Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 16, 2001 / Notices 27155

Henry Whipple Federal Building, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111;

telephone: (612) 713–5142, facsimile:

(612) 713–5290; or Ms. Elyse LaForest,

National Park Service, 15 State Street,

Boston, MA 02109, telephone: (617)

223–5190, facsimile: (617) 223–5164;

Mr. Doug Erickson, Michigan

Department of Natural Resources,

Wildlife Division, P.O. Box 30444,

Lansing, MI 48909–7944; telephone:

(517) 335–4316, facsimile: (517)373–

6705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

approximately 115 acre State owned

tract with NPS and GSA interest

contains the South Fox Island

Lighthouse facilities that are either

listed or may be eligible to be listed on

the National Register of Historic Places

and other historical or archeological

resources may be present. The National

Historic Preservation Act and other laws

require these properties and resources

be identified and considered in project

planning. The public is requested to

inform the FWS of concerns about

archeological sites, buildings and

structures, historic events, sacred and

traditional areas, and other historic

preservation concerns. Under the

Proposed Action, the specific lands

containing the lighthouse and

associated buildings are not intended to

be traded out of public ownership.

The NPS tract also includes proposed

critical habitat for the federally

endangered piping plover. The tract also

contains federally threatened Pitcher’s

thistle, which is also present at other

locations on the island. The deed will

be subject to a conservation easement, if

the portion of the southern tip

containing these two federally listed

species is traded.

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa

and Chippewa Indians has unresolved

claims to title and other property rights

on the island. There is a cemetery on

private land, which under the proposed

action, would move to public ownership

with guaranteed access.

There have been ongoing conflicts

over trespass on both public, and

private land parcels on the island. The

ability of the public to access all land

currently in State ownership is an

ongoing issue.

The Service estimates that the draft

EIS will be made available to the public

by late 2001.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

William F. Hartwig,

Regional Director, Region 3, Fort Snelling,

MN.

[FR Doc. 01–12335 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Weber Dam Repair and

Modification Project, Lyon and Mineral

Counties, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),

with the cooperation of the Walker

River Paiute Indian Tribe (Tribe),

intends to gather information necessary

for preparing an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for the Weber Dam

Repair and Modification Project on the

Walker River Paiute Reservation, Lyon

and Mineral Counties, Nevada. The

purpose of the project is to correct

unsafe conditions at Weber Dam in

order to protect health and welfare

needs of the Walker River Paiute and

the citizens of the two counties. Details

on the project location, proposed action,

alternatives, and initial area of

environmental concern to be addressed

in the EIS are provided in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

This notice also announces public

meetings on the scope of issues to be

addressed in the EIS.

DATES: Comments on the scope and

implementation of this proposal must

arrive by June 18, 2001. The public

scoping meetings will be held on June

5, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and on

June 6, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry

written comments to Amy L. Heuslein,

Regional Environmental Protection

Officer, Western Regional Office, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, Environmental Quality

Services, P.O. Box 10 (400 N. 5th Street,

14th floor), Phoenix, Arizona, 85001; or

to Chuck O’Rourke, Natural Resources

Officer, Western Nevada Agency,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1677 Hot

Springs Road, Carson City, Nevada,

89706. (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for E-mail options.)

The June 5, 2001, public meeting will

be held at the Walker River Paiute

Tribal Hall, #1 Hospital Road, Schurz,

Nevada. The June 6, 2001, public

meeting will be held at the Casino West

Convention Center, 11 N. Main Street,

Yerington, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Heuslein, (602) 379–6750, or

Chuck O’Rourke, (775) 887–3550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Weber

Dam is located on the Walker River,

northwest of the town of Schurz,

Nevada, and upriver from Walker Lake.

Walker Lake is a desert lake located at

the terminus of the Walker River, which

once supported naturally-reproducing,

indigenous, Lahontan cutthroat trout

(Oncorhyncus clarki henshawi) (LCT).

LCT are currently listed as threatened

under the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1531–44. The lake fishery is

maintained by hatchery production.

Weber Dam is one of many structures on

the Walker River that prevents LCT from

migrating from the lake to a historical

habitat in the Walker River basin.

Construction of Weber Dam, which is

an earthen structure, began in 1934. It

was completed in 1937. The dam serves

to store water for irrigation of farmland

on the Walker River Paiute Reservation.

Because it sits on an earthquake fault

and has been leaking for many years, the

BIA has determined, under the Indian

Dams Safety Act, 25 U.S.C. 3801–04,

that Weber Dam is a high hazard dam.

This means that if the dam should fail,

there is a potential for loss of human life

downstream. The BIA has therefore

assigned Weber Dam the highest priority

for modification due to its unsafe

condition.

On September 30, 1991, the Tribe

entered into a contract with BIA

pursuant to Public Law 93–638, under

which the Tribe will carry out the BIA’s

responsibilities for repair and

modification of Weber Dam pursuant to

the Indian Dams Safety Act, including

the preparation of environmental

compliance documents. In this case,

after completing an Environmental

Assessment in 1994 and Supplemental

Assessment in 1998, the BIA, in

consultation with the Tribe, determined

that an EIS is needed in order to analyze

the effects of the proposed project on

the human environment. The design

and specifications for the repair and

modification were provided by the

Bureau of Reclamation.

The proposed action to be addressed

in the EIS is the repair and modification

of Weber Dam, pursuant to the Indian

Dams Safety Act. Alternatives to the

proposed action include no action,

relocating a section of the dam from an

existing earthquake fault, renovating the

outlet works, reestablishing a wetlands

area and removing the impediment to

upstream and downstream passage for

LCT. The effect of the proposed action

on LCT is a primary area of

environmental concern to be addressed

in the EIS.

Public Comment Solicitation

As an alternative to submitting

written comments regarding the content

of the EIS to the locations identified in

the ADDRESSES section, interested

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persons may instead comment via the

Internet to AmyHeuslein@bia.gov or to

ChuckO’Rourke@bia.gov. Please submit

Internet comments as an ASCII file,

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. If you do

not receive confirmation from the

system that your Internet message was

received, contact Amy Heuslein at (602)

379–6750, or Chuck O’Rourke at (775)

887–3550.

Comments, including names and

home addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the

mailing addresses shown in the

ADDRESSES section, during regular

business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except

holidays. Individual respondents may

request confidentiality. If you wish us to

withhold your name and/or address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. We will not,

however, consider anonymous

comments. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

Authority

This notice is published in

accordance with section 1503.1 of the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through

1508), implementing the procedural

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and

the Department of the Interior Manual

(516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of

authority delegated to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM

8.1.

Dated: April 12, 2001.

James H. McDivitt,

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

(Management).

[FR Doc. 01–12371 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–HY–P; F–19557]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

Authority: 43 CFR 2650.7(d)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of decision approving

lands for conveyance.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

appealable decision approving lands for

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska

Native Claims Settlement Act will be

issued to the Heirs, Devisees, and/or

Assigns of Evans Egowa for lands in T.

1 S., R. 1 W., Fairbanks Meridian,

located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Notice of

the decision will also be published four

times in the Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner.

DATES: The time limits for filing an

appeal are:

1. Any party claiming a property

interest which is adversely affected by

the decision shall have until June 15,

2001 to file an appeal.

2. Parties receiving service of the

decision by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal.

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.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may

be obtained from: Bureau of Land

Management, Alaska State Office, 222

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,

Alaska 99513–7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerri

Sansone (907) 271–3231.

Jerri Sansone,

Land Law Examiner.

[FR Doc. 01–12257 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–700–01–1220–AL–1784]

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Southwest Resource

Advisory Council meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Resource Advisory

Council (Southwest RAC) will meet in

July, 2001 in Montrose, Colorado.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, July 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: For additional information,

contact Roger Alexander, Bureau of

Land Management, 2465 South

Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado

81401; phone 970.240.5335; e-mail

roger_alexander@co.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The July

12, 2001 meeting will be held at the

Delta-Montrose Electric Association

building, 11925 6300 Road, in

Montrose, Colorado. The meeting will

begin at 9 a.m. and end no later than

4:30 p.m. The agenda will include an

update on BLM Colorado’s travel

management planning process, a

presentation on the land health

assessment process, and discussions on

off-highway vehicle issues and oil and

gas issues. General public comment is

scheduled for 9:15 a.m.

Summary minutes for Council

meetings are maintained at BLM’s

Western Slope Center office in Montrose

and on the internet at www.co.blm.gov/

swrac/swrac.htm and are available for

public inspection and reproduction

within thirty (30) days following each

meeting.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Roger Alexander,

Public Affairs Specialist.

[FR Doc. 01–12258 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–1610–DU]

Notice of Availability, Public Meeting,

and Protest Period for the Proposed

Bureau of Land Management and U.S.

Navy Natural Resource Management

Plan for Federal Lands in Churchill

County, NV

AGENCIES: Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office in partnership with the

Department of Defense, U.S. Naval Air

Station Fallon, Nevada.

ACTION: Notice of availability, public

meeting, and protest period for a

proposed amendment to the Lahontan

Resource Management Plan (RMPA) for

the Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office (BLM) based on

specific direction within Public Law

106–65, section 3014 (Military Lands

Withdrawal Act of 1999). In addition, as

a personnel and cost-saving stratagem,

the RMPA was prepared jointly with the

Naval Air Station Fallon (Navy) to

comply with Department of Defense

requirements for an Integrated Natural

Resource Management Plan (INRMP) in

accordance with the Sikes Act

Amendment Act (1997), Public Law

105–85.

SUMMARY: The BLM and Navy

determined that combining the two

agencies’ planning processes is the

appropriate means to serve as the

analysis and basis for decisions on lands