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Health (NIH), the Deputy Director for 

Extramural Research, NIH and the Director, 

Center for Scientific Review (CSR), on 

matters relating broadly to review procedures 

and policies for the evaluation of scientific 

and technical merit of applications for grants 

and awards. 

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill 

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Karl Malik, PhD, Executive 

Secretary, Center for Scientific Review, 

National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge 

Drive, Room 3110, MSC 7776, Bethesda, MD 

20892, (301) 594–6806, malikk@csr.nih.gov.

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: December 09, 2004. 

LaVerne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–27502 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary 

Blackstone River Valley National 

Heritage Corridor Commission: Notice 

of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given in accordance 

with Section 552b of Title 5, United 

States Code, that a meeting of the John 

H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley 

National Heritage Corridor Commission 

will be held on Thursday, February 1, 

2005. 

The Commission was established 

pursuant to Public Law 99–647. The 

purpose of the Commission is to assist 

federal, state and local authorities in the 

development and implementation of an 

integrated resource management plan 

for those lands and waters within the 

Corridor. 

The meeting will convene on 

February 1, 2005 at 7 p.m. at the 

Whitinsville Town Hall at 7 Main 

Street, Whitinsville, MA 01588 for the 

following reasons:

1. Approval of minutes. 

2. Chairman’s report. 

3. Executive Director’s report. 

4. Financial budget. 

5. Public input.

It is anticipated that about twenty-five 

people will be able to attend the session 

in addition to the Commission 

members. 

Interested persons may make oral or 

written presentations to the Commission 

or file written statements. Such requests 

should be made prior to the meeting to: 

Michael Creasey, Executive Director. 

John H. Chafee, Blackstone River Valley 

National Heritage Corridor Commission, 

One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 

02895, Tel.: (401) 762–0250. 

Further information concerning this 

meeting may be obtained from Michael 

Creasey, Executive Director of the 

Commission at the aforementioned 

address.

Michael Creasey, 

Executive Director, BRVNHCC.

[FR Doc. 04–27518 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Availability of the Final Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement for Rocky Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) announces that the 

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

(Final CCP/EIS) for the Rocky Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is 

available. This Final CCP/EIS was 

prepared pursuant to the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act, as amended, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

Final CCP/EIS describes the Service’s 

proposal for management of the Refuge 

for 15 years, beginning at Refuge 

establishment, which is anticipated to 

occur sometime between 2006 and 2008. 

Four alternatives for management of the 

Refuge are considered in the CCP/EIS.

DATES: A Record of Decision will be 

signed no sooner than 30 days after 

publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: To request a copy of the 

Final CCP/EIS, contact Laurie Shannon, 

Planning Team Leader, Rocky Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge, Rocky 

Mountain Arsenal—Building 121, 

Commerce City, Colorado 80222. 

Additionally, copies of the Final CCP/

EIS may be downloaded from the 

project Web site: http://

rockyflats.fws.gov. The Final CCP/EIS 

will be available for reading at the 

following main branch libraries: Arvada 

Public Library, Boulder Public Library, 

Daniels Library, Golden Public Library, 

Westminster Public Library, Front 

Range Community College, Louisville 

Public Library, Thornton Public Library, 

and Mamie Dowd Eisenhower Library in 

Broomfield.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laurie Shannon, Planning Team Leader 

at the above address or at 303–289–

0980.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 6,240-

acre Rocky Flats National Wildlife 

Refuge site is in northern Jefferson 

County and southern Boulder County, 

Colorado. The Rocky Flats site was used 

as a nuclear weapons production facility 

until 1992, when the mission of Rocky 

Flats changed to environmental cleanup 

and closure. The majority of the site has 

remained undisturbed for over 50 years 

and provides habitat for many wildlife 

species, including the federally 

threatened Preble’s meadow jumping 

mouse, and several rare plant 

communities. Under the Rocky Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001, 

most of the site will become a National 

Wildlife Refuge once cleanup and 

closure has been completed. The Refuge 

will likely be established sometime 

between 2006 and 2008. 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge 

Improvement Act of 1997, requires the 

Service to develop a CCP for the Refuge. 

The purpose in developing a CCP is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife science, conservation, legal 

mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, the CCP identifies 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for hunting, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. The CCP is intended to 

be a dynamic document that will be 

adaptable to changing resource and 

management conditions. 

Significant issues addressed in the 

Final CCP/EIS include: Vegetation 

management, wildlife management, 

public use, cultural resources, property, 

infrastructure, and refuge operations. 

The Service developed four alternatives 

for management of the Refuge: 

Alternative A—No Action; Alternative 

B—Wildlife, Habitat, and Public Use; 

Alternative C—Ecological Restoration; 

and Alternative D—Public Use. All four 

alternatives outline specific 

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management objectives and strategies 

related to wildlife and habitat 

management; public use, education, and 

interpretation; safety; open and effective 

communication; working with others; 

and refuge operations. 

Alternative B, the Service’s Proposed 

Action, emphasizes wildlife and habitat 

conservation with a moderate amount of 

wildlife-dependent public use. Refugewide habitat conservation would 

include management of native plant 

communities, weeds, restoration tools, 

removal and revegetation of unused 

roads and stream crossings, 

management of deer and elk 

populations, prairie dogs, and 

protection of Preble’s meadow jumping 

mouse habitat. Visitor use facilities 

would include about 16 miles of trails, 

a seasonally staffed visitor contact 

station, trailheads with parking, and 

developed overlooks. Most of the trails 

would use existing roads and public 

access would be by foot, bicycle, horse, 

or car. A limited public hunting 

program would be developed. 

Public comments were requested, 

considered, and incorporated 

throughout the planning process in 

numerous ways. Some of the changes 

from the Draft CCP/EIS that resulted 

from public comments included 

changes to trail alignments, more 

flexible trail implementation, changes to 

the types of weaponry allowed for 

hunting, more discussion about issues 

related to cleanup and contamination, 

and additional discussion about 

potential impacts from transportation 

improvements. Public outreach has 

included public open houses, public 

hearings, individual outreach activities, 

planning update mailings, and Federal 

Register notices. Two previous notices 

were published in the Federal Register

concerning this CCP/EIS (67 FR 54667, 

August 23, 2002; and 69 FR 7789, 

February 19, 2004). 

During the Draft CCP/EIS comment 

period that occurred from February 19, 

2004 to April 25, 2004, the Service 

received over 5,000 comments from 

about 1,000 individuals, agencies, and 

organizations. Comments were received 

through public hearing testimony, 

letters, emails, form letters, and 

petitions. All substantive issues raised 

in the comments were addressed in the 

Final CCP/EIS. Public comments will be 

available for review at the Front Range 

Community College Library, Rocky Flats 

Reading Room or at the Rocky Mountain 

Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Visitor 

Center on weekends. Responses to 

comments will be included as a 

companion document with the Final 

CCP/EIS.

Dated: September 29, 2004. 

Linda H. Kelsey, 

Acting Deputy Regional Director, Region 6, 

Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 04–27510 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–070–1990–EX] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for the Golden 

Sunlight Mine, Jefferson County, 

Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) a Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

has been prepared for the Golden 

Sunlight Mine administered by the 

Bureau of Land Management’s Butte 

Field Office (BLM) and the Montana 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(DEQ). The SEIS addresses alternatives 

and potential impacts and mitigating 

measures associated with Golden 

Sunlight Mine’s proposed pit backfill.

DATES: We will accept written 

comments on the Draft SEIS for 60 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes the Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

We will announce future meetings and 

any other public involvement activities 

at least 15 days in advance through 

public notices, media news releases, 

and/or mailings. The Draft SEIS will be 

posted on the Montana DEQ Web site 

(http://www.deq.state.mt.us).

ADDRESSES: Send your written 

comments concerning this notice to: 

Greg Hallsten, Montana Department of 

Environmental Quality, PO Box 200901, 

Helena, MT 59620–0901. Submit 

electronic comments to: 

ghallsten@state.mt.us.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to request a 

copy of the document, contact: Greg 

Hallsten, Montana Department of 

Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 

200901, Helena, MT 59620–0901 or 

David Williams, Bureau of Land 

Management, Butte Field Office, 106 N. 

Parkmont, Butte, MT 59701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Golden Sunlight Mine pit 

backfill and reclamation is in response 

to a District Court order stipulating that 

reclamation of the open pit be carried 

out in accordance with the Montana 

Metal Mine Reclamation Act. The 

public is invited to review and comment 

on the range and adequacy of the 

alternatives, potential environmental 

impacts, and proposed mitigation of 

impacts in the SEIS. For comments to be 

most helpful, they should be specific in 

identifying any concerns or conflicts the 

reviewer may have with the analysis in 

the SEIS. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name or street 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 

law. All submissions from organizations 

and businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety.

Richard M. Hotaling, 

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–27297 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–050–5853–EU] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Las Vegas Valley Disposal Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

Cooperating Agencies: U.S. Air Force, 

Nellis Air Force Base; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Desert National 

Wildlife Refuge Complex; Clark County 

Regional Flood Control District; Clark 

County Comprehensive Planning; City 

of Henderson; City of Las Vegas; City of 

North Las Vegas.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 and the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) with the specific 

purpose to enable BLM to transfer title 

or authorize uses of public land in the 

Las Vegas Valley. The project area 

consists of public lands identified for 

disposal within the boundary 

established by the Southern Nevada 

Public Lands Management Act