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Willamette Meridian

T. 32 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 24, lots 16 to 19, inclusive, and a

portion of lot 12.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 8.98 acres in Snohomish

County.

3. At 8:30 a.m. on August 6, 1998, the

lands described in paragraph 1, except

as provided by paragraph 2, will be

opened to the operation of the public

land laws generally, subject to valid

existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid applications

received at or prior to 8:30 a.m., on

August 6, 1998, shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

4. The State of Washington has a

preference right for public highway

rights-of-way or material sites for a

period of 90 days from the date of

publication of this order and any

location, entry, selection, or subsequent

patent shall be subject to any rights

granted the State as provided by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as

amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

Dated: April 17, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–12159 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–926–08–1420–00]

Montana: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Montana State Office, Interior

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described land are scheduled

to be officially filed in the Montana

State Office, Billings, Montana, thirty

(30) days from the date of this

publication.

The plat, representing the survey of

an island in the Missouri River,

Township 2 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, in two sheets, representing

the dependent resurvey of a portion of

the south and east boundaries, a portion

of the subdivisional lines, the adjusted

original meanders of the right and left

banks of the Missouri River through

sections 12, 22, and 34, the subdivision

of sections 12, 22, and 34, and the

survey of certain islands in the Missouri

River, Township 3 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, in two sheets, representing

the dependent resurvey of a portion of

the east boundary, a portion of the

subdivisional lines, the adjusted

original meanders of the right and left

banks of the Missouri River through

sections 2, 12, and 24, the subdivision

of sections 2, 12, and 24, and the survey

of certain islands in the Missouri River,

Township 4 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana. This same

plat, in two sheets, also representing the

dependent resurvey of a portion of the

subdivisional lines, the adjusted

original meanders of the right and left

banks of the Missouri River through

sections 6 and 18, the subdivision of

sections 6 and 18, and the survey of

certain islands in the Missouri River,

Township 4 North, Range 3 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, representing the survey of

certain islands in the Missouri River,

Township 5 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the First

Standard Parallel North, the west

boundary, the subdivisional lines, the

adjusted original meanders of the right

and left banks of the Missouri River, and

the subdivision of section 31, Township

5 North, Range 3 East, Principal

Meridian, Montana, was accepted April

16, 1998.

The plat, representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the north

boundary, subdivisional lines, and

certain boundaries of Amended Mineral

Survey Nos. 5090A and 5090B, Placers,

Township 6 North, Range 1 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, in two sheets, representing

the dependent resurvey of portions of

the west boundary, subdivisional lines,

the adjusted original meanders of the

right and left banks of the Missouri

River through sections 7, 8, 17, 18, 20,

and 28, the subdivision of sections 7,

17, 20, and 28, and the survey of certain

islands in the Missouri River, Township

6 North, Range 2 East, Principal

Meridian, Montana, was accepted April

16, 1998.

This survey was executed at the

request of the Bureau of Land

Management, Headwaters Resource

Area and was necessary to identify

omitted islands. Copies of the preceding

described plats will be immediately

placed in the open files and will be

available to the public as a matter of

information.

If a protest against this survey, as

shown on these plats, is received prior

to the date of the official filing, the filing

will be stayed pending consideration of

the protest. This particular plat will not

be officially filed until the day after all

protests have been accepted or

dismissed and become final or appeals

from the dismissal affirmed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, 222 North

32nd Street, P.O. Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107–6800.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Steven G. Schey,

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of

Resources.

[FR Doc. 98–12185 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Preparation of an Environmental

Assessment for Proposed Outer

Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease

Sale 172 in the Central Gulf of Mexico

(March 1999)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service.

ACTION: Preparation of an environmental

assessment (EA).

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) is beginning preparation

of an environmental assessment (EA) for

proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 172 (scheduled

for March 1999) in the Central Gulf of

Mexico Planning Area (CPA). In August

1996, the MMS issued a Call for

Information and Nominations/Notice of

Intent to Prepare an EIS (Call/NOI) for

all five proposed Central Gulf of Mexico

oil and gas sales in the current 5-year

leasing program. In 1997, MMS

prepared a single EIS for all five sales.

The multisale final EIS, filed in

November 1997, included an analysis of

a single, ‘‘typical’’ oil and gas sale and

a cumulative analysis that included the

effects of holding all five sales, as well

as the cumulative effects of the longterm development of the planning area.

The MMS stated in the EIS that an EA

would be prepared for each lease sale

after the first sale covered in the EIS

(Sale 169).

The preparation of this EA is the first

step in the prelease decision process for

Sale 172. The proposed action and

alternatives for Sale 172 were identified

by the Director of MMS in November

1996 following the Call/NOI and were

analyzed in the Central Gulf multisale
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EIS, which is available from the Gulf of

Mexico OCS Region’s Public

Information Office at 1–800–200–GULF.

The proposed action to be analyzed in

this EA is the offering of all available

unleased acreage in the CPA. The EA

will also analyze alternatives to defer

blocks south and within 15 miles of

Baldwin County, Alabama, and to defer

blocks containing topographic features

with sensitive biological resources, as

well as analyzing the no action

alternative. The analysis in the EA will

reexamine the potential environmental

effects of the proposed action and

alternatives based on any new

information regarding potential impacts

and issues that was not available at the

time the final EIS was prepared.

The MMS requests interested parties

to submit comments regarding any such

new information or issues that should

be addressed in the EA to the Minerals

Management Service (MS 5410), Gulf of

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394 by June 5, 1998. After

completion of the EA, MMS will

determine whether to prepare a Finding

of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or a

supplemental EIS. The MMS will then

prepare and send to the affected States

consistency determinations, which the

States will review to determine whether

the proposed sale is consistent with

federally-approved State coastal zone

management programs. The MMS will

also send a proposed Notice of Sale to

the Governors for their comments on the

size timing, and location of the

proposed sale. The tentative schedule

for the steps in the prelease decision

process for Sale 172 is listed below:

Comments due to MMS, June 5, 1998;

EA/FONSI or Supplemental EIS,

October 1998;

Proposed Notice of Sale sent to

Governors, October 1998;

Consistency Determinations sent to

States, October 1998;

Final Notice of Sale, February 1999;

and

Sale, March, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Gulf of

Mexico OCS Region, Minerals

Management Service, 1201 Elmwood

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394, Mr. George Hampton,

Telephone (504) 736–2465.

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 98–12184 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Notice for Meeting of the Royalty

Policy Committee of the Minerals

Management Advisory Board

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation.

SUMMARY: The meeting of the Royalty

Policy Committee, on the Minerals

Management Advisory Board, scheduled

for May 19, 1998, in Lakewood,

Colorado, at the Sheraton Denver West

is canceled and will be rescheduled for

July 1998. The location and dates of the

July meeting will be published in the

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael A. Miller, Chief, Program

Services Office, Royalty Management

Program, Minerals Management Service,

P.O. Box 25165, MS 3060, Denver, CO

80225–0165, telephone number (303)

231–3413, fax number (303) 231–3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary of the Department of the

Interior (Department) has established a

Royalty Policy Committee, on the

Minerals Management Advisory Board,

to provide advice on the Department’s

management of Federal and Indian

minerals leases, revenues, and other

minerals related policies. Committee

membership includes representatives

from States, Indian Tribes and allottee

organizations, minerals industry

associations, the general public, and

Federal Department.

The May 19, 1998, meeting, which

was announced in the Federal Register

on April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19939), is

hereby canceled. The location and dates

of future meetings will be published in

the Federal Register. The meetings will

be open to the public without advanced

registration. Public attendance may be

limited to the space available.

These meetings are being held by the

authority of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5

U.S.C. Appendix 1, and Office of

Management and Budget Circular No.

A–63, revised.

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 98–12154 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[USITC SE–98–007]

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United

States International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: May 18, 1998 at 2:00

p.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20436.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Agenda for future meeting: none

2. Minutes

3. Ratification List

4. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–794–796

(Preliminary) (Emulsion Styrene

Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, Korea,

and Mexico)—briefing and vote.

5. Outstanding action jackets: none

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting:

By order of the Commission.

Issued: May 4, 1998.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12239 Filed 5–5–98; 10:55 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[USITC SE–98–006]

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United

States International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: May 15, 1998 at 11:00

a.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20436.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Agenda for future meeting: none

2. Minutes

3. Ratification List

4. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–375 and 731–

TA–783 (Preliminary) (Extruded Rubber

Thread from Indonesia)—briefing and

vote.

5. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–376–379 and

731–TA–788–793 (Preliminary)

(Stainless Steel Plate from Belgium,

Canada, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and

Taiwan)—briefing and vote.

5. Outstanding action jackets: none

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting: