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The documents for public review and 

comment include the following: 

• A description of the IBLA pilot 

program; 

• A one-page ‘‘ADR Referral Data 

Sheet,’’ containing general information 

about ADR, which would be included 

with the docketing notice sent to the 

parties in each case; 

• An ‘‘IBLA Pilot ADR Referral 

Program Information Sheet,’’ which 

includes more detailed information 

about the pilot referral program and 

which would be sent to parties whose 

appeals are identified as suitable for 

ADR or who request further 

information; and 

• Responses to Frequently Asked 

Questions. 

Electronic copies of the documents for 

public review can be viewed at the 

Bureau of Land Management Regulatory 

Actions Web site, http://www.blm.gov/

nhp/news/regulatory/index.htm. To 

view the documents, go to the Web site 

and click on ‘‘Web based automated 

regulations comment system’’; select 

‘‘Interior Board of Land Appeals’’ and 

‘‘View/Create Comments for Open 

Regulations’’; click on the link for IBLA; 

click on ‘‘Pilot Alternative Dispute 

Resolution (ADR) Referral Program’’; 

and then click on the available 

documents. 

Electronic versions of the documents 

are also available on the CADR Web site 

at http://www.doi.gov/cadr/. Click on 

the link for the Office of Hearings and 

Appeals. 

Hard copies of the documents can be 

obtained from the Interior Board of Land 

Appeals, Office of Hearings and 

Appeals, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, 801 N. Quincy Street, Suite 

300, Arlington, VA 22203, 703–235–

3750. 

The development and implementation 

of the IBLA pilot program is authorized 

by the Administrative Dispute 

Resolution Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 571–

584.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Robert S. More, 

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

[FR Doc. 04–27453 Filed 12–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–79–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–070–1430–ES; NMNM–1010121] 

Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of 

Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Non-Competitive Sale of Public 

Lands in San Juan County, New Mexico. 

SUMMARY: The following described 

public lands in New Mexico, San Juan 

County, New Mexico have been 

examined and found suitable for sale to 

the City of Bloomfield for an industrial 

park, utilizing non-competitive 

procedures, at not less than the fair 

market value of $500,000.00 as 

approved by the Bureau of Land 

Management Appraisal staff. Authority 

for the sale is Section 203 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (FLPMA) and 43 CFR 

2711.3.3(a)(1).

New Mexico Principle Meridian, New 

Mexico 

T. 29 N., R. 11 W., 

Sec. 34: SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information related to this action, 

including the environmental 

assessment, is available for review at the 

Bureau of Land Management, 

Farmington Field Office, 1235 La Plata 

Highway, Suite A, Farmington, New 

Mexico 87401, from 7:45 to 4:30 

Monday through Friday or call (505) 

599–8900).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land 

contains 110 acres, more or less, located 

south of Bloomfield within the 

Bloomfield city limits. This parcel of 

land, situated in San Juan County is 

being offered as a direct sale to the City 

of Bloomfield, the adjacent property 

owner for an industrial park. This land 

is not required for any federal purposes. 

The proposed action is in compliance 

with the Farmington Resource 

Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Management Plan that 

was approved September 2003. The sale 

is consistent with current Bureau 

planning for this area and would be in 

the public interest. In the event of a sale, 

conveyance of surface interests only. 

The patent, when issued, will contain 

the following reservations to the United 

States: 

1. Patent Reservations: 

A. All valid existing rights (including 

rights-of-ways). 

B. Reserve a right for the Federal 

Government to construct ditches and 

canals. 

C. Reserve all minerals to the Federal 

Government. 

Interested parties may submit 

comments to the Field Manager, 

Farmington Field Office, 1235 La Plata 

Highway, Suite A, Farmington, New 

Mexico 87401 until 45 days from the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, Any adverse 

comments will be reviewed by the State 

Director who may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action. In the absence 

of any adverse comments, this realty 

action will become the final 

determination of the Department of the 

Interior. The Bureau of Land 

Management may accept or reject any or 

all offers, or withdraw any land or 

interest in the land from sale, if, in the 

opinion of the authorized officer, 

consummation of the sale would not be 

fully consistent with FLPMA, or other 

applicable laws. The lands will not be 

offered for sale until at least 60 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register.

Joel Farrell, 

Assistant Field Manager, Farmington, New 

Mexico.

[FR Doc. 04–27450 Filed 12–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1430–VB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–130] 

Emergency Closure

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Closure notice.

SUMMARY: Under the authority of 43 CFR 

8364.1 and 43 CFR 9268.3(d) notice is 

hereby given that an emergency closure 

to the discharge or use of a firearm or 

dangerous weapons for the purpose of 

target shooting is in effect, as of the 

publication date of this notice, on 

public lands administered by the Grand 

Junction Field Office of the Bureau of 

Land Management, as follows: 

This order is put into effect to protect 

persons, property and resources located 

in this area from person(s) engaged in 

target shooting with firearms or 

dangerous weapons. Dangerous 

weapons include, but are not limited to: 

rifles, pistols, air guns, paint ball guns, 

bow and arrow, slingshot or any 

mechanical device that propels a 

projectile. This emergency order does 

not prohibit the discharge of firearms or 

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dangerous weapons while persons are 

engaged in bonafide hunting activities 

during established hunting seasons and 

are properly licensed for these activities.

DATES: This closure is effective upon 

publication and expires upon the 

passage of one year. During the one year 

period BLM Grand Junction FO will 

consider alternatives for the relocation 

of target shooting to a nearby safe 

location. An Environmental analysis 

will be prepared describing the effects 

of actions designed to resolve the issues. 

After publication of this notice, two 

display signs will be erected at the 

closure sites to inform the public of the 

restrictions and direct them to 

appropriate safe locations to target 

shoot. In addition the perimeters of the 

closure areas will be signed. This 

information will also be available at the 

BLM Grand Junction Field Office and on 

line at our website. 

Under the authority of 43 CFR 8364.1 

and 43 CFR 9268.3(d), this closure is 

established to prohibit the discharge or 

use of dangerous weapons on the 

following public lands administered by 

the Grand Junction Field Office, Bureau 

of Land Management. 

SE1/4 sec. 19; SW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 20; 

SE1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, NE1/

4SW1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 30, T1S, 

R2E, Ute Meridian, Mesa County, 

Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT;

Perry McCoy, BLM Ranger, Grand 

Junction Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 2815 H. Rd., Grand 

Junction, CO 81506, telephone (970) 

244–3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

affected area has been a popular 

location for target shooting in the Grand 

Valley for decades. BLM has received 

numerous complaints from neighboring 

land owners regarding indiscriminate 

use of fire arms in the area. In the past 

five years many new residences have 

been constructed along the urban 

interface zone bordering BLM managed 

lands in this area. Several near misses 

of neighbors have been reported. The 

Federal Aviation Administration 

maintains an aircraft communications 

facility in the affected zone. This 

installation handles aircraft 

communications for civilian, 

commercial and military air traffic in 

western Colorado. The facility has been 

vandalized and struck by bullets on a 

regular basis. Damage to this facility 

could interfere with air traffic and be a 

threat to national security. Violations of 

this closure are punishable by a fine of 

not more than $100,000 and/or 

imprisonment of not more than 12 

months as provided in 43 CFR 8360, 43 

CFR 9268.3(d)(2), and 18 U.S.C. 3571.

Dated: October 4, 2004. 

Raul Morales, 

Associate Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–27386 Filed 12–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

Water Transfer Program for the San 

Joaquin River Exchange Contractors 

Water Authority, 2005 to 2014

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the joint 

Final Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (Final 

EIS/EIR) FES 04–50. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the San Joaquin River 

Exchange Contractors Water Authority 

(Exchange Contractors) have prepared a 

Final EIS/EIR for a 10-year water 

transfer program. The program would 

consist of the transfer of up to 130,000 

acre-feet of substitute water (a 

maximum of 80,000 acre-feet of 

developed water from conservation 

measures, including tailwater recovery, 

and groundwater pumping and a 

maximum of 50,000 acre-feet from 

temporary land fallowing) from the 

Exchange Contractors to other Central 

Valley Project (CVP) contractors, to 

Reclamation for delivery to the San 

Joaquin Valley wetland habitat areas 

(wildlife refuges), and to Reclamation 

and/or DWR for use by the CALFED 

Environmental Water Account (EWA) as 

replacement water for CVP contractors. 

Reclamation would approve and/or 

execute short-term and/or long-term 

temporary water transfers or 

agreements. 

A Notice of Availability of the joint 

Draft EIS/EIR was published in the 

Federal Register on Wednesday, June 

16, 2004 (69 FR 33659). The written 

comment period on the Draft EIS/EIR 

ended Monday, August 2, 2004. The 

Final EIS and Final EIR contain 

responses to all comments received and 

reflect comments and any additional 

information received during the review 

period.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a 

decision on the proposed action until at 

least 30 days after release of the Final 

EIS/EIR. After the 30-day waiting 

period, Reclamation will complete a 

Record of Decision (ROD). The ROD will 

state the action that will be 

implemented and will discuss all factors 

leading to the decision.

ADDRESSES: A compact disk or a copy of 

the Final EIS/EIR may be requested from 

Mr. Bob Eckart, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Mid-Pacific Region, Division of 

Environmental Affairs, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, California 95825, at 

(916) 978–5051 (Fax: (916) 978–5055), 

or by e-mail at reckart@mp.usbr.gov.

The final document is available online 

at http://www.usbr.gov/mp.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the 

Final EIS/EIR are available for public 

inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bob Eckart at the above address, by 

calling (916) 978–5051, or by e-mail: 

reckart@mp.usbr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose/objective of the proposed 10-

year transfer program is the transfer of 

water from the Exchange Contractors to: 

• South of Delta and Friant Unit CVP 

contractors to meet demands of 

agriculture, municipal, and industrial 

uses, 

• The Department of the Interior’s 

Water Acquisition Program for delivery 

to the San Joaquin Valley Federal, State, 

and private wildlife refuges to meet 

Incremental Level 4 needs, and/or 

• Reclamation and/or DWR for use by 

the CALFED EWA Program to benefit 

CVP operations by providing 

replacement water to CVP contractors. 

The Exchange Contractors’ proposed 

water transfer program would assist 

Reclamation in maximizing the use of 

limited existing water resources for 

agriculture, fish and wildlife resources, 

and municipal and industrial purposes. 

Water would be transferred to other CVP 

contractors to support the production of 

agricultural crops and livestock within 

the limits of their current agreements. 

CVP contractors include Santa Clara 

Valley Water District which is in need 

of short-term water supplies to support 

agriculture, municipal, and industrial 

uses in Santa Clara County. 

Reclamation’s Water Acquisition 

Program needs additional water to 

provide the refuges with the increment 

between Level 2 and Level 4 water 

quantities for fish and wildlife habitat 

development. Reclamation and/or DWR 

may also need to acquire additional CVP 

water south of the Delta to replace water 

used for fish protection actions pursuant 

to CALFED’s EWA Program (for the 

benefit of the CVP). 

The water transfers would occur 

largely within the San Joaquin Valley of 

Central California. The Exchange