[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 71845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27083]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-100-05-1310-DB]


Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group's Water 
Resources Task Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and cancellation.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale 
Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Water Resources Task Group 
(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. 
Task Group meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The PAWG Water Resources Task Group meeting scheduled for 
January 13, 2005 is cancelled. The next PAWG Water Resources Task Group 
meeting will be January 6, 2005, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the PAWG Water Resources Task Group will be 
held in the Lovatt room of the Pinedale Library at 155 S. Tyler Ave., 
Pinedale, WY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Woodfield, BLM/Water 
Resources TG Co-Liaison, Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Field 
Office, 432 E. Mills St., P.O. Box 738, Pinedale, WY, 82941; 307-367-
5360 or Dennis Doncaster, BLM/Water Resources TG Co-Liaison, Bureau of 
Land Management, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Hwy 191 North, Rock 
Springs, Wyoming 82901; 307-352-0207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) 
was authorized and established with release of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and 
Development Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG advises the BLM on the 
development and implementation of monitoring plans and adaptive 
management decisions as development of the Pinedale Anticline Natural 
Gas Field (PAPA) proceeds for the life of the field.
    After the ROD was issued, Interior determined that a Federal 
Advisory Committees Act (FACA) charter was required for this group. The 
charter was signed by Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, on August 
15, 2002, and renewed on August 13, 2004. An announcement of committee 
initiation and call for nominations was published in the Federal 
Register on February 21, 2003, (68 FR 8522). PAWG members were 
appointed by Secretary Norton on May 4, 2004.
    At their second business meeting, the PAWG established seven 
resource-or activity-specific Task Groups, including one for Water 
Resources. Public participation on the Task Groups was solicited 
through the media, letters, and word-of-mouth. The agenda for this 
meeting will include information gathering and discussion related to 
developing a water resources monitoring plan to assess the impacts of 
development in the Pinedale Anticline gas field, and identifying who 
will do and who will pay for the monitoring. Task Group recommendations 
are due to the PAWG in February, 2005. At a minimum, public comments 
will be heard just prior to adjournment of the meeting.

    Dated: December 2, 2004.
Priscilla E. Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-27083 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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