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Township Range Section Acres

19 South ................................... 12 West: .................................. Section 12 ................................................................................. 160

21 South ................................... 12 West: .................................. Sections 13, 14, 23, 24 ............................................................. 1,520

21 South ................................... 11 West ................................... Section 19 ................................................................................. 314.44

Offered Land

22 South ................................... 4 East ...................................... Section 5 ................................................................................... 463

The EIS will address water resources,

geology and minerals, air quality, soils,

vegetation resources, wildlife resources,

special-status species, range resources,

land use and access, recreation, visual

resources, social and economic values,

cultural resources, transportation, noise,

climate and reclamation.

The BLM has identified the following

resources as requiring emphasis during

analysis:

Mimbres Figwort

Although this plant is not protected

by Federal or State endangered species

laws, it is sufficiently rare (State of New

Mexico List 2, R–E–D code 2–1–3) that

impacts to the local population could

decrease genetic variability in the

species.

Peregrine Falcon

Two peregrine falcons and a peregrine

falcon eyrie were identified near the

Santa Rita pit in July 1996.

Visual Resources

Scenic resources near the Santa Rita

pit include the Kneeling Nun and

Kneeling Nun ridge. The Kneeling Nun

is a rock monolith which is a wellknown locallandmark. (The Kneeling

Nun will be retained in Federal

ownership.)

Air Quality

Potential impacts to air quality will

need to be emphasized during analysis.

Water Resources

Potential impact to ground water and

surface water quality and quantity,

including acid rock drainage, will need

to be emphasized during analysis.

Cumulative Impacts

Mining in the region has occurred

since the late 1880’s. Analysis of

cumulative impacts related to past

mining activity, present activity, and

planned future expansions will need to

be emphasized.

BLM’s scoping process for the EIS

will include: (1) Identification of issues

to be addressed; (2) identification of

viable alternatives, and (3) notifying

interested groups, individuals, and

agencies so that additional information

concerning these issues can be obtained.

The scoping will consist of a news

release announcing the start of the EIS

process; letters of invitation to

participate in the scoping process; and

a scoping packet which further clarifies

the proposed action and significant

issues being considered to be

distributed to those on the mailing list

and made available upon request.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Richard T. Watts,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–21542 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–VC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Changes in Military Warning Areas for

the Western Gulf of Mexico

ACTION: Notice of changes in Military

Warning Areas for the Western Gulf of

Mexico.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense

(DOD) has recently issued a document

describing changes in Military Warning

Areas in the Gulf of Mexico. The MMS

is giving notice of these changes to

existing lessees and to potential bidders

in Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale

168, Western Gulf of Mexico.

CONTACT: Charles Hill, Gulf of Mexico

Regional Office (504) 736–2795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General

The Minerals Management Service

(MMS) is giving notice to lessees and to

potential bidders in Sale 168, Western

Gulf of Mexico, of the existence of

Military Warning Areas. The

Department of Defense (DOD)

established these Warning Areas in the

Flight Information Publication ‘‘Area

Planning—Special Use Airspace—North

and South America’’ (NIMA reference

number PLANXAP1A). This document

is published by the National Imagery

and Mapping Agency, 3200 South

Second Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63118–3399. The DOD published the

most recent version of this document on

July 17, 1997; the next issue is expected

to be published on June 18, 1998. The

DOD will reissue it from time to time in

the future.

Three Warning Areas currently are

established in the Western Gulf of

Mexico Planning Area: W–147, W–228,

and W–602. W–147 is newly established

by this July 17, 1997, issue of the

document; the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) controls this

airspace (a portion of this warning area

extends into the Central Gulf of Mexico

Planning Area). W–228 has long been in

existence and the July 7, 1997,

document did not change it; the Navy

controls this airspace. W–602 is also a

long-established area, but the DOD

changed it significantly; the Navy also

controls this airspace.

Certain restrictions on flights and

radio communications in the Warning

Areas will require close coordination

between lessees (and their operators and

agents) and the appropriate military

commander or the FAA in charge of the

specific Warning Area. It is the

responsibility of lessees to establish and

maintain contact and coordination with

the military commander(s) or the FAA

in any Warning Area in which

operations or flights would be expected

in the course of occupying and

developing any leases; this could

include flights through a Warning Area

traveling to a leased block which is not

in a Warning Area.

Lessees should establish and maintain

contact and coordination with the

appropriate military commander(s) or

the FAA whether or not there is a

military stipulation in their lease(s).

II. Oil and Gas Lease Sale 168

Potential bidders in Oil and Gas Lease

Sale 168 in the Western Gulf of Mexico

(to be held in New Orleans on August

27, 1997) should note that in the July

17, 1997, document DOD changed the

area of W–602. Therefore, the map

referred to in Stipulation No. 2—

Military Areas, paragraph 13 of the

Final Notice of Sale for Oil and Gas

Lease Sale 168 (62 FR 39863–39871), is

outdated. MMS is advising potential

bidders of the newly configured W–602.

The blocks in W–602 are listed in

Appendix 1 of this notice, and a revised

map showing the Warning Areas is

available as noted below. The area to
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which the stipulation for leases in W228 applies has not been changed. The

FAA controls the new W–147; lessees

and operators should coordinate

operations in W–147 with the FAA.

III. Addresses and Contacts

A list of the Warning Areas in the

Western Gulf of Mexico planning area

follows, indicating the military

commander or FAA office with

operational responsibilities in each

Warning Area. A map of the Western

Gulf showing the Warning Areas and

lease blocks is available from the MMS

Gulf of Mexico Regional Office Public

Information Unit, 1201 Elmwood Park

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394; or call (504) 736–2519 or

(800) 200–GULF.

CONTACTS FOR OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE GULF OF MEXICO,

WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO

Warning

areas Command headquarters

W–147 Federal Aviation Administration,

Houston Air Route Traffic Control

(ARTC) Center, 16600 John F.

Kennedy Boulevard, Houston,

Texas 77032, Telephone: (281)

230–5536/5630.

W–228 Chief, Naval Air Training, Naval Air

Station, Office No. 206, Corpus

Christi, Texas 78419–5100, Telephone: (512) 939–3862/2621.

W–602 Strategic Command Wing 1, Fleet

Area Reconnaissance 4, Operations Department, Tinker Air

Force Base, Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma 73145–8704, Telephone: (405) 739–5700/4527.

Thomas A. Readinger,

Acting Associate Director for Offshore

Minerals Management.

Appendix 1—Blocks Within Military

Warning Area W–602; Leases From Sale 168

on These Blocks Will Include Stipulation 2

Garden Banks

749 ...................... 837–838 925–926

793 ...................... 881–882 969–971

Keathley Canyon

1–3 ...................... 353–358 705–714

45–48 .................. 397–403 749–758

89–92 .................. 441–447 793–801

133–136 .............. 485–492 837–844

177–181 .............. 529–536 881–887

221–225 .............. 573–580 925–930

265–270 .............. 617–625 969–973

309–314 .............. 661–669

East Breaks

388–390 .............. 598–612 807–833

430–435 .............. 640–657 849–877

472–479 .............. 682–701 892–921

514–523 .............. 724–745 935–965

556–568 .............. 765–789 979–1009

Alaminos Canyon

10–41 .................. 358–393 706–745

54–85 .................. 402–437 750–789

97–129 ................ 445–481 793–833

141–173 .............. 489–525 837–877

184–217 .............. 532–569 881–921

228–261 .............. 576–613 925–965

271–305 .............. 619–657 992–1009

315–349 .............. 663–701

Port Isabel

924

968

[FR Doc. 97–21578 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Columbia River System Operation

Review; Signing of 1997 Pacific

Northwest Coordination Agreement,

Record of Decision

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record

of Decision.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended, Reclamation is issuing this

notice to announce the availability of a

Record of Decision (ROD) which was

signed on July 18, 1997. The ROD

documents the decision of the Regional

Director of the Pacific Northwest

Regional Office of the Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation) to sign the

1997 Pacific Northwest Coordination

Agreement (PNCA). Under this

agreement, Reclamation will continue to

coordinate the power production of its

Federal Columbia River Power System

(FCRPS) projects with other Federal and

non-Federal electric utility systems in

the Columbia River Basin.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD may be

requested from: Regional Director,

Bureau of Reclamation, Attention:

Evelyn Dunbar, Lower Columbia Area

Office, 825 NE Multnomah Street, Suite

1110, Portland OR 87232–2145;

telephone (503) 872–2795.

Copies of the ROD are available for

inspection and review at the following

Reclamation offices:

• Commissioner’s Office, 1849 C Street

NW, Room 7627, Washington, DC

• Pacific Northwest Regional Office,

1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, Idaho

• Upper Columbia Area Office, 1917

Marsh Road, Yakima, Washington

• Grand Coulee Power Office, Grand

Coulee, Washington

• Hungry Horse Field Office, Hungry

Horse, Montana

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Evelyn Dunbar at (502) 872–2795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

System Operations Review Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS),

signed in January 1996, required a

decision to be made on whether to

continue coordinating hydropower

production with non-Federal parties

and, if so, to select a preferred

alternative to replace the existing PNCA.

Reclamation believes that a renewed

coordination agreement is needed in

order to maintain mutually beneficial

arrangements among the Federal and

non-Federal project operators to achieve

Columbia River treaty benefits and to

return the Canadian entitlement. The

preferred alternative, as described in the

FEIS, is reflected in the 1997 Pacific

Northwest Coordination Agreement

(1997 PNCA) that has been developed

and negotiated by Reclamation and the

other parties to the existing PNCA. For

the purposes of the ROD, Reclamation’s

FCRPS projects include Grand Coulee

Dam and Hungry Horse Dam.

Dated: July 31, 1997.

John W. Keys, III,

Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.

[FR Doc. 97–21460 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337–TA–389]

Notice of Commission Determination

Not To Review an Initial Determination

Terminating the Investigation on the

Basis of a Settlement Agreement; In

the Matter of Certain Diagnostic Kits

for the Detection and Quantification of

Viruses

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined not to

review the presiding administrative law

judge’s (ALJ’s) initial determination (ID)

(Order No. 14) in the above-captioned

investigation terminating the

investigation on the basis of a settlement

agreement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean

Jackson, Esq., Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. International Trade

Commission, telephone 202–205–3104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

patent-based section 337 investigation

was instituted by the Commission on

July 29, 1996, on behalf of complainant

Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. (Roche) of

Nutley, New Jersey. 61 FR 39468. The