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organizations or businesses, are

available for public inspection in their

entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levi

D. Deike, Acting Field Office Manager,

at the Royal Gorge Field Office address

and phone number listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

planning area involves approximately

103,000 acres, of which 76% are Forest

Service lands, 13% BLM lands, with the

remainder being state and private lands.

The main issues anticipated for this

planning effort are: (1) Impacts to water

quality; vegetation, including riparian

and wetland areas; and soils; and (2)

impacts to public land users and

adjacent private landowners. The

Fourmile Travel Management Plan is

being prepared by an interagency

interdisciplinary team. The analysis and

proposed plan amendment are

scheduled for completion in August

2001.

Additional public meetings may be

held and a public comment period will

be established on the Fourmile Travel

Management Plan. Dates and locations

of the meetings and the time period for

the public comment period will be

announced in the local media. The

Proposed BLM Plan Amendment will be

published during the EA process, and a

30-day protest period will apply to the

BLM portion of the Fourmile Travel

Management Plan.

Levi D. Deike,

Acting Field Office Manager.

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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Request for Nominations for Public

Members to the Royalty Policy

Committee, Minerals Management

Advisory Board

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Request for nominations.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the

Department of the Interior established a

Royalty Policy Committee (RPC) on the

Minerals Management Advisory Board

to provide advice on our management of

Federal and Indian minerals leases,

revenues, and other minerals related

policies. The RPC membership includes

representatives from States, Indian

Tribes and allottee organizations,

minerals industry associations, the

general public, and other Federal

departments. Members serve without

pay but will be reimbursed for travel

expenses incurred when attending

official RPC meetings. Reimbursements

will be calculated in accordance with

the Federal travel regulations as

implemented by the Department. Since

the two public members’ terms on the

RPC will expire during the first half of

next year, the Director, Minerals

Management Service, is requesting

nominations. These nominations may

originate from State and local

governments, organizations or

individuals, and they may include selfnominations. Nominees should have the

expertise in royalty management issues

necessary to represent the public

interest. The nomination package must

include an updated copy of the

nominee’s biography that includes their

mailing and e-mail addresses, and a

letter from the nominee accepting the

nomination. Since we are committed to

the Department’s diversity policy,

nominators are requested to consider

diversity when making nominations.

DATES: Submit nominations on or before

October 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to Gary

L. Fields, Chief, Program Services

Office, Royalty Management Program,

Minerals Management Service, P.O. Box

25165, MS 3006, Denver, CO 80225–

0165.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary

L. Fields, Chief, Program Services

Office, Royalty Management Program,

Minerals Management Service, PO Box

25165, MS 3006, Denver, CO 80225–

0165, telephone number (303) 231–

3102, fax number (303) 231–3781,

e-mail: gary.fields@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

locations, dates of RPC meetings, and

other information will be published in

the Federal Register and posted on the

Internet at http://www.rmp.mms.gov/

Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm. Meetings

are open to the public without advanced

registration, on a space available basis.

The public may make statements during

the meetings, to the extent time permits,

and file written statements with the RPC

for its consideration; copies of these

written statements should be submitted

to Gary Fields.

These meetings are conducted under

the authority of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (P.L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C.,

Appendix 1) and the Office of

Management and Budget (Circular No.

A–63, revised).

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft General Management Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement, New

Bedford Whaling National Historical

Park, Massachusetts

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft

General Management Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement; notice

of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on

Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service Policy, this notice

announces the availability for public

review of a Draft General Management

Plan/Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for New Bedford Whaling

National Historical Park, Bristol County,

Massachusetts. In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

102(2)(C ) of 1969, the environmental

impact statement was prepared to assess

the impacts of implementing the general

management plan.

The Draft General Management Plan/

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

presents a Proposal and two

Management Alternatives, then assesses

the potential environmental and

socioeconomic effects of the actions

presented on site resources, visitor

experience, and the surrounding area.

The Proposal and the Alternatives differ

in their approaches to management. In

the Proposal, the National Park Service

would share stewardship responsibility

for resource protection with its partners

and offer visitor programs

complementary to partners’ activities.

NPS interpretive and educational

activities would promote resource

stewardship. Alternative 1 (Management

Option 1) is essentially the status quo,

the National Park Service would bring a

national voice and visibility to New

Bedford through its publications and

facilitate coordination of park partners’

visitor-services and resource-protection

programs. In Alternative 3 (Management

Option 3) the National Park Service

would assume the lead role among park

partners, exercising intensive and

extensive involvement in resource

preservation, collections management,

and visitor programming.

DATES: Comments on the draft EIS

should be received no later than

December 1, 2000. A public meeting

will be held in the City of New Bedford

on Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at the

New Bedford Free Public Library, 613

Pleasant Street from 7 to 8:45 p.m.