Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 2006 / Notices 77789 

Authority 

This notice is published in 

accordance with Section 1503.1 of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 

1508), implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 

the Department of the Interior Manual 

(516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 

8.1. 

Dated: December 18, 2006. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E6–22142 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications to Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2008 or Calendar Year 2008 

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application deadline. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of 

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a 

March 1, 2007, deadline for tribes/ 

consortia to submit completed 

applications to begin participation in 

the tribal self-governance program in 

fiscal year 2008 or calendar year 2008. 

DATES: Completed application packages 

must be received by the Director, Office 

of Self-Governance, by March 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Application packages for 

inclusion in the applicant pool should 

be sent to Dr. Kenneth Reinfeld, Acting 

Director, Office of Self-Governance, 

Department of the Interior, Mail Stop 

355-G-SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, Telephone 202–208–5734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

(Pub. L. 103–413), as amended by the 

Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208), 

the Director, Office of Self-Governance 

may select up to 50 additional 

participating tribes/consortia per year 

for the tribal self-governance program, 

and negotiate and enter into a written 

funding agreement with each 

participating tribe. The Act mandates 

that the Secretary submit copies of the 

funding agreements at least 90 days 

before the proposed effective date to the 

appropriate committees of the Congress 

and to each tribe that is served by the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency 

that is serving the tribe that is a party 

to the funding agreement. Initial 

negotiations with a tribe/consortium 

located in a region and/or agency which 

has not previously been involved with 

self-governance negotiations, will take 

approximately 2 months from start to 

finish. Agreements for an October 1 to 

September 30 funding year need to be 

signed and submitted by July 1. 

Agreements for a January 1 to December 

31 funding year need to be signed and 

submitted by October 1. 

Purpose of Notice 

25 CFR Parts 1000.10 to 1000.31 will 

be used to govern the application and 

selection process for tribes/consortia to 

begin their participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2008 and calendar year 2008. 

Applicants should be guided by the 

requirements in these subparts in 

preparing their applications. Copies of 

these subparts may be obtained from the 

information contact person identified in 

this notice. 

Tribes/consortia wishing to be 

considered for participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2008 or calendar year 2008 must 

respond to this notice, except for those 

which are: (1) Currently involved in 

negotiations with the Department; (2) 

one of the 94 tribal entities with signed 

agreements; or (3) one of the tribal 

entities already included in the 

applicant pool as of the date of this 

notice. 

Dated: December 12, 2006. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E6–22175 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–920–1320–EL, WYW173720] 

Notice of Invitation for Coal 

Exploration License Application, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal 

Exploration License Application, Ark 

Land Company, WYW173720, 

Wyoming. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended by section 4 of the Federal 

Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 

90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201 (b), and to 

the regulations adopted as 43 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 3410, all 

interested parties are hereby invited to 

participate with Ark Land Company on 

a pro rata cost sharing basis in its 

program for the exploration of coal 

deposits owned by the United States of 

America in the following-described 

lands in Campbell County, WY: 

T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming 

Sec. 20: Lots 5 through 16; 

Sec. 21: Lots 1, 2, 5 through 16; 

Sec. 22: Lots 1 through 16; 

Sec. 27: Lots 1 through 16; 

Sec. 28: Lots 1 through 16; 

Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16. 

Containing 3,671.09 acres, more or 

less. 

DATES: Any party electing to participate 

in this exploration program must send 

written notice to both the Bureau of 

Land Management and Ark Land 

Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES

section below, no later than thirty days 

after publication of this invitation in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

plan are available for review during 

normal business hours in the following 

offices (serialized under number 

WYW173720): Bureau of Land 

Management, Wyoming State Office, 

5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, Bureau of 

Land Management, Casper Field Office, 

2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, WY 

82604. The written notice should be 

sent to the following addresses: Ark 

Land Company, Attn: Mike Lincoln, 

P.O. Box 460, Hanna, WY 82327, and 

the Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming State Office, Branch of Solid 

Minerals, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 

1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the 

coal in the above-described land 

consists of unleased Federal coal within 

the Powder River Basin Known Coal 

Leasing Area. The purpose of the 

exploration program is to gain 

additional geologic knowledge of the 

coal underlying the exploration area for 

the purpose of assessing the reserves 

contained in a potential lease. This 

notice of invitation will be published in 

The News-Record of Gillette, WY, once 

each week for two consecutive weeks 

beginning the week of December 18, 

2006, and in the Federal Register. 

The foregoing is published in the 

Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 

3410.2–1(c)(1). 


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77790 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 2006 / Notices 

Dated: December 5, 2006. 

Alan Rabinoff, 

Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands. 

[FR Doc. 06–9880 Filed 12–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–340–07–1610] 

Notice of Availability of Record of 

Decision for the Ukiah Resource 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA), and the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

policies, the BLM announces the 

availability of the ROD and approved 

Ukiah Resource Management Plan for 

lands and resources administered by its 

Ukiah Field Office. The California State 

Director has signed the ROD, making the 

RMP effective immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and RMP 

are available upon request from the 

Environmental Coordinator, Ukiah Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

2550 N. State Street, Ukiah, California 

or via the Internet at http:// 

www.ca.blm.gov/ukiah. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonna Hildenbrand, (707) 468–4000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ukiah 

RMP provides direction for managing 

the approximate 270,000 acres of BLMmanaged surface acres and 214,000 

additional subsurface acres (mineral 

estate) in northern California. The 

geographic area includes all BLMmanaged public lands within the 

counties of Marin, Solano, Sonoma, 

Mendocino (south of the City of Willits), 

Lake, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, and Glenn. 

Planning for the Ukiah RMP officially 

began with a Federal Register notice on 

June 21, 2004 initiating scoping. BLM 

sought Tribal, public, and governmental 

participation in the development of this 

RMP and will continue to pursue 

partnerships in the management of the 

public lands. The approved RMP is 

essentially the same as the Proposed 

RMP in the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) published in June 

2006. The decisions designating routes 

of travel for motorized vehicles are an 

implementation decisions and are 

appealable under 43 CFR part 4. These 

decisions are contained in Appendix A 

of the RMP. Any party adversely 

affected by the proposed route 

designations may appeal within 30 days 

of publication of this Notice of 

Availability. The appeal should state the 

specific route(s), as identified in 

Appendix A of the RMP, on which the 

decision is being appealed. The appeal 

must be filed with the Ukiah Field 

Manager at the above listed address. The 

BLM received no protests to the 

Proposed RMP/FEIS. 

No inconsistencies with State or local 

plans, policies or programs were 

identified during the Governor’s 

consistency review of the proposed 

RMP/FEIS. 

Dated: October 20, 2006. 

Rich Burns, 

Ukiah Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. E6–22170 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Burr Trail Modifications, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a 

Record of Decision on the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Burr Trail Modifications, Capitol Reef 

National Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as 

amended at 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the 

National Park Service announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision for 

the Burr Trail Modifications, Capitol 

Reef National Park, Utah. On October 

23, 2006 the Director, Intermountain 

Region approved the Record of Decision 

for the project. As soon as practicable, 

the National Park Service will begin to 

implement the Preferred Alternative 

contained in the FEIS issued on July 14, 

2006. 

The following course of action will 

occur under the preferred alternative. In 

areas with high bentonite clay content, 

a gravel surface course will be 

constructed to increase safety. 

Geotextile fabric may be used between 

the aggregate and subbase to prevent 

gravel loss into the subgrade. 

Without altering the overhanging 

rock, a narrow section of the road at 

mile point 0.65 will be widened by 6 

feet to 10 feet. This will be 

accomplished by moving the northern 

roadside ditch toward the overhanging 

rock. A rock embankment will be added 

to the southern side of the road (the 

north bank of Sandy Creek) to provide 

structural stability for a portion of the 

road as well as slope protection. 

The road bank in the vicinity of mile 

points 0.75 and 0.85 will be stabilized 

using slope protection to reduce erosion 

and maintain the natural contours of the 

existing stream channel. Up to 530 

linear feet of slope protection will be 

placed along the base and 6 feet or more 

up the sides of the road embankment. 

The base width of the protection will 

remain aligned with the slope to 

minimize placement of rock within the 

existing stream channel. 

Two paved fords, impassable 

whenever water flows across the 

roadway, will be constructed at mile 

points 0.10 and 0.20. Two vented paved 

fords will be constructed at mile points 

0.50 and 0.60. These crossings will be 

passable during 2-year storm events; 

floodwaters will be conveyed through 

two 24-inch-diameter corrugated metal 

pipe culverts. The paved fords (vented 

and unvented) will be relatively 

consistent with the existing topography, 

and their length will be sufficient to 

contain overtopping 10-year storm event 

floodwaters within the paved area. Each 

of the fords will include slope 

protection to protect the upstream and 

downstream banks and inlet and outlet 

protection to reduce and minimize 

erosion and scour. 

Paved fords, similar to those that will 

be constructed at mile points 0.10 and 

0.20, will be constructed at each of the 

two minor drainage channels. The 

upstream channel (i.e., inlet) will be 

recontoured to direct surface flow over 

the paved ford, and inlet and outlet 

protection will be installed to minimize 

erosion and scour. Slope protection will 

be added to portions of the downstream 

road embankment to minimize erosion. 

A vented paved ford will be 

constructed to facilitate crossing Halls 

Creek. This ford will include four 36- 

inch-diameter corrugated metal pipe 

culverts. The roadway at the crossing 

will be shifted a short distance 

downstream (i.e., to the south) from the 

Halls Creek/Burr Canyon drainage 

confluence so that the culverts in the 

paved ford can accommodate flows from 

the two drainages. Inlet and outlet 

protection will be added to minimize 

scouring and erosion. Slope protection 

will also be placed on the stream banks 

both upstream and downstream of the 

crossing if necessary to reduce the 

potential for erosion of the stream 

banks. 

An existing culvert near the base of 

the switchbacks in Burr Canyon will be 

replaced by three 36-inch-diameter 


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