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project/2015144/510. Printed copies of 

the ROD will also be available for public 

inspection upon publication of this 

notice at the following locations: 

BLM Alaska Public Information 

Center, James M. Fitzgerald Federal 

Building, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone: (907) 

271–5960. 

Alaska Resources Library & 

Information Services, 3211 Providence 

Drive, Suite 111, Anchorage, AK 99508, 

telephone: (907) 272–7547. 

Printed copies can be provided upon 

request by contacting the BLM Alaska 

Public Information Center listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At 

the BLM: Serena Sweet, Branch Chief of 

Planning and Project Management; 

telephone: 907–271–4345; email: 

ssweet@blm.gov, or Stephanie Kuhns, 

Acting District Manager, Arctic District; 

telephone: 907–474–2310; email: 

skuhns@blm.gov. 

At the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS): Bobbie Jo Skibo, 

Strategic Conservation and Coastal Plain 

Coordinator; telephone: 907–441–1539; 

email: bobbiejo_skibo@fws.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Sweet. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

20001 of Public Law 115–97 (https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW115publ97/pdf/PLAW-115publ97.pdf) 

requires the Secretary of the Interior, 

acting through the BLM, to establish and 

administer a competitive oil and gas 

program for the leasing, development, 

production, and transportation of oil 

and gas in and from the Coastal Plain 

area within the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge. The BLM was directed to 

manage the oil and gas leasing program 

on the Coastal Plain in a manner similar 

to lease sales under the Naval Petroleum 

Reserves Production Act of 1976 

(including regulations). Section 20001 

also requires the BLM to offer two lease 

sales by December 22, 2021 and 2024, 

respectively, and for each sale to offer 

at least 400,000 acres containing those 

areas that have the highest potential for 

discovery of hydrocarbons. 

The ROD approves a program to carry 

out this statutory directive. By 

determining where and under what 

terms and conditions leasing will occur, 

the ROD takes into account the 

requirements of Public Law 115–97 and 

other applicable law. To inform this 

Decision, the BLM and United States 

Fish and Wildlife Service, as joint lead 

agencies, prepared the Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program SEIS (Leasing 

SEIS). The ROD supersedes the original 

Coastal Plain leasing program ROD, 

issued in August 2020. 

The ROD adopts Alternative D2 from 

the November 2024 Leasing SEIS to 

govern BLM’s further administration of 

the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program. The ROD determines which 

lands to make available for leasing 

under the Coastal Plain program and the 

terms and conditions (i.e., lease 

stipulations and required operating 

procedures) to be applied to leases and 

authorizations for specific oil and gas 

activities. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9(c)(5)(ii)) 

Steven Cohn, 

State Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29346 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_MT_FRN_MO4540000223] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Western Montana Resource Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as follows. 

DATES: The RAC will meet virtually on 

January 14, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Mountain Time. The meeting will be 

open to the public. Attendees must 

register with the individual listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least 7 business 

days prior to the meeting date. 

ADDRESSES: The final agenda and virtual 

participation instructions will be 

confirmed for the public via BLM online 

announcement, social media, on the 

RAC’s web page at https://

www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/montanadakotas/western-montana-rac, and 

through personal contact at least two 

weeks prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chelsea Lair, BLM Montana/Dakotas 

State Office, 106 N Parkmont, Butte, MT 

59701; telephone: (406) 876–0994; 

email: clair@blm.gov. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, blind, hard 

of hearing, or have a speech disability 

may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) 

to access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

language translation services, assistive 

listening devices, or other reasonable 

accommodations. We ask that you 

contact the person listed above at least 

14 business days prior to the meeting to 

give the Department of the Interior 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All reasonable accommodation requests 

are managed on a case-by-case basis. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RAC 

provides recommendations to the 

Secretary of the Interior concerning the 

planning and management of the public 

land resources located within the BLM’s 

Western Montana District. Agenda 

topics will include a discussion about 

the Tribal Partnership and Reserved 

Treaty Rights Program, updates from 

field managers, a public comment 

period at 3:30 p.m., and other resource 

management issues the RAC may raise. 

While the meeting is scheduled to 

conclude at 4 p.m., it may end earlier or 

later depending on the needs of RAC 

members. Therefore, members of the 

public interested in a specific agenda 

item or discussion should schedule 

their arrival accordingly. 

Written comments to the RAC can be 

emailed in advance to the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to speak and the time available, 

the amount of time for oral comments 

may be limited. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in written comments, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Detailed minutes for RAC meetings 

are maintained in the BLM Western 

Montana District Office. Minutes will 

also be posted to the RAC’s web page at: 


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https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/ 

resource-advisory-council/near-you/ 

montana-dakotas/western-montana-rac. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) 

Kathryn Stevens, 

Western Montana BLM District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29453 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_MT_FRN_MO4540000308] 

Call for Nominations to the Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to request public nominations for the 

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 

Western Montana Resource Advisory 

Council (RAC) to fill existing vacancies, 

as well as for member terms that are 

scheduled to expire. The RAC provides 

advice and recommendations to the 

BLM on land use planning and 

management of the National System of 

Public Lands within the Western 

Montana District. 

DATES: All nominations must be 

received no later than January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations and completed 

applications should be sent to the BLM 

office listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Boucher, BLM Montana/Dakotas State 

Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 

MT 59101; telephone: (406) 896–5255; 

email: aboucher@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, blind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) to involve the public 

in planning and issues related to the 

management of lands administered by 

the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43 

U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to 

establish 10- to 15-member citizenbased advisory councils that are 

consistent with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). As required by 

FACA, RAC membership must be 

balanced and representative of the 

various interests concerned with the 

management of the public lands. The 

rules governing RACs are found at 43 

CFR part 1780 subpart 1784 and include 

the following three membership 

categories: 

Category One—Holders of Federal 

grazing permits or leases within the area 

for which the RAC is organized; 

represent interests associated with 

transportation or rights-of-way; 

represent developed outdoor recreation, 

off-highway vehicle users, or 

commercial recreation activities; 

represent the commercial timber 

industry; or represent energy and 

mineral development. 

Category Two—Representatives of 

nationally or regionally recognized 

environmental organizations; dispersed 

recreational activities; archaeological 

and historical interests; or nationally or 

regionally recognized wild horse and 

burro interest groups. 

Category Three—Hold State, county, 

or local elected office; are employed by 

a State agency responsible for the 

management of natural resources, land, 

or water; represent Indian Tribes within 

or adjacent to the area for which the 

RAC is organized; are employed as 

academicians in natural resource 

management or the natural sciences; or 

represent the affected public-at-large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominees must be residents 

of the State of Montana. The BLM will 

evaluate nominees based on their 

education, training, experience, and 

knowledge of the geographic area of the 

RAC. Nominees should demonstrate a 

commitment to collaborative resource 

decision-making. 

The following must accompany all 

nominations: 

• A completed RAC application, 

which can either be obtained through 

the nominee’s BLM office or online at: 

https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2022-05/BLM-Form-1120-19_RACApplication.pdf. 

• Letters of reference from 

represented interests or organizations; 

and 

• Any other information that 

addresses the nominee’s qualifications. 

Simultaneous with this notice, the 

BLM Montana/Dakotas office will issue 

an online announcement providing 

additional information for submitting 

nominations. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Kathryn Stevens, 

Western Montana BLM District Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0046] 

Notice of Availability of a Gulf of 

Mexico Regional Outer Continental 

Shelf Oil and Gas Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) announces the availability of 

the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Regional 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and 

Gas Lease Sales: Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

GOM Oil and Gas EIS). The Draft GOM 

Oil and Gas EIS analyzes the potential 

impacts of a representative oil and gas 

lease sale in available OCS areas of the 

Western, Central, and Eastern Planning 

Areas and the associated potential siteand activity-specific approvals resulting 

from an OCS oil and gas lease sale. This 

notice of availability (NOA) announces 

the release of the Draft GOM Oil and 

Gas EIS, start of the public review and 

comment period, and dates and times 

for public meetings. After the public 

comment period, BOEM will address 

the comments received and publish the 

Final GOM Oil and Gas EIS. 

DATES: BOEM will consider comments 

received by January 27, 2025. BOEM 

will hold three virtual public meetings 

for the Draft GOM Oil and Gas EIS. 

Dates, times, registration and 

additional information for the public 

meetings may be found at https://

www.boem.gov/environment/ 

environmental-assessment/gulf-mexicoregional-ocs-oil-and-gas-programmatic 

or by calling 1–800–200–4853. 

ADDRESSES: Detailed information can be 

found on BOEM’s website at https://

www.boem.gov/environment/ 

environmental-assessment/gulf-mexicoregional-ocs-oil-and-gas-programmatic. 

Written comments can be submitted 

through the regulations.gov web portal: 

Navigate to www.regulations.gov and 

search for Docket No. BOEM–2023– 

0046. Select the document in the search 


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