Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2004 / Notices 77771

Dated: December 3, 2004. 

Steve Thompson, 

Manager, California/Nevada Operations 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey 

Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory 

Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106–

503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies 

Advisory Committee (SESAC) will hold 

its ninth meeting. The meeting location 

is the U.S. Geological Survey, John 

Wesley Powell National Center, Rm. 

3B457, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Reston, Virginia 20192. The Committee 

is comprised of members from 

academia, industry, and State 

government. The Committee shall 

advise the Director of the U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS) on matters 

relating to the USGS’s participation in 

the National Earthquake Hazards 

Reduction Program. 

The Committee will review the 

overall direction of the U.S. Geological 

Survey’s Earthquake Hazards Program 

in the current and next fiscal years. 

They will also discuss the 

reauthorization of the National 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. 

Meetings of the Scientific Earthquake 

Studies Advisory Committee are open to 

the public.

DATES: January 11, 2005, commencing at 

9 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. on 

January 12, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

David Applegate, U.S. Geological 

Survey, MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 

648–6714.

Dated: December 17, 2004. 

James F. Devine, 

Senior Advisor for Science Applications.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[AR–910–0777–XP–241A] 

State of Arizona Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Arizona Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting and tour of the Arizona 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC). 

The business meeting will be held on 

January 25, 2005, at the Bureau of Land 

Management National Training Center 

located at 9828 North 31st Avenue, 

Phoenix, Arizona. It will begin at 9 a.m. 

and conclude at 4 p.m. The agenda 

items to be covered include: Review of 

the October 27, 2004, Meeting Minutes; 

BLM State Director’s Update on 

Statewide Issues; RAC Orientation on 

BLM Programs and Arizona BLM 

Priorities, Presentations on 

Transportation and Rights-of-Way, and 

Collecting and Interpreting Rangeland 

Health Monitoring Data; Arizona Land 

Use Planning Updates; RAC Questions 

on Written Reports from BLM Field 

Managers; Field Office Rangeland 

Resource Team Proposals; Reports by 

the Standards and Guidelines, 

Recreation, Off-Highway Vehicle Use, 

Public Relations, Land Use Planning 

and Tenure, and Wild Horse and Burro 

Working Groups; Reports from RAC 

members; and Discussion of future 

meetings. A public comment period will 

be provided at 11:30 a.m. on January 25, 

2005, for any interested publics who 

wish to address the Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land 

Management, Arizona State Office, 222 

North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 

85004–2203, (602) 417–9215.

Elaine Y. Zielinski, 

Arizona State Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Plan of Operations, Environmental 

Assessment, and Draft Floodplains 

and Wetlands Statements of Findings, 

Big Thicket National Preserve, TX; 

Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) published a Notice of Availability 

on November 24, 2004 in accordance 

with Section 9.52(b) of Title 36 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9, 

Subpart B, of a Plan of Operations 

submitted by Sanchez Oil and Gas 

Corporation for drilling and production 

of the WM Rice #1 Well from a surface 

location north of County Road 4825 

within Big Thicket National Preserve, 

Tyler County, Texas. The notice also 

announced the availability of an 

accompanying Environmental 

Assessment and draft Floodplain and 

Wetland Statements of Findings. These 

documents are not, in fact, yet ready for 

review. When they are available, 

another notice will be published.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Dusty Pate, Range Technician, Big 

Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam 

Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, 

Telephone: 409 839–2689 ext. 232, email at Haigler_Pate@nps.gov.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

Stephen P. Martin, 

Director, Intermountain Region, National 

Park Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Plan of Operations, Environmental 

Assessment, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, Texas

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan 

of Operations and Environmental 

Assessment for a 30-day public review 

at Big Thicket National Preserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with section 9.52(b) of Title 

36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

Part 9, Subpart B, that the National Park 

Service (NPS) has received from Famcor 

Oil Inc., a Plan of Operations to 

directionally drill the Roberts/Duke #1 

flowline beneath the Menard Creek 

Corridor Unit of Big Thicket National 

Preserve, within Liberty and Polk 

Counties, Texas. The NPS has prepared 

an Environmental Assessment on this 

proposal.

DATES: The above documents are 

available for public review and 

comment through January 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations and 

Environmental Assessment are available 

for public review and comment in the 

Office of the Superintendent, Art 

Hutchinson, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, Beaumont, 

Texas 77701. Copies of the Plan of 

Operations are available, for a 

duplication fee; and copies of the 

Environmental Assessment are available 

upon request, and at no cost, from the 

Superintendent, Art Hutchinson, Big