33386 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 117 /Thursday, June 18, 1998 / Notices

SUMMARY: Pursuant to sec. 202 of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976 and Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) regulations in CFR

1610.5–5, BLM proposes to amend the

Resource Management Plan (RMP) for

its Glenwood Springs Resource Area

(GSRA). As described in a Notice of

Intent published on April 21, 1997 (62

FR 19349), BLM has prepared a

supplemental EIS on the impacts of oil

and gas development in the GSRA. On

March 17, 1998, an additional Notice of

Intent (63 FR 13068) expressed BLM’s

intent to include lands in the Naval Oil

Shale Reserves (NOSR) in the SEIS and

the RMP amendment. That SEIS is now

available for review and comment.

Copies of the SEIS will be available at

the following BLM offices: the

Glenwood Springs Resource Area

Office, 50629 Highway 6 & 24,

Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81602; the

Grand Junction District Office, 2815 H

Road, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81506;

and the Colorado State Office, 2850

Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado,

80215.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until

September 17, 1998. A public meeting

on the SEIS will be held on July 7, 1998,

from 3:00 to 8:00 PM in the Valley

Senior Center, 540 Parachute Avenue,

Parachute, Colorado, 81635.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the Area Manager, Glenwood Springs

Resource Area, Bureau of Land

Management, P.O. Box 1009, Glenwood

Springs, CO 81602, ATTN: Oil and Gas

SEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Moore,(970) 947–2824

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent to prepare a supplemental EIS

on oil and gas leasing and development

in the GSRA was published on April 21,

1997 (62 FR 19349). The EIS process

indicated that some changes in the

leasing decisions are necessary and that

an RMP amendment will be required.

After publication of that notice, the

Department of Defense Authorization

Act of 1998 (November 18, 1997)

transferred management authority for

the Naval Oil Shale Reserves (NOSR)

from the Department of Energy to BLM.

In addition to transferring management

authority to BLM, the Act directs BLM

to lease approximately 6,000 acres in

the NOSR for oil and gas development

by November 18, 1998. On March 17,

1998, BLM published an additional

Notice of Intent (63 FR 13068)

expressing its intent to include lands in

the Naval Oil Shale Reserves (NOSR) in

the oil and gas leasing SEIS and RMP

amendment.

Among the issues identified and

evaluated in the SEIS are: the effects on

visual quality of gas development in

highly visible terrain; the impact on

riparian areas; the effects on wildlife

and wildlife habitat; and the potential

success of reclamation efforts in the arid

environment.

Three alternatives were evaluated:

The Continuation of Current

Management Alternative, which would

continue leasing and mitigation

decisions adopted in a 1991 RMP

amendment and extend them to the

NOSR area to be leased;

The Maximum Protection Alternative,

which would attempt to maximize

mitigation measures regardless of the

impact on gas production; and

The Proposed Action, which

describes the GSRA’s attempt to provide

multiple resource management of oil

and gas development.

Larry J. Porter,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–16164 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–018–1430–00]

Notice of Availability, Wolford

Mountain Reservoir, Amended Record

of Decision

AGENCY: Craig District Office,

Kremmling Resource Area.

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Wolford

Mountain Reservoir, Amended Record

of Decision.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

102(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act, the Craig District prepared a

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) and issued a Record of Decision

(ROD), February 8, 1991, for the Muddy

Creek Reservoir project, now referred to

as the Wolford Mountain Reservoir

project. The FEIS analyzed the impacts

of storing water to the 7,500 foot

elevation level. The ROD stated that

60,000 acre-feet of water would be

stored up to the 7,485 elevation level.

During construction, the Probable

Maximum Flood Event was

recalculated. This permitted the

spillway to be redesigned to allow

storage of an additional 6,000 acre-feet

of water at a maximum elevation of

7,489 feet, an increase of four feet in

elevation. The new pool elevation

remains below the 7,500 foot elevation

level analyzed in the FEIS. No

additional ‘‘in basin’’ impacts were

identified. ‘‘Out of basin’’ impacts are

mitigated by using the additional 6,000

acre-feet of storage as a ‘‘fish pool’’ from

which the Colorado River Water

Conservation District will make releases

for the benefit of endangered fish

species downstream in the Colorado

River.

DATES: This notice announces the

beginning of the 30 day review period.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Amended

Record of Decision should be sent to

Linda M. Gross, Kremmling Area

Manager, BLM, PO Box 68, Kremmling,

CO 80459.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To obtain additional information or to

receive a copy of the Amended Record

of Decision, contact Jim Perry at (970)

724–3437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those

individuals, organizations, and agencies

with known interest in the proposal

have been sent a copy of the Amended

Record of Decision.

Mark T. Morse,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–16149 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–060–1620–01; WYW141435]

Notice of Intent

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on a lease application received from

Antelope Coal Company for Federal coal

in the decertified Powder River Federal

Coal Production Region, Wyoming, and

Notice of Scoping on a modification to

the lease application.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) received a

competitive coal lease application

(WYW141435) from Antelope Coal

Company (ACC) on February 14, 1997,

for a tract containing approximately

177.5 million tons of Federal coal and

including approximately 1,471 acres in

an area adjacent to the company’s

Antelope Mine. ACC is a subsidiary of

Kennecott Energy and Coal Company.

The Antelope Mine is located in

northern Converse County, Wyoming;

the lease application area is located in

Campbell and Converse Counties,

Wyoming. The tract, which is referred to

as the Horse Creek LBA Tract, was

applied for as a maintenance tract leaseby-application (LBA) under the

provisions of 43 Code of Federal