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Vol. 72, No. 65 

Thursday, April 5, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–800][1920–PP–4070] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the Northern San 

Juan Basin Coal Bed Methane 

Development Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. U.S. Forest Service, 

Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the National Forest 

Management Act of 1976, and other 

regulatory requirements, the Joint Lead 

Agencies announce the availability of 

the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

Northern San Juan Basin Coal Bed 

Methane Development Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for natural gas development in La Plata 

and Archuleta Counties, Colorado. The 

Joint Lead Agencies have issued the 

ROD to document agency decisions, 

including selection of FEIS Preferred 

Alternative 7, with specific 

modifications and requirements for 

monitoring and mitigation. 

DATES: The ROD documents the Bureau 

of Land Management’s (BLM) and the 

U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) decisions 

and describes the agencies’ appeal 

processes and timeframes. Official 

notice of USFS appeal processes and 

timeframes will be published separately 

in the newspaper of record, the Durango 

Herald. Those wishing to appeal USFS 

decisions should rely on the 

information presented in that official 

notice when published. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

ROD may be sent by mail to the San 

Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett 

Court, Durango, CO 81301, Attn: Walt 

Brown, or by e-mail to: nsjbfeis@arcadis-us.com. The ROD is 

available electronically at http:// 

www.nsjb-eis.net, or http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/projects/ 

projects.shtml. Hard copies of the ROD 

are available for review at the San Juan 

Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court, 

Durango Colorado 81301, the 

Columbine Ranger District and Field 

Office, 367 Pearl Street, Bayfield 

Colorado 81122, and the Pagosa Ranger 

District and Field Office, 180 Second 

Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walt 

Brown or Jim Powers at the above 

address, or phone: 970–385–1372. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS 

analyzes industry’s gas field 

development proposal (approximately 

185 new gas wells involving federal 

authority) and four other alternatives in 

a 125,000-acre Study Area in the 

Northern San Juan Basin of Colorado. 

The Study Area occupies portions of La 

Plata and Archuleta Counties, and is 

bounded on the south by the Southern 

Ute Reservation and on the west, north 

and east by the arcing line of the base 

of the Pictured Cliffs sandstone. The 

Study Area consists of approximately 

7,000 acres of BLM administered land, 

49,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service 

administered land, 9,000 acres of 

private lands with federal minerals and 

60,000 acres of state or privately held 

(fee) lands with non-federal minerals. 

The ROD is based on the FEIS and its 

supporting project record. The ROD 

documents BLM and USFS project 

decisions, including selection of FEIS 

Preferred Alternative 7 (approximately 

138 new gas wells involving federal 

authority), with specific modifications. 

The ROD also documents requirements 

for gas field development in the 

Northern San Juan Basin within the 

framework of modified Alternative 7, 

including monitoring, mitigation, and 

environmental protection measures. 

Dated: September 25, 2006. 

Mark W. Stiles, 

Center Manager/Forest Supervisor, San Juan 

Public Lands Center, Durango, Colorado. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on March 30, 2007. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee will hold a 

meeting on April 12, 2007 at the U.S. 

Forest Service Office, 35 College Drive, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150. This 

Committee, established by the Secretary 

of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 

FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice 

to the Secretary on implementing the 

terms of the Federal Interagency 

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region 

and other matters raised by the 

Secretary. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

12, 2007, beginning at 1 p.m. and 

ending at 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 

College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 

96150. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arla 

Hains, Lake Tahoe Basin Management 

Unit, Forest Service, 35 College Drive, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 

543–2773. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to 

be covered on the agenda include: (1) A 

public hearing on the Lake Tahoe 

Federal Advisory Committees’ Southern 

Nevada Public Land Management Act 

Round 8 project recommendations; and, 

(2) the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory 

Committee Communications Plan. All 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings are open to the 

public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend at the above 

address. Issues may be brought to the 

attention of the Committee during the 

open public comment period at the 

meeting or by filing written statements 

with the secretary for the Committee 

before or after the meeting. Please refer 

any written comments to the Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the 

contact address stated above. 

Dated: March 29, 2007. 

Terri Marceron, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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