Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 69389

An interdisciplinary approach will be 

used to develop the plan in order to 

consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified during the 

scoping process. The interdisciplinary 

team involved with the RMP process 

includes specialists with expertise in 

minerals and geology, forestry, range, 

fire and fuels management, outdoor 

recreation, archaeology, paleontology, 

botany, wildlife and fisheries, 

hydrology, lands and realty, soils, air 

quality, sociology, and economics. 

The Folsom Field Office is currently 

managed under the Sierra Planning Area 

Management Framework Plan as 

Amended in 1988. Management under 

this document will continue until the 

RMP is approved.

Dated: October 4, 2004. 

Deane K. Swickard, 

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–26324 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–930–1310–DB–CPAI] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Alpine Satellite 

Development Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of record 

of decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Alpine Satellite 

Development Plan Environmental 

Impact Statement (ASDP EIS) Record of 

Decision (ROD). The ASDP ROD 

approves satellite oil drilling and 

production pads and associated 

structures (roads, pipelines, gravel 

mine) and certain other activities 

proposed by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. 

(CPAI) on BLM-managed lands in the 

National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska. 

Assistant Secretary Rebecca Watson 

signed the ROD on November 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are 

available at the Alaska State Office, 

Public Information Center at 222 West 

7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513–

7599 or upon request from that office by 

phoning (907) 271–5960 or Jim Ducker, 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office (931) 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599; (907) 

271–3130. The ROD may be viewed on 

BLM-Alaska’s Web site at http://

www.ak.blm.us.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Ducker, BLM Alaska State Office, (907) 

271–3130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ASDP 

EIS analyzed CPAI’s proposal to 

develop oil accumulations from five 

satellite drilling and production pads, 

two of which would be on BLMmanaged federal lands. The decisions in 

this ROD are limited to federal lands. 

BLM will issue permits and rights-ofway for the ASDP on federal lands 

following the State of Alaska’s 

completion of its review of CPAI’s 

coastal zone consistency certification 

and issuance of concurrence. 

Authorizations for development on nonfederal lands will be issued by the U.S. 

Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. 

Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), and the State of Alaska. In 

addition, these agencies will make 

decisions, within their respective 

authorities, on federal lands.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Henri R. Bisson, 

State Director.

[FR Doc. 04–26321 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–AG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–920–1310–05; NMNM 106535] 

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated 

Oil and Gas Lease NMNM 106535

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reinstatement of 

terminated oil and gas lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Pub. 

L. 97–451, a petition for reinstatement 

of oil and gas lease NMNM 106535 for 

lands in Eddy County, New Mexico, was 

timely filed and was accompanied by all 

required rentals and royalties accruing 

from September 1, 2003, the date of 

termination.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernadine T. Martinez, BLM, New 

Mexico State Office, (505) 438–7530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid 

lease has been issued affecting the 

lands. The lessees have agreed to new 

lease terms for rentals and royalties at 

rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction 

thereof and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. 

The lessees have paid the required 

$500.00 administrative fee and has 

reimbursed the Bureau of Land 

Management for the cost of this Federal 

Register notice. 

The lessees have met all the 

requirements for reinstatement of the 

lease as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) 

of the Mineral Lease Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land 

Management is proposing to reinstate 

the lease effective September 1, 2003, 

subject to the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above.

Bernadine T. Martinez, 

Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication 

Team.

[FR Doc. 04–26322 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–035–04–1430–EU; GP–04–0247] 

Direct Sale of Public Land, OR 55881

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Vale District, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: An 11.25 acre parcel of public 

land in Baker County, Oregon, is being 

considered for direct sale to George and 

Joanne Voile, the adjoining landowners, 

to resolve an inadvertent unauthorized 

use that was initiated many decades ago 

by the former owners. 

This land is difficult and uneconomic 

to manage as part of the public lands 

and is not suitable for management by 

another Federal agency. No significant 

resource values will be affected by this 

disposal. The parcel proposed for sale is 

identified as suitable for disposal in the 

Baker Resource Management Plan, dated 

July 2, 1989.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 13, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Address all written 

comments concerning this Notice to 

Penelope Dunn Woods, Field Manager, 

BLM Baker Field Office, 3165 10th 

Street, Baker City, Oregon 97814. 

Electronic format submittal will not be 

accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Davidson, Realty Specialist, at 

(541) 523–1349.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land in 

Baker County, Oregon, is suitable for 

sale under Sections 203 and 209 of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, (43 U.S.C. 1713 

and 1719). The parcel proposed for sale 

is described as follows:

Willamette Meridian, Oregon 

T. 8 S., R. 42 E.