57368 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 185 / Friday, September 22, 2000 / Notices

in the boundaries and acreage of tracts

to be exchanged; elimination of the NPS

tract from the exchange; and deed

restrictions on private lands to protect

wildlife and historic resources.

This notice is being furnished as

required by the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) Regulations (40

CFR1501.7 and 1508.22). The intent of

the notice is to obtain suggestions and

additional information from other

agencies and the public on the scope of

issues to be addressed in the EA.

Comments and participation in this

scoping process are solicited.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before October 23, 2000.

A scoping meeting is scheduled for

October 12, 2000 at Charlevoix City

Hall, 215 State Street, Charlevoix,

Michigan, with duplicate sessions from

2 to 5 pm and from 7 to 10 pm. This

meeting will also be announced in the

local news media.

Public Involvement: The public will

be invited to participate in the scoping

process, a public meeting, and review of

the draft EA when it is produced. One

scoping meeting is scheduled on

October 12, 2000, at the Charlevoix,

Michigan City Hall and will be

announced in the local news media.

Release of the draft EA for public

comment will also be announced in the

local news media, as these dates are

established. Written scoping comments

should be received within 30 days from

the date of publication of this Notice of

Intent.

All comments received from

individuals become part of the official

public record. Requests for such

comments will be handled in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act and the Council on

Environmental Quality’s NEPA

regulations [40 CFR 1506.6(f)]. Our

practice is to make comments, including

names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public review

during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their home address from

the record, which we will honor to the

extent allowable by law. If a respondent

wishes us to withhold his/her name

and/or address, this must be stated

prominently at the beginning of the

comment.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to: Regional Director, Region

3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota

55111. Electronic mail comments may

also be submitted within the comment

period to: fw3foxisland@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Craig Czarnecki, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, East Lansing Field Office, 2651

Coolidge Road, Suite 101, East Lansing,

MI 48823, telephone: (517) 351–8470,

facsimile: (517) 351–1443; Mr. Jon

Parker, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Division of Federal Aid, Bishop Henry

Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal

Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111;

telephone: 612–713–5142, facsimile:

(612) 713–5290; or Mr. John Kelly,

National Park Service, 15 State Street,

Boston, MA 02109, telephone (617)

223–5190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

115.1—acre State owned tract with NPS

and GSA interest contains the South

Fox Island Lighthouse facilities that are

either listed or are likely eligible to be

listed on the National Register of

Historic Places; other historical or

archeological resources may be present.

The National Historic Preservation Act

and other laws require these properties

and resources be identified and

considered in project planning. The

public is requested to inform the FWS

of concerns about archeological sites,

buildings and structures, historic

events, sacred and traditional areas, and

other historic preservation concerns.

The NPS tract also includes proposed

Critical Habitat for the Federally

Endangered Piping plover. The tract

also contains Federally Threatened

Pitcher’s thistle, which is also present at

other locations on the island.

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa

and Chippewa Indians has unresolved

claims to title and other property rights

on the island. There is an Indian

cemetery on the private lands.

There have been ongoing conflicts

over trespass on both public and private

land parcels on the island. Public access

is an ongoing issue.

The Service estimates that the draft

EA will be made available to the public

by early November, 2000.

Barbara Milne,

Acting Regional Director, Region 3, Fort

Snelling, MN.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a

meeting of the Klamath River Basin

Fisheries Task Force, established under

the authority of the Klamath River Basin

Fishery Resources Restoration Act (16

U.S.C. 460ss et seq.). The meeting is

open to the public.

DATES: The Klamath River Basin

Fisheries Task Force (Task Force) will

meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

Wednesday, October 18, 2000 and from

8 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. on Thursday,

October 19, 2000.

PLACE: The meeting will be held at the

Best Western Miner’s Inn, 122 East

Miner Street Yreka, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Ronald A. Iverson, Project Leader, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1829 South

Oregon Street, Yreka, California 96097,

telephone (530) 842–5763.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

background information on the Task

Force, please refer to the notice of their

initial meeting that appeared in the

Federal Register on July 8, 1987 (52 FR

25639).

Dated: September 8, 2000.

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Acting California/Nevada Operations

Manager, California/Nevada Office, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State

Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA),

Pub. L. 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 Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved the Tribal-State

Compact for Class III Gaming Between

the Sauk Suiattle Indian Tribe and the

State of Washington, which was

executed on April 20, 2000.

DATES: This action is effective

September 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of

Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

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Dated: September 7, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–010–1220–DH]

Notice of Availability of a Proposed

Resource Management Plan

Amendment (RMPA) and Final

Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) ; Albuquerque Field Office, New

Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) Albuquerque Field

Office has completed a Proposed

RMPA/FEIS. This document contains a

20-year strategy for managing the El

Malpais National Conservation Area

(NCA) and contiguous lands. The

document also addresses activity level

plans for these lands and as required by

P.L. 100–225 makes a recommendation

of the suitability/nonsuitability of the

Chain of Craters Wilderness Study Area

for inclusion in the wilderness system.

The document also recommends to

Congress the inclusion of certain

additional contiguous acres in the

Cebolla Wilderness and the addition of

other acres to the NCA.

Copies are available for review at

public libraries in Albuquerque and

nearby cities or towns. Additional

copies are available at the following

BLM Offices: Albuquerque Field Office,

435 Montann ̃o Road NE, Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87107; New Mexico State

Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, New

Mexico 87505. The document will also

be available on the internet at

www.nm.blm.gov.

DATES: Protests related to decisions at

the Resource Management Plan level

must be filed in writing to: Director

(WO–210), Bureau of Land

Management, Attention: Ms. Brenda

Williams, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240. Protests must be

postmarked no later than October 30,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent

Hamilton, Planning and Environmental

Coordinator, Bureau of Land

Management, 435 Montan ̃o Road NE,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107–4935,

Telephone (505) 761–8746.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

proposed RMPA /FEIS is a plan for

managing NCA and contiguous public

lands and resources. The plan addresses

the following public land issues that

amend the Rio Puerco RMP: Recreation

(Visual Resource Management), Access

and Transportation, Wilderness

Suitability, and Boundary and Land

Tenure Adjustments. Issues addressed

at the activity plan level are: Recreation,

Facility Development, Access and

Transportation, Wilderness

Management, Wilderness Suitability,

American Indian Uses and Traditional

Cultural Practices, Cultural Resources,

Wildlife Habitat, Vegetation, and

Boundary & Land Ownership

Adjustments.

Under the Proposed Plan BLM would

provide:

• A combination of developed and

dispersed recreational opportunities.

• Approximately 105,000 acres closed

to vehicle and mechanical access.

• Approximately 273 miles of

designated vehicle routes.

• Approximately 101,000 acres of

designated wilderness with

approximately 4,000 additional acres

recommended for designation.

• Emphasis to cultural resource

conservation for future use and

recommend additional acreage for

inclusion in the NCA to provide for

cultural resource management.

• Management of wildlife habitat for

habitat improvement.

• Vegetative management practices to

emphasize health of the land and

improvement of ecological conditions.

• Recommendations to Congress for

boundary changes that will provide for

more effective resource management.

Public input has occurred throughout

the planning process and public

comments and BLM’s responses to these

comments are included as an important

part of this proposed plan.

Dated: September 18, 2000.

Edwin J. Singleton,

Field Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–067–1990; CA–40204]

Correction to Notice of Availability of

the Draft Environmental Impact Report/

Environmental Impact Statement on

the Proposed Expansion of the

Existing Mesquite Gold Mine

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice corrections.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management published a notice in the

Federal Register on August 29, 2000,

regarding the availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Report/

Environmental Impact Statement on the

proposed expansion of the existing

Mesquite Gold Mine in Imperial County,

Ca. The notice contains information that

has changed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Marty, Bureau of Land

Management, 1661 South 4th Street, El

Centro, CA; telephone (760) 337–4422.

Corrections

(a) In the Federal Register of August

29, 2000, in DOCID fr29au00-85, on

page 52436, under the DATES caption,

change the comment period ending date

to November 7, 2000.

(b) On the same page as above, under

the ADDRESSES caption, change the

extension for the Imperial County

Planning and Building Department to

4313.

(c) On the same page as above, under

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

caption, change the Imperial County

Planning and Building Department

contact name to Richard Cabanilla, and

change the telephone extension to 4313.

Dated: September 15, 2000.

Greg Thomsen,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–24371 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Mills County, IA in the Possession of

the Office of the State Archaeologist,

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Office of State

Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa

City, IA.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the