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made by the refiner to fulfill payment

obligations.

If the refiner provides a bond or a

certificate of deposit as the surety, it

must be effective for the entire term of

the contract plus a 6-month

reconciliation period. If the refiner

furnishes a letter of credit as the surety,

it must be effective for a 6-month period

beginning the first day the royalty oil

contract is effective, with a clause

providing for automatic renewal for a

new 6-month period. The purchaser or

its surety company may elect not to

renew the letter of credit at any monthly

anniversary date but must notify MMS

of its intent not to renew at least 30 days

before the anniversary date. We may

grant the purchaser 45 days to obtain a

new surety. If no replacement surety is

provided, we will terminate the contract

effective at least 6 months before the

expiration date of the letter of credit.

Financial institutions that furnish

bonds must be listed in the Department

of the Treasury’s Circular 570. Those

institutions that propose to furnish

letters of credit and certificates of

deposit must be chartered in the United

States and must be acceptable to MMS.

Contract Terms

The royalty oil contracts will be

effective April 1, 2000, and will have a

6-month term with an automatic

evergreen clause that renews the

contract for another 6-month term

subject to a 90-day termination notice

by either the refiner or MMS.

Successful applicants who are

awarded royalty oil contracts must

process that royalty oil, or oil obtained

in exchange for the royalty oil, in their

refineries and may not resell it. If a

refiner exchanges royalty oil for other

crude oil to process in its refinery, it

must provide full information to MMS,

including a copy of the exchange

agreement within 30 days of the

exchange agreement’s effective date.

Authority

These actions are taken according to

the provisions of the Outer Continental

Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 1356

as amended, the Outer Continental Shelf

Lands Act Amendments of 1978, 43

U.S.C. 1331 et. seq., and regulations at

30 CFR part 208.

Dated: January 12, 2000.

R. Dale Fazio,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management

[FR Doc. 00–1104 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Oil and Gas Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement, Lake

Meredith National Recreation Area and

Alibates Flint Quarries National

Monument, Texas

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S.

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an

Oil and Gas Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement for

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

and Alibates Flint Quarries National

Monument.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, the National Park

Service is preparing an Oil and Gas

Management Plan/Environmental

Impact Statement for Lake Meredith

National Recreation Area and Alibates

Flint Quarries National Monument,

Hutchinson, Moore and Potter Counties,

Texas, and is initiating the scoping

process for this document. This

statement will be approved by the

Intermountain Regional Director,

National Park Service. The Bureau of

Reclamation and Canadian River

Municipal Water Authority are

cooperating agencies.

The Oil and Gas Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement is

needed to address the issues of how the

National Park Service can protect its

resources and values, ensure public

safety, and minimize conflicts with

visitors and park management while

recognizing the rights of private mineral

owners to develop their oil and gas

resources. In the Oil and Gas

Management Plan/Environmental

Impact Statement and its accompanying

public involvement process, the

National Park Service will formulate

and evaluate the environmental impacts

of a reasonable range of alternatives that

will provide protection for resources

and values at Lake Meredith National

Recreation Area and Alibates Flint

Quarries National Monument while

allowing for exploration and

development of the private mineral

estate. Distinct management issues

include identifying which park

resources and values are most sensitive

to oil and gas exploration and

development disturbance, defining

impact mitigation requirements to

protect such resources and values,

establishing reasonable performance

standards and providing pertinent

information to oil and gas owners and

operators that will facilitate operations

planning.

Public Information and Comments

A public scoping newsletter will be

mailed in January 2000, to invite public

participation in the scoping process and

to describe the planning process. The

general public and affected or interested

parties are encouraged to provide

comments and suggestions, and to

identify issues and other reasonable

alternatives that should be addressed in

the Oil and Gas Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement.

An Open House meeting will be held

on February 9, 2000, at park

headquarters in Fritch, Texas. The

public and affected or interested parties

may request additional meetings in

other Texas cities. These requests

should be made no later than January

28, 2000, to EIS Team Leader Linda

Dansby or Paul Eubank at Lake

Meredith National Recreation Area/

Alibates Flint Quarries National

Monument, at the addresses or

telephone numbers provided below.

If you wish to comment, you may

submit your comments by mailing them

to the post office addresses provided

below by March 14, 2000. Our practice

is to make comments, including names

and home addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

decisionmaking record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There may also be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

decisionmaking record a respondent’s

identify, as allowable by law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If

you would like to submit comments, be

placed on the mailing list, or request a

meeting in your city, please contact

Linda Dansby, EIS Team Leader, P.O.

Box 728, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504,

505/988–6095; or Paul Eubank, Lake

Meredith National Recreation Area and

Alibates Flint Quarries National

Monument at 806–857–3151, or P.O.

Box 1460, Fritch, Texas 79036.

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Dated: January 12, 2000.

John C. Benjamin,

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument.

[FR Doc. 00–1245 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Availability of Draft National

Park Service Management Policies

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) is proposing to update the

policies that guide the management of

the national park system. The policies

are being updated to keep pace with

changes in laws, regulations, socioeconomic factors and technology, and

with new understandings of the natural

and cultural resources that the NPS is

responsible for protecting within the

national parks. Public comment is

invited for a 60-day period, which

closes March 20, 2000.

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted until March 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Draft Management Policies

is available on the Internet at http://

www.nps.gov/refdesk/policies.html.

Hard copies may be reviewed in the

Department of the Interior library (at the

C Street entrance of the Main Interior

Building); at all units of the national

park system; and at NPS regional offices

in Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC;

Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; Omaha, NE;

San Francisco, CA; and Anchorage, AK.

Requests for single copies of the draft,

and written comments, should be sent

to Bernard Fagan, National Park Service,

Office of Policy, Room 2414, Main

Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Fagan at (202) 208–7456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS

has completed a comprehensive review

and revision of the policies that

currently guide the management of the

national park system. The policies are

compiled in a book called Management

Policies, last published in 1988. Park

superintendents, planners, and other

NPS employees use management

policies as a reference source when

making decisions that will affect units

of the national park system. The policies

are being updated to keep pace with

changes in laws, regulations, socioeconomic factors and technology, and

with new understandings about the

natural and cultural resources that the

NPS is responsible for protecting within

the national parks. Some of the policies

(e.g., those dealing with planning,

wilderness preservation, and wildland

fire management) in the 1988

Management Policies have been

updated more recently by means of

‘‘Director’s Orders,’’ which have been

issued following a public notice and

comment period.

Management Policies includes the

National Park Service’s interpretation of

the key legislation that underlies the

policies, and chapters that address: Park

planning; park protection; interpretation

and education; use of the parks; park

facilities; commercial visitor services;

and the management of natural

resources, cultural resources, and

wilderness.

The NPS hereby invites comments on

the draft policies from any and all who

may be interested. Comments will be

accepted during a 60-day period which

ends March 20, 2000. Comments should

be specific as to how a policy might be

changed or strengthened.

All comments will be reviewed, and

appropriate suggestions will be

incorporated into the revised final

version of Management Policies. The

final document will be available to the

public via the Internet and in printed

form. A notice of availability of the final

document, and an explanation of how

comments were addressed, will appear

in the Federal Register.

Dated: January 13, 2000.

Loran Fraser,

Chief, Office of Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–1243 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places;

Notification of Pending Nominations

Nominations for the following

properties being considered for listing

in the National Register were received

by the National Park Service before

January 8, 2000. Pursuant to section

60.13 of 36 CFR part 60 written

comments concerning the significance

of these properties under the National

Register criteria for evaluation may be

forwarded to the National Register,

National Park Service, 1849 C St. NW,

NC400, Washington, DC 20240. Written

comments should be submitted by

February 3, 2000.

Beth Boland,

Acting Keeper of the National Register.

Arkansas

Pope County

Fair View School (Public Schools in

the Ozarks MPS), 2367 Mill Creek

Rd., Russellville, 00000030

California

Humboldt County

Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery, Milepost

124.83 on US 101, N of Orick,

Orick, 00000034

Riverside County

Lake Norconian Club, Jct. of Fifth and

Western Ave.,

Norco, 00000033

Idaho

Twin Falls County

Twin Falls Downtown Historic

District, Roughly bounded by 2

Ave. N, 2 St. E, 2 St. W, 2 St. S, 3

Ave. S, 3 St. W., Twin Falls,

00000035

Kansas

Douglas County

Vinland Grange Hall, Jct. of Oak and

Main Sts., Vinland, 00000037

Jewell County

Francis, O.W., House, Rte. 1, Burr

Oak, 00000036

Louisiana

West Feliciana Parish

Star Hill Post Office and Store, 4630

US 61, St. Francisville, 00000038

Maryland

Baltimore Independent city

Market Center, 24 blks surrounding

the jct. of Howard and Lexington

Sts., Baltimore, 00000040

Massachusetts

Worcester County

Corcoran School, 40 Walnut St.,

Clinton, 00000039

Michigan

St. Clair County

Seventh Street—Black River Bridge

(Highway Bridges of Michigan

MPS), Seventh St. over Black R.,

Port Huron, 00000045

St. Joseph County

M–86—Prairie River Bridge (Highway

Bridges of Michigan MPS),

M–86 over Prairie R., Nottawa,

00000044

Wayne County

East River Road—North Hickory

Canal Bridge (Highway Bridges of

Michigan MPS), E. River Rd. over

N. Hickory Canal, Grosse Ile,