57362 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 185 / Friday, September 24, 2004 / Notices 

Activity/operator Location Date 

Hunt Petroleum (AEC), Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 

97–111A.

Vermilion, Block 249, Lease OCS–G 06678, located 62 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

03–Jun–04. 

Union Oil Company of California, Structure Removal SEA ES/

SR 03–194A, 03–195A.

Vermilion, Block 262, Lease OCS–G 02081, located 85 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

03–Jun–04. 

C & C Technologies, Inc., Geological & Geophysical Exploration Plan SEA L04–40.Located in the central Gulf of Mexico south of Fourchon, Louisiana.07–Jun–04. 

Murphy Exploration & Production Company, Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–076, 04–077, 04–078, 04–079.Ship Shoal, Block 167, Lease OCS–G 00818, located 27 

miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

10–Jun–04. 

Chevron USA, Inc. Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–048, 

04–049.

West Cameron, Block 564, Lease OCS–G 02014, located 102 

miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

10–Jun–04. 

Fugro GeoServices, Inc., Geological and Geophysical Exploration Plan SEA L04–42.Located in the central Gulf of Mexico south of Patterson, Louisiana.14–Jun–04. 

Murphy Exploration & Production Company, Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–075.Ship Shoal, Block 166, Lease OCS–G 05549, located 25 

miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

18–Jun–04. 

Energy Resource Technology, Inc., Structure Removal SEA 

ES/SR 04–080.

Brazos, Block 437, Lease OCS–G 04140, located 11 miles 

from the nearest Texas shoreline.

21–Jun–04. 

W & T Offshore, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–084 South Marsh Island (South), Block 117, Lease OCS–G 05465, 

located 75 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

24–Jun–04. 

Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–

085.

Eugene Island, Block 214, OCS–G 17986, located 40 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

30–Jun–04. 

SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–081 Mobile, Block 820, Lease OCS–G 10921, located 5 miles from 

the nearest Alabama shoreline.

30–Jun–04. 

SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–082 Mobile, Block 864, Lease OCS–G 05064, located 5 miles from 

the nearest Alabama shoreline.

30–Jun–04. 

Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–

086.

West Delta, Block 32, Lease OCS–G 00367, located 9 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

30–Jun–04. 

Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–

087.

West Delta, Block 32, Lease OCS–G 01332, located 9 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

30–Jun–04. 

TDC Energy, LLC, Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–083 ..... West Delta, Block 48, Lease OCS–G 10876, located 8 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

30–Jun–04. 

Persons interested in reviewing 

environmental documents for the 

proposals listed above or obtaining 

information about SEAs and FONSIs 

prepared for activities on the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS are encouraged to contact 

MMS at the address or telephone listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section.

Dated: July 29, 2004. 

Chris C. Oynes, 

Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

[FR Doc. 04–21465 Filed 9–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

General Management Plan, John Day 

Fossil Beds National Monument, Grant 

and Wheeler Counties, OR; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park 

Service is initiating the conservation 

planning and environmental impact 

analysis process necessary to prepare a 

General Management Plan (GMP) for 

John Day Fossil Beds National 

Monument, Oregon. The new GMP will 

establish the overall direction for the 

monument, setting broad management 

goals for managing the area over the 

next 15 to 20 years. The GMP will 

prescribe desired resource conditions 

and visitor experiences that are to be 

achieved and maintained throughout 

the monument based on such factors as 

the monument’s purpose and 

significance, special mandates, the body 

of laws and policies directing park 

management, resource analysis, and the 

range of public expectations and 

concerns. The GMP also will outline the 

kinds of resource management 

activities, visitor activities, and 

developments that would be appropriate 

in the monument in the future. 

A range of reasonable alternatives for 

managing John Day Fossil Beds will be 

developed through this planning 

process and will include, at a minimum, 

a no-action and a preferred alternative 

(from among the alternatives to be 

analyzed in full, an ‘‘environmentally 

preferred’’ alternative will also be 

identified). At this point in time, major 

issues which are anticipated to be 

addressed in preparing the 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

and GMP will include protection of 

resources; changes in visitor use 

patterns; adequacy and sustainability of 

existing visitor facilities; appropriate 

use of monument lands and ease and 

type of access; adequacy of the 

monument boundaries for protecting 

paleontological resources, and 

appropriate uses and development in 

the Cant Ranch National Historic 

District. The EIS will also evaluate the 

potential environmental consequences 

of the alternative management 

approaches, as well as identify suitable 

mitigation strategies to avoid or 

minimize potential impacts. As the first 

phase of the planning process, the 

National Park Service is beginning to 

scope the issues to be addressed in the 

Draft EIS\GMP. All interested persons, 

organizations, and agencies are 

encouraged to submit comments and 

suggestions on issues and concerns that 

should be addressed, and the range of 

appropriate alternatives that should be 

examined.

DATES: The National Park Service is now 

initiating public scoping. This fall a 

scoping newsletter will be distributed to 

state and federal agencies; associated 

American Indian tribes; neighboring 

communities; county commissioners; 

local organizations, researchers and 

institutions; the congressional 

delegation; and other interested 

members of the public. In addition, the 

National Park Service will hold public 

scoping meetings regarding the general 

management plan in the fall or early 

winter. At this time, two public open 

houses are expected to be hosted in 

early December 2004, in John Day and 

Fossil, Oregon. Specific dates, times, 

and locations will be announced in the 

local media, on the Internet at http://

www.nps.gov/joda, and will also be 

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available by contacting the 

Superintendent. In addition to attending 

the scoping meetings, people wishing to 

provide information to be considered in 

developing the Draft EIS\GMP may mail 

or e-mail comments to the monument’s 

Superintendent at the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Hammett, Superintendent, at the 

address noted, or via telephone at (514) 

987–2333. General park information 

requests, or requests to be added to the 

project mailing list, should be directed 

to: Superintendent, John Day Fossil 

Beds National Monument, 32651 

Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848 (or via 

E-mail: JODA_Superintendent@nps.gov). 

General information about John Day 

Fossil Beds National Monument is also 

available on the Internet at <http://

www.nps.gov/joda>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

individuals and organizations are 

encouraged to provide relevant 

information or comments on any issues 

or concerns which should be addressed 

in the new GMP. Respondents may 

submit comments by any one of several 

methods: (1) Mail written comments to 

Superintendent, John Day Fossil Beds 

National Monument, 32651 Highway 19, 

Kimberly, OR 97848; (2) respond via the 

Internet to 

JODA_Superintendent@nps.gov (please 

submit Internet comments as a text file 

avoiding the use of special characters 

and any form of encryption. Be sure to 

include name and return street address 

in all Internet messages. If confirmation 

of receipt of electronic comments is not 

received for some reason, respondents 

may contact the planning staff directly 

at John Day Fossil Beds National 

Monument); and (3) written comments 

may be hand-delivered to monument 

headquarters at 32651 Highway 19, 

Kimberly, OR 97848. 

All written comments must be 

postmarked, transmitted, or delivered 

not later than January 15, 2005. Please 

note that names and addresses of 

respondents providing comments 

become part of the public record. If 

individuals commenting request that 

their name or\and address be withheld 

from public disclosure, it will be 

honored to the extent allowable by law. 

Such requests must be stated 

prominently in the beginning of the 

comments. There also may be 

circumstances wherein the NPS will 

withhold from the record a respondent’s 

identity, as allowable by law. As always: 

the NPS will make available to public 

inspection all submissions from 

organizations or businesses and from 

persons identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations and businesses; and, 

anonymous comments may not be 

considered. 

Decision Process: It is currently 

anticipated that following careful 

consideration of comments received in 

regards to the Draft EIS\GMP, that the 

Final EIS\GMP would be released in 

fall-winter 2007. As delegated EIS, the 

final plan and record of decision is to 

be approved by the Director, Pacific 

West Region (anticipated to occur in 

summer 2008). Subsequently the official 

responsible for implementing the 

selected plan will be the 

Superintendent, John Day Fossil Beds 

National Monument.

Dated: August 11, 2004. 

George J. Turnbull, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

[FR Doc. 04–21471 Filed 9–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Bureau of 

Justice Assistance Application Form: 

State Criminal Alien Assistance 

Program. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

‘‘sixty days’’ until November 23, 2004. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

If you have comments especially on 

the estimated public burden or 

associated response time, suggestions, 

or need a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions or additional information, 

please contact Maria A. Pressley at (202) 

353–8643, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Office of Justice Programs, U. S. 

Department of Justice, 810 Seventh 

Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20531. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this information 

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Reinstatement, with change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Bureau of Justice Assistance 

Application Form: State Criminal Alien 

Assistance Program (SCAAP). 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number: None. Office 

of Justice Programs. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

Abstract: Primary: State, local and tribal 

government agencies within the United 

States and its territories. BJA 

administers the State Criminal Alien 

Assistance Program (SCAAP) with the 

Bureau of Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE), and the Department 

of Homeland Security (DHS). SCAAP 

provides federal payments to States and 

localities that incurred correctional 

officer salary costs for incarcerating 

undocumented criminal aliens with at 

least one felony or two misdemeanor 

convictions for violations of state or 

local law, and who are incarcerated for 

at least 4 consecutive days during the 

designated reporting period. 

SCAAP is governed by Section 242 of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 

U.S.C. 123 1(i), as amended, and Title 

II, Subtitle C, Section 20301, Violent 

Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

Act of 1994, Public Law 103–322. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond/reply: It is estimated that it will 

take the 748 applicants under SCAAP