Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 2004 / Notices 60179

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) provides notice that a 

draft Conservation Plan for the 

Sacramento Mountains checkerspot 

butterfly (Euphydryas anicia 

cloudcrofti) (butterfly) is available for 

review and comment. This Conservation 

Plan will provide guidance for the 

conservation and management of the 

species and its habitat.

DATES: Comments on the draft 

Conservation Plan must be submitted 

directly to the Service (see ADDRESSES

section) on or before November 8, 2004 

or at the public meeting to be held in 

October of 2004.

ADDRESSES: The Service will host a 

public informational session in the 

Village Council Chambers Room at 201 

Burro Street Cloudcroft, New Mexico, 

on October 13, 2004, from 5 p.m. to 7 

p.m. 

If you wish to comment via mail, 

comments and materials should be 

addressed to the Threatened and 

Endangered Species Division, Fish and 

Wildlife Service Southwest Regional 

Office, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 

87103–1306. Comments and materials 

received will be made available for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours, by appointment, at the 

above address. A copy of this document 

has been posted on the Fish and 

Wildlife Service Web site at http://

www.fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah E. Rinkevich, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, or Tracy Scheffler, Fish and 

Wildlife Biologist, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Southwest Regional Office, at 

the above address (505) 248–6920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Sacramento Mountains 

checkerspot butterfly is found only in 

high elevation mountain-meadows 

within the Sacramento Mountains of 

central New Mexico. In January 1999, 

the Southwest Center for Biological 

Diversity petitioned the Service to 

emergency list the Sacramento 

Mountains checkerspot butterfly as 

endangered. The Service published a 

notice on December 27, 1999, finding 

that the petition presented substantial 

information to indicate that listing may 

be warranted, but that emergency listing 

was not warranted. The Service then 

commenced a status review of the 

species. On September 6, 2001, the Fish 

and Wildlife Service published a 12-

month finding and proposed rule to list 

the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot 

butterfly as endangered with critical 

habitat (66 FR 46575). Habitat loss from 

proposed development, drought and 

wildfire, and threats from collection 

were stated as the reasons for the 

proposed listing. 

In response to growing interest by the 

local community to conserve the 

butterfly, the Service began 

coordination in 2004 with local and 

Federal partners to assess current 

threats to the species and develop a 

draft Conservation Plan. The goal of the 

draft Conservation Plan is to provide 

conservation and management 

recommendations for public and private 

lands within the range of the butterfly 

as necessary to alleviate threats to the 

species and its habitat. Specific 

conservations actions in the draft 

Conservation Plan include time and cost 

estimates and responsible partners. 

The Village of Cloudcroft, Otero 

County, Forest Service, and the Service 

have signed a Memorandum of 

Understanding to demonstrate the 

commitments of the parties to the 

implementation of the Conservation 

Plan. 

Public Comments Solicited 

The Service solicits written comments 

on the draft Conservation Plan. All 

comments received by the date specified 

above will be considered prior to 

approval of the Conservation Plan. Our 

practice is to make comments, including 

names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home address, which 

we will honor to the extent allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name or address, you must state this 

request prominently at the beginning of 

your comments. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. To the 

extent consistent with applicable law, 

we will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety.

Authority: The authority for this action is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Dated: September 3, 2004. 

Esther M. Pringle, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 2, Fish and 

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 04–22554 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Meeting of the California Desert 

District Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: 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 (BLM), U.S. 

Department of the Interior, will 

participate in a field tour of the BLMadministered public lands.

DATES: Friday, October 22, 2004, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal 

session on Saturday, October 23, from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. The Saturday meeting 

will be held at the Needles City Council 

Chambers, located at 1111 Bailey, 

Needles, California.

ADDRESSES: The field office is located at 

101 West Spikes Road in Needles, 

California.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council and interested members of the 

public will depart for a field tour from 

the parking lot of the BLM’s field office 

in Needles at 8 a.m. Tour stops will 

include the Route 66 interpretive 

display and a BLM grazing allotment. 

Presentations and discussions will focus 

on current grazing management and 

proposed revisions to the grazing 

regulations. The public is welcome to 

participate in the tour, but should plan 

on providing their own transportation, 

drinks, and lunch. 

Agenda items tentatively scheduled 

for the Saturday Council meeting will 

include the election of officers, reports 

by Advisory Council members, the 

District Manager and the five District 

field office managers, a briefing on the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s raven 

management initiative, and an update 

on the Desert Managers Group’s Desert 

Tortoise Education and Outreach Plan. 

BLM will also brief the Council on the 

status of the Eastern San Diego County 

Resource Management Plan, and review 

the 10-year anniversary of the passage of 

the California Desert Protection Act. 

All Desert District Advisory Council 

meetings are open to the public. Time 

for public comment may be made 

available by the Council Chairman 

during the presentation of various 

agenda items, and is scheduled at the 

end of the meeting for topics not on the 

agenda. 

Written comments may be filed in 

advance of the meeting for the 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council, c/o Bureau of Land 

60180 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 2004 / Notices 

Management, Public Affairs Office, 

22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, 

Moreno Valley, California 92553. 

Written comments also are accepted at 

the time of the meeting and, if copies 

are provided to the recorder, will be 

incorporated into the minutes.

Dated: September 27, 2004. 

Alan Stein, 

Assistant District Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–22536 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–910–05–1020–PH] 

Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will 

meet as indicated below.

DATES: The meeting dates are November 

9–10, 2004, at the Drury Inn, 4310 The 

25 Way Northeast, Albuquerque, NM. 

An optional field trip is planned for 

Monday, November 8, 2004. The public 

comment period is scheduled for 

November 8, 2004, from 6–7 p.m. at the 

Drury Inn. The public may present 

written comments to the RAC. 

Depending on the number of 

individuals wishing to comment and 

time available, oral comments may be 

limited. The three established RAC 

working groups may have a late 

afternoon or an evening meeting on 

Tuesday, November 9, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-

member RAC advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the Bureau of Land 

Management, on a variety of planning 

and management issues associated with 

public land management in New 

Mexico. All meetings are open to the 

public. At this meeting, topics include 

issues on renewable and nonrenewable 

resources.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theresa Herrera, New Mexico State 

Office, Office of External Affairs, Bureau 

of Land Management, PO Box 27115, 

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502–0115, 

(505) 438–7517.

Dated: October 1, 2004. 

Linda S.C. Rundell, 

State Director.

[FR Doc. 04–22555 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–092–04–5870–EU; GP4–0168] 

Direct Sale of Public Lands, OR 55502

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: A 0.45 acre parcel of public 

land in Lane County, Oregon, is being 

considered for direct sale to James L. 

Bean to resolve an inadvertent 

occupancy trespass. The parcel is the 

minimum size possible to resolve the 

encroachment.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Address all written 

comments concerning this notice to 

Emily Rice, Field Manager, Upper 

Willamette Field Office, PO Box 10226, 

Eugene, Oregon 97440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Adcock, Realty Specialist at 

(541) 683–6145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land has 

been examined and found suitable for 

sale under Sections 203 and 209 of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719). 

The parcel proposed for sale is 

identified as follows:

Willamette Meridian, Oregon, 

T. 21 S., R. 2 W., 

Sec. 1, lot 9.

The area described contains 0.45 acre, 

more or less, in Lane County, Oregon. 

This parcel will be sold at no less than 

the appraised market value which has 

been determined to be $10,000.00. In 

accordance with 43 CFR 2711.3–3(a) (5) 

direct sale procedures are appropriate 

since the land has been inadvertently 

occupied and utilized for many years as 

a portion of a residential yard. The 

Eugene District Resource Management 

Plan as amended, August 6, 1998, 

identifies ‘‘unintentional occupancy 

trespass sites discovered in the future 

***’’ as suitable for disposal. 

James L. Bean will be allowed 30 days 

from receipt of a written offer to submit 

a deposit of at least 10 percent of the 

appraised market value of the parcel 

and within 180 days thereafter to submit 

the balance. 

The following rights, reservations, 

and conditions will be included in the 

Deed conveying the land: 

A reservation to the United States for 

a right-of-way for ditches and canals 

constructed by the authority of the 

United States. Act of August 30, 1890 

(43 U.S.C. 945). 

The mineral interests being offered for 

conveyance have no known mineral 

value. Acceptance of the direct sale offer 

constitutes an application for 

conveyance of the mineral interests also 

being offered under the authority of 

Section 209(b) of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

U.S.C. 1719). In addition to the full 

purchase price, a nonrefundable fee of 

$50 will be required for purchase of the 

mineral interests to be conveyed 

simultaneously with the sale of the 

land. 

The land described is segregated from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, 

pending disposition of this action or 270 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice, whichever occurs first. 

Detailed information concerning this 

land sale, including the reservations, 

sale procedures and conditions, 

planning and environmental 

documents, appraisal report, and 

mineral report is available for review at 

the Eugene District Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, 2890 Chad Drive, 

Eugene, Oregon 97470. 

In the absence of any objections, this 

proposal will become the final 

determination of the Department of the 

Interior. 

Comments, including names, street 

addresses, and other contact 

information of respondents, will be 

available for public review. Individual 

respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to request 

that the BLM consider withholding your 

name, street address and other contact 

information, e.g., Internet address, FAX 

or phone number, from public review or 

from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

written comment. The BLM will honor 

requests for confidentiality on a case-bycase basis to the extent allowed by law. 

The BLM will make available for public 

inspection in their entirety all 

submissions from organizations and 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2 (a)).