64968 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 9, 2004 / Notices 

The final step in the State EIR process 

is certification of the EIR, which 

includes preparation of a Mitigation 

Monitoring and Reporting Plan and 

adoption of its findings, should the 

project be approved. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

regulations for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (40 CFR 1501.7 and 1506.6).

Dated: November 1, 2004. 

Russell Joe Bellmer, 

Manager, California/Nevada Operations 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Dated: November 1, 2004. 

Philip T. Feir, 

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Commanding.

[FR Doc. 04–24885 Filed 11–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–134–1610–DQ–CCCA] 

Notice of Availability of Record of 

Decision for the Colorado Canyons 

National Conservation Area Resource 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA), and the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

management policies, the Colorado 

Canyons National Conservation Area 

and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness 

Act of 2000, the BLM announces the 

availability of the Resource Management 

Plan (RMP)/Record of Decision (ROD) 

for the Colorado Canyons National 

Conservation Area (NCA). The NCA is 

located in Mesa County, CO and Grand 

County, UT. The Colorado State Director 

will sign the RMP/ROD, which becomes 

effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the NCA RMP/

ROD are available upon request from the 

Colorado Canyons National 

Conservation Area Manager, Grand 

Junction Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 2815 H Road, Grand 

Junction, CO 81506; or via the Internet 

at http://www.co.blm.gov/cocanplan/. 

Copies may be obtained by contacting 

Jane Ross, Grand Junction Field Office 

at (970) 244–3027. Copies are also 

available at the following Mesa County 

Public Library District locations during 

regular business hours: Central Library, 

530 Grand Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 

81501; Fruita Branch, 325 East Aspen 

Avenue, Fruita, CO 81521; Palisade 

Branch, 711 Iowa Street, Palisade, CO 

81526; Clifton Branch, Peachtree 

Shopping Center, 3225 I–70 Business 

Loop A–1, Clifton, CO 81520; Orchard 

Mesa Branch, 2736 Unaweep Avenue, 

Grand Junction, CO 81503. 

The planning documents are available 

for inspection at the BLM Grand 

Junction Field Office during normal 

working hours, 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 

p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Jane Ross (970) 244–3027, Planning and 

Environmental Coordinator 

(jane_ross@co.blm.gov), or Raul Morales 

at (970) 244–3066 

(raul_morales@co.blm.gov), acting 

Colorado Canyons NCA Manager, 

Bureau of Land Management, Grand 

Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road, 

Grand Junction, CO 81506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Colorado Canyons NCA RMP/ROD was 

developed with broad public 

participation through a two-year 

collaborative planning process. The 

CCNCA, located west of Grand Junction, 

includes 122,300 rugged acres of 

sandstone canyons, natural arches, 

spires, and alcoves carved into the 

Colorado Plateau along a 24-mile stretch 

of the Colorado River. Included in the 

CCNCA are 75,550 acres of wilderness 

designated as the Black Ridge Canyons 

Wilderness. At the western boundary of 

the CCNCA, 5,200 acres stretch into 

eastern Utah. 

The approved Colorado Canyons NCA 

RMP is essentially the same as the 

Proposed Colorado Canyons NCA RMP/

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(PRMP/FEIS), published on August 6, 

2004. No inconsistencies with State or 

local plans, policies, or programs were 

identified during the Governor’s 

consistency review of the PRMP/FEIS. 

There were no protests. As a result, only 

minor editorial modifications were 

made in preparing the RMP/ROD. 

• An errata sheet is included with the 

RMP/ROD that identifies the location of 

the corrections in the PRMP/FEIS.

Raul Morales, 

Manager, Colorado Canyons National 

Conservation Area.

[FR Doc. 04–24421 Filed 11–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–070–05–1020–PH] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: 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), the Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The next regular meeting of the 

Western Montana RAC will be held 

January 20, 2005, at the Butte Field 

Office, 106 N. Parkmont, Butte, Montana 

beginning at 9 a.m. The public comment 

period will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the 

meeting is expected to adjourn at 

approximately 4 p.m. 

Another meeting is planned for May 

4, 2005 at the Missoula Field Office, 

3255 Fort Missoula Road in Missoula, 

Montana beginning at 10 a.m. on May 4. 

The public comment period will begin 

at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting is 

expected to adjourn at approximately 4 

p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

the Western Montana RAC, contact 

Marilyn Krause, Resource Advisory 

Council Coordinator, at the Butte Field 

Office, 106 North Parkmont, Butte, 

Montana 59701, telephone (406) 533–

7617.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-

member Council 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 western Montana. At the 

January 20 meeting, topics we plan to 

discuss include: big horn sheep habitat, 

the Butte Resource Management Plan 

travel management and proposed 

planning scenario, and the Whitetail 

Basin research project. 

Topics for the May 4 meeting will be 

determined at the January meeting. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public may present written 

comments to the Council. Each formal 

Council meeting will also have time 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to