18272 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 11, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Notice of Availability of the Proposed 

Notice of Sale for Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

204 in the Western Gulf of Mexico 

(GOM) 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

proposed Notice of Sale for proposed 

Sale 204. 

SUMMARY: The MMS announces the 

availability of the proposed Notice of 

Sale for proposed Sale 204 in the 

Western GOM OCS. This Notice is 

published pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c) 

as a matter of information to the public. 

With regard to oil and gas leasing on the 

OCS, the Secretary of the Interior, 

pursuant to section 19 of the OCS Lands 

Act, provides the affected States the 

opportunity to review the proposed 

Notice. The proposed Notice sets forth 

the proposed terms and conditions of 

the sale, including minimum bids, 

royalty rates, and rentals. 

DATES: Comments on the size, timing, or 

location of proposed Sale 204 are due 

from the affected States within 60 days 

following their receipt of the proposed 

Notice. The final Notice of Sale will be 

published in the Federal Register at 

least 30 days prior to the date of bid 

opening. Bid opening is currently 

scheduled for August 22, 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Notice of Sale for Sale 204 and 

a ‘‘Proposed Sale Notice Package’’

containing information essential to 

potential bidders may be obtained from 

the Public Information Unit, Gulf of 

Mexico Region, Minerals Management 

Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. 

Telephone: (504) 736–2519. 

Dated: April 6, 2007. 

R. M. ‘‘Johnnie’’ Burton, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Merced Wild and Scenic River 

Comprehensive Management Plan; 

Yosemite National Park, Mariposa and 

Madera Counties, CA; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement 

Summary: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (Pub. L. 91–

190) and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

(Pub. L. 90–542), the National Park 

Service is initiating public scoping for 

the conservation planning and 

environmental impact analysis process 

for a Merced Wild and Scenic River 

Comprehensive Management Plan 

(MRP) and Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) in Yosemite National 

Park. The MRP/EIS will be a 

comprehensive document that guides 

future management of the Merced River 

corridor, and will comply with all 

applicable legal requirements. The 

purpose of this scoping outreach is to 

solicit early public comments about 

issues and concerns that should be 

addressed in the plan, including a 

suitable range of alternatives, 

appropriate mitigation measures, and 

the nature and extent of potential 

environmental impacts. 

Background: In 1987, Congress 

designated 122 miles of the Merced 

River and its South Fork as Wild and 

Scenic, including the 81 miles within 

Yosemite National Park and the El 

Portal Administrative Site. The National 

Park Service (NPS) completed the 

Merced Wild and Scenic River 

Comprehensive Management Plan/Final 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

August, 2000. Soon after, two citizen’s 

groups filed suit in the U.S. District 

Court for the Eastern District of 

California. This initiated a series of 

court proceedings that culminated in a 

2006 District Court decision that 

invalidated the park’s revised 2005 

plan, the Merced Wild and Scenic River 

Revised Comprehensive Management 

Plan/Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement. Subsequently, the 

court ordered the NPS to prepare a new 

comprehensive management plan. On 

January 9, 2007, the NPS proposed a 33- 

month timeline to the court for the 

preparation of the new MRP/EIS, which 

would result in a Record of Decision on 

September 30, 2009. 

Scoping and Public Meetings: The 

participation of interested individuals 

and organizations is important to the 

conservation planning and 

environmental impact analysis process. 

During the scoping phase, the public is 

invited to share ideas and concerns that 

should be considered in development of 

the draft MRP. Yosemite National Park 

will consult tribal, federal, state, and 

local governments, and will receive 

public input during an extended period 

concluding 60 days from the date of 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. The scoping period will be 

publicized via the internet, direct 

mailings, and press releases distributed 

to local and regional media. Dates, 

times, specific locations, and additional 

information will be available in regional 

and local news sources, and updates 

will be available at http://www.nps.gov/ 

yose/planning/. 

Written comments should be 

addressed to the Superintendent, Attn: 

Merced River Plan, Yosemite National 

Park, PO Box 577, Yosemite National 

Park, California 95389, or faxed to (209) 

379–1294. All comments must be 

postmarked or faxed not later than 60 

days from the publication date of this 

Notice in the Federal Register (or if sent 

via e-mail, transmitted by that date to 

Yose_Planning@nps.gov). Immediately 

upon confirmation of this date it will be 

announced on the project Web site and 

via announcements in local and regional 

press media. 

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. 

Decision Process: Information about 

future public involvement 

opportunities, including workshops for 

preliminary alternatives formulation 

and the later public review of the draft 

EIS, will be publicized in regional news 

media, by mailings, and postings to the 

project’s Web site. Following due 

consideration of comments received in 

response to the draft EIS, a final EIS will 

be prepared. As a delegated EIS the 

official responsible for approval of the 

MRP is the Regional Director, Pacific 

West Region (at this time a decision is 

anticipated during September, 2009). 

Subsequently the Superintendent, 

Yosemite National Park would be 

responsible for implementing the MRP. 

Dated: February 12, 2007. 

Patricia L. Neubacher, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

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