Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 228 / Monday, November 27, 2000 / Notices 70733

Public land use. They will be required

to pay an annual rental based on a fair

market appraisal.

DATES: Interested parties may comment

on this action on or before Jan. 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Field Office Manager,

Bureau of Land Management, 3170 East

Main St., Canon City, CO 81212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Hallock, BLM Realty Specialist, at

the above address, e-mail

davelhallock@CO.BLM.gov, or phone:

(719) 269–8536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Typical

qualified parcels are isolated remnants

of Public land resulting from the

patenting of mining claims (private

land) that entirely surround the parcel.

Additionally, the parcel is now

overlapped by city lots and the parcel

was developed prior to the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 and

has been historically and

unintentionally used for either

commercial or residential purposes.

Levi D. Deike,

Field Office Manager, Royal Gorge Field

Office.

[FR Doc. 00–30129 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Concession Contract Negotiations

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Public notice.

SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given

that the National Park Service proposes

to award an extension of an existing

concession contract to the current

concessioner authorizing the continued

operation of Nauset Knoll Motor Lodge

facilities and services for the public at

Cape Cod National Seashore,

Massachusetts for a term of one year

from January 1, 2001 through December

31, 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: National Park Service,

Concession Management Program,

Boston Support Office, 15 State Street,

Boston, MA 02109–3572, Telephone

(617) 223–5209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

contract extension is being awarded to

The Benz Corporation, Orleans,

Massachusetts. It is necessary to award

the contract extension in order to avoid

interruption of visitor services.

This action is issued pursuant to 36

CFR part 51.23. This is not a request for

proposals and no prospectus is being

issued. Park planning documents call

for the future conversion of the Nauset

Knoll Motor Lodge to Government use.

Dated: October 30, 2000.

Chrysandra L. Walter,

Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.

[FR Doc. 00–30150 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statement,

Anacapa Island Restoration Plan,

Channel Islands National Park, Ventura

County, California; Notice of Approval

of Record of Decision

SUMMARY: (Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as

amended) and the regulations

promulgated by the Council on

Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2),

the Department of the Interior, National

Park Service has prepared and approved

a Record of Decision for the Final

Environmental Impact

Statement\Anacapa Island Restoration

Plan for Channel Islands National Park.

The 30-day no-action period was

initiated October 13, 2000, with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency’s

Federal Register notification of the

filing of the Final Environmental Impact

Statement.

Decision: The National Park Service

(NPS) has determined through field

surveys and corroborated with

researchers and other agency pest

management experts that non-native

black rats are having a severely

deleterious effect upon unique native

plants and animals on Anacapa Island.

After due consideration the NPS has

determined it is essential to implement

aerial broadcast of the rodenticide

Brodifacoum, multi-year seasonal

control activities, human safety and

health safeguards, monitoring, and other

elements of an island-specific,

comprehensive program described as

‘‘Alternative 2’’ as soon as practical.

This course of action and five

alternatives were identified and

analyzed in the Final and Draft

Environmental Impact Statements

(former issued October 13, 2000, latter

issued July 7, 2000).

Public Review and Consultation:

Public scoping leading to preparation of

the Draft EIS was initiated in November,

1999. A public meeting was conducted

on December 8, 1999. The Draft EIS was

announced on July 7, 2000; the Final

EIS was announced on October 13,

2000. Meetings and availability of both

EIS documents were widely publicized

in local and regional print and radio

media, via the internet, at area libraries,

and by direct mailings. Approximately

20 comments were received overall.

In addition, the NPS consulted

extensively with experts in the field of

vertebrate pest ecology worldwide,

conservation organizations and

universities, and regulatory and

resource protection agencies including

the California Coastal Commission, US

Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and

Wildlife Service, National Marine

Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, and the

Environmental Protection Agency.

As a result of these collaborations,

five action alternatives were identified

and compared, and it was further

determined that Alternative 2

comprised the ‘‘environmentally

preferred’’ alternative.

Copies: Interested parties desiring to

review the Record of Decision may

obtain a copy by contacting the

Superintendent, Channel Islands

National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive,

Ventura, California 93001; or via

telephone request at (805) 658–5700.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

John J. Reynolds,

Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

[FR Doc. 00–30148 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Lower St. Croix National Scenic

Riverway, MN and WI, Environmental

Impact Statement

AGENCIES: National Park Service,

Minnesota Department of Natural

Resources, Wisconsin Department of

Natural Resources.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the no

action period for the final cooperative

management plan/final environmental

impact statement for the Lower St. Croix

National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota

and Wisconsin.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of

the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969, the National Park Service,

Minnesota Department of Natural

Resources, and Wisconsin Department

of Natural Resources (collectively, the

‘‘managing agencies’’) have prepared a

final cooperative management plan/final

environmental impact statement

(FCMP/FEIS) for the Lower St. Croix

National Scenic Riverway. The

Environmental Protection Agency

published a notice of availability for this

document in the October 20, 2000