Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 78 / Friday, April 21, 2000 / Notices 21469

Geoffrey L. Haskett,

Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque,

New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–9958 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability, Restoration Plan

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service), on behalf of the

Department of the Interior and the State

of New Hampshire, announces the

release for public review of the draft

Restoration Plan (Plan) for the South

Municipal Wellfield Superfund Site

(Site). The Plan describes the trustees’

proposal to restore natural resources

injured as a result of the release of

hazardous substances from the Site.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

Plan may be made to: U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, New England Field

Office, 22 Bridge Street, Unit 1,

Concord, New Hampshire 03301.

Written comments or materials

regarding the Plan should be sent to the

same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Molly B. Sperduto or Kenneth C. Carr,

Environmental Contaminants Program,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 22

Bridge Street, Unit 1, Concord, New

Hampshire 03301.

Interested parties may also call (603)

225–1411 for further information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South

Municipal Wellfield Superfund Site, is

located in Peterborough, New

Hampshire. Contamination from an onSite ball bearings manufacturing facility,

including volatile organic compounds,

polychlorinated biphenyls and

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,

adversely affected adjacent wetlands.

These wetlands were impaired due to

food web contamination or the

reduction and/or loss of their biological

diversity and productivity. In turn,

injury to wetland-dependent wildlife,

primarily migratory birds, occurred.

In 1995, the United States of America

settled claims for natural resource

damages associated with the South

Municipal Wellfield Superfund Site

under the authority of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980. The settlement

proceeds will be used to compensate for

injury, destruction, or loss of natural

resources under trusteeship of the

Department of the Interior and the State

of New Hampshire. The Plan is being

released in accordance with the Natural

Resource Damage Assessment

Regulations found at 15 CFR part 990.

It is intended to describe the trustees’

proposals to restore natural resources

injured as a result of releases of

contaminants from the Site.

The Plan describes a number of

habitat restoration and protection

alternatives and discusses the

environmental consequences of each.

The primary goal is to implement a

restoration project that compensates for

impacts to wetlands that provide habitat

for migratory birds. Based on an

evaluation of the various restoration

alternatives, acquisition of equivalent

resources is the preferred alternative.

This alternative maximizes the benefit

to wetland-dependent wildlife,

preventing the imminent destruction

and degradation of an extensive wetland

system. The trustees believe that the

proposed action will not have

significant impacts on the quality of the

physical, biological, and cultural

environment.

Interested members of the public are

invited to review and comment on the

Plan. Copies of the Plan are available for

review at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service’s New England Field Office in

Concord, New Hampshire (22 Bridge

Street, Unit 1, Concord, New

Hampshire). Additionally, the Plan will

be available for review at the

Peterborough Town Library. Written

comments will be considered and

addressed in the final Plan at the

conclusion of the restoration planning

process.

Authority: The authority for this action is

the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Ronald E. Lambertson,

Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 00–9948 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–1310–01; WYW 147278]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

April 14, 2000.

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas lease

WYW147278 for lands in Campbell

County, Wyoming, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all the required

rentals accruing from the date of

termination. The lessee has agreed to

the amended lease terms for rentals and

royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre, or

fraction thereof, per year and 162⁄3

percent, respectively.

The lessee has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $125 to

reimburse the Department for the cost of

this Federal Register notice. The lessee

has met all the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease as set out in

Section 31 (d) and (e) of the Mineral

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.

188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

lease WYW147278 effective February 1,

2000, subject to the original terms and

conditions of the lease and the

increased rental and royalty rates cited

above.

Mary Jo Rugwell,

Acting Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.

[FR Doc. 00–9952 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–1310–01; WYW140574]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

April 14, 2000.

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas lease

WYW140574 for lands in Johnson

County, Wyoming, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all the required

rentals accruing from the date of

termination. The lessee has agreed to

the amended lease terms for rentals and

royalties at rates of $5.00 per acre, or

fraction thereof, per year and 162⁄3

percent, respectively.

The lessee has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $125 to

reimburse the Department for the cost of