60972 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Notices

2415, 2100 Second Street, SW,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT

Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast Guard,

Chair, Ballast Water and Shipping

Committee, at 202–267–0500 or by email at mmckeown@comdt.uscg.mil or

Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at

703–358–2308 or by e-mail at:

sharon_gross@fws.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force Ballast Water and Shipping

Committee. The Task Force was

established by the Nonindigenous

Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and

Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701–

4741). Topics to be addressed at this

meeting include: updates from the AD–

Hoc Environmental Soundness Working

Group and the Ad-Hoc Workgroup on

Ballast Water Treatment Standards; and

the present and future role and purpose

of the committee.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 851, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and the

Chair of the Ballast Water and Shipping

Committee at the Environmental

Standards Division, Office of Operations

and Environmental Standards, U.S.

Coast Guard (G–MSO–4), 2100 Second

Street, SW, room 1309, Washington, DC

20593–0001. Minutes for the meetings

will be available at these locations for

public inspection during regular

business hours, Monday through Friday.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries.

[FR Doc. 00–26348 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–2810–HT; GP1–0004]

Fire Closure Regulated and Public

Lands Restrictions Lifted: Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.

NOTICE: Notice of Regulated Fire Closure

and Restrictions For Bureau of Land

Management Public Lands in the State

of Washington are Lifted.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 9212 and

the Federal Register Notice dated July

28, 2000 (FR–0307), fire restrictions are

lifted on public lands within the

Spokane District, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) including Juniper

Forest/Juniper Dunes Recreation Area,

and areas surrounding Hog Canyon,

Miller Ranch/Fishtrap, Pacific Lake,

Twin Lakes, Coffeepot, Yakima River

Canyon, Douglas Creek, Chopaka/

Palmer Mountain, Split Rock, Liberty,

Saddle Mountains, Lakeview Ranch/

Lake Creek, Boundary Dam, and Escure

Ranch/Rock Creek recreation sites.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Boyd, Fire Management Officer,

Bureau of Land Management, Spokane

District Officer, 1103 N. Fancher Road,

Spokane Washington, 99212; or call

(509) 536–1200.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Joseph K. Buesing,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–26306 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–050–1430–DB–24–1A]

Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assessment (EA)/

Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) for a Proposed Plan

Amendment to the Mountain Valley

Management Framework Plan (MFP).

SUMMARY: The Utah BLM Richfield Field

Office has completed a Proposed Plan

Amendment/EA/FONSI for the

Mountain Valley MFP. All public lands

and the mineral estate have been

analyzed. The Environmental

Assessment (EA) revealed no significant

impact from the proposed action. The

Mountain Valley MFP would be

amended to identify the following

public lands suitable for direct sale to

Mr. Earl Sudweeks: T. 30 S., R. 3 W.,

Section 21, Lots 2 and 5, Salt Lake

Meridian, Utah, containing a total of

23.09 acres. All minerals in the lands

would be reserved to the United States.

DATES: The 30 day protest period for the

proposed plan amendment will

commence with the publication of this

notice. Protests must be received on or

before November 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Protests on the planning

decision must be received by the

Director (W–210), Bureau of Land

Management, Attn: Brenda Williams,

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC

20240 within 30 days after the date of

publication of this Notice of

Availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

Goodman, Richfield Field Office

Manager, 150 East 900 North, Richfield,

Utah 84701 or telephone (435) 896–

1500. Copies of the proposed plan

amendment/EA/FONSI are available at

the Utah BLM Richfield Field Office and

at the BLM Utah State Office, 324 South

State Street, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84145–0155 (telephone: 801–

539–4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent proposing to amend the MFP

was published in the Federal Register

on February 1, 2000. This plan

amendment would allow the Richfield

Field Office to sell the identified public

land, at fair market value, pursuant to

Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy

and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976

(90 stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713), and Title

43 CFR Part 2710.

The plan amendment is subject to

protest from any adversely affected

party who participated in the planning

process. Protests must be made in

accordance with provisions of 43 CFR

1610.5–2, as follows:

—The name, mailing address, phone

number, and interest of the person

filing the protest.

—A statement of the issue(s) being

protested.

—A statement of the part(s) of the

proposed amendment being protested

and citing pages, paragraphs, maps,

etc., of the proposed plan amendment.

—A copy of all documents addressing

the issue(s) submitted by the protestor

during the planning process or a

reference to the date when the

protester discussed the issue(s) for the

record.

—A concise statement as to why the

protester believes the proposed

decision of the BLM State Director is

incorrect.

Linda S. Colville,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–26304 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–XU; GP1–0008]

Notice of Meeting; Resource Advisory

Councils; Eastern Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District, Interior.

NOTICE: Notice of the Meeting of the

Eastern Washington Advisory Council;