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INQUIRY.’’ (See 43 CFR 2.60 for

procedures on making inquiries).

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

For copies of your records write to the

pertinent System Managers at the

locations above. The request envelope

and letter should be clearly marked

‘‘PRIVACY ACT REQUEST FOR

ACCESS.’’ A request for access must

meet the content requirements of 43

CFR 2.63. If copies are sought, indicate

the maximum you are willing to pay (43

CFR 2.63(b)(4)).

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:

Use the same procedures as the

‘‘Records Access Procedures’’ section

above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Customers, accounting records,

standard finance office documents, and

various paper and electronic systems

where charges and payment are

recorded.

SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

None.

[FR Doc. 00–140 Filed 1–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–952–00–1420–BJ]

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; New

Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey described

below are scheduled to be officially

filed in the New Mexico State Office,

Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe,

New Mexico, (30) thirty calendar days

from the date of this publication.

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New

Mexico

T. 29 N., R. 10 W., approved December 9,

1999, for Group 954 NM.

T. 29 N., R. 11 W., approved December 9,

1999, for Group 954 NM.

T. 30 N., R. 8 W., approved December 9,

1999, for Group 954 NM.

T. 32 N., R. 10 W., approved December 9,

1999, for Group 966 NM.

If a protest against a survey, as shown

on any of the above plats is received

prior to the date of official filing, the

filing will be stayed pending

consideration of the protest. A plat will

not be officially filed until the day after

all protests have been dismissed and

become final or appeals from the

dismissal affirmed.

A person or party who wishes to

protest against any of these surveys

must file a written protest with the NM

State Director, Bureau of Land

Management, stating that they wish to

protest.

A statement of reasons for a protest

may be filed with the notice of protest

to the State Director, or the statement of

reasons must be filed with the State

Director within thirty (30) days after the

protest is filed. The above-listed plats

represent dependent resurveys, surveys,

and subdivisions.

These plats will be available for

inspection in the New Mexico State

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico,

87502–0115. Copies may be obtained

from this office upon payment of $1.10

per sheet.

Dated: December 21, 1999.

James D. Claflin,

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor for New

Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–196 Filed 1–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Derby Dam Fish Passage, Newlands

Project, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental document

(environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement) and

notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation), proposes to

prepare an environmental document for

the purpose of evaluating options to

provide fish passage at Derby Dam, a

facility of the Newlands Project located

on the Truckee River approximately 20

miles east of Reno, Nevada. The

environmental document will evaluate

the effects of the construction and

implementation of fish passage at Derby

Dam.

At present it is not clear whether the

scope of the action and anticipated

project impacts will require preparation

of an environmental impact statement

(EIS) instead of an environmental

assessment (EA). However, to ensure the

timely and appropriate level of NEPA

compliance and to limit potential future

delays to the project schedule,

Reclamation is proceeding as if the

project impacts would require

preparation of an EA. Reclamation will

reevaluate the need for an EIS after

obtaining written and oral comments on

the project scope, alternatives and

environmental impacts and after

Reclamation’s evaluation of potential

impacts of the proposed project.

Reclamation will publish a notice of

change if a decision is made to prepare

an EIS rather than an EA. However, the

scoping process to be conducted will

suffice for either course of action.

There are no known Indian Trust

Asset or environmental justice issues

associated with the proposed action.

The project is designed to benefit fishes

of both Pyramid Lake and the lower

Truckee River and is anticipated to have

a beneficial impact for this Indian Trust

Asset.

DATES: Four scoping meetings will be

held to solicit comments from interested

parties to assist in determining the

scope of the environmental analysis and

to identify the significant issues related

to this proposed action. The meeting

dates are:

Monday, February 7, 2000, at 4 p.m., in

Fernley, NV

Monday, February 7, 2000, at 7 p.m., in

Fallon, NV

Tuesday, February 8, 2000, at 7 p.m., in

Nixon, NV

Wednesday, February 9, 2000, at 7 p.m.,

in Reno, NV

ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are as

follows:

Fernley: Fernley Town Complex, 595

Silver Lace Blvd., Suite 117,

Fernley, NV 89408; telephone: (775)

575–5455

Fallon: Fallon Convention Center, 100

Campus Way, Fallon, NV 89406;

telephone: (775) 423–4556

Nixon: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Council Chambers, 208 Capital Hill

(Highway 447) Nixon, NV 89424;

telephone: (775) 574–1000

Reno: Bartley Ranch Park Interpretive

Center, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road,

Reno, NV 89511; telephone: (775)

828–6612

Written comments on the scope of the

environmental documents should be

submitted by February 29, 2000, to

Caryn Huntt, Environmental Specialist,

Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin

Area Office, Attention: LO–450, P.O.

Box 640, Carson City, NV 89702.

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public

review. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from public disclosure, which

we will honor to the extent allowable by

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law. There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold a

respondent’s identity from public

disclosure, 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. 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 disclosure in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caryn Huntt or Steve Alcorn, Deputy

Area Manager, telephone and TDD:

(775) 882–3436, Lahontan Basin Area

Office, Attention: LO–450 or LO–101,

P.O. Box 640, Carson City, NV 89702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Derby

Dam was constructed in 1903 through

1905 and is located on the Truckee

River approximately 20 miles east of

Reno, Nevada. The dam is an integral

part of the Newlands Project and diverts

Truckee River water into the Truckee

Canal. Water from the Truckee Canal is

used for irrigation of the Truckee

Division lands along the canal and for

supplemental storage at Lahontan

Reservoir on the Carson River. Water

stored at Lahontan Reservoir is used to

irrigate land in the Carson Division of

the Newlands Project.

Historically, the endangered cui-ui

and threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout

(LCT) species inhabited Pyramid Lake

and migrated upstream in the Truckee

River to spawn. Water diversions,

commercial fishing, construction of

dams, and other changes in the

watershed impacted the ability of both

species to spawn in the river. Currently

three structures impede fish movements

between Pyramid Lake and the lower

Truckee River. Fish must negotiate

Marble Bluff Dam, immediately

upstream of the lake; Numana Dam, 8.3

miles upstream from the lake; and Derby

Dam about 34 miles upstream from

Pyramid Lake. Marble Bluff Dam and

Numana Dam have fish passage

facilities. A fish ladder was installed at

Derby Dam in 1908, but the ladder is no

longer present. Providing fish passage at

Derby Dam will allow access for fish

species, including LCT and possibly

cui-ui, to habitat upstream of Derby

Dam.

The purpose of the Derby Dam Fish

Passage Project is to provide fish species

with access to habitat upstream and

downstream of Derby Dam, consistent

with existing Derby Dam operations,

Pyramid Lake and Newlands Project

water rights, and flood control

operations at Derby Dam. This project

would not alter the operations of Derby

Dam during flood or non-flood

conditions, or change the 1997 adjusted

Newlands Project Operating Criteria and

Procedures. The project would enhance

the Federal Government’s ability to

meet Federal trust responsibilities in the

Truckee River basin.

Special Services

Persons requiring any special services

should contact Caryn Huntt at (775)

882–3436. Please notify Ms. Huntt as far

in advance of the particular meeting as

possible, but no later than 3 working

days prior to the meeting to enable

Reclamation to secure the services. If a

request cannot be honored, the requester

will be notified.

Dated: December 29, 1999.

Lester A. Snow,

Regional Director.

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BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

United States v. Bell Atlantic

Corporation et al.; Proposed Final

Judgment and Competitive Impact

Statement

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the

Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,

15 U.S.C. Section 16(b) through (h), that

a proposed Final Judgment and

Competitive Impact Statement has been

filed with the United States District

Court for the District of Columbia in

United States of America v. Bell

Atlantic Corporation et al., Civil Action

99–1119 (LFO). On December 9, 1999,

the United States filed a Supplemental

Complaint alleging that the proposed

merger of GTE Corporation and Bell

Atlantic Corporation and the proposed

partnership between Vodafone

AirTouch Plc and Bell Atlantic

Corporation would lessen competition

in the markets for wireless mobile

telephone services in 13 major trading

areas, and 96 metropolitan statistical

areas and rural service areas in violation

of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. 18. The proposed Final

Judgment, filed at the same time as the

Supplemental Complaint, requires

defendants to divest one of their two

wireless telephone businesses in each

market where these businesses overlap

geographically. The proposed Final

Judgment supersedes the proposed

decree filed in May 1999 which

predated Bell Atlantic Corporation’s

September 1999 partnership agreement

with Vodafone AirTouch Plc and

therefore related solely to the merger of

Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE

Corporation. Copies of the Complaint,

proposed Final Judgment and

Competitive Impact Statement are

available for inspection at the

Department of Justice in Washington,

DC in Room 200, 325 Seventh Street,

NW, and at the Office of the Clerk of the

United States District Court for the

District of Columbia. These materials

are also located on the Antitrust

Division’s web site (www.usdoj.gov/atr/

cases.html).

Public comment is invited within 60

days of the date of this notice. Such

comments, and responses thereto, will

be published in the Federal Register

and filed with the Court. Comments

should be directed to Donald J. Russell,

Chief, Telecommunications Task Force,

Antitrust Division, Department of

Justice, 1401 H Street, NW, Room 8000,

Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: (202)

514–5621).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations.

Stipulation

It is stipulated by and between the

undersigned parties, by their respective

attorneys, as follows:

(1) The Court has jurisdiction over the

subject matter of this action and over

each of the parties hereto, and venue of

this action is proper in this Court.

(2) The parties stipulate that a Final

Judgment in the form hereto attached

may be filed and entered by the Court,

upon the motion of any party or upon

the Court’s own motion, at any time

after compliance with the requirements

of the Antitrust Procedures and

Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16, and without

further notice to any party or other

proceedings, provided that plaintiff has

not withdrawn its consent, which it may

do at any time before entry of the

proposed Final Judgment by serving

notice thereof on defendants and by

filing that notice with the Court.

(3) Defendants shall abide by and

comply with the provisions of the

proposed Final Judgment pending entry

of the Final Judgment by the Court, or

until expiration of time for all appeals

of any Court ruling declining entry of

the proposed Final Judgment, and shall,

from the date of the signing of this

Stipulation, comply with all the terms

and provisions of the proposed Final

Judgment as though the same were in

full force and effect as an order of the

Court.

(4) This Stipulation shall apply with

equal force and effect to any amended

proposed Final Judgment agreed upon

in writing by the parties and submitted

to the Court.