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groups on the adjacent property to the

north owned by Brookgreen Gardens.

The next closest known active clusters

are on Sandy Island (about 39 groups),

about 2 miles northwest and on Prince

George Plantation, about 2 miles south

(mitigation site) (2 groups).

The Service worked with the

Applicant in the design of the

minimization and mitigation measures.

To minimize impacts to the RCW from

the proposed development, the

Applicant will incorporate the following

measures in the project:

1. The Applicant agrees to allow Fish

and Wildlife Service and South Carolina

Department of Natural Resources

personnel to enter the property for

general purposes.

2. The Applicant will conduct

monitoring activities for a period of 5

years.

3. The Applicant will provide

adequate foraging habitat for Cluster #3

(based on the Private Lands Guidelines)

and a percentage of the foraging habitat

for two additional clusters on adjacent

property.

4. The Applicant will place restrictive

covenants on property within the

development to prevent the planting of

hardwoods, and to maintain the

landscape as RCW foraging habitat.

5. The Applicant will allow for the

installation of artificial cavities in the

common areas of the proposed

development.

To mitigate for the groups to be taken,

the applicant will do the following:

1. The Applicant will purchase credit

for a breeding pair from Prince George

Plantation. They have provisioned three

recruitment clusters and implemented

habitat improvement activities to

increase their safe harbor baseline by

one group.

The Service has therefore determined

that approval of the Plan qualifies as a

categorical exclusion under NEPA, as

provided by the Department of the

Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1

and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1). No further

NEPA determination will therefore be

prepared.

The Service will evaluate the Plan

and comments submitted thereon to

determine whether the application

meets the requirements of Section 10(a)

of the Act. If it is determined that those

requirements are met, the Permit will be

issued for the incidental take of RCWs

on the applicant’s project site. The

Service will also evaluate whether the

issuance of a section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit

complies with Section 7 of the Act by

conducting an intra-Service Section 7

consultation. The results of the

biological opinion, in combination with

the above findings, will be used in the

final analysis to determine whether or

not to issue the Permit.

Dated: June 15, 2000.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–15580 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State

Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA),

Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the

Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in

the Federal Register, notice of approved

Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of

engaging in Class III gaming activities

on Indian lands. The Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved the Tribal-State

Compact for Class III Gaming Between

the Samish Indian Nation and the State

of Washington, which was executed on

April 18, 2000.

DATES: This action is effective June 21,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of

Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–15563 Filed 6–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–030–1310–DB]

Continental Divide/Wamsutter II

Natural Gas Project

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the

Record of Decision for the Continental

Divide/Wamsutter II Natural Gas

Project, Carbon and Sweetwater

Counties, Wyoming.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

implementing regulations, the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) announces the

availability of the Record of Decision

(ROD) for the Continental Divide/

Wamsutter II (CD/WII) Natural Gas

Project in Sweetwater and Carbon

Counties, Wyoming. The BLM adopts

the Proposed Action as outlined in the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(Final EIS) completed for this project;

however, the BLM has elected to reduce

the total number of proposed natural gas

wells and associated facilities.

Development will be reduced from the

proposed 3,000 well at 3,000 well

locations to allow up to 2,130 wells at

2,130 well locations within the project

area. Associated access roads, pipelines,

and other ancillary facilities will be

reduced as well. Allowance of the

remaining 870 wells/well locations and

associated facilities will be reconsidered

pending completion of a planning

review of the Great Divide Resource

Area (GDRA) Resource Management

Plan (RMP) for the Rawlins Field Office

(RFO) area. The Proposed Action, as

modified, is the BLM’s environmentally

preferred alternative.

DATES: This decision may be appealed

to the Interior Board of Land Appeals,

Office of the Secretary, in accordance

with the regulations contained in 43

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

3165.4(c). If an appeal is filed, the

notice of appeal must be filed with the

BLM Wyoming State Director, 5353

Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1829,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, within 30

days of the date the notice of the

decision appears in the Federal

Register. The appellant has the burden

of showing that the decision appealed

from is in error.

If you wish to file a petition pursuant

to 43 CFR 3165.4(c) for a stay

(suspension) of the effectiveness of this

decision during the time that your

appeal is being reviewed by the Board,

the petition for a stay must accompany

your notice of appeal. A petition for a

stay is required to show sufficient

justification based on the standards

listed in 43 CFR 3165.4(c). Copies of the

notice of appeal and petition for a stay

must also be submitted to the Interior

Board of Land Appeals and to the

appropriate office of the Solicitor at the

same time the original documents are

filed with BLM Wyoming State Director.

If you request a stay, you have the

burden of proof to demonstrate that a

stay should be granted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact either Clare Miller, BLM,

Rawlins Field Office, at 307–328–4245;

or Teri Deakins, BLM, Rock Springs

Field Office, at 307–352–0211; or Tom

Enright, BLM, Wyoming State Office, at