Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2001 / Notices 33975

November 16, 1990, to protect some of

the last remaining, least disturbed

bottomland hardwoods in the Lower

Mississippi Valley.

Dated: June 12, 2001.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–15971 Filed 6–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Tribal Consultation on Indian

Education Topics

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA) is announcing that it will conduct

tribal consultation meetings to obtain

oral and written comments concerning

potential issues in Indian Education

Programs. This notice announces the

dates and locations of the consultation

meetings.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before August 2, 2001.

The consultation meetings will be held

on July 9, 12, 17, 19, 22 and 25, 2001.

Several dates and locations were

scheduled to coincide with meetings of

various Indian education organizations.

All meetings will begin at 9 a.m. and

continue until 3 p.m. (local time) or

until all meeting participants have had

an opportunity to make comments.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of

Indian Education Programs, Attention:

Mr. William Mehojah, Jr., MS–3512

MIB, OIE–32, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240, or you may

hand deliver them to Room 3512 at the

same address. Comments may also be

telefaxed to 202–208–3312. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

locations of the consultation meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Kenneth Whitehorn or Georgia Braun,

202–208–4976.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meetings are a follow-up to similar

meetings conducted by the Office of

Indian Education Programs since 1990.

The purpose of the consultation, as

required by 25 U.S.C. 2011, is to provide

Indian tribes, school boards, parents,

Indian organizations, and other

interested parties an opportunity to

comment on potential issues raised

during previous consultation meetings

or issues being considered by the BIA

regarding Indian education programs.

The potential issues which will be set

forth in a tribal consultation booklet to

be issued prior to the meetings are as

follows:

(1) School Construction

(2) Consultation

(3) Realignment of Special Education

Coordinators and Education

Specialists

(4) Open Item

A consultation booklet for the July

meetings is being distributed to

federally-recognized Indian tribes,

Bureau Regional and Agency Offices,

and Bureau-funded schools. The

booklets will also be available from

local contact persons at each meeting.

Meeting Schedule

Date Location Local contact Phone numbers

July 9, 2001 ............................................ Albuquerque, NM .................................. Ed Parisian ............................................ (505) 753–1465

July 12, 2001 .......................................... Aberdeen, SD ........................................ Cherie Farlee ........................................ (605) 964–8722

July 17, 2001 .......................................... Gallup, NM ............................................ Larry Holman ......................................... (505) 786–6150

July 19, 2001 .......................................... Phoenix, AZ ........................................... Joe Frazier ............................................ (505) 248–6544

July 22 and 25, 2001 ............................. Portland, OR ......................................... John Reimer .......................................... (505) 872–2743

Written Comments

Comments, including names, street

addresses, and other contact

information of respondents, will be

available for public review at the

address listed under ADDRESSES section

during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.

to 4:15 p.m. EST), Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

Individual respondents may request

confidentially. If you wish us to

withhold your name, street address, and

other contact information (such as fax or

phone number) from public review or

from disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. We will honor your request to

the extent allowable by law. We will

make available for public inspection in

their entirety all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses.

This notice is published in

accordance with the authority delegated

by the Secretary of the Interior to the

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by

209 DM 8.1.

Dated: June 13, 2001.

James H. McDivitt,

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

(Management).

[FR Doc. 01–15812 Filed 6–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–030–2001–1310–DB]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement and

Conduct Scoping for the Atlantic Rim

Coalbed Methane Project, Carbon

County, Wyoming; and To Amend the

Great Divide Resource Management

Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) and to conduct scoping for the

Atlantic Rim Coalbed Methane Project,

Carbon County, Wyoming, and to

amend the Great Divide Resource

Management Plan.

SUMMARY: Under section 102(2)(C) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau

of Land Management (BLM), Rawlins

Field Office, will direct the preparation

of an EIS on the potential impacts of a

proposed coalbed methane field

development project. Up to 3,880

coalbed methane wells, with associated

facilities, could be located within

approximately 310,335 acres of Federal,

State, and private lands during the 20 to

30 year anticipated life of the proposed

project. The project area is located in

southwestern Carbon County, Wyoming.

The proposed action may be modified as

a result of comments received during

scoping or anytime during the

preparation of the draft EIS.

Concurrently with the preparation of the

project EIS, the planning requirements

for amending the Great Divide Resource

Management Plan (RMP) will also be

conducted because the level of oil and

gas development under this project

proposal is likely to exceed the