726 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 4 / Wednesday, January 7, 2009 / Notices 

listening session) to hear from anyone 

involved or interested in American 

ginseng conservation, harvest, and 

trade. We are particularly interested in 

obtaining any current information on 

the status of American ginseng in the 

wild, and other pertinent information 

on the conservation and management of 

the species that would contribute to 

making the required CITES findings and 

improve the CITES export program for 

American ginseng. We will discuss the 

Federal regulatory framework for the 

export of American ginseng and the 

regulations that control the international 

trade of this species. We will also 

discuss the different CITES definitions 

as they are applied to American ginseng 

grown under different production 

systems and how we approach these 

different systems in regulating the 

export of American ginseng roots. 

Persons planning to attend the 

February 24, 2009, meeting who require 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

must notify the Division of Scientific 

Authority by January 23, 2009 (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Author 

The primary author of this notice is 

Patricia Ford, the Division of Scientific 

Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

Dated: December 22, 2008. 

Kenneth Stansell, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–020–1310–DT 050E] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Final Supplement to 

the Montana Statewide Oil and Gas 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Proposed Amendment of the Powder 

River and Billings Resource 

Management Plans 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: By Order of the U.S. District 

Court for the District of Montana, dated 

April 5, 2005, and pursuant to the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared the Record of Decision (ROD) 

approving BLM’s 2008 Final 

Supplement to the Montana Statewide 

Oil and Gas Environmental Impact 

Statement and Proposed Amendment of 

the Powder River and Billings Resource 

Management Plans (RMP) (Final SEIS/ 

Amendment). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD have 

been sent to affected Federal, state, and 

local government agencies; to tribal 

governments; and to interested parties. 

Copies of the ROD are available for 

public inspection at the BLM Miles City 

Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, 

Miles City, Montana; and at the BLM 

Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate 

Drive, Billings, Montana. You may also 

view the ROD on the Internet at 

http://www.blm.gov/eis/mt/ 

milescity_seis/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Bloom, Project Manager, by 

telephone at (406) 233–2852; by mail at 

111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 

59301; or by e-mail at 

Mary_Bloom@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Powder River and Billings Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) areas comprise 

approximately 1.5 million acres of BLMmanaged surface and 5 million acres of 

BLM-managed mineral estate. There are 

approximately 3.2 million acres of BLMmanaged oil and gas estate. The Powder 

River RMP area includes Powder River 

and Treasure Counties, and portions of 

Big Horn, Carter, Custer, and Rosebud 

Counties. The Billings RMP area 

includes Carbon, Golden Valley, 

Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, 

Wheatland, and Yellowstone Counties 

and the remaining portion of Big Horn 

County. The SEIS supporting the ROD 

supplements the 2003 Montana 

Statewide Final Oil and Gas 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Proposed Amendment of the Powder 

River and Billings Resource 

Management Plans (Statewide 

Document). 

The 90-day public comment period on 

the Draft SEIS/Amendment ended May 

2, 2007. The Final SEIS/Proposed 

Amendment was made available to the 

public November 7, 2008. After release 

of the Final SEIS/Proposed Amendment, 

and prior to approval of the ROD, the 

BLM coordinated and consulted with 

the Montana Governor (43 CFR 1610.3– 

2). 

The Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 and its 

implementing regulations provide land 

use planning authority to the Secretary, 

as delegated to the Assistant Secretary 

for Land and Minerals Management. 

Because the ROD was signed by the 

Assistant Secretary, it is the final 

decision for the Department of the 

Interior. Therefore, the decision is not 

subject to the protest procedures 

identified at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. 

Gene R. Terland, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW143474] 

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) received a 

petition for reinstatement from Abraxas 

Petroleum Corp. for competitive oil and 

gas lease WYW143474 for land in 

Converse County, Wyoming. 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: 

Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. 

Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals 

Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 

has agreed to the amended lease terms 

for rentals and royalties at rates of 

$10.00 per acre, or fraction thereof, per 

year, and 16-2⁄3 percent, respectively. 

The lessee has paid the required $500 

administrative fee and $163 to 

reimburse the Department for the cost of 

this Federal Register notice. The lessee 

has met all the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease as set out in 

Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 

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

188), and the Bureau of Land 

Management is proposing to reinstate 

lease WYW143474 effective December 

1, 2008, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. BLM has not issued a valid lease 

affecting the lands. 

Pamela J. Lewis, 

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. 

[FR Doc. E9–20 Filed 1–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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