28068 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 96 / Friday, May 18, 2007 / Notices 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 and 43 CFR part 

3809, the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Butte Field Office will be 

directing the preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

by a third-party contractor on the 

potential impacts of a proposed Plan of 

Operations for a proposed expansion of 

limestone mining operations by 

Graymont Western U.S., Inc. 

DATES: This Notice initiates the 30-day 

public scoping period. Within 30 days 

of the publication of this Notice, public 

scoping meetings will be held in 

Townsend and Helena, Montana to 

familiarize the public with the project 

and to identify issues and concerns to 

be addressed in the EIS. The date, time, 

and location of each scoping meeting 

will be announced through the local 

news media, newsletters, and the BLM 

Web site at http://www.mt.blm.gov/ 

Butte at least 15 days prior to the event. 

Any additional public meetings, if 

necessary, will be announced similarly. 

Comments on issues can also be 

submitted in writing to the address 

listed below for 30 days after 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. In addition to the initial public 

participation process, formal 

opportunities for public participation 

will be provided upon publication of 

the Draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

—E-mail: david_r_williams@blm.gov, 

ghallsten@mt.gov. 

—Fax: (406) 533–7660 (BLM), (406) 

444–4386 (Department of 

Environmental Quality). 

—Mail: Send to the attention of the 

Graymont Mine Project Manager, BLM 

Butte Field Office, 106 North 

Parkmont, Butte, MT 59701 or Greg 

Hallsten, Director’s Office, Montana 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

PO Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620–

0901. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the above 

address of the BLM Butte Field Office 

during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays, and may be published 

as part of the EIS. Anonymous 

comments will not be considered. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. 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 and 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Williams or Joan Gabelman, at the 

BLM Butte Field Office, 106 North 

Parkmont, Butte, Montana 59701, 

telephone: (406) 533–7600 or Greg 

Hallsten at the Director’s Office, 

Montana Department of Environmental 

Quality, PO Box 200901, Helena, MT 

59620–0901, telephone: (406) 444–3276. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Graymont 

Western U.S., Inc. has submitted a 

proposal to expand limestone mining 

operations at its Indian Creek Mine and 

Plant located approximately four miles 

west of Townsend, Montana. The mine 

expansion would include portions of 

sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, and 34, T. 7 

N. R. 1 E. and portions of sections 4, 5, 

8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, and 29, T 6 N., 

R. 1 E. The proposed expansion would 

be a continuation to the south of 

Graymont’s existing permitted 

operations in the Limestone Hills. The 

mine expansion would include quarry 

areas, topsoil salvage areas, haul roads 

and waste rock placement areas, and 

concurrent reclamation. Approximately 

2,060 acres of public land would be 

disturbed, of which 1,000 acres are 

represented by this proposed expansion. 

The remaining 1,060 acres have been 

previously permitted. Proposed mining 

operations would last for approximately 

50 years. 

The issues expected to be analyzed in 

the EIS include potential impacts to the 

Montana National Guard’s training 

range, including Unexploded Ordnance 

(UXO), which is present in the proposed 

expansion area wildlife and cultural 

resources, and cumulative impacts. In 

addition, the EIS will analyze the 

following: geology and minerals; Native 

American religious concerns; air 

quality; paleontology; lands and realty; 

fisheries and aquatic resources; range 

management; vegetation; soils; visual 

resources; recreation and wilderness; 

weeds; social and economic values; 

environmental justice; and threatened, 

endangered, candidate, and sensitive 

resources. A range of alternatives 

(including, but not limited to, 

alternative reclamation measures and 

the no-action alternative) will be 

developed to address the issues. 

Mitigating measures will be considered 

to minimize environmental impacts and 

to assure that the proposed action does 

not result in unnecessary or undue 

degradation of public lands. Federal, 

state, and local agencies and other 

individuals or organizations that may be 

interested in or affected by BLM’s 

decision on Graymont’s Plan of 

Operations are invited to participate in 

the scoping process with respect to this 

EIS. 

Authority: 43 CFR part 3809. 

Richard M. Hotaling, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–9576 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW138450] 

WYOMING: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) received a 

petition for reinstatement from Kennedy 

Oil for competitive oil and gas lease 

WYW138450 for land in Johnson 

County, Wyoming. The petition was 

filed on time and was accompanied by 

all the rentals due since the date the 

lease terminated under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. 

Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals 

Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 

has agreed to the amended lease terms 

for rentals and royalties at rates of 

$10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per 

year and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The 

lessee has paid the required $500 

administrative fee and $163 to 

reimburse the Department for the cost of 

this Federal Register notice. The lessee 

has met all the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease as set out in 

Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

188), and the Bureau of Land 

Management is proposing to reinstate 

lease WYW138450 effective March 1, 

2006, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 


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above. BLM has not issued a valid lease 

affecting the lands. 

Pamela J. Lewis, 

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. 

[FR Doc. E7–9598 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW129550] 

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

reinstatement of terminated oil and gas 

lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) received a 

petition for reinstatement from 

Dominion Exploration & Production, 

Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease 

WYW129550 for land in Johnson 

County, Wyoming. The petition was 

filed on time and was accompanied by 

all the rentals due since the date the 

lease terminated under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. 

Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals 

Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 

has agreed to the amended lease terms 

for rentals and royalties at rates of 

$10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per 

year and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The 

lessee has paid the required $500 

administrative fee and $163 to 

reimburse the Department for the cost of 

this Federal Register notice. The lessee 

has met all the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease as set out in 

Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

188), and the Bureau of Land 

Management is proposing to reinstate 

lease WYW129550 effective July 1, 

2006, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. BLM has not issued a valid lease 

affecting the lands. 

Pamela J. Lewis, 

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. 

[FR Doc. E7–9637 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–931–1430–ET; AZAR 0034563] 

Public Land Order No. 7675; Transfer 

of Administrative Jurisdiction, Petrified 

Forest National Park Expansion; 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

SUMMARY: This order transfers 

administrative jurisdiction over 

15,228.05 acres of public lands from the 

Bureau of Land Management to the 

National Park Service for the expansion 

of the Petrified Forest National Park. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 18, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael J. Werner, Bureau of Land 

Management, Arizona State Office, One 

N. Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, 

Arizona 85004. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 108–430 directs the Secretary of the 

Interior to transfer administrative 

jurisdiction of public lands described in 

this order to the National Park Service 

to adjust the boundary of the Petrified 

Forest National Park. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Public 

Law No. 108–430, 118 Stat. 2607, and 

Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy 

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

1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, 

administrative jurisdiction of the 

following described public lands is 

hereby transferred from the Bureau of 

Land Management to the National Park 

Service: 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 17 N., R. 23 E., 

Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and 

S1⁄2; sec. 6, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, 

S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; sec. 12. 

T. 18 N., R. 23 E., 

Sec. 14, N1⁄2NE1⁄4; sec. 22; sec. 28, W1⁄2; 

sec. 34, S1⁄2. 

T. 18 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 10, E1⁄2; sec. 12, N1⁄2 and S1⁄2SW1⁄4. 

T. 18 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 6, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, 

E1⁄2, and E1⁄2W1⁄2; sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, 

inclusive, E1⁄2, and E1⁄2W1⁄2. 

T. 19 N., R. 23 E., 

Sec. 22, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4; sec. 28. 

T. 19 N., R 24 E., 

Secs. 22, 24, and 26; 

T. 19 N., R 25 E., 

Sec. 2, lot 1, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; sec. 5, W1⁄2SW1⁄4; sec. 6, lots 7, 12, 

14, 15, and 16, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; sec. 

7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1⁄2, and 

E1⁄2W1⁄2; secs. 8, 9, and 10; sec. 11, That 

portion lying North and West of the 

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 

Company’s right-of way; 

Excepting that portion described as 

follows: Commencing at the Southwest 

corner of sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 25 E., Gila and 

Salt River Meridian; Thence South 00° 03′ 

30′′ West along the southerly prolongation of 

the westerly line of said Section 35, a 

distance of 6,300 feet; Thence South 89° 56′ 

30′′ East 50.00 feet to the True Point of 

Beginning of the parcel being herein 

described; Thence continuing South 89° 56′ 

30′′ East 200.00 feet; Thence South 00° 03′ 

30′′ West 250.00 feet; Thence North 89° 56′ 

30′′ West 200.00 feet; Thence North 00° 03′ 

30′′ East 250.00 feet to the point of ending, 

Containing 1.15 acres, more or less; 

Sec. 15, That portion lying North and West 

of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 

Railway Company’s right-of-way; secs. 

16 and 17; sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, 

E1⁄2, and E1⁄2W1⁄2; sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, 

inclusive, E1⁄2, and E1⁄2W1⁄2; sec. 20; sec. 

21, That portion lying North and West of 

the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 

Railway Company’s right-of-way; sec. 29, 

That portion lying North and West of the 

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 

Company’s right-of-way. 

The areas described aggregate 15,228.05 

acres in Apache and Navajo Counties. 

2. The lands described in Paragraph 1 

shall be administered as part of the 

Petrified Forest National Park in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Public Law 108–430. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

C. Stephen Allred, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–9586 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID–340–1220–NY–254B] 

Notice of Temporary Off-Highway 

Vehicle Restriction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) Subpart 

8364.1, § 8341.2 and § 9268.3, notice is 

hereby given that the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Salmon Field 

Office will temporarily restrict 

motorized access on approximately 50 

acres of public lands within an area 

known as ‘‘Tower Bottoms.’’

DATES: The temporary restriction will 

take effect immediately with the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, and will continue for up to 


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