Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 5, 2009 / Notices 39099 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Dakotas 

Resource Advisory Council will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 2, 2009. The meeting will 

begin at 8 a.m. on September 2, 2009. 

The public comment period will begin 

at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the BLM North Dakota Field Office, 99 

23rd Avenue West, Dickinson, North 

Dakota 58601. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in North and South 

Dakota. All meetings are open to the 

public. The public may present written 

comments to the Council. Each formal 

Council meeting will also have time 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM as provided below. The 

Council will hear updates to ongoing 

planning efforts and assist in evaluating 

areas of ecological importance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lonny Bagley, Field Manager, North 

Dakota Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue 

West, Dickinson, North Dakota 

701.227.7700, or Marian Atkins, Field 

Manager, South Dakota Field Office, 310 

Roundup St., Belle Fourche, South 

Dakota, 605.892.7000. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

Lonny R. Bagley, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–18700 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Announcement of National Geospatial 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Geospatial 

Advisory Committee (NGAC) will meet 

on August 26–27, 2009 at the National 

Conservation Training Center, 698 

Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, WV 

25443. The meeting will be held in 

Room #161 Instructional West. 

The NGAC, which is composed of 

representatives from governmental, 

private sector, non-profit, and academic 

organizations, has been established to 

advise the Chair of the Federal 

Geographic Data Committee on 

management of Federal geospatial 

programs, the development of the 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure, and 

the implementation of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–16. Topics to be addressed at 

the meeting include: 

—Recent FGDC Activities; 

—National Geospatial Policy and 

Strategy; 

—Planning for a Geospatial Open 

Forum; 

—Geospatial Partnerships; 

—Change Detection; 

—NGAC Subcommittee Reports. 

The meeting will include an 

opportunity for public comment during 

the morning of August 27. Comments 

may also be submitted to the NGAC in 

writing. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting must register in 

advance for clearance into the meeting 

site. Please register by contacting Arista 

Maher at the Federal Geographic Data 

Committee (703–648–6283, 

amaher@fgdc.gov). Registrations are due 

by August 19. While the meeting will be 

open to the public, seating may be 

limited due to room capacity. 

Members of the public who cannot 

attend in person may listen to the 

meeting via conference call. Please 

register in advance for the conference 

call by contacting Arista Maher at the 

Federal Geographic Data Committee 

(703–648–6283, amaher@fgdc.gov). 

Conference call registrations are due by 

August 19. Instructions will be 

provided. The number of participants 

may be limited by conference line 

capacity. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

August 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 

on August 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Mahoney, U.S. Geological Survey (206– 

220–4621). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings 

of the National Geospatial Advisory 

Committee are open to the public. 

Additional information about the NGAC 

and the meeting are available at 

http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

Ivan DeLoatch, 

Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–18735 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–930–1310–FI; ARES 52370] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, 

Arkansas 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

Public Law 97–451, the Bureau of Land 

Management-Eastern States (BLM–ES) 

received a petition for reinstatement of 

oil and gas lease ARES 52370 from 

SEECO, Inc. for lands in Polk County, 

Arkansas. The petition was filed on time 

and was accompanied by all the rentals 

due since the date the lease terminated 

under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robyn Shoop, Supervisory Land Law 

Examiner, BLM–ES, 7450 Boston 

Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia, at 

(703) 440–1512. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid 

lease has been issued affecting these 

lands. The lessee has agreed to the new 

lease terms for rental and royalties at 

rates of $5.00 per acre or fraction 

thereof, per year, and 162⁄3 percent, 

respectively. The lessee has paid the 

required $500.00 administrative fee and 

$163.00 to reimburse the BLM for the 

cost of publishing this Notice in the 

Federal Register. The lessee has met all 

the requirements for reinstatement as set 

out in Sections 31(d) and (e) of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

188), and the BLM is proposing to 

reinstate the lease effective December 1, 

2008, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. 

Robyn Shoop, 

Supervisory, Land Law Examiner, Division 

of Natural Resources. 

[FR Doc. E9–18715 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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