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monarch is experiencing significant 

declines in abundance or distribution or 

that it requires protective status under 

the Act for some other reason, we can 

initiate listing procedures including, if 

appropriate, emergency listing. 

Public Comments Solicited 

We will accept written comments and 

information during this comment 

period. If you wish to comment, you 

may submit your comments and 

materials concerning this monitoring 

plan by any of these methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and information my mail, facsimile, or 

in person to the Hawaiian Bird Recovery 

Coordinator at the above Honolulu 

address (see ADDRESSES). 

2. You may send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

monarch_pdmp@r1.fws.gov. If you 

submit comments by e-mail, please 

submit them as an ASCII file and avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption. Please also include 

your name and return address in your 

e-mail message. 

Comments and materials received, as 

well as supporting documentation used 

in preparation of the Monitoring Plan, 

will be available for inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the above Honolulu address 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Author 

The primary author of this document 

is Dr. Eric A. VanderWerf, Hawaiian 

Bird Recovery Coordinator (see

ADDRESSES). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

David Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and 

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 04–27022 Filed 12–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Meeting of the California Desert 

District Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Public Laws 92–463 

and 94–579, that the California Desert 

District Advisory Council to the Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, will participate in a field 

tour of the BLM-administered public 

lands on Friday, January 7, 2005, from 

7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal 

session on Saturday, January 8, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. The Saturday meeting 

will be held in the Pinnacles Room in 

the Kerr McGee Community Center, 

located at 100 W. California Avenue, 

Ridgecrest, California. 

The Council and interested members 

of the public will depart for a field tour 

at 7:30 a.m. from the parking lot of the 

Heritage Inn Hotel, which is located at 

1050 North Norma in Ridgecrest, 

California. The public is welcome to 

participate in the tour, but should plan 

on providing their own transportation, 

drinks, and lunch. 

Agenda items tentatively scheduled 

for the Saturday Council meeting will 

include reports by Advisory Council 

members, the District Manager and the 

five District field office managers. 

Additional briefings to be scheduled. 

The Advisory Council also confirmed 

meetings on the following dates:

—April 1–2 

—June 24–25 

—September 23–24

Each meeting will include a field tour 

on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 

a public meeting on Saturday from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Once finalized, the 

locations and agenda topics will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

posted on BLM’s California State Web 

page at http://www.ca.blm.gov/news.

Click on Advisory Councils and scroll 

down to the California Desert District 

Advisory Council. 

All Desert District Advisory Council 

meetings are open to the public. Time 

for public comment may be made 

available by the Council Chairman 

during the presentation of various 

agenda items, and is scheduled at the 

end of the meeting for topics not on the 

agenda. 

Written comments may be filed in 

advance of the meeting for the 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council, c/o Bureau of Land 

Management, Public Affairs Office, 

22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, 

Moreno Valley, California 92553. 

Written comments also are accepted at 

the time of the meeting and, if copies 

are provided to the recorder, will be 

incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doran Sanchez, BLM California Desert 

District Public Affairs Specialist (951) 

697–5220.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Alan Stein, 

Assistant District Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–27194 Filed 12–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–05–1310–DB] 

Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale 

Anticline Working Group’s 

Reclamation Task Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

cancellation. 

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) 

Reclamation Task Group 

(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, 

Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task 

Group meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The PAWG Reclamation Task 

Group meeting scheduled for December 

8, 2004 at the Pinedale Library is 

cancelled. The PAWG Reclamation Task 

Group will conduct meetings on the 

following dates: January 4, 2005, from 9 

a.m. until 4 p.m.; January 19, 2005, from 

6 p.m. until 8 p.m. and; February 9, 

2005, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: All meetings of the PAWG 

Reclamation Task Group will be held in 

the Lovatt room of the Pinedale Library 

at 155 S. Tyler Ave., Pinedale, WY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dessa Dale, BLM/Reclamation TG 

Liaison, Bureau of Land Management, 

Pinedale Field Office, 432 E Mills St., 

P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, WY, 82941; 

(307) 367–5321.

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