33572 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 24, 2000 / Notices

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach

(202) 208–7744 .

Dated: April 24, 2000.

R. Dale Fazio,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–13020 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Availability of Environmental

Assessment for Proposed

Construction and Operation of

Telecommunications Facilities in John

D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway,

WY

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

environmental assessment.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the

National Park Service announces the

availability of an environmental

assessment for proposed the

construction and operation of a wireless

communication facility on Steamboat

Mountain in John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Memorial Parkway, WY. Steamboat

Mountain is located at N. latitude 44–

3–5, W. longitude 110–41–50. Union

Telephone Company made an initial

application to install the site in April,

1999. Public notice of the application

was published in the Federal Register/

Vol. 64. No. 86/Wednesday, May 5,

1999/Notices. JBR Environmental

Consultants, Inc. prepared the

assessment for the two companies for

submittal to the National Park Service.

The environmental assessment

describes a no action alternative and

two action alternatives. Union

Telephone and CommNet Cellular,

Inc.’s proposed action includes the

installation of an underground power

line to the site, two 8x18x9 wooden

buildings, and a 70′ wooden tower,

including various wireless

communication devices, at the site.

Under the proposal, the companies

would bring all materials to the site via

a 3,300 cleared route needed for the

powerline. At this time, the National

Park Service’s preferred alternative

would bring some of the materials to the

site by helicopter. The assessment

discloses the possible environmental

impacts of all the alternatives. Persons

wishing to receive a copy of the

assessment may do so by contacting the

Superintendent, Grand Teton National

Park, P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, WY

83012, or by calling (307) 730–3410.

DATES: Written comments on the

environmental assessment must be

postmarked or hand delivered by close

of business June 30, 2000. Please

address comments to the

Superintendent at the above address.

Comments will become part of the

official record. Names and addresses of

those who make comments will become

part of the public record and cannot be

withheld unless anonymity is

specifically requested of and approved

by the National Park Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the

Superintendent, Grand Teton National

Park, at the above address.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Jack Neckels,

Superintendent, Grand Teton National Park.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Funding Assistance for Non-Federal

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield

Land

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of Funding for

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield

Land.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) announces the availability of

funds to assist States and local

communities in acquiring for permanent

protection lands, or interests in lands, at

significant Civil War battlefield sites.

ADDRESSES: Funding proposals should

be mailed to: Hampton Tucker, National

Park Service, Heritage Preservation

Services 1849 C Street, NW, NC 200,

Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202)

343–3580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hampton Tucker, National Park Service,

Heritage Preservation Services, 1849 C

Street NW, NC 200, Washington, DC

20240; telephone (202) 343–3580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

1999 Interior Appropriations Act

(Public Law 105–83), Congress

appropriated $8 million from the Land

& Water Conservation Fund to assist

non-Federal efforts to acquire and

preserve Civil War battlefield lands. The

Congress assigned most of these funds

to specific projects. At this time, it

appears that a portion of these funds

will be left unspent and will be

reassigned to other worthy projects. NPS

seeks proposals from State and local

governments—or from qualified nonprofit historic preservation

organizations acting through an agency

of State or local government—for the

non-federal acquisition of significant

Civil War battlefield land.

Project proposals are subject to the

following requirements:

1. The 1999 Appropriations Act

requires that these funds be matched on

a two-for-one basis with non-federal

dollars. That is, the federal dollars can

pay for no more that one-third of the

acquisition cost.

2. The purchase price must be

supported by a qualified appraisal that

has been approved by NPS as meeting

the Uniform Appraisal Standards for

Federal Land Acquisitions.

3. The battlefield land acquired with

the assistance of these funds must be

permanently protected from

inappropriate development either

through public ownership or through

conveyance of a perpetual easement to

a public historic preservation agency.

NPS will give priority to acquisition

of land, or interests in land, within the

‘‘core’’ areas of Priority I and Priority II

battlefields, as identified by the

Congressionally-chartered Civil War

Sites Advisory Commission (see list

below). Among potential projects NPS

will give highest priority to acquisition

projects that can be completed within

the immediate future.

Proposals should be submitted by July

14, 2000, and must include:

1. A carefully drawn map (preferably

on a U.S.G.S. Quadrangle Map) that sets

out the boundaries of the battlefield and

identifies within those boundaries the

specific lands to be acquired.

2. The number of acres of land to be

acquired.

3. A description of the battle-related

events that occurred on the land.

4. A statement of whether the owner

of the land to be acquired has indicated

a willingness to sell the land.

5. A statement of the owner’s asking

price and/or the estimated fair market

value of the land to be acquired.

6. A statement of how much federal

assistance from this program the

applicant is requesting.

7. A statement of how much matching

share is already on hand or firmly

pledged.

Priority I Civil War Battlefields

Alabama Mobile Bay (Ft Morgan &

Blakeley); Arkansas Prairie Grove;

Georgia Allatoona, Chickamauga

Kennesaw Mountain, Ringgold Gap;

Kentucky Mill Springs, Perryville;

Louisiana Port Hudson; Maryland

Antietam, Monocacy, South Mountain;

Mississippi Brices Cross Roads,