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Band of Cahuilla Indians; (6) a

representative of the Coachella Valley

Mountains Conservancy; (7) a

representative of a local conservation

organization; (8) a representative of a

local developer or builder organization;

(9) a representative of the Winter Park

Authority; and (10) a representative of

the Pinyon Community Council.

Nominations to the Committee should

describe and document the proposed

member’s qualifications for membership

on the Advisory Committee.

Committee members will be

appointed to serve 3-year terms, except

that, of the members first appointed,

one-third of the members shall be

appointed for a term of 1 year and onethird of the members shall be appointed

for a term of 2 years. All members will

serve without pay but will be

reimbursed for travel and per diem

expense at current rates for government

employees under 5. U.S.C. 5703.

Appointments to the Committee will

be made by the Secretary of the Interior

with the concurrence of the Secretary of

Agriculture.

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Tim Salt,

California Desert District Manager, Bureau

of Land Management.

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Paul Weeden,

Acting Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino

National Forest.

[FR Doc. 01–13693 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–080–1210–PG]

Upper Columbia—Salmon Clearwater

District, Idaho; Notice of Resource

Advisory Council Meeting

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

Appendix, the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

meeting of the Upper Columbia—

Salmon Clearwater District Resource

Advisory Council (RAC) on Wednesday,

June 13, 2001 and Thursday, June 14,

2001 in Missoula, Montana.

Agenda items include: fire and fuels

management; election of officers; and

identification of future issues. The

meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. (MDT),

June 13, 2001 at the C’mon Inn, 2775

Expo Parkway, Missoula, Montana. The

public may address the Council during

the public comment period from 3:00

p.m.–3:30 p.m. on June 13, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

Resource Advisory Council meetings are

open to the public. Interested persons

may make oral statements to the

Council, or written statements may be

submitted for the Council’s

consideration. Depending on the

number of persons wishing to make oral

statements, a per-person time limit may

be established by the District Manager.

The Council’s responsibilities include

providing recommendations concerning

long-range planning and establishing

resource management priorities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted

Graf (208) 769–5004.

Dated: May 18, 2001.

Ted Graf,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–13590 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–050–01–1430–ES; AZA 31132]

Arizona: Notice of Realty Action;

Classification of Public Land for

Recreation and Public Purposes Lease

or Conveyance, Yuma County, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The following described

public land in Yuma County has been

examined and found suitable for

classification for lease or conveyance

under the Recreation and Public

Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43

U.S.C. 869 et seq.). In accordance with

section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act, 43

U.S.C. 315f, and Executive Order No.

6910, the described land is hereby

classified for disposal by R&PP

conveyance. Public land affected is

identified as follows:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Yuma County,

Arizona

T. 9 S., R. 22 W.,

Sec. 9, S1⁄2SW1⁄4.

The area described contains 80 acres.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City

of Yuma (City), Arizona, has filed an

R&PP application to construct a

Regional Public Works Operation

Facility that will provide wastewater

collection and treatment for existing and

new development in the East Mesa

Area. This land is identified in the

Yuma District Resource Management

Plan, as amended, as having potential

for disposal. Lease or conveyance of the

land for recreation or public purposes

would be in the public interest. The

lease or conveyance, when issued, will

contain the following terms, conditions,

and reservations:

1. The provisions of the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act and all

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

2. Rights-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States. (Act of August 30,

1890 [43 U.S.C. 945])

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

such deposits from the same under

applicable law and regulations to be

established by the Secretary of the

Interior.

4. Those rights for a public highway

that may have been granted by Congress

pursuant to the Act of July 26, 1866, 43

U.S.C. (repealed 1976) (AZA 6389).

5. Those rights for a 100-foot-wide

public road right-of-way, known as the

‘‘Area Service Highway’’ (AZA 23977).

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the land will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

leasing under the mineral leasing laws,

and material disposal laws. For a period

of 45 days from the date of publication

of this notice in the Federal Register,

interested people may submit comments

regarding the proposed lease/

conveyance or classification of the land

to the Field Manager, Yuma Field

Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road, Yuma,

Arizona 85365.

Classification Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments involving

the suitability of the land for a public

works operation facility. Comments on

the classification are restricted to

whether the land is physically suited for

the proposal, whether the use will

maximize the future use or uses of the

land, whether the use is consistent with

local planning and zoning, or if the use

is consistent with State and Federal

programs.

Application Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments regarding

the specific use proposed in the

application and plan of development,

whether the Bureau of Land

Management followed proper

administrative procedures in reaching

the decision, or any other factor not

directly related to the suitability of the

land for a public works operation

facility. Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the Arizona State Director.

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In the absence of any adverse

comments, the classification will

become effective 60 days from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Francis Rodriguez, Realty Specialist,

Yuma Field Office, 2555 E. Gila Ridge

Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365, telephone

(520) 317–3213.

Dated: May 16, 2001.

Maureen A. Merrell,

Assistant Field Manager, Business and Fiscal

Services/Acting Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–13589 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Renewal of the Grassland Bypass

Project, Fresno, Merced, and

Stanislaus Counties, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final

environmental impact statement/

environmental impact report (Final EIS/

EIR).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act and the

California Environmental Quality Act,

the Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) and the San Luis and

Delta-Mendota Water Authority

(Authority) prepared a joint Final EIS/

EIR for the renewal of the Grassland

Bypass Project through 2009. Since

October 1996, the current Grassland

Bypass Project has significantly

improved the quality of water in more

than 93 miles of channels used to

deliver water to wetland habitat areas in

central California, while sustaining the

agricultural economy of the Grassland

Drainage Area. Action taken by

Reclamation would continue the Project

through December 2009. The Final EIS/

EIR addresses the potential

environmental impacts expected to

result from renewal of this Project and

two alternatives.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a

decision on the proposed action until 30

days after release of the Final EIS/EIR.

After the 30-day waiting period,

Reclamation will complete a Record of

Decision (ROD). The ROD will state the

action that will be implemented and

will discuss all factors leading to the

decision.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS/EIR

may be requested from Mr. Michael

Delamore, Bureau of Reclamation, 1213

N Street, Fresno, California 93721;

telephone (559) 487–5039; e-mail:

mdelamore@mp.usbr.gov. The

Executive Summary for the Final EIS/

EIR will be posted on the Internet at

http://www.mp.usbr.gov. See the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for

locations where copies of the Final EIS/

EIR are available for public inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael Delamore, at the address listed

above, or Mr. Joe McGahan, Regional

Drainage Coordinator, Summers

Engineering Inc., P.O. Box 1122,

Hanford, California 93232; telephone

(559) 582–9237; e-mail

jmcgahan@summerseng.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purposes of the Grassland Bypass

Project are to (1) continue separation of

unusable agricultural drainwater

discharged from the Grassland Drainage

Area from wetland water supply

conveyance channels for the period

2001–2009, and (2) facilitate drainage

management that maintains the viability

of agriculture in the Grassland Drainage

Area and promote continuous

improvement in water quality in the San

Joaquin River.

Under the Proposed Action, unusable

agricultural drainwater from about

98,000 acres of prime farmland would

continue to be separated from wetland

water supply channels and conveyed to

Mud Slough, a tributary of the San

Joaquin River. The monthly and annual

loads of selenium and other constituents

in this drainwater would be

progressively reduced to meet water

quality requirements in the river that

will become effective in 2005 and 2010.

The term of this Project will be October

1, 2001, through December 31, 2009.

In the Final EIS/EIR, the Proposed

Action is compared with two

alternatives: a No-Action Alternative,

and the Mud Slough Bypass Alternative

that would be the Grassland Bypass

Project plus the construction of a facility

that would convey drainwater directly

to the San Joaquin River. The latter

alternative would remove drainwater

from 6 additional miles of Mud Slough

and discharge it into the San Joaquin

River downstream of its confluence with

the Merced River.

Notice of the Draft EIS/EIR was

published in the Federal Register on

December 26, 2000 (65 FR 81545).

Public hearings were held on February

2, 6, and 7, 2001. The written comment

period ended February 27, 2001. The

Final EIS/EIR contains responses to all

comments received and changes made

to the text of the Draft EIS/EIR as a

result of those comments.

Copies of the Final EIS/EIR are

available for inspection at the following

locations:

• San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water

Authority, 800 6th Street, Los Banos,

California 93635; telephone: (209) 826–

9696

• Bureau of Reclamation, SouthCentral California Area Office, 1243 N

Street, Fresno, California 93721;

telephone (559) 487–5116

• Bureau of Reclamation, Public

Affairs Office, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825; telephone

(916) 978–5100

• Fresno County Public Library,

Government Publications, 2420

Mariposa Street, Fresno, California

93721; telephone (559) 488–3198

• Merced County Public Library, Los

Banos Branch, 1312 South 17th Street,

Los Banos, California 93635; telephone

(209) 826–5254

• University of California, Berkeley,

Water Resources Center Archives, 410

O’Brien Hall, Berkeley, California

94720; telephone (510) 642–2666

• Bureau of Reclamation, Office of

Policy, Room 7456, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240; telephone: (202)

208–4662

• Natural Resources Library, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street

NW., Main Interior Building,

Washington, DC 20240–0001

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public

review. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from public disclosure, which

we will honor to the extent allowable by

law. There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold a

respondent’s identity from public

disclosure, as allowable by law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. We will make all submissions

from organizations or businesses, and

from individuals identifying themselves

as representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public disclosure in their entirety.

Dated: May 24, 2001.

Kirk. C. Rodgers,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–13617 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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