Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 222 / Thursday, November 16, 2000 / Notices 69329

Resource Area at the above address,

phone (541) 573–4400.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Rudolph J. Hefter,

Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist.

[FR Doc. 00–29117 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–030–1310–DB]

Draft Resource Management Plan

Amendment (RMPA) and

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for Federal Fluid Minerals Leasing and

Development in Sierra and Otero

Counties, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public

hearings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, Council on

Environmental Quality (CEQ)

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), and the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the BLM Las

Cruces Field Office (through Dames and

Moore, Inc., a qualified consultant) has

prepared a Draft RMPA/EIS. The RMPA/

EIS addresses Federal fluid minerals

(oil, gas, and geothermal) leasing and

subsequent activities (e.g., exploration,

development, or production) in Sierra

and Otero Counties, New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft

RMPA/EIS must be postmarked on or

before February 20, 2001. Public

hearings will be held at the times and

places listed under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to: Tom Phillips, RMPA/EIS

Team Leader, BLM, Las Cruces Field

Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, NM

88005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Phillips, RMPA/EIS Team Leader, (505)

525–4377.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

hearings will be held at the following

times and locations.

Date Time City Location

January 9, 2001 ................................................ 7:00 p.m. .......................................................... Roswell, New Mexico Sally Port Inn, 2000

N. Main St.

January 10, 2001 .............................................. 7:00 p.m. .......................................................... Alamogordo, New

Mexico.

County Commission

Chambers, 1000

New York Ave.

January 11, 2001 .............................................. 7:00 p.m. .......................................................... Truth or Consequences, New

Mexico.

County Commission

Chambers, 100 N.

Date St.

Both oral and written comments may

be given at the hearings. Written

comments may also be submitted to the

BLM, Las Cruces Field Office, 1800

Marquess, Las Cruces, NM 88005 on or

before February 20, 2001.

A time limit for oral testimony at the

hearings will be established by the

presiding hearings officer, based on the

number of people wishing to make

comments at each hearing. Written text

of prepared comments may be filed at

the hearing whether or not the speaker

has been able to complete the oral

delivery in the allotted time.

All oral and written comments on the

adequacy of the Draft RMPA/EIS will

receive consideration in the Proposed

RMPA/Final EIS.

Copies of the Draft RMPA/EIS have

been distributed to a mailing list of

identified interested parties. Single

copies of the Draft RMPA/EIS may be

obtained from the BLM Las Cruces Field

Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New

Mexico.

Public reading copies are available for

review at public and university libraries

in Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Truth or

Consequences, Roswell, and Santa Fe,

New Mexico and El Paso, Texas.

The RMPA amends the 1986 RMP for

the White Sands Resource Area. The

objective of the RMPA is to determine

(1) which lands overlying Federal fluid

minerals are suitable and available for

leasing and subsequent development

and (2) how those leased lands will be

managed. The EIS identifies the

potential impacts that alternative plans

for fluid minerals leasing and

subsequent activities could have on the

environment and identifies appropriate

measures to mitigate those impacts.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Amy L. Lueders,

Field Manager, Las Cruces.

[FR Doc. 00–29315 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–VC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–942–5700–BJ–044B]

Filing of Plats of Survey; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to inform the public and interested state

and local government officials of the

latest filing of Plats of Survey in

California.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Unless otherwise noted,

filing was effective at 10 a.m. on the

next federal work day following the plat

acceptance date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lance J. Bishop, Chief, Branch of

Geographic Services, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), California State

Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W–

1834, Sacramento, CA 95825; (916) 978–

4310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plats

of Survey of lands described below have

been officially filed at the California

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management in Sacramento, California.

Humboldt Meridian, California

T. 5 N., R. 1 W.

Supplemental Plat of a portion of the south

half of sections 31 and 32, accepted June 27,

2000, to meet certain administrative needs of

the BLM, Arcata Field Office.

Ts. 4 and 5 N., R. 1 W.

Dependent resurvey, corrective resurvey,

and survey Group 1313, accepted June 27,

2000, to meet certain administrative needs of

the BLM, Arcata Field Office.

T. 3 S., R. 2 W.