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determined in accordance with 30 CFR 

206.250. 

Bidding instructions for the offered 

tract are included in the Detailed 

Statement of Coal Lease Sale. Copies of 

the Detailed Statement and the 

proposed coal lease are available upon 

request in person or by mail from the 

Colorado State Office at the address 

given above. The case file is available 

for inspection in the Public Room, 

Colorado State Office, during normal 

business hours at the address given 

above. 

Karen Zurek, 

Solid Minerals Staff, Division of Energy, 

Lands and Minerals. 

[FR Doc. E6–20913 Filed 12–7–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–05–1310–DB] 

Notice of the Pinedale Anticline 

Working Group Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (1972), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Pinedale 

Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will 

meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for 

business meetings. Group meetings are 

open to the public. 

DATES: Eleven meeting dates have been 

set for the following dates: 12–5 

December 18, 2006. 9–5 January 25, 8–

12 January 26, 2007. 12–5 February 22, 

2007. 12–5 March 22, 2007. 12–5 April 

26, 2007. 12–5 May 24, 2007. 12–5 June 

28, 2007. 12–5 July 26, 2007. 12–5 

September 27, 2007. 12–5 October 25, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings are scheduled 

to be held in the Bureau of Land 

Management conference room, 432 E. 

Mill St. Pinedale, WY, 82941. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Anderson, BLM/PAWG Liaison, Bureau 

of Land Management, Pinedale Field 

Office, 432 E. Mills St., P.O. Box 738, 

Pinedale, WY, 82941; 307–367–5328. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pinedale Anticline Working Group 

(PAWG) was authorized and established 

with release of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil 

and Gas Exploration and Development 

Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG 

advises the BLM on the development 

and implementation of monitoring plans 

and adaptive management decisions as 

development of the Pinedale Anticline 

Natural Gas Field proceeds for the life 

of the field. 

Dated: November 28, 2006. 

William Lanning, 

Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. 06–9606 Filed 12–7–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–310–1310–PB–24 1A] 

Oil and Gas Leasing: Onshore Oil and 

Gas Operations—Fees, Rentals, and 

Royalty 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of termination of the 

stripper well royalty reductions 

program. 

SUMMARY: The termination of benefits 

for stripper well properties was effective 

February 1, 2006, and replaced by 

Section 343 of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, which was established a Marginal 

Property Production Incentives Program 

(MPPIP). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rudy Baier, Division of Fluid Minerals, 

BLM, (202) 452–5024. Persons who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339, 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, except 

holidays, for assistance in reaching Mr. 

Baier. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By 

Federal Register notice (70 FR 42093) 

dated July 21, 2005, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) provided six-month 

notification, as required by regulation, 

to terminate the benefits of the royalty 

rate reductions granted under the 

stripper well royalty reductions (see 43 

CFR 3103.4–2) program. In that FR 

notice, the BLM requested comments 

specifically on the financial conditions 

under which the BLM would reestablish 

the benefits under that program. The 

BLM received five comments. The 

comments will be considered if BLM 

develops a stripper/marginal property 

replacement program. 

The BLM has determined that it will 

not establish the current program since 

the MPPIP was established by Congress 

to take its place until the Secretary of 

the Interior issues regulations 

prescribing different relief. 

The current regulations authorize 

royalty rate reduction on a case-by-case 

basis (see 43 CFR 3103.4–1). 

Dated: October 19, 2006. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty, and 

Resource Protection. 

[FR Doc. 06–9530 Filed 12–07–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Park Service Benefits-Sharing 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: This notice informs the public 

that the comment period for the 

National Park Service Benefits-Sharing 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

covering all units of the National Park 

System is extended. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

published a Notice of Availability on 

September 26, 2006, (71 FR 186) for the 

National Park Service Benefits-Sharing 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 

The public comment period was to 

expire December 15, 2006. This notice 

extends the public comment period 

until January 29, 2007. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

accepted through January 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Information will be 

available for public review and 

comment on the Internet at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov (Select 

‘‘Washington Office’’ from the ‘‘Choose 

a park’’ pick list and then click on the 

link for ‘‘benefits-sharing’’), in the office 

of the National Park Service Associate 

Director for Natural Resource 

Stewardship and Science, 1849 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC, and in the office 

of the Superintendent, Yellowstone 

National Park, Wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Mills, Benefits-Sharing EIS, 

Center for Resources, P.O. Box 168, 

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 

82190, (307)344–2203, 

benefitseis@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment, you may submit your 

comments by any one of several 

methods. You may mail comments to 

Benefits-Sharing EIS Team, Center for 

Resources, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone 

National Park, Wyoming 82190. You 

may also comment via the Internet at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov. If you do 

not receive a confirmation from the 


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