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development would also include 

parking facilities for approximately 

8,500 vehicles for patrons and 

employees, and an RV park with 

approximately 200 RV spaces. 

The 151.87± acres encompass nine 

contiguous tax lots in Clark County, 

Washington, near Ridgfield and La 

Center, Washington. The project site is 

located along NW. 319th Street between 

NW. 41st Avenue and NW. 31st Avenue, 

and adjacent to Interstate 5 at the NW. 

319th Street interchange. 

The proposed action encompasses the 

various federal approvals which would 

be required to implement the Tribe’s 

efforts to establish a tribal land base, 

including approval of the Tribe’s fee-totrust application, approval of the Tribe’s 

gaming management contract and 

approval of the Tribe’s request for a 

reservation proclamation. 

Areas of environmental concern 

identified so far for analysis in the EIS 

include land resources, water resources, 

air quality, living resources, cultural 

resources, socioeconomic conditions, 

traffic and transportation, land use, 

public utilities and services, noise, 

lighting, hazardous materials, 

environmental justice, and visual 

resources/aesthetics. The range of issues 

and alternatives to be addressed in the 

EIS may be expanded or reduced, based 

on comments received in response to 

this notice and at the public scoping 

meeting. 

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 on 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.), and 

the 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 8.1.

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–25161 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–660–04–1220] 

Emergency Closure and Restriction 

Order

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is imposing a 

closure on approximately 440 acres of 

public land to recreational shooting. 

The emergency closure will remain in 

place until December 31, 2004. The use 

of firearms will continue to be allowed 

for hunting consistent with California 

Department of Fish and Game 

regulations and seasons. Specifically, 

this closure will apply to BLM managed 

lands located in Aguanga Valley, 

California, south of Highway 79 along 

what is known locally as the High Point 

Road.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce Shaffer, Acting Field Manager, 

690 West Garnet Avenue, North Palm 

Springs, CA 92258, telephone (760) 

251–4800 or Janaye Byergo, Resource 

Management Specialist, (858) 451–1767.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

closure will be in concert with a closure 

imposed on contiguous U.S. Forest 

Service (USFS) lands. The High Point 

area attracts users from three counties in 

southern California—Riverside, Orange, 

and San Diego. The BLM and USFS 

have become aware through public 

complaints that the recreational 

shooting at High Point is causing an 

immediate threat to public safety. A 

highway, residences, and an RV resort 

are all within two miles of the shooting 

area. Cross-shooting is occurring from 

the different shooting sites, and stray 

and ricocheting bullets are striking 

homes and out buildings of the nearby 

private residents. Shooters are firing a 

wide variety of calibers: handguns—.50, 

.44, .38, 9 mm, .357; rifles—7 mm 

magnum, .308, 30.06, 7.62, .22. Some 

rounds are carrying up to two miles and 

more in distance. The BLM recognizes 

that recreational target shooting is a 

valid use of public lands, and seeks to 

balance this with the need to provide for 

public safety. 

During the emergency closure, BLM 

will be taking steps to implement a 

permanent closure of the area to 

recreational shooting. This closure is in 

accordance with provisions of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94–579, 90 stat. 

2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701) and Title 43, 

Subpart 8364.1 of the U.S. Code of 

Federal Regulation (CFR). Maximum 

penalties are $1000.00 fine and/or 12 

months in prison. 

This order affects public lands in San 

Diego County, California, thus 

described:

San Bernardino Meridian 

T. 9 S., R. 1 E., 

Section 2, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

T. 9 S., R. 1 E., 

Section 11, NE1⁄4. 

T. 9 S., R. 1 E., 

Section 12, W1⁄2NW1⁄4.

Bruce Shaffer, 

Acting Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–25197 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–338–03–1610–00] 

Notice of Availability of the King Range 

National Conservation Area Proposed 

Resource Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a 

Proposed Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) and associated Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the King Range National 

Conservation Area (NCA) located in 

Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, 

California. The Proposed RMP and Final 

EIS have been prepared in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and under authority of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the King Range Act of 1970 

(Pub. L. 91–476), and BLM policies. The 

Proposed RMP was developed with 

broad public participation beginning 

with scoping meetings in November 

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2002, release of a Draft RMP/Draft EIS 

with public meetings in February and 

March 2004, and ongoing dialogue with 

a variety of publics. The Proposed RMP 

addresses management on the 

approximately 64,000-acre King Range 

NCA and the contiguous 5,000 acres of 

BLM-managed lands.

DATES: BLM Planning Regulations (43 

CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person 

who participated in the planning 

process, and has an interest that may be 

adversely affected, may protest. The 

protest must be filed within 30 days of 

the date that the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) publishes a 

notice of the Proposed RMP/Final EIS 

availability in the Federal Register. 

More specific instructions and 

requirements for protests are contained 

in the Supplementary Information 

section of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Proposed 

RMP/Final EIS may be obtained from 

the following BLM locations: BLM 

Arcata Field Office, 1695 Heindon Road, 

Arcata, CA 95521, telephone (707) 825–

2300; BLM King Range NCA Project 

Office, P.O. Drawer 189, Whitethorn, CA 

95589, telephone (707) 986–5400; or 

BLM California State Office, 2800 

Cottage Way, Room W–1834, 

Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 

978–4600; or requested by e-mail at 

caweb330@ca.blm.gov. The BLM will 

also announce the availability of the 

Proposed RMP/Final EIS through local 

media outlets, the current project 

mailing list, and on the BLM Arcata 

Field Office Web site (http://

www.ca.blm.gov/arcata/index.html).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Wick, Bureau of Land Management, 

(707) 825–2300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The King 

Range Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–476) 

established the King Range NCA. The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94–579) expanded 

the area to its present size of 

approximately 64,000 acres. The King 

Range Act requires development of ‘‘a 

comprehensive, balanced, and 

coordinated plan of land use, 

development, and management of the 

Area.’’ The act also states ‘‘that the plan 

will be reviewed and reevaluated 

periodically.’’ An original plan was 

completed in 1974, and the present 

planning effort is the first 

comprehensive update to be 

undertaken. 

The King Range NCA encompasses 35 

miles of Pacific coastline and provides 

for a range of outdoor recreation 

opportunities. The area contains three 

federally listed threatened fish species: 

southern Oregon/northern California 

coasts Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus 

kisutch), northern California steelhead 

(Oncorhynchus mykiss), and California 

coastal Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha), and one federally listed 

threatened animal: northern spotted owl 

(Strix occidentalis caurina). 

The BLM has considered an array of 

alternatives including specific land use 

allocations and prescriptions consistent 

with the legislative intent for the King 

Range NCA. Recreation and visitor-use 

management, forest health, fisheries and 

wildlife management, fire management, 

travel management, and community 

involvement in King Range NCA 

operations are addressed in these 

alternatives. The Draft RMP/Draft EIS 

examined four alternatives that respond 

to these issues. Alternative A is the No 

Action (current management) 

Alternative. Alternatives B, C and D 

present a range of management 

scenarios with varying amounts of 

natural resource restoration/use and 

differing levels of recreation use and 

developed facilities. The Proposed RMP 

Alternative is a combination of specific 

components from Alternatives B, C and 

D, and provides for a mix of 

management goals, allowable uses and 

actions that best address planning issues 

and conservation of resource values of 

the area. 

The planning process includes an 

opportunity for administrative review 

through a plan protest to the BLM 

Director should a previous commenter 

on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS believe that 

the decision has been issued in error. 

Only those persons or organizations 

who participated in the planning 

process may protest. Protests from 

parties having no previous involvement 

will be denied without further review. 

A protesting party may raise only those 

issues which were submitted for the 

record during the planning process. 

New issues raised during the protest 

period should be directed to the BLM, 

Arcata Field Manager, 1695 Heindon 

Road, Arcata, CA 95521 for 

consideration in plan implementation, 

as potential plan amendments, or as 

otherwise appropriate. The period for 

filing protests begins when the EPA 

publishes in the Federal Register its 

Notice of Receipt of the Final EIS 

containing the Proposed RMP.

Protests must be filed in writing to: 

Director (210), Attention: Brenda 

Williams, P.O. Box 66538, Washington, 

DC 20035; or by overnight mail to: 

Director (210), Attention: Brenda 

Williams, 1620 L Street, NW., Suite 

1075, Washington, DC 20036. In order to 

be considered complete, the protest 

must contain, at a minimum, the 

following information: 

1. The name, mailing address, 

telephone number, and interest of the 

person filing the protest. 

2. A statement of the issue or issues 

being protested. 

3. A statement of the part or parts of 

the plan being protested. To the extent 

possible, this should be done by 

reference to specific pages, paragraphs, 

sections, tables, maps, etc. included in 

the Proposed RMP. 

4. A copy of all documents addressing 

the issue or issues which were 

submitted during the planning process 

or a reference to the date the issue or 

issues were discussed by the person 

participating, for the record. 

5. A concise statement explaining 

why the decision of the BLM California 

State Director is believed to be incorrect. 

This is a critical part of the protest. Take 

care to document all relevant facts. As 

much as possible, reference or cite the 

planning documents, environmental 

analysis documents, and available 

planning records (i.e., meeting minutes 

or summaries, correspondence, etc.). A 

protest which merely expresses 

disagreement with the proposed 

decision, in the absence of supporting 

data, will not provide additional basis 

for the BLM Director’s review of the 

decision. 

To be considered ‘‘timely’’, the protest 

must be postmarked no later than the 

last day of the 30-day protest period. 

Also, although not a requirement, it is 

recommended that the protest be sent by 

certified mail, return receipt requested. 

E-mail and faxed protests will not be 

accepted as valid protests unless the 

protesting party also provides the 

original letter by either regular or 

overnight mail postmarked by the close 

of the protest period. Under these 

conditions, the BLM will consider the email or faxed protest as an advance 

copy, and it will receive full 

consideration. If you wish to provide 

the BLM with such advance 

notification, please direct faxed protests 

to the attention of the BLM Protests 

Coordinator at (202) 452–5112, and emails to 

Brenda_Hudgens_Williams@blm.gov. 

Please direct the follow-up letter to the 

appropriate address provided above. 

Please note that comments, including 

names and street addresses of 

respondents, are available for public 

review and/or release under the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. Respondents who wish 

to withhold their name and/or street 

address from public review or from 

disclosure under FOIA, must state this 

prominently at the beginning of their 

written comments. Such requests will 

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be honored to the extent allowed by 

law. 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. 

The Director will promptly render a 

decision on the protest. The decision 

will be in writing and will be sent to the 

protesting party by certified mail, return 

receipt requested. The decision of the 

Director will be the final decision of the 

Department of the Interior.

Dated: July 20, 2004. 

Lynda J. Roush, 

Arcata Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–24903 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–154–1610–DQ–GGCA] 

Notice of Availability of Record of 

Decision for the Gunnison Gorge 

National Conservation Area Resource 

Management Plan (RMP)/

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record 

of Decision (ROD). 

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 Black Canyon 

of the Gunnison National Park and 

Gunnison Gorge National Conservation 

Area Act of 1999 and the Black Canyon 

of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act 

of 2003, the BLM announces the 

availability of the RMP/ROD for the 

Gunnison Gorge National Conservation 

Area (NCA) located in Montrose and 

Delta Counties, Colorado. 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 

Field Manager, Uncompahgre Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

2505 S. Townsend Avenue, Montrose, 

Colorado or via the Internet at http://

www.gunnison-gorge-eis.com. Copies 

may also be obtained by calling Bill 

Bottomly, Gunnison Gorge NCA (970) 

240–5337. Copies have also been sent to 

the following local libraries. 

Montrose Public Library, 320 South 

2nd Street, Montrose, CO 81401. 

Delta Public Library, 211 West 6th 

Street, Delta, CO 81416. 

Crawford Public Library, 425 

Highway 92, Crawford, CO 81415. 

Hotchkiss Public Library, 1st and 

Main Street, Hotchkiss, CO 81419.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Tucker, Manager, Gunnison 

Gorge NCA, 2465 S. Townsend Avenue, 

Montrose, CO (970) 240–5309, 

karen_tucker@co.blm.gov, or Bill 

Bottomly, Land Use Planner, Gunnison 

Gorge NCA, 2465 S. Townsend Avenue, 

Montrose, CO (970) 240–5337, 

bill_bottomly@co.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Gunnison Gorge NCA RMP/ROD was 

developed with broad public 

participation through a two-year 

collaborative planning process. This 

RMP/ROD addresses management on 

approximately 95,780 acres of public 

land in the planning area. The Gunnison 

Gorge NCA RMP/ROD is designed to 

achieve or maintain desired future 

conditions developed through the 

planning process. It includes a series of 

management actions to meet the desired 

resource conditions for upland and 

riparian vegetation, wildlife habitats, 

cultural and visual resources, livestock 

grazing, recreation, wilderness 

management, and special status species 

and habitat. 

The approved Gunnison Gorge NCA 

RMP is essentially the same as the 

Proposed Gunnison Gorge NCA RMP/

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(PRMP/FEIS), published on January 23, 

2004. BLM received 32 protests to the 

PRMP/FEIS. No inconsistencies with 

State or local plans, policies, or 

programs were identified during the 

Governor’s consistency review of the 

PRMP/FEIS. As a result, only minor 

editorial modifications were made in 

preparing the RMP/ROD. These 

modifications corrected errors that were 

noted during review of the PRMP/FEIS 

and provide further clarification for 

some of the decisions. An errata sheet 

is included with the RMP/ROD that 

identifies the location of the corrections 

in the PRMP/FEIS.

Dated: April 28, 2004. 

Doug Koza, 

Associate State Director.

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal 

Register on November 4, 2004. 

[FR Doc. 04–24904 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–055–5853–EU] 

Notice of Realty Action: Competitive 

Sale of Public Lands in Clark, Lander, 

and Elko Counties, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) proposes to sell 74 

parcels of federal land in Clark County, 

Nevada, aggregating approximately 

4,320.82 acres. The BLM also proposes 

to offer for sale two parcels of federal 

land in Lander County and one parcel 

in Elko County, aggregating 

approximately 359.16 acres. The sale 

will be conducted in Las Vegas, Nevada, 

on February 2, 2005, in accordance with 

competitive bidding procedures.

DATES: Comments regarding the 

proposed sale must be received by BLM 

on or before December 27, 2004. 

Sealed bids must be received by BLM 

not later than 4:30 p.m., P.s.t., January 

26, 2005. 

All parcels of land proposed for sale 

are to be put up for purchase and sale, 

at public auction, beginning at 10 a.m., 

P.s.t., February 2, 2005. Registration for 

oral bidding for those who have not preregistered will begin at 8 a.m., P.s.t., 

February 2, 2005 and will end at 10 

a.m., P.s.t. 

Other deadline dates for the receipt of 

payments, and arranging for certain 

payments to be made by electronic 

transfer, are specified in the proposed 

terms and conditions of sale, as stated 

herein.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the 

proposed sale, as well as sealed bids to 

be submitted to BLM, should be 

addressed to: Field Manager, Las Vegas 

Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines 

Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130. 

More detailed information regarding 

the proposed sale and the lands 

involved may be reviewed during 

normal business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m.) at the BLM Las Vegas Field Office 

(LVFO). 

The address for oral bidding 

registration, and the location of the 

public auction, is: Cashman Center, 850 

Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, 

NV 89101. 

The auction will take place in the 

Cashman Theater located southwest of 

the Cashman Center Stadium with 

entrance to the Theater between Parking 

Lots ‘‘B’’ and ‘‘C’’. Registration will take 

place in the Theater Lobby.