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written request to the Forest Supervisor

at the address indicated above within 90

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Upon determination by the

authorized officer that a public meeting

will be held, a notice of the time and

place will be published in the Federal

Register at least 30 days before the

scheduled date of the meeting.

The withdrawal application will be

processed in accordance with the

regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.

For a period of 2 years from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated as specified above unless the

application is denied or canceled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date. The temporary land uses which

may be permitted during this

segregative period include licenses,

permits, rights-of-way, and disposal of

vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.

Dated: May 24, 2000.

Sherrie L. Reid,

Acting Chief, Branch of Realty and Records

Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Watershed Cooperative Agreement

Program

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of time to submit

applications for the Watershed

Cooperative Agreement Program.

SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) of

the U.S. Department of the Interior

(DOI) published a Federal Register

notice on December 27, 1999 (64 FR

72360), soliciting applications for

funding under the Watershed

Cooperative Agreement Program. This

notice extends the time for submitting

applications until September 15, 2000,

or until all available funds have been

awarded.

DATES: Applications for the cooperative

agreements will be accepted until

September 15, 2000, or until all

available funds have been awarded.

Applications should be submitted to the

appropriate individual listed under

ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

Requests for an application package,

which includes additional information

on the program, the application forms

and evaluation criteria, should be

directed to the appropriate Appalachian

Clean Streams Coordinator: Alabama:

Jeannie O’Dell, Birmingham Field

Office, 135 Gemini Circle, Suite 215,

Homewood, AL 35209, Telephone 205–

290–7282, ext. 21; Illinois: Ken Foit,

Indianapolis Field Office, MintonCapehart Federal Building, 575 N.

Pennsylvania Street, Room 392,

Indianapolis, IN 46204, Telephone 317–

226–6166 ext 230; Indiana: Michael

Kalagian, Indianapolis Field Office,

Minton-Capehart Federal Building, 575

N. Pennsylvania Street, Room 392,

Indianapolis, IN 46204, Telephone 317–

226–6166 ext 234; Iowa: Stephen

Preston, Mid-Continent Regional

Coordinating Center, Alton Federal

Center, 501 Belle Street, Room 216,

Alton, IL 62002, Telephone 618–463–

6463 ext 120; Kentucky: Dave Beam,

Lexington Field Office, 2675 Regency

Road, Lexington, KY 40503, Telephone

859–260–8407; Maryland: Peter

Hartman, Appalachian Regional

Coordinating Center, 3 Parkway Center,

Pittsburgh, PA 15220, Telephone 412–

937–2905; Missouri: Jeff Gillespie, MidContinent Regional Coordinating Center,

Alton Federal Center, 501 Belle Street,

Room 216, Alton, IL 62002, Telephone

618–463–6463 ext 128; Ohio: Max

Luehrs, Columbus Area Office, 4480

Refugee Road, Suite 201, Columbus, OH

43232, Telephone 614–866–0578 ext.

110; Oklahoma: Daniel Trout, Tulsa

Field Office, 5100 East Skelly Drive S–

550, Tulsa, OK 74135, Telephone 918–

581–6430 ext 25; Pennsylvania: David

Hamilton, Harrisburg Field Office, 415

Market Street, Suite 3, Harrisburg, PA

17101, Telephone 717–782–2285, ext

15; Tennessee: Danny Ellis, Knoxville

Field Office, 530 Gay Street, Suite 500,

Knoxville, TN 37902, Telephone 423–

545–4193 ext 147; Virginia: Ronnie

Vicars, Big Stone Gap Field Office, 1941

Neeley Road, Suite 201, Compartment

116, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219,

Telephone 540–523–0024, ext 33; West

Virginia: Rick Buckley, Charleston Field

Office, 1027 Virginia Street East,

Charleston, WV 25301, Telephone 304–

347–7162 ext 3024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Fiscal

Year 2000, OSM expects to award up to

1.75 million dollars to eligible not-forprofit groups to undertake actual

construction projects to clean up

streams impacted by acid mine

drainage. The cooperative agreements

normally will be in the $5,000–$80,000

range in order to assist as many groups

as possible. The cooperative agreements

will have a performance period of two

years. Eligible applicants are not-forprofit, established organizations with

IRS 501(c)(3) status. Applicants must

have partners, contributing either

funding or in-kind services; the partners

must provide a substantial portion of

the total resources needed to complete

the project.

Projects in the following States are

eligible: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana,

Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri,

Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,

Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Projects must meet eligibility criteria for

coal projects outlined in Section 404 of

the Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977:

Lands and water eligible for reclamation or

drainage abatement expenditures under this

title are those which were mined for coal or

which were affected by such mining,

wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal

mining processes * * * and abandoned or

left in an adequate reclamation status prior

to the date of enactment of this Act [August

3, 1977], and for which there is no

continuing reclamation responsibility under

State or other Federal laws.

There must be demonstrated public

support for the project. The project

should propose to use proven or

innovative technology that has a high

probability of success. The project must

produce tangible results, e.g., fishery

restored, stream miles improved,

educational and community benefits,

pollutants removed from the streams.

The funds must be used primarily for

the construction phase of a project;

reimbursement of administrative costs

will be carefully scrutinized. There

must be a plan to address any ongoing

operation/maintenance considerations.

Two copies of a complete application

should be submitted to the appropriate

Appalachian Clean Streams Coordinator

identified under ADDRESSES AND

FURTHER INFORMATION. Awards are

subject to the availability of funds.

Applications will receive technical and

financial management reviews.

The application deadline was June 1,

2000. However, because there are funds

remaining, OSM is extending the

application period. Applications will

now be accepted through September 15,

2000, or until all available funds have

been awarded.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Kathrine Henry,

Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 00–13552 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

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