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provisions; funding issues; existing 

environmental conditions in the plan 

area; other plans or projects that might 

be relevant to this proposed project; 

permit duration; maximum acreage that 

should be covered; specific species that 

should or should not be covered; 

specific landforms that should or should 

not be covered; and minimization and 

mitigation efforts. The Service estimates 

that the draft EIS will be available for 

public review in the spring of 2007. 

Dated: October 4, 2006. 

James J. Slack, 

Deputy Regional Director, Region 6. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–964–1410–HY–P; F–21963, F–21966, F–

21967, F–22006, F–22862, F–21945, F–

21937] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

surface and subsurface estates in certain 

lands for conveyance pursuant to the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

will be issued to Bering Straits Native 

Corporation. The lands are in the 

vicinity of Wales and White Mountain, 

Alaska. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Nome 

Nugget. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until December 

14, 2006 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR Part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Dina L. Torres, 

Land Law Examiner, Branch of Adjudication 

II. 

[FR Doc. E6–19149 Filed 11–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–964–1410–KC–P; F–14844–A] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

surface and subsurface estates in certain 

lands for conveyance pursuant to the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

will be issued to Ahtna, Incorporated, 

successor in interest to Cantwell 

Yedatene-Na Corporation. 

The lands are in the vicinity of 

Cantwell, Alaska, and are located in: 

U.S. Survey No. 3229, Alaska Containing 

5.00 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Fairbanks 

Daily News-Miner. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until December 

14, 2006 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Jennifer L. Noe, 

Land Law Examiner, Branch of Adjudication 

II. 

[FR Doc. E6–19150 Filed 11–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Oil and Gas Leasing Programs for 

2002–2007 and 2007–2012; OCS Lease 

Sale 201 and Proposed Lease Sale 205, 

Central Gulf of Mexico; Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for 5-Year Leasing Program for 2007–

2012 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Revision of 5-Year Leasing 

Program and Request for Comment. 

SUMMARY: On October 24, 2006, the 

Department of Interior/MMS and the 

State of Louisiana announced the 

settlement of the case of Blanco, et al., 

v. Burton, et al. The District Court 

approved the settlement and dismissed 

the case on October 24, 2006. As a result 

of the settlement agreement, the MMS 

proposes to expand Lease Sale 205, 

scheduled in the Proposed 5-Year 

Program for 2007–2012 and 

accompanying Draft EIS, from the 

currently proposed program area (Map 

1) to include all available acreage in the 

Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area as 

proposed in the new program for 

subsequent Central Gulf sales (Map 2). 

The MMS is providing a 45-day 

comment period to specifically address 

this proposed change. The earlier 

comment periods on the Proposed 5- 

Year Program and Draft EIS, remain as 

announced on August 25, 2006. The 

comment period on the Program closes 

on November 24, 2006, and on the Draft 

EIS on November 22, 2006. 

DATES: MMS is accepting comments 

regarding this newly proposed change 

for the Proposed 5-Year OCS Program 

for 2007–2012 and accompanying Draft 

EIS until December 29, 2006. Note that 

the comment periods for the earlier 

proposed 5-Year OCS Program for 2007–

2012 and the Draft EIS remain the same 

as previously announced. This new 45- 

day comment period is for comments 

associated with the change identified 

here as a result of the settlement with 

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ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, 

you may submit your comments by one 

of two methods. You may comment 

electronically using MMS’s Public 

Connect online commenting system. 

This is the preferred method for 

commenting. This system can be 

accessed at http://www.mms.gov/5-year/ 

2007–2012main.htm. From the Public 

Connect ‘‘Welcome’’ screen, search for 

‘‘Proposed 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas 

Program Revisions and Draft EIS’’ or 

select it from the ‘‘Projects Open for 

Comment’’ menu. 

You may also mail comments. Please 

label your comments and the packaging 

in which they are submitted according 

to the subject matter. For those 

pertaining to program preparation, label 

as ‘‘Comments on Revisions to Proposed 

5-Year Program for 2007–2012’’ and 

mail to: Ms. Renee Orr, 5-Year Program 

Manager, Minerals Management Service 

(MS–4010), Room 3120, 381 Elden 

Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. 

For those pertaining to EIS preparation, 

label as ‘‘Comments on 2007–2012 Oil 

and Gas Program Revisions for Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement’’ and 

mail to: Mr. James F. Bennett, Chief, 

Branch of Environmental Assessment, 

381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4042, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. If you 

submit any privileged or proprietary 

information to be treated as 

confidential, please mark the envelope, 

‘‘Contains Confidential Information.’’

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. However, we will not consider 

anonymous comments. Except for 

proprietary information, 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 inspection in their entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Renee Orr, Minerals Management 

Service, Chief, Leasing Division, at (703) 

787–1215; or Mr. James Bennett, Chief, 

Environmental Assessment Branch, at 

(703) 787–1660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

20, 2006, the State of Louisiana filed a 

lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the 

Eastern District of Louisiana under the 

Administrative Procedures Act alleging 

that MMS violated the terms of the 

National Environmental Policy Act, the 

Coastal Zone Management Act, and the 

OCS Lands Act. The court denied the 

State of Louisiana’s request to enjoin 

holding Lease Sale 200 as scheduled on 

August 16, 2006, and opening the bids 

or awarding any leases, and set the case 

for trial on November 13, 2006. Lease 

Sale 200 was held as scheduled. 

The MMS and the State have entered 

into a Settlement Agreement. Under this 

settlement, MMS has agreed to prepare 

an EIS before conducting the next sale 

in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, MMS 

is canceling Lease Sale 201, scheduled 

for March 2007 in the current 5-year 

program for 2002–2007. We also 

propose to enlarge Lease Sale 205 from 

that in the proposed 5-year program for 

2007–2012, released for comment on 

August 25, 2006, to include all of the 

available acreage comprising the Central 

Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, as 

proposed in the new program for 

subsequent Central Gulf sales (Map 2). 

In effect, this change simply postpones 

for several months the estimated effects 

of Sale 201. The environmental impacts 

of this change are not significant beyond 

the change in timing of the offering. 

Dated: November 6, 2006. 

R.M. ‘‘Johnnie’’ Burton, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

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