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do so. If you wish to withhold your 

name or address from public review or 

from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. Such requests will be 

honored to the extent allowed by law. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. All interested 

persons who desire a public meeting for 

the purpose of being heard on the 

proposed withdrawal must submit a 

written request to the BLM Alaska State 

Director within 90 days from the date of 

publication of this notice. Upon 

determination by the authorized officer 

that a public meeting will be held, a 

notice of the time and place will be 

published in the Federal Register and a 

newspaper in the vicinity of the abovedescribed land, at least 30 days before 

the scheduled date of the meeting. 

The application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations set 

forth in 43 CFR 2300. 

For a period of 2 years from February 

27, 2007, the land will be segregated as 

specified above unless the application is 

denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 

approved prior to that date. 

The temporary land uses which may 

be permitted during this segregative 

period are all public uses consistent 

with the processing of common variety 

minerals, access, and recreational 

utilization of the area. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(b)) 

Dated: January 23, 2007. 

Carolyn J. Spoon, 

Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty, Division 

of Resources, Lands, and Planning. 

[FR Doc. E7–3365 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–923–1430–ET; NMNM 54961] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Opportunity for Public Meeting; 

Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers has filed an application 

requesting the Secretary of the Interior 

to withdraw 79.60 acres of public land 

from surface entry and transfer 

jurisdiction of the land from the Bureau 

of Land Management to the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers for 20 years to 

protect the Eufaula Lake Project. The 

land, previously withdrawn by Public 

Land Order (PLO) No. 6622, which 

expired August 5, 2006, is not subject to 

the United States mining laws and has 

been and will remain open to mineral 

leasing. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by May 

29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, 

Attn: Real Estate Division, 1645 South 

101st East Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–

4609. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Hinds at the address above or (918) 669–

7257 or Ron Dunton, BLM New Mexico 

State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, 

New Mexico 87502 at (505) 438–7400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers has filed an 

application with the Bureau of Land 

Management, pursuant to Section 204 of 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714, to withdraw the land described 

below from settlement, sale, location or 

entry under the general land laws and 

transfer jurisdiction of the land to the 

U.S. Corps of Engineers. The land is not 

subject to the United States mining laws 

and has been and will remain open to 

mineral leasing. The proposed 

withdrawal would replace the 

withdrawal created by PLO No. 6622 (51 

FR 28229) which expired August 5, 

2006. The public land proposed for 

continued withdrawal is described as 

follows: 

Indian Meridian 

T. 5 N., R. 16 E., 

Sec. 2, lot 3 and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 79.60 acres in 

Pittsburg County. 

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal is to continue protection of 

the Federal investment in the Eufaula 

Lake Project. 

The withdrawal would not alter the 

applicability of those public land laws 

governing the use of the land under 

lease, license, or permit or governing the 

disposal of the mineral or vegetative 

resources. 

The use of a right-of-way or 

interagency or cooperative agreement 

would not adequately constrain 

nondiscretionary uses and therefore 

would not provide adequate protection 

of the Federal investment in the Eufaula 

Lake Project. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

available since the Eufaula Lake Project 

is already located on the abovedescribed public land. 

No additional water rights would be 

necessary to fulfill the purpose of the 

requested withdrawal. 

Records relating to the proposed 

withdrawal may be examined by 

interested parties by contacting Bob 

Hinds at the address above or (918) 669–

7257. 

For a period of 90 days from the date 

of publication of this notice, all persons 

who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed withdrawal may 

present their views in writing to the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the 

address noted above. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers at the above 

address during regular business hours, 

7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. 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. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. All interested 

persons who desire a public meeting for 

the purpose of being heard on the 

proposed withdrawal must submit a 

written request to the U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers at the address above within 

90 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. If the authorized officer 

determines that a public meeting will be 

held, a notice of the time and place will 

be published in the Federal Register at 

least 30 days before the scheduled date 

of the meeting. This withdrawal 

proposal will be processed in 

accordance with the applicable 

regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4. 


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For a period of 2 years from the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, the land described 

above will remain segregated from 

surface entry. The segregrative effect of 

the publication of this notice shall 

terminate upon denial or cancellation of 

the subject application, approval of 

application or on February 27, 2009, 

whichever occurs first. Licenses, 

permits, cooperative agreements, or 

discretionary land use authorizations of 

a temporary nature which would not 

significantly impact the project may be 

allowed with the approval of the 

authorized officer of the BLM during the 

segregative period. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(b)) 

Ron Dunton, 

Deputy State Director, Resources. 

[FR Doc. E7–3366 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final Environmental Impact 

Statement\General Management Plan; 

Ebey’s Landing National Historical 

Reserve, Island County, Washington; 

Notice of Approval of Record of 

Decision 

Summary: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended) 

and the implementing regulations 

promulgated by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), 

the Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, has prepared, and the 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region, 

has approved, the Record of Decision for 

the new General Management Plan for 

Ebey’s Landing National Historical 

Reserve. The 30-day wait period was 

officially initiated October 13, 2006, 

with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Federal Register notification 

of the filing of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). 

Decision: As soon as practicable the 

Reserve will begin to implement as its 

new General Management Plan the 

Preferred Alternative (with minor 

modifications from Alternative B as 

described in the Draft and Final EIS); 

this alternative was also deemed to be 

the ‘‘environmentally preferred’’ course 

of action. The selected plan features an 

overlay of four management zones on 

the Reserve: (i) Cultural and Natural 

Preservation Zone, (ii) Visitor Use and 

Development Zone, (iii) Administrative 

Zone, and (iv) Special Use Zone—these 

zones are identified based on resource 

condition or character, visitor 

experience and appropriate types of 

activities or facilities criteria. The new 

plan enhances existing programs, 

natural and cultural resource 

management, and administrative and 

maintenance operations. An integrated 

pest management program will be 

implemented in concert with Reserve 

landowners and other partners. Visitor 

services within the Reserve are 

improved, and information kiosks 

would be installed along State Route 20 

in the Smith Prairie area and at a 

northern gateway location, and at the 

Keystone and/or Port Townsend ferry 

landings. The Trust Board shall 

continue to be responsible for setting 

the policies and general actions for the 

Reserve consistent with the Reserve’s 

enabling legislation, GMP, and relevant 

NPS policies and guidelines. This 

includes continuing the NPS’s annual 

appraisal of Reserve management and 

operations under the enabling 

legislation. The Trust Board would 

continue to oversee management and 

protection of lands (including fee and 

easements) purchased with federal 

money, administer programs and 

technical support, participate in local 

land use review processes, and advocate 

for and support the Reserve. The 

Reserve Manager continues to be 

employed by and report directly to the 

Trust Board (in turn, the Trust Board 

will conduct annual operations and staff 

performance reviews and submit these 

to the Deputy Regional Director, Pacific 

West). 

Based upon public comments and 

refinements desired by the planning 

team collaborative, the selected plan 

includes several modifications from the 

Preferred Alternative as detailed in the 

Final EIS, including but not limited to: 

the GMP will incorporate certain 

historic preservation and land use 

protection measures which were 

adopted by Island County after the EIS 

process was begun; the development of 

a marine science center by nonprofits 

will be encouraged; proposed Reserve 

staff additions over the next 20 years are 

reduced to five. Also, since release of 

the draft GMP, Bell Farm was removed 

from the proposed boundary 

modification at the owner’s request. 

The proposed plan and three 

alternatives were identified and 

analyzed in the Final EIS, and 

previously in the Draft EIS (the latter 

was distributed in August 2005). A 

broad spectrum of foreseeable 

environmental consequences was 

assessed, and appropriate mitigation 

measures identified, for each 

alternative. Beginning with early 

scoping, through the preparation of the 

Draft and Final EIS, a series of public 

meetings and open-houses was 

conducted locally. Overall 

approximately 40 written scoping 

comments and 250 written or electronic 

Draft EIS review comments were 

received (as noted above, the latter 

served as the source of several minor 

adjustments to the final selected plan). 

Key consultations or other contacts that 

aided in preparing the EIS involved (but 

were not limited to) Island County and 

Town of Coupeville officials, Ebey’s 

Landing Trust Board, Washington State 

Historic Preservation Office, the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, tribal governments, and 

adjoining land managing agencies. Local 

community groups and neighbors, 

farmers and local business owners, and 

interested organizations were contacted 

extensively during initial scoping and 

throughout the GMP planning process. 

Copies: Interested parties desiring to 

review the Record of Decision may 

obtain a complete copy by contacting 

the Reserve Manager, Ebey’s Landing 

National Historical Reserve, P.O. Box 

774, Coupeville, Washington 98239 as 

well as via telephone request at (360) 

678–6084. 

Dated: December 13, 2006. 

Patricia L. Neubacher, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–877 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–6W–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting of 

Concessions Management Advisory 

Board. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, 

Section 10), notice is hereby given that 

the Concessions Management Advisory 

Board (the Board) will hold its 17th 

meeting March 7–8, 2007, at The 

Madison Hotel in Washington, DC. The 

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. each 

day and will conclude at 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Montpelier Room located at The 

Madison Hotel, 1155 15th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

was established by Title IV, Section 409 

of the National Park Omnibus 

Management Act of 1998, November 13, 


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