Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 27, 2004 / Notices 62721

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the North Fork Rancheria’s Proposed 

Trust Acquisition and Hotel/Casino 

Project, Madera County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

intends to gather information necessary 

for preparing an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the proposed 305±

acre trust acquisition and casino 

development project to be located 

within unincorporated Madera County, 

California. The purpose of the proposed 

action is to help provide for the 

economic development of the North 

Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians (Tribe). 

This notice also announces a public 

scoping meeting to identify potential 

issues and content for inclusion in the 

EIS.

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

and implementation of this proposal 

must arrive by November 26, 2004. The 

public scoping meeting will be held 

November 15, 2004, from 6 p.m. to 9 

p.m., or until the last public comment 

is received.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry 

written comments to Clay Gregory, 

Regional Director, Pacific Regional 

Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 

95825. The public scoping meeting will 

be at the Hatfield Hall, Madera District 

Fairgrounds, 1850 West Cleveland 

Avenue, Madera, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Allan, (916) 978–6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe 

proposes that 305± acres of land be 

taken into trust and that a casino, 

parking, hotel, and other facilities 

supporting the casino be constructed on 

the trust acquisition property. The 305±

acres, which are made up of 7 parcels 

of land, are located within 

unincorporated Madera County, 

California, just north of the City of 

Madera and adjacent to State Route 99 

(SR–99). The site is bounded on the 

north by Avenue 18, rural residential 

land, light industrial land, and vacant 

land; on the east by Golden State 

Boulevard and SR–99; on the south by 

agricultural land and residential land; 

and on the west by Road 23 and 

agricultural land. 

The proposed action is to develop an 

approximately 472,000 square foot hotel 

and casino resort and associated 

facilities, which would include a main 

gaming hall, food and beverage services, 

retail space, banquet/meeting space, 

administration space, and a hotel. Food 

and beverage facilities would include 

three full service restaurants, a fivetenant food court, a buffet, four bars and 

a lounge. The hotel would include 200 

rooms, a resort-style pool area and a spa. 

Approximately 4,500 parking spaces 

would be provided. Regional access to 

the project site is via SR–99. Road 23, 

Avenue 18, and Golden State Boulevard 

would provide direct access to the 

hotel/casino resort. 

Areas of environmental concern to be 

addressed in the EIS include land use, 

geology and soils, water resources, 

agricultural resources, biological 

resources, cultural resources, mineral 

resources, paleontological resources, 

traffic and transportation, noise, air 

quality, public health/environmental 

hazards, public services and utilities, 

hazardous waste and materials, socioeconomics, environmental justice, and 

visual resources/aesthetics. The range of 

issues addressed may be expanded 

based on comments received during the 

scoping process. 

Public Comment Availability 

Comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BIA 

address shown in the ADDRESSES

section, during business hours, 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Individual respondents 

may request confidentiality. If you wish 

us to withhold your name and/or 

address from public review or from 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

written comment. Such requests will be 

honored to the extent allowed by the 

law. We will not, however, consider 

anonymous comments. All submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 1503.1 of the 

Council of Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 

1508) implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), 

Department of the Interior Manual (516 

DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs by 209 DM 8.l.

Dated: September 29, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–23998 Filed 10–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations; 

Respirator Program Records

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps ensure that requested 

data is provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Melissa 

Stoehr, Acting Chief, Records 

Management Branch, 1100 Wilson 

Boulevard, Room 2134, Arlington, VA 

22209–3939. Commenters are 

encouraged to send their comments on 

computer disk, or via e-mail to 

stoehr.melissa@dol.gov. Ms. Stoehr can 

be reached at (202) 693–9837 (voice), or 

(202) 693–9801 (facsimile).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact the employee listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 101(a)(7) of the Mine Act 

mandates in part that mandatory 

standards prescribe the use of protective 

equipment where appropriate to protect 

miners against hazards. Where 

protective equipment or respirators are 

required because of exposure to harmful 

substances, MSHA must ensure that 

such equipment offers adequate 

protection for workers. A written 

respirator program that addresses such