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DATES: Effective Date: January 17, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

Section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. 

The compact allows for up to 1,100 

gaming devices, adds provisions 

addressing problem gambling, off 

reservation traffic impacts and 

workplace occupational health and 

safety standards. Finally, the term of the 

compact is until December 31, 2025. 

The Amendment, also, authorizes 

annual payments to the State for 

geographical exclusivity. The Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 

through his delegated authority, is 

publishing notice that the Amendment 

to the Tribal-State Compact between the 

State of California and the Quechan 

Tribe of The Fort Yuma Indian 

Reservation is now in effect. 

Dated: January 4, 2007. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–514 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–1110–PI] 

Notice of Seasonal Closure of Public 

Lands to Motorized Vehicle Use 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of seasonal closure of 

certain public lands located in Sublette 

County, Wyoming to all types of motor 

vehicle use and/or human presence. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 Code of 

Federal Regulations subpart 8364, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may 

issue an order to close the use of BLM 

administered lands to the public to 

protect those lands and resources. The 

Pinedale Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) Record of Decision (ROD), 

December 12, 1988, states that big game 

winter ranges, and elk feedgrounds may 

be closed to minimize stress to 

wintering animals. The Pinedale 

Anticline Project (PAPA) ROD (2000) 

identifies areas that may be subject to 

seasonal closures as conditions warrant. 

After consulting with the Wyoming 

Game and Fish Department, the BLM 

Pinedale Field Manager has 

implemented a seasonal closure on 

certain BLM-administered lands and 

travel ways including existing roads and 

two-track trails, to all types of motorized 

vehicle travel (e.g., snowmobiles, allterrain vehicles, any vehicle including 

trucks, sport utility vehicles and cars, 

motorcycles etc.). Winter ranges, as 

identified in the Pinedale RMP, and as 

described below in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section, will be closed to 

all unauthorized motorized travel from 

November 15 through April 30 each 

winter. Use of winter range areas by 

non-motorized means is still allowed. 

Feedground areas will be closed 

November 15 through April 30 each 

winter, to all motorized vehicles and 

human presence. The Mesa winter range 

will remain open to motorized travel on 

existing roads from November 15 

through January 14 each winter, but 

roads will be closed to unauthorized 

motorized travel January 15 through 

April 30 each winter. After April 30 

each year, motorized vehicle use will be 

limited to existing roads and two-track 

trails. 

The winter range seasonal closures 

affect public lands located within the 

Deer Hills, Oil Field, Mesa, Bench 

Corral, and Miller Mountain winter 

ranges. Elk feedground closures affect 

public lands around the Franz, 

Finnegan, Scab Creek, Fall Creek, and 

North Piney feedgrounds. This action is 

necessary for the protection of crucial 

winter range habitat for elk, moose, 

antelope, and mule deer. Except for 

travel on highways or county roads, 

motorized vehicle travel within these 

areas will be allowed only by written 

authorization from the Pinedale Field 

Manager. Personnel of the BLM, 

Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture-APHIS 

& Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service, and law enforcement personnel 

are exempt from this closure when 

performing official duties. Operators of 

existing oil and gas facilities may 

perform routine maintenance, or 

operation and drilling as approved by 

the BLM, and livestock operators may 

perform permitted activities. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

Pinedale Field Office is responsible for 

management of crucial winter range 

habitat located on public lands within 

Sublette County. These crucial winter 

range habitat areas and the management 

thereof are addressed in the Pinedale 

RMP ROD, which was signed December 

12, 1988 and Pinedale Anticline Project 

Area (PAPA) ROD signed on July 27, 

2000. The RMP identifies areas of 

crucial winter range and states that 

seasonal closures for motorized vehicles 

may be used to protect big game winter 

range. Closures will vary depending on 

conditions and will be implemented in 

coordination with the Wyoming Game 

and Fish Department (Pinedale RMP, 

pages 33, 35, and 37). Road closures 

from the PAPA ROD identify current 

and future use of roads in the winter 

and outlines allowable access (Pages 12 

and 19). Reasons for the closure include 

the effects of persistent drought and/or 

severe winter conditions which threaten 

the health of these wintering wildlife 

species. Low forage production 

associated with persistent drought 

conditions causes animals to go into 

winter in poor condition. Losses of 

wintering habitat from development 

activity can reduce the area available to 

the wintering animals. These impacts to 

wintering wildlife are compounded by 

significant human activity, such as day 

and night wildlife observation, still and 

video photography, snowmobiling, and 

antler gathering. Because of the 

increased stress the presence of 

motorized vehicles inflicts on wintering 

big game during difficult winter periods, 

the number of animals that will die and 

the rate of aborting or reabsorption of 

fetuses on the winter range can increase. 

This decreases production of young 

during the following summer. 

Therefore, closing crucial winter ranges 

and feedgrounds to motorized vehicles 

and human presence (feedgrounds) 

reduces impacts to wintering big game. 

By this order, the following BLMadministered lands are included in this 

notice of closures: 

• The Oil Field winter range complex 

located approximately 10 miles west of 

Big Piney containing approximately 

116,981 acres. 

• The Deer Hills winter range 

complex located approximately 10 miles 

west of Big Piney containing 

approximately 23,552 acres. 

• The Mesa winter range complex 

located approximately 3 miles south of 

Pinedale containing approximately 

83,101 acres. 

• The Bench Corral winter range 

complex and elk winter feedground 

(T31–32N, R112W) located 

approximately 18 miles southwest of 

Pinedale containing approximately 

42,230 acres. 

• Miller Mountain winter range 

located approximately 5 miles south 

and west of LaBarge containing 

approximately 118,543 acres. 

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• The Franz elk winter feedground 

(T36N, R112W) containing 680 acres. 

• The Finnegan elk winter 

feedground (T30N, R114W) containing 

approximately 1920 acres. 

• The Fall Creek elk winter 

feedground (T33N, R108W) containing 

approximately 160 acres. 

• The Scab Creek elk winter 

feedground (T33N, R106–107W) 

containing approximately 2,240 acres. 

• The North Piney elk winter 

feedground (T31N, R114W) containing 

approximately 1,080 acres. 

• The Black Butte elk winter 

feedground (T36–37N, R114W) 

containing approximately 320 acres. 

Signs will be posted at key locations 

that provide access into the closure 

areas. Additional information will be 

available at the Pinedale Field Office, 

432 East Mill Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941. 

Authority for closure orders is 

provided in regulation 43 CFR, subparts 

8341.2 and 8364.1. Violations of this 

closure are punishable by a fine not to 

exceed $1000, and/or imprisonment not 

to exceed 12 months. 

Dates: Every calendar year before the 

following dates, a press release will be 

published in the local newspaper as to 

the areas that will be closed for that 

year. The seasonal closure for big game 

winter ranges will be effective from 

November 15 through April 30 each 

winter, to all unauthorized motorized 

vehicle use. The Mesa winter range will 

remain open to motorized travel on 

existing roads from November 15 

through January 14 each winter, but 

roads will be closed to unauthorized 

motorized travel January 15 through 

April 30 each winter. Elk feedground 

areas will be closed November 15 

through April 30 each winter, to all 

unauthorized motorized vehicles and 

human presence. Use of winter range 

areas by non-motorized means is still 

allowed. After April 30 each year, 

motorized vehicle use will be limited to 

existing roads and two-track trails. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pauline Schuette, Wildlife Biologist or 

Martin Hudson, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, Bureau of Land Management, 

432 East Mill Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941, or contact by telephone at 307–

367–5300. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Dennis R. Stenger, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–508 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–180] 

Call for Nominations for the Bureau of 

Land Management’s Central California 

Resources Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management is soliciting nominations 

from the public to fill a vacated position 

on the Central California Resources 

Advisory Council and serve the 

remainder of a three-year term that 

expires in September, 2007. Council 

members provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on the 

management of public lands in Central 

California. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to the Field Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management, Folsom Field Office, 63 

Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Field Manager William S. Haigh or 

Public Affairs Officer David Christy, 

both at Bureau of Land Management, 

Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, 

Folsom, CA 95630, (916) 985–4474. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Central California Resources Advisory 

Council (RAC) is composed of twelve 

individuals who represent different 

interests and advise BLM officials on 

policies and programs concerning the 

management of public lands under the 

jurisdiction of the Folsom, Bishop, 

Hollister, and Bakersfield Field Offices. 

The Council meets in formal sessions 

two to four times a year at various 

locations. Council members serve 

without compensation except for 

reimbursement of travel expenditures 

incurred in the performance of their 

duties. Members serve three-year terms 

and may be renominated for 

reappointment for an additional threeyear term. 

The vacancy on the Central California 

RAC is in Category Three, which 

includes state, county and local elected 

officials; employees of a state agency 

responsible for natural resource 

management; representatives of Indian 

tribes within or adjacent to the Central 

California area; academicians employed 

by a natural resources management or 

natural sciences organization; or 

members of the public-at-large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominees must be residents 

of the region in which the RAC has 

jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate 

nominees based on their education, 

training, and experience and their 

knowledge of the geographical resource 

decision making. The following must 

accompany nominations received in this 

call for nominations: 

Letters of reference from represented 

interests or organizations; 

A completed background information 

nomination form; 

Any other information that speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications. 

Nominations will be accepted for a 

45-day period beginning the date this 

notice is published. 

Dated: October 15, 2006. 

William S. Haigh, 

Field Office Manager, Folsom Field Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–129 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–910–06–0777–30] 

Call for Nominations for Resource 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory 

Council Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit public nominations for two 

vacant positions on the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Nevada 

Northeastern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC). The first 

vacant position is Category Two 

representing National/Regional 

Environmental interests. The second 

vacant position is Category One 

representing Federal Grazing interests. 

The RAC provides advice and 

recommendations to BLM on land use 

planning and management of the public 

land within northeastern Nevada. Public 

nominations will be considered for 45 

days after the publication date of this 

notice. 

DATES: All nominations should be 

received by the BLM Elko Field Office 

by 45 days from the publication date of 

this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Simultaneous with this 

notice, BLM Elko Field Office will issue 

a press release providing additional 

information for submitting nominations. 

Nominations should be sent to Helen 

Hankins, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 

East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801; (775) 

753–0200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Brown, Public Affairs Officer, Elko 

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