46 acres. Notice of the decisions will also be published four times in the Arctic Sounder.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: 05-16311
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Heirs, Devisees and/or Assigns of Frank Titus. The land is located in T. 6 S., R. 21 E., Kateel River Meridian, in the vicinity of Ruby, Alaska, and contain 39.98 acres. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: 05-16310
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Kake Tribal Corporation. The lands are located in Township 57 South, Range 72 East, Copper River Meridian, in the vicinity of Frederick Sound, Alaska, and contain 180.20 acres. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Daily Sitka Sentinel.
Lease of Public Lands, Alaska
Document Number: 05-16307
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew a lease of approximately one acre of public land near Farewell, Alaska under the provisionsof Section 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) for Mr. Dewayne G. Covey to operate trapping activities and maintain an existing cabin.
Expiration of Public Land Orders and Opening of Lands; Idaho
Document Number: 05-16306
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management announces the expiration of two public land orders affecting 32,978.34 acres of public lands. This order opens the lands to surface entry.
Modified Competitive Sales of Public Land; Oregon, Parcel I (OR 55523) and Parcel II (OR 60928)
Document Number: 05-16161
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This notice announces the proposed sale of two small parcels of public land, totaling 3.89 acres, located in Lane County, Oregon at not less than appraised market value. These parcels are proposed to be sold through modified competitive procedures.
Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Oklahoma
Document Number: 05-16134
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico State Office, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Field Office, will offer certain coal resources in three separate tracts described below in LeFlore, Latimer, and Haskell Counties in Oklahoma, for competitive sale by sealed bid, in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181, et seq.).
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 05-16104
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (Monument) Advisory Committee (Committee), will meet as directed below.
Notice of Extension of the Public Scoping Period for the South National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement and Request for Information, Call for Nominations and Comments, and Solicitation of Interest in Hardrock and Coal Mining
Document Number: 05-16101
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces an extension of the public scoping period on the South National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement and an extension in the Request for Information, Call for Nominations and Comments and the solicitation of interest in hardrock and coal mining. The original notice issued June 15, 2005 provided for a scoping period and the request for other comment and information to end on August 26, 2005. BLM is extending the scoping and related comment and information gathering period through October 17, 2004 and will reschedule scoping meetings in Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Atqasuk, Barrow, Buckland, Fairbanks, Koyuk, Nome, Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright.
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Nebraska
Document Number: 05-15694
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is scheduled to file the plats of surveys of the lands described below thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming
Document Number: 05-16010
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on August 3, 2005.
Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington
Document Number: 05-15974
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The plats of survey of the following described lands were officially filed in the Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, on May 16, 2005.
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Document Number: 05-15936
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park and Recreation Act of 1978, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the BLM and the NPS have jointly prepared a Proposed Plan/Final EIS for the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The Proposed Plan would provide direction for the management of approximately 740,000 acres of federally-managed land in Blaine, Butte, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Power Counties in south- central Idaho. In would replace the NPS' Craters of the Moon National Monument General Management Plan and portions of the following BLM plans: Big Desert, Big Lost, and Sun Valley Management Framework Plans; and the Monument RMP.
Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur d'Alene District Resource Advisory Council Meeting; Idaho
Document Number: 05-15883
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d'Alene District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Public Land Order No. 7641; Transfer of Jurisdiction, Baca National Wildlife Refuge; CO
Document Number: 05-15817
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order transfers administrative jurisdiction of 1,178.57 acres of surface and mineral estate and 3,991.40 acres of reserved Federal mineral estate from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for addition to and administration as part of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge. The transfer of jurisdiction is authorized by Section 8(a) of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-530).
Public Land Order No. 7642; Modification of Public Land Order No. 6761; Colorado
Document Number: 05-15816
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order modifies Public Land Order No. 6761, which withdrew lands for the protection of archaeological sites, to allow for disposal by exchange. This action will open the lands to exchange only.
Cove Recreation Site Use Fees and Supplementary Rules
Document Number: 05-15815
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management is establishing use fees for the Cove Recreation Site in Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, and proposing supplementary rules at Cove Recreation Site for public use of the campground and day use areas. The fees are authorized by law, and the supplementary rules are necessary for human health and safety and to protect the natural resources of the site.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee: Call for Nominations
Document Number: 05-15814
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations for five members of the Grand Staircase-Escalante 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 until September 26, 2005.
Notice of Travel Restriction and Seasonal Closure to OHVs
Document Number: 05-15813
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Notice is hereby given that effective immediately, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Kanab Field Office, is restricting OHV travel on 7,924 acres of public lands near Kanab, Utah. The public lands affected by this restriction are located in portions of T. 43 S., R. 5 W.; T. 43 S., R. 6 W.; and T. 43 S., R. 7 W., Salt Lake Meridian. The purpose of the restriction and seasonal closure is to protect soil, vegetation, wildlife, cultural, and riparian area resources that have been adversely impacted or are at risk of being adversely impacted by OHV use. This restriction and seasonal closure will remain in effect until the considerable adverse effects giving rise to the restriction and seasonal closure are eliminated and measures are implemented to prevent recurrence of these adverse effects.
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification for Conveyance; Esmeralda County, NV
Document Number: 05-15812
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act of 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), approximately 29.29 acres of public land near the community of Dyer, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Esmeralda County proposes to acquire and manage the parcel as a solid waste transfer station and drop box facility.
Notice of Availability of Supplemental Air Quality Information for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Jonah Infill Drilling Project, Pinedale, Wyoming
Document Number: 05-15808
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-09
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of supplemental air quality analyses and information prepared for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Jonah Infill Drilling Project (JIDP), Sublette County, Wyoming. The supplemental information will be available to the public for a 60-day review and comment period.
Notice of Public Meeting, Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Document Number: 05-15706
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-09
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.
Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado)
Document Number: 05-15702
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-09
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.
Application Procedures, Execution and Filing of Forms: Correction of State Office Addresses for Filings and Recordings, Proper Offices for Recording of Mining Claims
Document Number: 05-15526
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-08-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This administrative final rule amends the regulations pertaining to execution and filing of forms in order to reflect the new address of the Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which moved in May 2005. All filings and other documents relating to public lands in Utah must be filed at the new address of the State Office.
Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council
Document Number: 05-15482
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of BLM- administered public lands on Friday, September 23, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal session on Saturday, September 24 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Baker Community Center, located at 56725 Park Avenue in Baker. The Council and interested members of the public will depart for a field tour at 7:30 a.m. from the Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx. The public is welcome to participate in the tour, but should plan on providing their own transportation, drinks, and lunch. Tour stops and presentations and meeting agenda topics will be announced later.
Notice of Utah Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Document Number: 05-15466
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplement to the Statewide Oil and Gas Final Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans; MT
Document Number: 05-15189
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
By Order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and 43 CFR 1610.2(c) for amending resource management plans (RMPs), and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended, and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing a Supplement to the Statewide Document (SEIS/ Amendment) and will amend the Powder River and Billings RMPs. The SEIS/ Amendment will evaluate the effects of phased coal bed natural gas (CBNG) development and production in the Billings and Powder River RMP areas. The tentative completion date of the Record of Decision for the SEIS/Amendment is December 2006.
Bureau of Land Management
Document Number: 05-15276
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Land Management Bureau
The John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council (JDSRAC) meeting scheduled for September 21, 2005, in Pendleton, Oregon, has been rescheduled to September 12, 2005. The meeting will be held at the Geiser Grand Hotel, 1996 Main Street, Baker City, Oregon. The meeting may include such topics as off highway vehicle, noxious weeds, planning, Sage-grouse, mining and other matters that may come before the council. A field trip is scheduled for September 13, 2005 to discuss mining operations on public lands in the Baker City area. The meeting is open to the public. Public comment is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. (Pacific standard time) September 12, 2005. For a copy of the information to be distributed to the JDSRAC members, please submit a written request to the BLM Vale District Office 10 days prior to the meeting.
Bureau of Land Management
Document Number: 05-15275
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-08-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Land Management Bureau
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board will meet September 22, 2005, 8 a.m. to Noon (PDT) at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 42267 Highway 86, Baker City, Oregon. Meeting topics may include capital improvement, education and outreach, a facility tour, and other topics as may come before the board. The meeting is open to the public, and the public comment opportunity is scheduled from 10 to 10:15 a.m.
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