5886 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 25 / Monday, February 7, 2000 / Notices

Activity/Operator Location Date

Range Resources Corporation, Structure Removal Operations,

SEA Nos. ES/SR 99–150 and 99–151.

Mustang Island Area, Block 847, Lease OCS–G 6011, 24 miles

Offshore Kleberg County, Texas.

12/30/99

Persons interested in reviewing

environmental documents for the

proposals listed above or obtaining

information about EA’s and FONSI’s

prepared for activities on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS are encouraged to contact

the MMS office in the Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Public

Information Unit, Information Services

Section, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region,

Minerals Management Service, 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70123–2394, Telephone (504)

736–2519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS

prepares EA’s and FONSI’s for

proposals which relate to exploration

for and the development/production of

oil and gas resources on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS. The EA’s examine the

potential environmental effects of

activities described in the proposals and

present MMS conclusions regarding the

significance of those effects.

Environmental Assessments are used as

a basis for determining whether or not

approval of the proposals constitutes

major Federal actions that significantly

affect the quality of the human

environment in the sense of NEPA

Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared

in those instances where the MMS finds

that approval will not result in

significant effects on the quality of the

human environment. The FONSI briefly

presents the basis for that finding and

includes a summary or copy of the EA.

This notice constitutes the public

notice of availability of environmental

documents required under the NEPA

Regulations.

Dated: January 31, 2000.

Chris C. Oynes,

Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

[FR Doc. 00–2639 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),

Request for Information and Interest in

a Commercial Sand and Gravel Lease

Sale Offshore Northern New Jersey

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Change starting time for

information meeting.

SUMMARY: The information meeting

scheduled to be held in Bradley Beach,

New Jersey, on February 28, 2000, will

begin at 7:30 p.m., and not 7:00 p.m., as

previously announced in the Federal

Register at Vol. 65, No. 6, Page 1413,

‘‘Outer Continental Shelf Request for

Information and Interest in a

Commercial Sand and Gravel Lease Sale

Offshore Northern New Jersey.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol A. Hartgen, Chief, International

Activities and Marine Minerals

Division, (703) 787–1300.

Dated: February 1, 2000.

Carol A. Hartgen,

Chief, International Activities and Marine

Minerals Division, Minerals Management

Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2622 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Announcement of Posting of Two

Invitations for Bids on Natural Gas

from Federal Properties in the Gulf of

Mexico

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitations for Bids on

Federal Royalty Gas.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service has posted on MMS’s Internet

Home Page, and will make available in

hard copy, public competitive offerings

of approximately 490,000 mmBtu per

day of natural gas, to be taken as

royalty-in-kind from Federal properties

in the Gulf of Mexico under two

Invitations For Bids (IFB), Numbers

MMS-RIK–2000-GOMR–002, and MMSRIK–2000-GOMR–003.

DATES: The two IFBs were posted on

MMS’s Internet Home Page on January

21, 2000. Bids will be due to MMS at

the posted receipt location on February

18, 2000. MMS will notify successful

bidders on or about February 25, 2000.

The Federal Government will begin

actual taking of awarded royalty gas

volumes for delivery to successful

bidders for a 7-month period beginning

on April 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The IFBs are posted on

MMS’s Home Page at http://

www.mms.gov under the icon ‘‘What’s

New.’’ The IFBs may also be obtained by

contacting Mr. Michael Del-Colle at the

address in the FURTHER INFORMATION

section. Bids should be submitted to the

address provided in the IFBs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information on MMS’s RIK

pilots, contact Mr. Bonn J. Macy,

Minerals Management Service, 1849 C

Street, NW, MS 4230,Washington DC

20240; telephone number (202) 208–

3827; fax (202)208–3918; e-mail

Bonn.Macy@mms.gov. For additional

information concerning the IFB

document, terms, and process for

Federal leases, contact Mr. Michael DelColle, Minerals Management Service,

MS-2510, 381 Elden Street, Herndon,

VA 20170–4817; telephone number

(703) 787–1375; fax (703) 787–1009; email Michael.Del-Colle@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

offerings of natural gas continue MMS’s

RIK pilot program and will involve

Federal properties in the Gulf of

Mexico. MMS’s objective is to identify

the circumstances in which taking oil

and gas royalties as a share of

production is a viable alternative to its

usual practice of collecting oil and gas

royalties as a share of the value received

by the lessee for sale of the production.

IFB Number MMS–RIK–2000–GOMR–

002 offers approximately 280,000

mmBtu per day of natural gas from

selected Federal properties located in

the East Breaks, Garden Banks, High

Island, East and West Cameron, and

Vermillion areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

This royalty gas flows through 88

facility measurement points (FMP’s) on

five pipeline systems—High Island/

UTOS, ANR, Transco/NHIS, Pelican,

and Stingray. This production was

offered most recently October 8, 1999,

under IFB No. RIK–2000–GOMR–001

for deliveries through March 31, 2000.

Under terms of this new IFB, purchasers

will, as before, take the royalty gas from

these properties and locations near the

lease and, in return, deliver a fixed daily

volume of natural gas (based on

monthly nominations) to the General

Services Administration (GSA) at a

specified location for GSA’s use in

managing supply commitments to

Federal agency end users.

IFB Number MMS–RIK–2000–GOMR–

003 offers an additional natural gas

volume of approximately 210,000

mmBtu per day from selected Federal

properties in the East and West

Cameron, Garden Banks, Vermilion,

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South Marsh, Ship Shoal and Eugene

Island areas. This production flows

through about 84 FMP’s on the Sea

Robin and Bluewater Pipeline systems.

Successful bidders will be required to

deliver production volumes to an

onshore location; further disposition of

these volumes will be announced at a

later date.

Purchasers may bid on production

from all FMPs on both pipelines, and/

or for all FMPs on the Sea Robin

Pipeline, and/or from all FMPs on

individual segments of the Bluewater

Pipeline.

The following are some of the

additional details regarding the offerings

that were posted to MMS’s website as

two IFB’s on January 21, 2000.

• List of specific properties;

• For each property—FMP location

and identification number, average daily

royalty volume, 1-year production

histories, quality, current operator; and

other pipeline information.

• Bid basis;

• Reporting requirements;

• Terms and conditions; and

• Contract format.

Information on the internet posting

and availability of the IFB in hard copy

are being made available to oil and gas

trade journals as well as in this Federal

Register notice.

Dated: January 31, 2000.

Walter D. Cruickshank,

Associate Director for Policy and

Management Improvement.

[FR Doc. 00–2598 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Availability of Director’s

Order Concerning Accessibility for

Visitors With Disabilities in National

Park Service Programs, Facilities and

Services

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Public Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) is updating its policies and

procedural guidance concerning

accessibility for visitors with disabilities

in NPS programs, facilities and services.

It is the goal of the NPS to ensure that

all people, including the estimated 54

million citizens with disabilities, have

the highest level of accessibility that is

reasonable to our programs, facilities

and services in conformance with

applicable laws and regulations.

Directors Order #42 establishes

operational policies and procedural

guidance concerning accessibility for

visitors with disabilities in NPS

programs, facilities and services.

DATES: Information from interested

parties will be accepted until February

23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send information or

suggestions to David Park, National Park

Service, Park Facility Management

Division, 1849 C Street, NW, Room

7252, Washington, D.C. 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Park at 202/565–1255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS

is converting and updating its current

system of internal instructions to a

three-level system consisting of: (1) NPS

Management Policies; (2) Director’s

Orders; and (3) Reference Manuals/

Handbooks and other helpful

information. When these documents

contain new policy or procedural

requirements that may affect parties

outside the NPS, this information is

being made available for public

comment. Visitor accessibility policies

were first addressed in Special Directive

83–3, issued in 1983. Those policies

were subsequently updated in the 1988

NPS Management Policies. The five

objectives of Director’s Order #42 are to:

1. Institutionalize within the day-today operation of the NPS, the policies,

organizational relationships and

implementation strategies necessary to

accomplish the long range goal of

providing the highest level of

accessibility that is reasonable for

people with disabilities in all programs,

facilities and services;

2. Provide further guidance and

direction regarding the NPS

interpretation of laws and policies;

3. Establish a framework for the

effective implementation of actions

necessary to achieve the highest level of

accessibility that is reasonable;

4. Encourage the implementation of

‘‘universal design’’ principles within the

NPS; and

5. Promote the infusion of access for

persons with disabilities into the day-today operation of the NPS, rather than as

a ‘‘separate’’ or ‘‘special’’ program.

Organizations and individuals with

an interest in NPS policy and

procedural guidance concerning

accessibility for visitors with disabilities

in NPS programs, facilities and services

are invited to provide information or

suggestions that should be considered

by NPS during the review process. The

proposed Director’s Order #42 is posted

at http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/DOrders/

index.htm#drafts. If you are unable to

access the Internet, and would like to

receive a copy by mail, please contact

David Park at the address given above.

Dated: February 1, 2000.

John Gingles,

Acting Chief, Park Facility Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 00–2609 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Availability of Booker T. Washington

National Monument Abbreviated Final

General Management Plan and

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Booker

T. Washington National Monument

Abbreviated Final General Management

Plan and Environmental Impact

Statement.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service has

prepared and released an Abbreviated

Final General Management Plan and

Environmental Impact Statement for the

management, protection, use, and

development of Booker T. Washington

National Monument in Hardy, Virginia.

A record of decision will be signed by

the Regional Director, Northeast Region,

National Park Service thirty days after

this notice is published in the Federal

Register. Copies of the Booker T.

Washington National Monument

Abbreviated Final General Management

Plan and Environmental Impact

Statement are available at Booker T.

Washington National Monument and at

the Franklin County Public Library in

Rocky Mount, Virginia. The document

can be viewed on the monument’s web

site (http://www.nps.gov/bowa).

For more information, contact the

Superintendent, Booker T. Washington

National Monument, 12130 Booker T.

Washington Highway, Hardy, VA

24101–9688. The superintendent’s

phone number is 540–721–2094.

Dated: December 17, 1999.

Dale Ditmanson,

Associate Regional Director, Operations, NER.

[FR Doc. 00–2611 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

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