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resource conditions and visitor 

experiences that are to be achieved and 

maintained in the Riverways over the 

next 15 to 20 years. The clarification of 

what must be achieved according to law 

and policy will be based on review of 

the Riverways’ purpose, significance, 

special mandates, and the body of laws 

and policies directing park 

management. Based on determinations 

of desired conditions, the GMP/WS will 

outline the kinds of resource 

management activities, visitor activities, 

development that would be appropriate 

in the future, and consider whether or 

not wilderness should be proposed in a 

portion of the Riverways. A range of 

reasonable management alternatives 

will be developed through this planning 

process and will include, at minimum, 

a no-action and a preferred alternative. 

To facilitate sound analysis of 

environmental impacts, the NPS is 

gathering information necessary for the 

preparation of an associated EIS. 

As part of the planing process, the 

NPS is also preparing a WS to evaluate 

the Big Spring area at the Riverways for 

possible designation as wilderness. The 

Big Spring area was one of three areas 

evaluated for wilderness suitability as 

part of the 1984 GMP. All three areas 

were determined not suitable at the 

conclusion of the suitability assessment. 

The Big Spring area is now considered 

suitable because non-conforming uses 

have been removed. The other two areas 

considered in 1984, the Upper Jacks 

Fork and Cardareva areas are not being 

considered for wilderness designation 

because of continuing non-conforming 

uses and the presence of non-Federal 

land ownership, respectively. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names, home addresses, home 

phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their names 

and/or home addresses, etc., but if you 

wish us to consider withholding this 

information, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. In addition, you must 

present a rationale for withholding this 

information. This rationale must 

demonstrate that disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of privacy. Unsupported 

assertions will not meet this burden. In 

the absence of exceptional, 

documentable circumstances, this 

information will be released. We will 

always make submissions from 

organizations or businesses and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Dated: July 13, 2006. 

David N. Given, 

Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 06–9521 Filed 12–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–AD–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

California Bay-Delta Public Advisory 

Committee Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

California Bay-Delta Public Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will meet on 

December 14, 2006. This meeting will 

be held jointly with the California BayDelta Authority. The agenda for the joint 

meeting will include discussions with 

State and Federal agency representatives 

on end of Stage 1 decisions and 

planning for Stage 2 actions for the 

CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program); 

and recommendations on Year 6 

Program Performance and 

Accomplishments, Year 7 Priorities and 

Program Plans, and Program 

Performance and Balance. The meeting 

will also include reports form the Lead 

Scientist and the Independent Science 

Board, along with updates on the Delta 

Vision, Delta Risk Management Strategy, 

Pelagic Organisms Decline Action Plan, 

and Program Performance and Tracking. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, December 14, 2006, from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. If reasonable 

accommodation is needed due to a 

disability, please contact Colleen Kirtlan 

at (916) 445–5511 or TDD (800) 735–

2929 at least 1 week prior to the 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sacramento Convention Center 

located at 1400 J Street, Sacramento, 

California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation, at (916) 978–5022 or Julie 

Alvis, California Bay-Delta Program, at 

(916) 445–5551. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of the Interior on 

implementation of the CALFED BayDelta Program. The Committee makes 

recommendations on annual priorities, 

integration of the eleven Program 

elements, and overall balancing of the 

four Program objectives of ecosystem 

restoration, water quality, levee system 

integrity, and water supply reliability. 

The Program is a consortium of State 

and Federal agencies with the mission 

to develop and implement a long-term 

comprehensive plan that will restore 

ecological health and improve water 

management for beneficial uses of the 

San Francisco/Sacramento and San 

Joaquin Bay Delta. 

Committee agendas and meeting 

materials will be available prior to all 

meetings on the California Bay-Delta 

Program Web site at http:// 

calwater.ca.gov and at the meetings. 

These meetings are open to the public. 

Oral comments will be accepted from 

members of the public at each meeting 

and will be limited to 3–5 minutes. 

Authority: The Committee was established 

pursuant to the Department of the Interior’s 

authority to implement the Water Supply, 

Reliability, and Environmental Improvement 

Act, Pub. L. 108–361; the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.; the 

Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.; and the Reclamation Act of 1902, 43 

U.S.C. 391 et seq., and the acts amendatory 

thereof or supplementary thereto, all 

collectively referred to as the Federal 

Reclamation laws, and in particular, the 

Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 34 

U.S.C. 3401. 

Dated: November 14, 2006. 

Allan Oto, 

Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, 

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 

[FR Doc. 06–9513 Filed 12–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Determination of Valid Existing Rights 

Within the Daniel Boone National 

Forest, KY 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces our 

decision on a request for a 

determination of valid existing rights 

(VER) under section 522(e) of the 

Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the 

Act). We have determined that Sturgeon 

Mining Company, Inc. (Sturgeon Mining 

or Sturgeon) possesses VER for a coal 

haulroad within the boundaries of the 

Daniel Boone National Forest in Owsley 

County, Kentucky. This decision will 

allow Sturgeon to obtain a Kentucky 

surface coal mining and reclamation 

permit for the road in question and to 


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