Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 230 / Wednesday, November 29, 2000 / Notices 71119

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–600–00–1430–ET–241A]

Notice of Intent To Amend the White

River, Glenwood Springs, and Grand

Junction Resource Management Plans

To Revoke Oil Shale Withdrawals on

Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

is proposing to prepare an

Environmental Assessment and amend

three Resource Management Plans

(RMPs) to revoke withdrawals placed on

BLM administered lands for the purpose

of protecting the oil shale resource. The

three RMPs are the White River RMP,

Glenwood Springs RMP, and Grand

Junction RMP; all in Colorado. Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA),

requires that BLM continually review

existing withdrawals to determine if

they are still needed for their original

purpose. This proposed revocation only

pertains to oil shale lands withdrawn

under Executive Order 5327 dated April

15, 1930, as amended, and Public Land

Order 4522 dated September 13, 1968,

as amended, and involves

approximately 600,000 acres in

Colorado.

These oil shale withdrawals are no

longer needed because existing

regulations, policies and land use

decisions provide adequate protection

and conservation of oil shale resources.

The oil shale withdrawals proposed

for revocation are within the

jurisdictional boundaries of the White

River BLM Field Office, Glenwood

Springs BLM Field Office, and Grand

Junction BLM Field Office, and are

located in the following townships.

T2N, R98W; T2N, R99W; T2N, R100W; T1N,

R95W; T1N, R96W; T1N, R97W; T1N,

R98W; T1N, R99W; T1N, R100W; T1S,

R94W; T1S, R95W; T1S, R96W; T1S,

R97W; T1S, R98W; T1S, R99W; T1S,

R100W; T2S, R94W; T2S, R95W; T2S,

R96W; T2S, R97W; T2S, R98W; T2S,

R99W; T2S, R100W; T3S, R94W; T3S,

R95W; T3S, R96W; T3S, R97W; T3S,

R98W, T3S, R99W; T3S, R100W; T4S,

R94W; T4S, R95W; T4S, R96W; T4S,

R97W; T4S, R98W; T4S, R99W; T4S,

R100W; T4S, R101W; T5S, R93W; T5S,

R94W; T5S, R95W; T5S, R96W; T5S,

R97W; T5S, R98W; T5S, R99W; T5S,

R100W; T5S, R101W; T6S, R94W; T6S,

R95W; T6S, R96W; T6S, R97W; T6S,

R98W; T6S, R99W; T6S, R100W; T6S,

R101W; T7S, R96W; T7S, R97W; T7S,

R98W; T7S, R99W; T7S, R100W; T7S,

R101W; T8S, R99W; T8S, R100W.

The public is invited to comment on

this proposal and to contact the BLM

should they desire further information.

A 30 day period for receiving comments

begins with publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. Comments

received by the public as a result of this

notice and news releases in local media

will be considered in developing the

Environmental Assessment.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to Larry Porter,

Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H.

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.

Electronic mail can be sent to:

Larry_Porter@co.blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Porter at (970) 244–3012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

withdrawal revocation proposal does

not apply to the Naval Oil Shale Reserve

#1 and #3 lands that were recently

transferred from the U.S. Department of

Energy to the BLM. Management

decisions for these lands will be made

through a separate planning process.

There are several public land orders

and executive orders which relate to the

withdrawal of oil shale land. Some of

the orders identify how the withdrawals

will be administered and their

relationship to development of other

minerals. This proposed revocation only

pertains to oil shale values in lands

withdrawn under Executive Order 5327

dated April 15, 1930, as amended, and

Public Land Order 4522 dated

September 13, 1968, as amended. Oil

Shale and associated minerals have

been classified as leasable, and as such

they are managed with well defined

procedures. The oil shale values in

these withdrawn lands are adequately

protected and administered through

existing BLM regulations, planning

decisions, and policy. The withdrawals

are no longer needed for their original

purpose and intent, and should be

revoked in their entirety.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Richard M. Arcand,

Assistant Manager, Northwest Center Office.

[FR Doc. 00–30443 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–160–1220–00]

Amendment of Meeting Notice for

Central California Resource Advisory

Council

This is to amend the meeting place

address listed in the notice that was

already published.

DATES: Thursday and Friday, November

30–December 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: BLM California State Office,

2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA

95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Mercer, Public Affairs Officer,

Bureau of Land Management, 3801

Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308,

telephone 661–391–6012.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

Ron Fellows,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–30388 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Outer Continental Shelf, Central Gulf of

Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 178

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Availability of the proposed

notice of sale, and notice of intent to

hold two workshops to discuss several

new provisions in the proposed notice

Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental

Shelf (OCS), Notice of Availability of

the proposed Notice of Sale for

proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 178 in

the Central Gulf of Mexico. This Notice

is published pursuant to 30 CFR

256.29(c) as a matter of information to

the public.

With regard to oil and gas leasing on

the OCS, the Secretary of the Interior,

pursuant to section 19 of the OCS Lands

Act, as amended, provides the affected

States the opportunity to review the

proposed Notice. The proposed Notice

sets forth the proposed terms and

conditions of the sale, including

minimum bids, royalty rates, and

rentals.

The proposed Notice of Sale for Sale

178 and a ‘‘Proposed Sale Notice

Package’’ containing information

essential to potential bidders may be

obtained from the Public Information

Unit, Gulf of Mexico Region, Minerals

Management Service, 1201 Elmwood