66258 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 214 / Friday, November 3, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–023–01–1150–DF–035L–241A]

Multiple-Use Activity Management

Plan: Fairbanks, Alaska; Notice of

Intent To Develop a Multiple-Use

Activity Management Plan for the

Colville River Special Area

SUMMARY: The BLM is issuing this

notice to advise the public that a

Multiple-Use Activity Management Plan

will be prepared for the Colville River

Special Area as directed by the Record

of Decision (ROD) for the Northeast

National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

(NPR–A) Integrated Activity Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/

EIS). An Environmental Assessment

tiered to the 1998 IAP/EIS will be

completed in conformance with NEPA,

and an ANILCA 810 subsistence

evaluation will be completed for this

action.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The study

area for the plan will comprise the

Colville River Special Area, as

designated by the Secretary of the

Interior in 1977, including designated

portions of the Kikiakrorak and

Kogosukruk Rivers as described in the

April 6, 1999 Federal Register Notice

(64 FR 16747).

Issues we expect to address in the

plan will include subsistence, wildlife

(specifically including raptors and other

birds) and their habitat, and scenic,

recreational, scientific, paleontological

and other resources, values and uses of

the Colville River planning area that

may be identified through this scoping

effort. The plan will address

management of the Umiat Recreation

Land Use Emphasis Area consistent

with direction in the IAP/EIS and ROD

that emphasizes support of public

health and safety. The plan will also

address the possible creation of a bird

conservation area through a cooperative

effort that would include the State of

Alaska, the Arctic Slope Regional

Corporation, and the BLM.

Proposals for oil and gas-related

activities within the Colville River

Special Area are outside the scope of

this plan and will not be considered.

The plan will be tiered to the NPR–A

IAP/EIS and ROD, and it will

incorporate the detailed analysis and

decisions made previously in those

documents with respect to oil and gas

activities authorized in the Northeast

planning area. As indicated in the IAP/

EIS, other separate NEPA documents

will be prepared to analyze any specific

permits and approvals necessary to

carry out oil and gas activities

authorized in the ROD. The Colville

River Plan will focus on issues other

than oil and gas in the Special Area.

Scoping meetings will occur during

January–February 2001 and will be held

in Barrow, Nuiqsut, Fairbanks and

Anchorage. The times and locations of

the meetings will be announced when

determined. The scoping period will

end on March 15, 2001, and all

comments should be received or

postmarked on or before that date.

Comments on the scope of this

planning effort, information regarding

specific resources, values and uses to be

studied, and issues that should be

addressed in the plan are sought from

all interested parties. To be considered,

written comments should be addressed

to Gary Foreman, 1150 University Ave.,

Fairbanks, AK 99709–3844 and must be

postmarked or received via e-mail by

March 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Gary Foreman, 1–800–437–7021, by

mail at 1150 University Avenue,

Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, or through the

BLM web site at http://

aurora.ak.blm.gov.

Robert W. Schneider,

Northern Field Office Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–01–1220–PA: GP1–0021]

Notice of Meeting of the Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center, Vale District,

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that a meeting

of the Advisory Board for the National

Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive

Center will be held on Tuesday,

December 5, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at

the National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center, Oregon Highway 86,

Flagstaff Hill, Baker City, Oregon. Public

comments will be received from 11 a.m.

to 11:15 a.m., December 5, 2000. Topics

to be discussed are the review and

approval of the updated Strategic Plan,

reports from Coordinators of

Subcommittees, and the development of

Action Plan and Recommendations for

FY2001–2002.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. and run to 12:30 p.m., December 5,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David B. Hunsaker, Bureau of Land

Management, National Historic Oregon

Trail, Interpretive Center, P.O. Box 987,

Baker City, OR 97814, (Telephone 541–

523–1845).

Sandy L. Guches,

Acting Vale District Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–930–1310–01; NMNM 1804]

New Mexico: Proposed Reinstatement

of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease NMNM 1804 for lands

in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, was

timely filed and was accompanied by all

required rentals and royalties accruing

from May 1, 2000, the date of

termination.

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to new lease terms for rentals

and royalties at rates of $5.00 per acre

or fraction thereof and 162⁄3 percent,

respectively. The lessee has paid the

required $500 administrative fee and

has reimbursed the Bureau of Land

Management for the cost of this Federal

Register notice.

The Lessee has met all the

requirements for reinstatement of the

lease as set out in sections 31(d) and (e)

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30

U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

the lease effective May 1, 2000, subject

to the original terms and conditions of

the lease and the increased rental and

royalty rates cited above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico

State Office, (505) 438–7586.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Lourdes B. Ortiz,

Land Law Examiner.

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