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1.1.5. Weapons 

Discharge of firearms prohibited. Law 

enforcement officers acting in their 

official capacity are exempted from the 

prohibition. 

1.1.6. Eviction of Persons from Public 

Closure Area 

The permitted event area and all other 

parts of the public closure area are 

closed to any person who: 

(a) Has been ordered by a BLM law 

enforcement officer, during the period 

of August 11th to September 18th, 2006, 

to leave the area of the permitted event. 

(b) Has been evicted from the event by 

the permit holder, BRC LLC, whether or 

not such eviction was requested by 

BLM. 

Any person located within the Public 

Closure Area, whether or not that 

person holds a ticket to attend, must 

immediately depart from the event if 

ordered to do so by a BLM law 

enforcement officer for good cause. 

Good cause includes, but is not limited 

to: repeated violations of any permit 

stipulations or regulations in Title 43 

CFR; possession of prohibited weapons; 

or commission of an assault, fighting, 

threatening, menacing, or similar 

conduct that is likely to inflict injury or 

incite an immediate breach of the peace. 

Possession of a ticket to attend the 

event does not authorize any person 

evicted from the event during the period 

of August 11 to September 18, 2006 to 

be present within the perimeter fence or 

anywhere else within the public closure 

area during those same dates. 

1.1.7. Waste Water Discharge 

Dumping wastewater (grey or black) is 

prohibited. 

1.2. Between August 26, 2006 and 

September 4, 2006 Inclusive: 

1.2.1. Public Camping 

Public camping is prohibited. Burning 

Man event ticket holders and BLMauthorized event management-related 

camps within the event area as 

described below are exempt from the 

camping closure. 

1.2.2. Motorized Vehicles 

Motor vehicle use is prohibited. The 

following exceptions apply: Participant 

arrival and departure on designated 

routes; mutant vehicles registered with 

Burning Man; Black Rock City LLC staff 

and support; BLM, medical, law 

enforcement, and firefighting vehicles; 

and motorized skateboards or ‘‘Go Peds’’

with or without handlebars. Mutant 

vehicles must be registered with 

Burning Man/Black Rock City LLC and 

drivers must display evidence of 

registration at all times. Such 

registration must be displayed so that it 

is visible to the rear of the vehicle while 

it is in motion. 

Vehicle use that creates a dust plume 

higher than the top of the vehicle is 

prohibited. 

1.2.3. Fireworks 

The use, sale or possession of 

personal fireworks within is prohibited. 

The following exceptions apply: Uses 

of fireworks approved by Black Rock 

City LLC and used as part of an official 

Burning Man art burn event. 

1.2.4. Fires 

The ignition of fires on the surface of 

the Black Rock Playa without a burn 

blanket or burn pan is prohibited. The 

following exceptions apply: Licensed 

mutant vehicles, community burn 

platforms provided by Black Rock City 

LLC, and portable barbeques or grills. 

2. Event Area: Within the Following 

Legally Described Locations 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., secs. 1 and 

2, portions within event perimeter fence, 

50 yards outside the fence and the 

aircraft parking area; sec. 3; portion 

within event perimeter fence, 50 yards 

outside the fence and within 50 yards of 

the event entrance road. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., secs. 25, 26 

and 27, portions within event perimeter 

fence and 50 yards outside the fence; sec. 

34, portions within event perimeter 

fence and 50 yards outside the fence; sec. 

35; sec. 36, portions within event 

perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the 

fence. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., secs. 34, 35 

and 36, portions within event perimeter 

fence and 50 yards outside the fence. 

2.1. Between August 11, 2006 and 

August 25 and Between September 5th 

and September 18, 2006 Inclusive 

2.1.1. Camping 

Public camping is prohibited. Black 

Rock City LLC authorized staff, 

contractors, and others authorized to 

assist with construction or clean-up of 

art exhibits and theme camps are 

exempt from the camping closure. 

2.2. Between August 26th and 

September 4th, 2006 Inclusive 

2.2.1. Public Use 

No person shall be present within the 

event area unless that person: Possesses 

a valid ticket to attend the event; is an 

employee with the BLM, a law 

enforcement agency, emergency medical 

service provider, fire protection 

provider, or another public agency 

working at the event and the employee 

is assigned to the event; or is a person 

working at or attending the event on 

behalf of the event organizers, BRC LLC. 

2.2.2. Weapons 

Possession of weapons is prohibited, 

subject to the following exceptions: 

County, state, tribal, and federal law 

enforcement personnel, or any person 

authorized by federal law to carry a 

concealed weapon. 

‘‘Weapon’’ means a firearm, 

compressed gas or spring powered 

pistol or rifle, bow and arrow, cross 

bow, blowgun, spear gun, hand thrown 

spear, sling shot, irritant gas device, 

explosive device or any other 

implement designed to discharge 

missiles, and includes any weapon the 

possession of which is prohibited by 

state law. 

2.2.3. Public Camping 

Public camping is prohibited. Burning 

Man event ticket holders who are 

camped in designated areas provided by 

Black Rock City LLC and ticket holders 

who are camped in the authorized 

‘‘pilot camp’’ and BLM-authorized event 

management-related camps are exempt 

from the camping closure. Black Rock 

City LLC authorized staff, contractors, 

and other authorized participants are 

exempt from the camping closure. 

DATES: August 11, 2006 to September 

18, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Cooper, National Conservation 

Area Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management, Winnemucca Field Office, 

5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., 

Winnemucca, NV 89445–2921, 

telephone: (775) 623–1500. 

Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1. 

Penalty: Any person failing to comply 

with the closure orders may be subject 

to imprisonment for not more than 12 

months, or a fine in accordance with the 

applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, 

or both. 

Dated: July 10, 2006. 

Gail G. Givens, 

Field Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–920–1320–EL, WYW172929] 

Notice of Invitation for Coal 

Exploration License Application 

Wyoming; Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 


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ACTION: Notice of invitation for coal 

exploration license application, Jacobs 

Ranch Coal Company, WYW172929, 

Wyoming; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management published in the Federal 

Register of August 18, 2006, (71 FR 

47826) a notice inviting all interested 

parties to participate with Jacobs Ranch 

Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing 

basis in its program for the exploration 

of coal deposits owned by the United 

States of America. Inadvertently, the 

following lands included in the 

exploration license application were 

omitted from the notice. 

T. 44 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M. Wyoming 

Sect 22: Lots 1–3, 5–10, 12–15. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any party 

electing to participate in this 

exploration program must send written 

notice to both the Bureau of Land 

Management and Jacobs Ranch Coal 

Company no later than thirty days after 

publication of this invitation in the 

Federal Register. 

August 21, 2006. 

Alan Rabinoff, 

Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands. 

[FR Doc. 06–7430 Filed 9–5–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–040–06–1310–DB, CO–100–06–1310–

DB] 

Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Provide Notice of Public Meetings, 

Hiawatha Regional Energy 

Development Project, Sweetwater 

County, WY, and Moffat County, CO, 

and Notice of the Potential for an 

Amendment to the Green River 

Resource Management Plan 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: NOI to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and to conduct public scoping for the 

Hiawatha Regional Energy Development 

Project, Sweetwater County, Wyoming 

and Moffat County, Colorado, and 

notice of potential for an amendment to 

the Green River Resource Management 

Plan, Rock Springs Field Office. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

BLM announces its intentions to 

prepare an EIS and to solicit public 

comments regarding issues and resource 

information for the proposed Hiawatha 

Regional Energy Project, a natural gas 

development project consisting of 

conventional natural gas well 

development in established, producing 

fields. 

DATES: The BLM can best use public 

input if comments and resource 

information are submitted within 45 

days from publication of this notice. To 

provide the public with an opportunity 

to review the proposal and project 

information, the BLM will host two 

public meetings; one in Rock Springs, 

Wyoming, and another in Craig, 

Colorado. The BLM will notify the 

public of the date, time, and location of 

each meeting at least 15 days before the 

event. The announcement will be made 

by a news release to the media in 

Wyoming and Colorado, individual 

mailing of a scoping notice, and posting 

on the Web sites listed below. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

resource information can be mailed to 

the Field Office at: Bureau of Land 

Management, Rock Springs Field Office, 

Attn: Hiawatha Regional Energy Project, 

280 Hwy 191 North, Rock Springs, WY 

82901; the public may submit comments 

electronically at 

Hiawatha_EIS_WYMail@BLM.gov. 

Project information and documents will 

be available on the Web at http:// 

www.blm.gov/eis/wy/hiawatha. 

All comments and submissions will 

be considered in the environmental 

analysis process. If you do comment, we 

will keep you informed of decisions 

resulting from the analysis. Please note 

that public comments and information 

submitted in regard to this project, 

including names and street addresses of 

respondents, will be available for review 

and disclosure at the Field Office. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name, e-mail, and street address 

from public review or from disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

you must state this plainly at the 

beginning of your written comment. 

Such requests will be honored to the 

extent allowed by law. All submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the project, please 

contact Susan Davis, Project Lead, at 

307–352–0346. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Hiawatha Regional Energy Project is 

generally located in Townships 11 

through 14 North, Ranges 99 through 

102 West, 6th Principal Meridian, 

Sweetwater County, Wyoming and 

Moffat County, Colorado. The project is 

located south of Rock Springs, 

Wyoming, and northwest of Craig, 

Colorado. The project area contains 

approximately 157,335 acres of mixed 

Federal, State, and private lands. The 

BLM Rock Springs Field Office manages 

public lands in Sweetwater County, 

Wyoming, and the BLM Little Snake 

Field Office manages public lands in 

Moffat County, Colorado. The Rock 

Springs Field Office will serve as the 

lead for this project. 

Any authorizations and actions 

proposed for approval in the EIS will be 

evaluated to determine if they conform 

to the decisions in the 1997 Green River 

RMP. Actions that result in a change in 

the scope of resource uses, terms and 

conditions, and decisions of the Green 

River RMP may require amendment of 

the RMP. If the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) determines that a 

plan amendment is necessary, 

preparation of the Hiawatha Regional 

Energy Development EIS and the 

analysis necessary for the RMP 

amendment would occur 

simultaneously. Based on the 

information developed during the 

course of this analysis, the BLM may 

decide it is necessary to amend the 1997 

Green River Resource Management Plan 

(RMP). The potential for amendment of 

the Green River RMP does not affect the 

Little Snake RMP. 

The ongoing (2006) Little Snake Field 

Office land use plan revision (NOI 

November 18, 2004) contains an 

updated RFD that provides a reasonable 

estimate of projected oil and gas 

exploration and development for the 

entire Field Office planning area for the 

next 20 years. This reasonable 

foreseeable development (RFD) 

encompasses the project area to be 

analyzed and incorporates the level of 

development proposed in the Hiawatha 

Regional Energy Project EIS. The 

proposed action will be within the 

scope of the analysis for the ongoing 

Little Snake Field Office RMP revision 

and any land use planning decisions 

relating to the Hiawatha Project will be 

addressed as part of the ongoing Little 

Snake Field Office planning process. 

Further information of the status of this 

RMP revision may be obtained from the 

Little Snake Field Office’s Web site at 

http://www.co.blm.gov/lsra/rmp. 

In March 2006, Questar Exploration & 

Production Company, Wexpro 

Company, and other natural gas 

development companies (hereinafter 

referred to as (‘‘the Operators’’) 

submitted to the BLM a proposal to 

expand natural gas exploration and 


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