Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 180 / Wednesday, September 17, 1997 / Notices 48883

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 (907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until October 17, 1997 to file

an appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Patricia A. Baker,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 97–24631 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management Alaska

[AK–962–1410–00–P]

Notice for Publication (AA–9284);

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(h)(1), will be issued

to Calista Corporation for approximately

0.95 acre. The lands involved are in the

vicinity of Nunivak Island, Alaska.

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 3 S., R. 102 W.,

Sec. 23

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage

Daily News. Copies of the decision may

be obtained by contacting the Alaska

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, # 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until October 17, 1997 to file

an appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Patricia A. Baker,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 97–24632 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–060–01–1310–00]

Gillette South Coalbed Methane

Project, Campbell County, Wyoming;

Availability of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

availability of the Gillette South

Coalbed Methane Project abbreviated

(FEIS). Together with the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

issued in March 1997, the FEIS analyzes

the environmental consequences of

coalbed methane development within

the Gillette South assessment area. The

development area is located in

Campbell County and generally located

within Townships 42 through 49 North;

Ranges 70 through 73 West, 6th

Principal Meridian. The area is accessed

by U.S. Highway 59 south of Gillette,

Wyoming. Access to the interior of the

assessment area is provided by a road

system developed to service prior and

ongoing drilling and production

activities.

DATES: Since the FEIS is abbreviated it

must be reviewed with the DEIS.

Comments on the FEIS will be accepted

for 30 days following the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes their Notice of Availability in

the Federal Register. The EPA notice is

expected on or about September 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FEIS

should be sent to Mr. Richard Zander,

Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo

Resource Area, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo,

Wyoming 82834.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS

issued in March 1997, received twelve

comments. These comments were

addressed and considered in the

analysis of the FEIS. The FEIS analyzes

a proposed action, and the no action

alternative. It also considers four other

alternatives, Restrict Timing of

Approval of Federal Wells, Reduce

Number of Federal Wells Approved,

Change the Method of Surface Water

Disposal, and Inject Produced Water

Underground. The proposal presented

by the operators is to continue to drill

additional wells on their leased acreage

within this methane gas development

area.

Over the next 3 to 5 years, the

operators propose to drill up to 400 (210

private or State and 190 Federal)

additional wells to obtain maximum

recovery of methane gas from existing

Federal (41 percent), State, and private

oil and gas leases. The FEIS describes

the physical, biological, cultural,

historic, and socioeconomic resources

in and surrounding the project area. The

focus of the impact analysis was based

upon resource issues, concerns

identified during public scoping, and

the public and internal review

comments received on the DEIS.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–24606 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–330–1010–00]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management’s Northwest (Ukiah)

Resource Advisory Council will hold a

business meeting and field tour

Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3,

1997 at the Mattole Lodge, located in

the Mattole Valley, halfway between

Petrolia and Honeydew, California. The

Mattole Lodge is located on the Mattole

River near AW Way County Park.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda items include an update on

BLM’s Environmental Impact Statement

for Livestock Grazing, a discussion on

BLM’s proposal to close 3.5 miles of

beach in the King Range National

Conservation Area to motorized use, an

overview of the land exchange/

acquisition program within BLM

California, an update on a National

Conservation Area proposal for the

Sacramento River, a subcommittee

report on recreation fees on public land

facilities, updates from the Arcata, Clear

Lake and Redding Resource Areas, and

a State Office update on current issues.

The October 2 meeting begins at 10:30

a.m. at the fairground parking lot in