12836 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 52 / Tuesday, March 18, 1997 / Notices

for Federal Aid in Sport Fish and

Wildlife Restoration’’ are added to

the list in order to be consistent

with covered programs included in

the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance.

Interior Programs With Existing

Consultation Processes

Bureau: Fish and Wildlife Service

The entries for Established Research

and Research at Cooperative Units

should be deleted since these activities

are no longer the responsibility of the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bureau: Bureau of Mines

The entry for the Bureau of Mines,

‘‘State Mining and Mineral Resources

and Research Institutes,’’ should be

deleted from the list because the Budget

authority has expired and the program

has been removed from the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance.

Bureau: Bureau of Reclamation

The following program should be

added to the list of programs

administered by this bureau:

5. Desalination Research and

Development—42 U.S.C. 7815–16.

Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey

The following entries should be

added to the list of activities

administered by this bureau:

4. Established Research—16 U.S.C.

661–661c, 742a–742l, 757a–757l, 778–

778c, 931–939c.

5. Research at Cooperative Units—16

U.S.C. 753a–b.

Dated: March 10, 1997.

Robert J. Lamb,

Acting Assistant Secretary—Policy,

Management and Budget.

[FR Doc. 97–6744 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RF–M

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–07–1320–00]

Powder River Regional Coal Team

Activities; Schedule of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

Wyoming.

ACTION: Notice of schedule of public

meeting.

SUMMARY: The Powder River Regional

Coal Team (RCT) announces that it has

scheduled its annual public meeting for

April 23, 1997 for the following

purposes: (1) review current and

proposed activities in the Powder River

Coal Region, (2) review new and

pending coal lease applications (LBA),

and (3) make recommendations on new

coal lease applications.

DATES: The RCT meeting will begin at

9:00 a.m. M.D.T. on Wednesday, April

23, 1997, at the Wyoming Conservation

Commission Meeting Room, 777 West

1st Street, Casper, Wyoming. The

meeting is open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Wyoming Conservation

Commission’s Meeting Room, 777 1st

Street, Casper, Wyoming. Attendees

may wish to make their room

reservations before until April 11, 1997.

A block of rooms has been reserved for

team members and guests at the Casper

Hilton Inn through April 11, 1997. For

room reservations call 1–307–266–6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pam Hernandez or Eugene Jonart,

Wyoming State Office, Attn. (922), P.O.

Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003:

telephone (307) 775–6270 or 775–6257.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Primary

purpose of the meeting is to discuss

pending and new coal lease applications

(LBA) from Evergreen Enterprises,

(WYW138975), filed on May 13, 1996,

for an estimated 675 million tons and

7,841 acres, and the Antelope Coal

Company (WYW141435), filed February

14, 1997, for an estimated 177 million

tons and 1,470 acres. This is the initial

public notification of the pending

applications listed above, in accordance

with the Powder River Operational

Guidelines (1991). Generally, a coal

lease application filed under the LBA

portion of BLM regulations (43 CFR

3425) takes two to four years to be

processed to the competitive sale stage,

depending on informational and

environmental study requirements. The

RCT may generate recommendation(s)

for any or all of the new and pending

LBAs.

The meeting will serve as a forum for

public discussion on Federal coal

management issues of concern in the

Powder River Basin region. Any party

interested in providing comments or

data related to the above pending

applications may either do so in writing

to the State Director (925), Wyoming

State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne,

WY. 82003 no later than April 14, 1997,

or by addressing the RCT with his/her

concerns at the meeting on April 23,

1997.

The proposed agenda for the meeting

follows:

1. Introduction of RCT Members and

guests.

2. Approval of the Minutes of the

April 23, 1996, Regional Coal Team

meeting held in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

3. Regional Coal Activity Status:

a. Current Production and Trend

b. Activity Since Last RCT Meeting:

c. Status of pending LBAs previously

reviewed by RCT:

—North Rochelle LBA—WYW127221,

Zeigler; filed 7/22/92; 140 million

tons; est. sale date July 1997. Draft EIS

was reviewed by public from

November 8, 1996 thru January 10,

1997. A public hearing was held in

Gillette, WY, on December 12, 1996.

—Powder River—WYW136142;

Peabody; filed 3/23/95, est. 550

million tons, 4,020 acres, tentative

sale date in March 98

—Jacob’s Ranch—WYW136458;

(Wyoming), Kerr-McGee; filed 4/14/

95, est. 432 million tons, 4,000 acres,

tentative sale date June 98.

d. Status of Coal Exchanges—Belco/Hay

Creek; Nance/Brown AVF

e. Pending Coal Lease Modifications (if

any):

f. New coal lease applications (LBAs):

4. Update of Selected Portions of 1996

Executive Summary.

5. Other Regional Issues:

—Status of Buffalo Resource Area’s

Management Plan, (Wyoming).

—Encoal Corporation Presentation

—North American Power Group

Presentation

6. Lease Applicant Presentations:

—Evergreen Enterprises

—Antelope Coal Company

7. RCT Activity Planning

Recommendations

—Review and recommendation(s) on

pending lease Application(s).

8. Discussion of the next meeting.

9. Adjourn.

Public discussion opportunities will

be provided on all agenda items.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director, Wyoming.

[FR Doc. 97–6579 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

[ES–931–07–1430–01; MIES–033804]

Public Land Order No. 7249; Partial

Revocation of Executive Order Dated

July 24, 1875; Michigan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes an

Executive order insofar as it affects 1.70

acres of public land withdrawn for use

by the U.S. Coast Guard for lighthouse

purposes. The land is no longer needed

for lighthouse purposes. This action will

open the land to surface entry. The land

has been and remains open to mineral

leasing.