Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 141 /Thursday, July 23, 1998 / Notices 39591

Dated: July 16, 1998.

John A. Blankenship,

Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO

(Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 98–19622 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Advisory Committee on Water

Information

ACTION: Notice of a meeting of the

Advisory Committee on Water

Information (ACWI).

SUMMARY: This is to inform the public

about the August 1998 meeting of the

ACWI. The meeting is open to the

public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

August 17, 1998, at 1:00 p.m. EST, and

will adjourn on August 19 at 4:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Embassy Suites Hotel and

Athletic Club at Denver Place, 1881

Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado 80202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Lopez, Executive Secretary of the

ACWI, at telephone number: (703) 648–

5014 or facsimile number: (703) 648–

5644. Her address is 417 National

Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston,

VA 20192. If you need special

arrangements or services to participate

effectively in the meeting, please talk to

Meredith Tatum at telephone number

(703) 648–5015. For special

arrangements please let Ms. Tatum

know by noon EDT, Wednesday, August

12, so that we can accommodate your

needs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACWI

is the major national mechanism for

implementing Office of Management

and Budget Memorandum No. 92–01,

Coordination of Water Resources

Information. With over 30 member

organizations, the ACWI represents a

wide range of water-resources interests

and functions. The members include all

levels of government and the private

sector. The ACWI advises the Federal

Government on activities and plans

related to Federal water-information

programs and the effectiveness of those

programs in meeting the Nation’s water

information needs.

Also, member organizations of the

ACWI collaborate with others to sponsor

workshops, symposia, and other forums

that foster better communication among

Federal and non-Federal sectors about

water-information activities and needs.

At this meeting, the ACWI will

discuss a variety of topics including:

water-resources aspects of the Federal

Year 1999 Budget, watershed

information requirements, streamgaging,

monitoring roles of different groups, the

proposed external review of the USGS

Federal-State Cooperative Water

Resources Program, contracting with the

private sector for water-resources

information, and the proposed

Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data.

Also, the subgroups of ACWI will report

on their activities. The meeting will

include a field trip to the Upper Cherry

Creek Watershed in the Denver area. For

more detailed information about the

program, please contact Ms. Lopez as

shown above.

The meeting will include an

opportunity for public comments. To

make public comments, please provide

a written request by noon EST, August

12, 1998, to Ms. Lopez. The request

should include the name of the person

that will be speaking and the general

topic. Verbal comments to the ACWI

may not exceed 5 minutes. At the

meeting please provide 40 written

copies of the comments to the

registration desk for distribution and

archiving as required by law. Anyone

wishing to provide written information

to the ACWI may do so at anytime by

providing 40 copies to Ms. Lopez.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

Lewis Wade,

Acting Assistant Chief Hydrologist Office of

Information.

[FR Doc. 98–19598 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–Y7–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–00–P; AA–11774]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(h)(1), will be issued

to Koniag, Inc., Regional Native

Corporation for approximately 2.7 acres.

The lands involved are in the vicinity of

Sutwik Island, Alaska.

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T.42S., R.49 W.,

Sec. 9.

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (r)

consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage

Daily News. Copies of the decision may

be obtained by contacting the Alaska

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until August 24, 1997 to file

an appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Patricia A. Baker,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 98–19621 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–SS–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–2810–00;GP8–0264]

Regulated Fire Closure State of

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

regulated fire closure for Bureau of Land

Management Lands in the State of

Washington.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to 43 CFR 9212.2, the following acts are

prohibited on public lands within the

Spokane District, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) including Juniper

Dunes Recreation Area, and areas

surrounding Hog Lake, Fishtrap, Pacific

Lake, Twin Lakes, Coffeepot, Yakima

Canyon, and Douglas Creek recreation

sites, beginning at noon on July 20, 1998

until further notice.

1. Building, maintaining, attending or

using a fire, campfire or stove fire,

including charcoal briquette fire (43

CFR 9212.2).

Note: Liquefied and bottled gas stoves and

heaters are permitted provided that they are

used within designated campgrounds or

picnic areas. Campfires are only allowed in

designated campgrounds or picnic areas

within BLM fire rings or grills.

2. Smoking while traveling in timber,

brush or grass areas, except in vehicles

on roads, on barren or cleared areas at

least (3) feet in diameter or boats on

rivers or lakes (43 CFR 9212.2).