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Environmental Impact Statement, Fire

Management Planning, Collaborative

Management Reports, Bureau of Land

Management water rights and policy in

Nevada, Off Highway Vehicle use,

identification of additional issues for

future consideration by the RAC.

All meetings are open to the public.

The public may present written

comments to the Council. Each formal

Council meeting will also have time

allocated for hearing public comments.

The public comment period for the

Council meeting is listed below.

Depending on the number of persons

wishing to comment and time available,

the time for individual oral comments

may be limited. Individuals who plan to

attend and need special assistance, such

as sign language, interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contact the District Manager at the Ely

District Office, 702 North Industrial

Way, HC33 Box 33500, Ely, NV 89301–

9408, telephone 702–289–1800.

DATES, TIMES, PLACE: The time and

location of the meeting is as follows:

Northeastern Great Basin Resource

Advisory Council, Holiday Inn,

(conference room), 1501 Avenue F, Ely,

Nevada, 89301; November 3, 1997,

starting at 9:00 a.m.; public comments

will be at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.;

tentative adjournment for the day at

5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Curtis G. Tucker, Team Leader for the

Northeastern Resource Advisory

Council, Ely District Office, 702 North

Industrial Way, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely,

NV 89301–9408, telephone 702–289–

1841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Council is to advise the

Secretary of the Interior, through the

BLM, on a variety of planning and

management issues, associated with the

management of the public lands.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Gene Drais,

Acting District Manager, Ely.

[FR Doc. 97–26662 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico

Region, Proposed Western Gulf Sales

171, 174, 177, and 180

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft

multisale Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) and public hearings on

proposed Western Gulf of Mexico

(GOM) Sales 171, 174, 177, and 180.

The Minerals Management Service

(MMS) has prepared a draft multisale

EIS on five proposed Outer Continental

Shelf (OCS) oil and gas lease sales in the

Western GOM. We will conduct a

planning process for one sale each year

from 1998 through 2001. Although this

EIS addresses four proposed lease sales,

it is a decision document only for

proposed Sale 171. We will consult with

other Federal agencies and the affected

States for each of the yearly proposed

sales. We will perform a National

Environmental Policy Act review, and

give the public an opportunity to

participate in each sale.

You may obtain single copies of the

draft multisale EIS from the Minerals

Management Service, Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region, Attention: Public

Information Office (MS–5034), 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114,

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or

by calling 1–800–200–GULF.

You may look at copies of the draft

EIS in the following libraries:

Texas

Abilene Christian University, Margaret

and Herman Brown Library, 1600

Campus Court, Abilene;

Alma M. Carpenter Public Library, 330

South Ann, Sourlake;

Arkansas Pass Public Library, 110 North

Lamont Street, Aransas Pass;

Austin Public Library, 402 West Ninth

Street, Austin;

Bay City Public Library, 1900 Fifth

Street, Bay City;

Baylor University, 13125 Third Street,

Waco;

Brazoria County Library, 410 Brazoport

Boulevard, Freeport;

Calhoun County Library, 301 South

Ann, Port Lavaca;

Chambers County Library System, 202

Cummings Street, Anahuac;

Comfort Public Library, Seventh & High

Streets, Comfort;

Corpus Christi Central Library, 805

Comanche Street, Corpus Christi;

Dallas Public Library, 1513 Young

Street, Dallas;

East Texas State University Library,

2600 Neal Street, Commerce;

Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney

Street, Houston;

Jackson County Library, 411 North

Wells Street, Edna;

Lamar University, Gray Library, Virginia

Avenue, Beaumont;

LaRatama Library, 505 Mesquite Street,

Corpus Christi;

Liberty Municipal Library, 1710 Sam

Houston Avenue, Liberty;

Orange Public Library, 200 North Fifth

Street, Orange;

Port Arthur Public Library, 3601

Cultural Center Drive, Port Arthur;

Port Isabel Public Library, 213 Yturria

Street, Port Isabel;

R.J. Kleberg Public Library, Fourth and

Henrietta, Kingsville;

Reber Memorial Library, 193 North

Fourth, Raymondville;

Refugio County Public Library, 815

South Commerce Street, Refugio;

Rice University, Fondren Library, 6100

South Main Street, Houston;

Rockwall County Library, 105 South

First Street, Rockwall;

Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Street,

Galveston;

Sam Houston Regional Library &

Research Center, FM 1011 Governors

Road, Liberty;

Stephen F. Austin State University,

Steen Library, Wilson Drive,

Nacogdoches;

Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi

Library, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus

Christi;

Texas A & M University, Evans Library,

Spence and Lubbock Streets, College

Station;

Texas Southmost College Library, 1825

May Street, Brownsville;

Texas State Library, 1200 Brazos Street,

Austin;

Texas Tech University Library, 18th and

Boston Avenue, Lubbock;

University of Houston Library, 4800

Calhoun Boulevard, Houston;

University of Texas at Arlington,

Library, 701 South Cooper Street,

Arlington;

University of Texas at Austin, Library,

21st and Speedway Streets, Austin;

University of Texas at Brownsville,

Oliveria Memorial Library, 80 Fort

Brown, Brownsville;

University of Texas at Dallas,

McDermott Library, 2601 North Floyd

Road, Richardson;

University of Texas at El Paso, Library,

Wiggins Road and University Avenue,

El Paso;

University of Texas at San Antonio,

Library, 6900 North Loop 1604 West,

San Antonio;

University of Texas Law School, Tarlton

Law Library, 727 East 26th Street,

Austin;

University of Texas, LBJ School of

Public Affairs Library, 2313 Red River

Street, Austin;

Victoria Public Library, 320 North Main,

Victoria;

Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish Library, 327 Broad

Street, Lake Charles;

Cameron Parish Library, Marshall

Street, Cameron;

Grand Isle Branch Library, Highway 1,

Grand Isle;
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Government Documents Library, Loyola

University, 6363 St. Charles Avenue,

New Orleans;

Iberville Parish Library, 24605 J. Gerald

Berret Boulevard, Plaquemine;

Jefferson Parish Regional Branch

Library, 4747 West Napoleon Avenue,

Metairie;

Jefferson Parish West Bank Outreach

Branch Library, 2751 Manhattan

Boulevard, Harvey;

Lafayette Public Library, 301 W.

Congress Street, Lafayette;

Lafitte Branch Library, Route 1, Box 2,

Lafitte;

Lafourche Parish Library, 303 West 5th

Street, Thibodaux;

Louisiana State University Library, 760

Riverside Road, Baton Rouge;

Louisiana Tech University, Prescott

Memorial Library, Everet Street,

Ruston;

LUMCON, Library, Star Route 541,

Chauvin;

McNeese State University, Luther E.

Frazar Memorial Library, Ryan Street,

Lake Charles;

New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola

Avenue, New Orleans;

Nicholls State University, Nicholls State

Library, Leighton Drive, Thibodaux;

Plaquemines Parish Library, 203

Highway 11, South, Buras;

St. Bernard Parish Library, 1125 East St.

Bernard Highway, Chalmette;

St. Charles Parish Library, 105

Lakewood Drive, Luling;

St. John The Baptist Parish Library,

1334 West Airline Highway, LaPlace;

St. Mary Parish Library, 206 Iberia

Street, Franklin;

St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington

Branch, 310 West 21st Street,

Covington;

St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell

Branch, 555 Robert Boulevard, Slidell;

Terrebonne Parish Library, 424 Roussell

Street, Houma;

Tulane University, Howard Tilton

Memorial Library, 7001 Freret Street,

New Orleans;

University of New Orleans Library,

Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans;

University of Southwestern LA, Dupre

Library, 302 East St. Mary Boulevard,

Lafayette;

Vermilion Parish Library, Abbeville

Branch, 200 North Street, Abbeville;

There will be three public hearings

held to receive comments on the draft

multisale EIS. The hearings will provide

us with information that will help in the

evaluation of the potential effects of the

proposed lease sales. Hearings will be

held in: New Orleans, Louisiana, on

October 29, 1997; 1:00–3:00 p.m.,

Minerals Management Service, 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Conference

Room 111, Jefferson, Louisiana; Austin,

Texas, on October 28, 1997; 1:00–3:00

p.m., Doubletree Hotel, 303 West 15th;

Corpus Christi, Texas, on October 29,

1997; 7:00–9:00 p.m., Texas A&M

University, Natural Resources Center,

Room 1003, 6300 Ocean Drive; and

Houston, Texas, on October 30, 1997;

1:00–3:00 p.m., Adam’s Mark Hotel,

2900 Briarpark Drive.

If you wish to testify at a hearing, you

may register beginning 1 hour prior to

the meeting. Speakers will be limited to

10 minutes. Each hearing will recess

when all speakers have had an

opportunity to testify. If there are no

additional speakers, we will adjourn the

hearing immediately after the recess.

Written statements submitted at a

hearing will be considered part of the

hearing record. If you are unable to

attend the hearing, you may submit

written statements until December 2,

1997. Send written statements to the

Regional Director (MS–5410), Minerals

Management Service, Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Thomas A. Readinger,

Acting Associate Director for Offshore

Minerals Management.

[FR Doc. 97–26636 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Notice of Transfer of Lands—Colorado

River Storage Project, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

SUMMARY: By virtue of the authority

vested in the Secretary of the Interior by

Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage

Project (CRSP) Act of April 11, 1956 (70

Stat. 110), and his delegation of

authority to the Commissioner of the

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation),

jurisdiction over the following

described land, which lies within the

exterior boundary of the Bureau of Land

Management’s (BLM) Montrose

Resource Area, Colorado, and which

was acquired by Reclamation for fish

and wildlife mitigation purposes for the

development of the Wayne P. Aspinall

Unit, a unit of the CRSP, is hereby

transferred to BLM for fish and wildlife

purposes.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Memorandum

of agreement between Reclamation and

BLM are on file in the Office of the

Regional Director, Upper Colorado

Region, Bureau of Reclamation, 125

South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah;

and the State Director, Colorado State

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood,

Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Darrell Welch, Bureau of Reclamation,

Upper Colorado Region, 125 South State

Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138 or

telephone (801) 524–3765.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the National Intragency Agreement

between Reclamation and BLM dated

March 25, 1983, agreements may be

executed between both agencies for

recreation, and fish and wildlife

management activities on Federal land.

Statutory authority for such agreements

includes: Section 307, Federal Land

Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C.

1937); Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 686);

and Reclamation Act of 1902 (43 U.S.C.

Chapter 12) as amended or

supplemented thereto.

Parcel No. WAU-(mit.)-1 describes the

225 acres of Reclamation acquired land

to be transferred to BLM. The parcel

consists of that portion of the

McCluskey property as referenced by

Memorandum of Agreement, Contract

No. 0–LM–40–00340, dated July 30,

1992, between Reclamation and BLM.

Pursuant to Section 8 of the CRSP, the

above land shall become BLM land with

the provision that the land is

administered and managed for angler

access and other fish and wildlife

purposes.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Eluid L. Martinez,

Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.

[FR Doc. 97–26693 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss

several issues including: follow-up from

items from the previous meeting;

receive advice on tradeoffs associated

with the CALFED alternatives; update

BDAC on ongoing CALFED activities.

BDAC members are also invited to

attend an informal educational session

to discuss legislation that may be

introduced in the California State

Legislature pertaining to the CALFED

Bay-Delta Program. Both the informal

educational session and the meeting is