68970 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 227 / Friday, November 26, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

Paul Schmidt, 

Assistant Director—Migratory Birds and State 

Programs.

[FR Doc. 04–26179 Filed 11–24–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Lower Lake Rancheria CasinoHotel Project, Oakland, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

as lead agency, with the Lower Lake 

Rancheria Koi Nation as a cooperating 

agency, intends to gather information 

necessary for preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for a proposed casino and hotel project 

to be located in Oakland, California. The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

help provide a land base for, and 

address the socio-economic needs of the 

Lower Lake Rancheria Koi Nation. This 

notice also announces a public scoping 

meeting to identify potential issues, 

concerns and alternatives to be 

considered in the EIS.

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

and implementation of this proposal 

must arrive by December 29, 2004. The 

public scoping meeting, to be co-hosted 

by the BIA and the Lower Lake 

Rancheria Koi Nation, will be held 

Wednesday, December 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 East Oakland Senior Center, 

9255 Edes Avenue, Oakland, CA 94603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Rydzik, (916) 978–6042.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lower 

Lake Rancheria Koi Nation is presently 

a landless federally-recognized tribe, 

governed by a tribal council elected 

pursuant to its constitution. The Lower 

Lake Rancheria Koi Nation is eligible to 

acquire land to be placed in trust. 

The land proposed to be placed in 

trust, a 35.45-acre paved land parcel, is 

located within the incorporated City of 

Oakland in Alameda County, California. 

The project parcel is located southeast 

of San Leandro Bay, across the ‘‘Airport 

Channel’’ from Oakland International 

Airport, at the corner of Swan Way and 

Pardee Drive. 

The tribe and developers are currently 

conducting a marketing study to assist 

in determining the overall size of the 

proposed facility. At this time, the 

casino can be expected to be 

approximately 200,000 square feet in 

size, which would be constructed 

during Phase I. Phase II would include 

the construction and operation of a 300 

room hotel on the project site. The 

casino footprint would consist of a 

combination of uses, including the main 

gaming hall, food and beverage 

facilities, banking and administration 

facilities, and possibly an event center. 

The conceptual design of the facility is 

expected to be completed prior to the 

public scoping meeting announced in 

this notice. 

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. In addition 

to the proposed action, a reasonable 

range of alternatives, including a noaction alternative, will be analyzed in 

the EIS. The range of issues and 

alternatives 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: November 16, 2004. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–140–1610–DS–009C] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Resource Management Plan (RMP) 

Amendment and Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Roan 

Plateau Planning Area, Including the 

Former Naval Oil Shale Reserves 

(NOSR) 1 & 3; Glenwood Springs and 

White River Field Offices in Garfield 

and Rio Blanco Counties, CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Draft RMP Amendment/

Draft EIS for the Roan Plateau planning 

area, which includes the former Naval 

Oil Shale Reserves 1 and 3, is available 

for 90 days for public review and 

comment. BLM has prepared the 

document, and is announcing this 

comment period, in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 

and regulatory requirements

DATES: The BLM will accept written 

comments on the Draft RMP 

Amendment/Draft EIS for 90 days 

following the publication of its 

availability by the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) in the Federal 

Register. BLM will announce future 

public meetings and any other public 

involvement activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices in 

local newspapers (Glenwood Springs 

and Rifle, Colorado), through local 

media news releases, on the project Web 

site at http://www.roanplateau.ene.com,

and/or through mailings.