25734 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 1, 2012 / Notices 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens 

Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus 

These surveys will be conducted 

throughout the species ranges. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Jacquelyn B. Parrish, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10430 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD01000 L19900000.DB0000] 

30-Day Extension of Call for 

Nominations for the Bureau of Land 

Management’s California Desert 

District Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) California Desert 

District is extending the call for 

nominations from the public for six 

members of its District Advisory 

Council to serve 3-year terms, first 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 19, 2012 (77 FR 2755). Council 

members provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on the 

management of public lands in southern 

California. 

DATES: Nominations will be accepted 

until May 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Teresa Raml, District Manager, 

Bureau of Land Management, California 

Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San 

Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 

92553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Briery, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs (951) 697–5220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council is comprised of 15 individuals 

who represent different interests and 

advise BLM officials on policies and 

programs concerning the management of 

11 million acres of public land in 

southern California. The Council meets 

in formal session three to four times 

each year in various locations 

throughout the BLM’s California Desert 

District. Council members serve without 

compensation. Members serve 3-year 

terms and may be nominated for 

reappointment for additional 3-year 

terms. 

Section 309 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act directs the 

Secretary of the Interior to involve the 

public in planning and issues related to 

management of BLM-administered 

lands. The Secretary also selects 

Council nominees consistent with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), which requires 

nominees appointed to the Council be 

balanced in terms of points of view and 

representative of the various interests 

concerned with the management of the 

public lands. 

The Council also is balanced 

geographically, and the BLM strives to 

find qualified representatives from areas 

throughout the California Desert 

District. The District covers portions of 

eight counties, and includes more than 

11 million acres of public land in the 

California Desert Conservation Area of 

Mono, Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, 

Riverside, and Imperial counties, as 

well as 300,000 acres of scattered 

parcels in San Diego, western Riverside, 

western San Bernardino, Orange, and 

Los Angeles counties (known as the 

South Coast). 

The BLM is extending the nomination 

period in order to broaden the pool of 

qualified nominations from which a 

selection can be made by the Secretary 

of the Interior. Nominations will be 

accepted for 30 days from the 

publication date of this notice. The 

3-year terms would begin immediately 

upon appointment by the Secretary of 

the Interior. 

The six positions to be filled include 

one representative of transportation/ 

rights-of-way groups or organizations, 

one elected official, one representative 

of renewable energy groups or 

organizations, one representative of 

non-renewable resources groups or 

organizations, one representative of 

environmental protection groups or 

organizations, and one representative of 

the public-at-large. 

Any group or individual may 

nominate a qualified person, based 

upon education, training, and 

knowledge of the BLM, the California 

Desert, and the issues involving BLMadministered public lands throughout 

southern California. Qualified 

individuals also may nominate 

themselves. If you have already 

submitted your nomination materials for 

2012 you will not need to resubmit. 

The nomination form may be found 

on the Desert Advisory Council Web 

page: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/ 

rac/dac.html. The following must 

accompany the nomination form for all 

nominations: 

Æ Letters of reference from 

represented interests or organizations; 

Æ A completed background 

information nomination form; and 

Æ Any other information that 

addresses the nominee’s qualifications. 

Nominees unable to download the 

nomination form may contact the BLM 

California Desert District External 

Affairs staff at (951) 697–5220 to request 

a copy. Advisory Council members are 

appointed by the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

The Obama Administration prohibits 

individuals who are currently federally 

registered lobbyists to serve on all 

FACA and non-FACA boards, 

committees or councils. 

Authority: 43 CFR subpart 1784. 

Raymond C. Lee, 

Acting California Desert District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10427 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUT923–12–L13200000–EL000, UTU– 

88878] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate in 

Coal Exploration License, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: All interested qualified 

parties are hereby invited to participate 

with Ark Land Company on a pro rata 

cost-sharing basis in its program for the 

exploration of coal deposits owned by 

the United States of America in Sanpete 

County, Utah. 

DATES: The notice of invitation to 

participate in this coal exploration 

license was published once each week 

for 2 consecutive weeks in The Sanpete 

Messenger (beginning the last week of 

January 2012), and by virtue of this 

announcement in the Federal Register. 

Any person seeking to participate in this 

exploration program must send written 

notice to both the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and Ark Land 

Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES

section below no later than 30 days after 

the publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

license and plan are available for review 

from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, excluding Federal 

holidays (serial number UTU–88878) in 

the public room of the BLM State Office, 

440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 

Lake City, Utah. 

The written notice to participate in 

the exploration program should be sent 

to Stan Perkes, Bureau of Land 

Management, Utah State Office, 

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Division of Lands and Minerals, P.O. 

Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145 

and to Paul Jensen, Geologist, Ark Land 

Company, c/o Canyon Fuel Company, 

LLC, Skylines Mines, HC35 Box 380, 

Helper, Utah 84526. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan 

Perkes by telephone 801–539–4036, or 

by email: Stan_Perkes@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

exploration activities will be performed 

pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and 

to the regulations at 43 CFR part 3410. 

The purpose of the exploration program 

is to gain additional geologic knowledge 

of the coal underlying the exploration 

area for the purpose of assessing the 

coal resources. The exploration program 

is fully described and is being 

conducted pursuant to an exploration 

license and plan approved by the BLM. 

The exploration plan may be modified 

to accommodate the legitimate 

exploration needs of persons seeking to 

participate. The area to be explored 

includes the following-described lands 

in Sanpete County, Utah: 

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah 

T. 13 S., R. 6 E., 

Sec. 33, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4, 

T. 14 S., R. 6 E., 

Sec. 4, lots 1 through 4 inclusive, and 

S1⁄2N1⁄2. 

Containing 595.04 acres. 

The Federal coal within the abovedescribed lands is currently not leased 

for development of Federal coal 

resources. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3410.2–1(c)(1). 

Shelley J. Smith 

Associate State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10425 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW164386] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease WYW 

164386, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) received a petition 

for reinstatement from CKT Energy LLC 

for competitive oil and gas lease 

WYW164386 for land in Campbell 

County, Wyoming. The petition was 

filed on time and was accompanied by 

all the rentals due since the date the 

lease terminated under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Julie L. 

Weaver, Chief, Fluid Minerals 

Adjudication, at 307–775–6176. 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 lessee 

has agreed to the amended lease terms 

for rentals and royalties at rates of $20 

per acre or fraction thereof, per year and 

18 -2/3 percent, respectively. The lessee 

has paid the required $500 

administrative fee and $159 to 

reimburse the Department for the cost of 

this Federal Register notice. The lessee 

has met all the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease as set out in 

Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

188), and the BLM is proposing to 

reinstate lease WYW 164386 effective 

January 1, 2011, under the original 

terms and conditions of the lease and 

the increased rental and royalty rates 

cited above. The BLM has not issued a 

valid lease to any other interest affecting 

the lands. 

Julie L. Weaver, 

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10422 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM– 

112882, NMNM–112883] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Leases NMNM 

112882 and NMNM 112883 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions 

of Title IV of the Federal Oil and Gas 

Royalty Management Act of 1982, the 

Bureau of Land Management received a 

petition for reinstatement of oil and gas 

leases NMNM 112882 and NMNM 

112883 from the lessee Clayton 

Williams Energy, Inc., for lands in Eddy 

County, New Mexico. The petition was 

filed on time and was accompanied by 

all the rentals due since the date the 

leases terminated under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, Bureau of Land 

Management, New Mexico State Office, 

P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 

87502–0115 or at (505) 954–2146. 

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 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: No valid 

lease has been issued that affects the 

lands. The lessees agree to new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per 

acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 

162⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee 

paid the required $500 administrative 

fee for the reinstatement of the leases 

and $166 cost for publishing this Notice 

in the Federal Register. The lessees met 

all the requirements for reinstatement of 

the leases as set out in Section 31(d) and 

(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 

(30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing to 

reinstate leases NMNM 112882 and 

NMNM 112883, effective the date of 

termination, January 1, 2012, under the 

original terms and conditions of the 

lease and the increased rental and 

royalty rates cited above. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication 

Team. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10428 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVC02000 

LF2200000.JS0000.LFESGA1D0000; 12– 

08807; MO #4500031135; TAS: 14X1125] 

Notice of Temporary Restriction of 

Vehicle Use and Closure to Tree 

Cutting and Wood Harvesting on 

Public Land in Douglas County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), as authorized 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 and pursuant to BLM regulations, 

is temporarily restricting travel by 

motorized vehicles to existing posted 

roads and two-track trails and issuing a 

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