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administrative lines such as the Federal/

State jurisdictional line. Information on

the unleased portions of such blocks,

including the exact acreage, is included

in the document:

Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 171—

Final. Unleased Split Blocks and Unleased

Acreage of Blocks with Aliquots and Irregular

Portions Under Lease.

The Sale Notice Package contains this

document.

(b) Tracts not available for leasing.

The areas offered for leasing include all

those blocks shown on the OCS Leasing

Maps and Official Protraction Diagrams

listed in paragraph 11(a) and (b), except

for those blocks or partial blocks already

under lease and those blocks or partial

blocks listed below. A list of Western

Gulf of Mexico tracts currently under

lease, titled ‘‘Western Gulf of Mexico

Leased Lands List dated July 15, 1998,’’

is included in the Sale Notice Package.

Although currently unleased, no bids

will be accepted on High Island Area,

East Addition, South Extension, Blocks

A–375, A–398, and A–401 (at the

Flower Garden Banks), and High Island

Area, South Addition, Block A–513 (at

Stetson Bank).

Although currently unleased, no bids

will be accepted on the following blocks

located off Corpus Christi which have

been identified by the Navy as needed

for testing equipment and training mine

warfare personnel: Mustang Island Area

Blocks 793, 799, and 816.

Although currently unleased, no bids

will be accepted on the following blocks

which are currently under appeal: High

Island Area Block 170, and Galveston

Area, South Addition, Block A–125.

Although currently unleased, no bids

will be accepted in this Sale on the

following blocks which are beyond the

United States Exclusive Economic Zone

(EEZ). The offering of these blocks,

which are identified as the Northern

portion of the Western Gap, has been

temporarily deferred by the Department

of the Interior due to ongoing

negotiations with the Government of

Mexico on the delimitation of the

continental shelf in the Western Gap

beyond the EEZ of both countries.

Keathley Canyon (Area NG15–05)

Blocks

722 through 724

764 through 770

807 through 816

849 through 861

892 through 907

934 through 953

978 through 999

Area NG15–08

Blocks

11 through 34

56 through 81

102 through 128

148 through 173

194 through 217

239 through 261

284 through 305

336 through 349

13. Lease Terms and Stipulations.

(a) Leases resulting from this sale will

have initial terms as shown on the map

‘‘Lease Terms, Bidding Systems, and

Royalty Suspension Areas, Sale 171.’’ A

copy of this map is included in the Sale

Notice Package. Copies of the lease form

are available from the MMS Gulf of

Mexico Regional Office Public

Information Unit (see the document

‘‘Information to Lessees’’ contained in

the Sale Notice Package).

(b) The map titled ‘‘Stipulations and

Deferred Blocks, Sale 171’’ depicts the

blocks to which the three lease

stipulations (Topographic Features,

Military Areas, and Naval Mine Warfare

Area) apply. The text of the lease

stipulations is contained in the

document ‘‘Lease Stipulations for Oil

and Gas Lease Sale 171;’’ this map and

document are contained in the Sale

Notice Package. These stipulations will

become a part of any leases on

applicable blocks resulting from Sale

171. These stipulations are the same

stipulations used in Sale 168, Western

Gulf, held in August 1997. (See the

Final Notice of Sale for Sale 168 in the

Federal Register at 62 FR 39863, July

24, 1997.)

14. Information to Lessees. The Sale

Notice Package contains a document

titled ‘‘Information to Lessees.’’ These

Information to Lessees items provide

information on various matters of

interest to potential bidders.

15. Sale Notice Package. The Sale

Notice Package, and individual

documents contained therein, are

available from the Public Information

Unit, Minerals Management Service,

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, either

in writing or by telephone at (504) 736–

2519 or (800) 200–GULF.

The documents referenced below and

contained in the Sale Notice Package

contain information essential for

bidders, and bidders are charged with

the knowledge contained therein.

Included in the Package are:

Cover sheet

Final Notice of Sale for Sale 171

Information to Lessees for Sale 171

Western Gulf of Mexico Leased Lands

List dated July 15, 1998

Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale

171—Final. Unleased Split Blocks

and Unleased Acreage of Blocks with

Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under

Lease

Lease Stipulations for Oil and Gas Lease

Sale 171

Debarment Certification Form

Bid Form and Envelope

Phone Numbers/Addresses of Bidders

Form

Instructions for Making EFT 1/5th

Bonus Payments

Lease Terms, Bidding Systems, and

Royalty Suspension Areas, Sale 171

Map

Stipulations and Deferred Blocks, Sale

171 Map

For additional information, contact

the Regional Supervisor for Leasing and

Environment, Minerals Management

Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard,

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or

by telephone at (504) 736–2759. In

addition, certain documents may be

viewed and downloaded from the MMS

World Wide Web site at http://

www.mms.gov. The MMS also

maintains a 24-hour Fax-on-Demand

Service at (202) 219–1703.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

Cynthia Quarterman,

Director, Minerals Management Service.

Approved:

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 98–19843 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

General Management Plan, Lassen

Volcanic National Park, California;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement

Summary: The National Park Service

will prepare a General Management

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

(GMP/EIS) for Lassen Volcanic National

Park, California and initiate the scoping

process for this document. This notice

is in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7

and 40 CFR 1508.22, of the regulations

of the President’s Council on

Environmental Quality for the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

Public Law 91–190.

Background: The purpose of the

GMP/EIS will be to state the

management philosophy for the park

and provide strategies for addressing

major issues facing the area. Two types
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of strategies will be presented in the

GMP: (1) those required to manage and

preserve cultural and natural resources;

and (2) those required to provide for

safe, accessible and appropriate use of

those resources by visitors. Based on

these strategies, the GMP will identify

the programs, actions and support

facilities needed for their

implementation.

Persons wishing to comment or

express concerns on the management

issues and future management direction

of Lassen Volcanic National Park should

address these to the Superintendent,

Lassen Volcanic National Park, P.O. Box

100, Mineral, CA 96063–0100.

Questions regarding the plan should be

addressed to the superintendent either

by mail to the above address, or by

telephone at (530) 595–4444. Comments

on the scoping of the proposed GMP/EIS

should be received no later than

September 30, 1998.

Public scoping meetings to receive

comments and suggestions on the plan

will be held in August in communities

in the vicinity of the park. The time and

location of these meetings will be

announced in the local and regional

media.

The responsible official is John J.

Reynolds, Regional Director, Pacific

West Region, National Park Service. The

draft GMP/EIS is expected to be

available for public review in late

summer or fall, 1999, and the final

GMP/EIS and Record of Decision

completed early in 2000.

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Patricia L Neubacher,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region

[FR Doc. 98–19747 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Maine Acadian Culture Preservation

Commission; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (PL 92–463) that the Maine Acadian

Culture Preservation Commission will

meet on Friday, August 21, 1998. The

meeting will convene at 7:00 P.M. at the

Acadian Village in Van Buren,

Aroostook County, Maine.

The Maine Acadian Culture

Preservation Commission was

appointed by the Secretary of the

Interior pursuant to the Maine Acadian

Culture Preservation Act (PL 101–543).

The purpose of the Commission is to

advise the National Park Service with

respect to:

*The implementation of an

interpretive program of Acadian culture

in the state of Maine.

*The proceedings of a joint meeting

with the Maine Acadian Heritage

Council.

The Agenda for this meeting is as

follows:

1. Review of April 10 and June 12,

1998, summary reports.

2. Speaker: Barbara LeBlanc of Church

Point, Nova Scotia, Canada on ‘‘Acadian

Story Telling.’’

3. Report of the National Park Service

project staff.

4. Opportunity for public comment.

5. Proposed agenda, place, and date of

the next Commission Meeting.

The meeting is open to the public.

Further information concerning

Commission meetings may be obtained

from the Superintendent, Acadia

National Park. Interested persons may

make oral/written presentations to the

Commission or file written statements.

Such requests should be made at least

seven days prior to the meeting to:

Superintendent, Acadia National Park,

P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609–

0177; telephone (207) 288–5459.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Len Bobinchock,

Acting Superintendent Acadia National Park.

[FR Doc. 98–19748 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337–TA–410]

Certain Coated Optical Waveguide

Fibers and Products Containing Same;

Notice of Commission Determination

not to Review Initial Determination

Granting Motion To Amend the

Complaint and Notice of Investigation

to Add an Additional Respondent

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined not to

review the presiding administrative law

judge’s (‘‘ALJ’s’’) initial determination

(‘‘ID’’) granting complainant’s motion

for leave to amend the complaint and to

amend the notice of investigation to add

an additional respondent in the abovecaptioned investigation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Cynthia P.

Johnson, Esq., Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. International Trade

Commission, telephone (202) 205–3098.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission instituted this patent-based

section 337 investigation on May 8,

1998, based on a complaint filed by

Corning, Inc. (‘‘Corning’’). Two

respondents were originally named in

the investigation—Plasma Optical Fibre,

B.V. (‘‘POF’’) and Chromatic

Technologies, Inc. (‘‘CTI’’).

On June 8, 1998, Corning, pursuant to

Commission rules 210.14(b) and

210.15(a)(2), 19 C.F.R. 210.14(b),

210.15(a)(2), filed a motion for leave to

amend the complaint and the notice of

investigation to add Yangtze Optical

Fiber and Cable Co., Ltd. (‘‘YOFC’’) as

an additional respondent. POF and CTI

opposed the motion. The Commission

investigative attorney (IA) supported the

motion.

The ALJ granted Corning’s motion in

an ID (Order No. 4) issued on June 18,

1998. No petitions for review were filed.

This action is taken under the

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337,

and Commission rule 210.42, 19 C.F.R.

210.42. Copies of the ALJ’s ID and all

other nonconfidential documents filed

in connection with this investigation are

or will be available for inspection

during official business hours (8:45 a.m.

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the

Secretary, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202–

205–2000. Hearing-impaired persons are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. General information

concerning the Commission may also be

obtained by accessing its Internet server

(http://www.usitc.gov).

Issued: July 17, 1998.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19871 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337–TA–396]

Certain Removable Electronic Cards

and Electronic Card Reader Devices

and Products Containing Same; Notice

of Final Determination

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined to find no