Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Notices 60973

November 2, 2000, in Spokane,

Washington.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council

will be held on November 2, 2000. The

meeting will convene at 9 a.m., at the

Spokane District Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1103 North Fancher Road,

Spokane, Washington, 99212–1275. The

meeting will adjourn upon conclusion

of business, but no later than 4 p.m.

Public comments will be heard from 10

a.m. until 10:30 a.m. If necessary, to

accommodate all wishing to make

public comments, a time limit may be

placed upon each speaker. At an

appropriate time, the meeting will

adjourn for approximately one hour for

lunch. Topics to be discussed include

welcome of new members, FY2000

accomplishments, FY2001 work

priorities, and development of the

FY2001 meeting schedule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, Spokane

District Office, 1103 N. Fancher Road,

Spokane, Washington, 99212; or call

509–536–1200.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Joseph K. Buesing,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–26307 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–1430–ET; HAG01–0003; OR–

55645]

Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity

for Public Meeting; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: In the Notice of Proposed

Withdrawal, published August 10, 2000,

as FR Doc. 00–20235, the following

corrections are made:

On page 49010, ‘‘(insert date signed)’’,

is hereby corrected to read, ‘‘July 14,

2000’’. In addition, ‘‘For a period of 2

years from the date of publication of the

original notice (May 14, 1998), ’’, is

hereby corrected to read, ‘‘For a period

of 2 years from the date of publication

of this notice,’.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Sherrie L. Reid,

Acting, Chief Branch of Realty and Records

Services, Oregon/Washington.

[FR Doc. 00–26275 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Funding Assistance for Non-Federal

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield

Land

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of Funding for

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield

Land.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) announces the availability of

funds to assist States and local

communities in acquiring for permanent

protection lands, or interests in lands, at

significant Civil War battlefield sites.

ADDRESSES: Funding proposals should

be mailed to: Hampton Tucker, National

Park Service, Heritage Preservation

Services, 1849 C Street, NW., NC 200,

Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202)

343–3580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hampton Tucker, National Park Service,

Heritage Preservation Services, 1849 C

Street, NW., NC 200, Washington, DC

20240, telephone (202) 343–3580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

1999 Interior Appropriations Act

(Public Law 105–83), Congress

appropriated $8 million from the Land

& Water Conservation Fund to assist

non-Federal efforts to acquire and

preserve Civil War battlefield lands. The

Congress assigned most of these funds

to specific projects. At this time, a

portion of these funds will be left

unspent and will be reassigned to other

worthy projects. NPS seeks proposals

from State and local governments—or

from qualified non-profit historic

preservation organizations acting

through an agency of State or local

government—for the non-federal

acquisition of significant Civil War

battlefield land.

Project proposals are subject to the

following requirements.

1. The 1999 Appropriations Act

requires that these funds be matched on

a two-for-one basis with non-federal

dollars. That is, the federal dollars can

pay for no more that one-third of the

acquisition cost.

2. The purchase price must be

supported by a qualified appraisal that

has been approved by NPS as meeting

the Uniform Appraisal Standards for

Federal Land Acquisitions.

3. The battlefield land acquired with

the assistance of these funds must be

permanently protected from

inappropriate development either

through public ownership or through

conveyance of a perpetual easement to

a public historic preservation agency.

NPS will give priority to acquisition of

land, or interests in land, within the

‘‘core’’ areas of Priority I and Priority II

battlefields, as identified by the

Congressionally-chartered Civil War

Sites Advisory Commission (see list

below). Among potential projects NPS

will give highest priority to acquisition

projects that can be completed within

the immediate future.

Proposals should be submitted by

November 15, 2000, and must include:

1. A carefully drawn map (preferably

on a U.S.G.S. Quadrangle Map) that sets

out the boundaries of the battlefield and

identifies within those boundaries the

specific lands to be acquired.

2. The number of acres of land to be

acquired.

3. A description of the battle-related

events that occurred on the land.

4. A statement of whether the owner

of the land to be acquired has indicated

a willingness to sell the land.

5. A statement of the owner’s asking

price and/or the estimated fair market

value of the land to be acquired.

6. A statement of how much federal

assistance from this program the

applicant is requesting.

7. A statement of how much matching

share is already on hand or firmly

pledged.

Priority I Civil War Battlefields:

Alabama Mobile Bay (Ft Morgan &

Blakeley); Arkansas Prairie Grove;

Georgia Allatoona, Chickamauga

Kennesaw Mountain, Ringgold Gap;

Kentucky Mill Springs, Perryville;

Louisiana Port Hudson; Maryland

Antietam, Monocacy, South Mountain;

Mississippi Brices Cross Roads,

Chickasaw Bayou, Corinth, Port Gibson,

Raymond, Vicksburg; Missouri Byram’s

Ford, Fort Davidson, Newtonia; New

Mexico Glorieta Pass; North Carolina

Bentonville, Fort Fisher; Oklahoma

Honey Springs; Pennsylvania

Gettysburg; South Carolina

Secessionville; Tennessee Chattanooga,

Fort Donelson, Spring Hill; Virginia

Boydton Plank Road, Brandy Station,

Bristoe Station, Cedar Creek, Chaffin’s

Farm/New Market Heights,

Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Deep

Bottom II, Fisher’s Hill, Gaines’ Mill,

Glendale, Kernstown I, Malvern Hill,

Manassas, Second Mine Run, North

Anna, Petersburg, Richmond,

Spotsylvania Court House, White Oak

Road, Wilderness; West Virginia

Harpers Ferry, Rich Mountain.

Priority II Civil War Battlefields

Arkansas Chalk Bluff, Devil’s

Backbone, Elkin’s Ferry, Marks’ Mills,

Prairie D’an; Colorado Sand Creek;

Georgia Dalton I, Davis’ Cross Road,