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took place from 1995 to 2000 as well as

a summary of the results of the 2000

hunting season. Information from the

most recent breeding season and

wintering populations surveys is also

included in the new Environmental

Assessment. Three alternatives were

considered to address the future of

operational and experimental swan

hunting seasons in Utah, Nevada and

Montana. The issuance of a new

Environmental Assessment was

prompted by controversy over current

management and the need to

incorporate experience from the 2000

hunting season and the results of recent

population surveys. There were also

many requests from individuals, States,

and various conservation organizations

for a thorough examination of

alternatives for swan hunting in the

Pacific Flyway in light of continuing

concerns for the Rocky Mountain

Population of trumpeter swans. The

Environmental Assessment focuses on

the issue of whether or not to establish

an operational approach for swan

hunting. Related efforts to address

population status and distributional

concerns regarding the Rocky Mountain

Population of trumpeter swans are also

discussed. Three alternatives, including

the proposed action, were considered.

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Kevin R. Adams,

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–15634 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

National Wildlife Refuge System:

Mission Goals and Purposes: Policy:

Reopening of Comment Period: Draft

Policy on National Wildlife Refuge

System: Mission, Goals, and Purposes

(Notice); Draft Appropriate Refuge

Uses Policy Pursuant to the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997 (Notice); Draft WildlifeDependent Recreational Uses Policy

Pursuant to the National Wildlife

Refuge System Improvement Act of

1997 (Notice); and Draft Wilderness

Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the

Wilderness Act of 1964 (Notice)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; further reopening of

comment period.

SUMMARY: We are reopening the

comment period on the Federal Register

notice dated January 16, 2001, that

invites the public to comment on the

following draft policies: National

Wildlife Refuge System: Mission, Goals,

and Purposes; Appropriate Refuge Uses

Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife

Refuge System Improvement Act of

1997; Wildlife-Dependent Recreational

Uses Policy Pursuant to the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997; and Wilderness

Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the

Wilderness Act of 1964.

DATES: The comment period will reopen

on June 18 and close midnight, June 30,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in the

following ways: in writing to Acting

Chief, Division of Conservation

Planning and Policy, National Wildlife

Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

670, Arlington, Virginia 22203; by FAX

to (703) 358–2248; or by e:mail to one

of the following addresses:

Mission And Goals Policy

Comments@fws.gov;

Appropriate_

Uses_

Policy_Comments@fws.gov;

Wildlife_Dependent_

Recreational_Uses_

Policy_Comments@fws.gov; or

Wilderness_Policy_Comments@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Stieglitz, Acting Chief, Division of

Conservation Planning and Policy,

National Wildlife Refuge System (703)

358–1744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a

Federal Register notice dated January

16, 2001 (66 FR 3668) we published

draft policies for: National Wildlife

Refuge System: Mission, Goals, and

Purposes (Notice); Appropriate Refuge

Uses Policy Pursuant to the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997 (Notice); WildlifeDependent Recreational Uses Policy

Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge

System Improvement Act of 1997

(Notice); and Wilderness Stewardship

Policy Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of

1964 (Notice). These policies, affecting

management and use of the National

Wildlife Refuge System, represent the

culmination of our initial policy

development in response to the

landmark National Wildlife Refuge

System Improvement Act of 1997.

In a subsequent Federal Register

notice dated March 15, 2001 (66 FR

15136) we extended the comment

period until April 19, 2001, to ensure

that the public had an adequate

opportunity to review and comment on

our draft policies.

To allow for continued discussion

with the States on these policies, we

reopened the comment period for an

additional 30 days in a Federal Register

notice dated May 15, 2001 (66 FR

26879). As a correction to the May 15,

2001, notice, comments received

between April 19, 2001, and May 15,

2001, will be considered and do not

need to be resubmitted.

To allow for further discussion with

the States on these policies, we are

extending the comment period until

June 30, 2001.

Dated: June 8, 2001.

Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–15655 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Notice of Availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

and Locations and Dates of Public

Hearings for Delineation Drilling

Activities in Federal Waters Offshore

Santa Barbara County, CA

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft

EIS and announcement of locations and

dates of public hearings.

SUMMARY: The MMS announces the

availability of the draft EIS on

Delineation Drilling Activities in

Federal Waters Offshore Santa Barbara

County, California. This draft EIS

evaluates the potential environmental

impacts associated with drilling 4 or 5

separate Federal Outer Continental

Shelf (OCS) oil and gas delineation

wells on existing OCS leases located

offshore southern California.

Delineation is a type of exploration

drilling activity that involves drilling a

well to gather additional information

about the nature and extent of the

hydrocarbon reservoirs in areas where a

discovery has already been made.

DATES: Comments on the draft EIS will

be accepted until August 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the draft EIS

should be directed to Mr. Maurice Hill,

Minerals Management Service, Office of

Environmental Evaluation, Pacific OCS

Region, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo,

California 93010–6064. He may be

reached by telephone at (805) 389–7815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this document is to provide

information for Federal, State, and local

agencies, and the public to evaluate the

effects of the proposed delineation

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projects and the cumulative effects of

past, present, and reasonably

foreseeable actions. The proposed action

discussed in this draft EIS is the

sequential drilling of 4 or 5 delineation

wells on four separate OCS units using

a semi-submersible drilling vessel,

commonly referred to as a mobile

offshore drilling unit. A unit is a

number of leases grouped together to

prevent waste, conserve natural

resources, and protect Federal royalty

interests. Each of the four subject units

has been previously explored under

Exploration Plans (EP) approved by the

MMS and found consistent with the

California Coastal Management Plan by

the California Coastal Commission.

Operators are expected to submit to the

MMS revisions to 4 to 5 existing EP’s in

September 2001. The operators of these

units, Nuevo Energy Company, Aera

Energy LLC, and Samedan Oil

Corporation, propose to drill delineation

wells to complete their data on reservoir

configuration and characteristics. It

would take 68 to 92 days to drill and

test each well. The first well would

commence drilling in May 2002 and the

last well in May 2003. The data received

from these wells would assist the

operators in determining how to

develop and produce the oil and gas

reserves underlying these and possibly

adjacent units.

The Notice of Intent to prepare this

EIS (Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 226,

pages 70361–70362, November 22,

2000) referred to ‘‘exploratory drilling

activities.’’ We have renamed the

document to more specifically reflect

the fact that ‘‘delineation drilling

activities’’ are the focus of the draft EIS.

As discussed above, and defined in the

Notice of Intent, delineation is a type of

exploration drilling activity that

involves drilling a well to gather

additional information about the nature

and extent of the hydrocarbon reservoirs

in areas where a discovery has already

been made.

EIS Availability: The draft EIS is

available on our web site at

www.mms.gov/omm/pacific. In

addition, you may obtain single copies

of the draft EIS by writing the Minerals

Management Service, Pacific OCS

Region, Attention: Delineation Drilling

Activities Draft EIS, 770 Paseo

Camarillo, Camarillo, California 93010–

6064, or by calling Janice Hall at 1–800–

672–2627. Please indicate whether you

would like to receive a paper copy of

the draft EIS or a CD–ROM. To avoid

excess printing and mailing costs, we

will not accept e-mail requests for hard

copies or CD–ROM’s.

The draft EIS will also be available at

the following California libraries:

Camarillo Public Library, 3100

Ponderosa Drive, Camarillo;

Cambria Library, 900 Main Street,

Cambria;

Carpinteria Public Library, 5141

Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria;

Goleta Public Library, 500 N. Fairview,

Goleta;

Davidson Library, University of

California at Santa Barbara, Santa

Barbara;

Robert F. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly

State University, San Luis Obispo;

Santa Barbara Central Public Library, 40

E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara;

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural

History, Library, 2559 Puesta Del Sol

Road, Santa Barbara;

U.S. National Park Service Library,

Channel Islands National Park, 1901

Spinnaker Drive, Ventura;

Ventura College Library, 4667

Telephone Road, Ventura.

Public Hearings: The MMS will hold

two public hearings to receive

comments on the draft EIS. The hearings

present one of the opportunities to

provide us with information that will

help in the evaluation of the potential

effects of the proposed action. The

second is direct mail or email comments

on the document.

Hearings will be held in Santa Barbara

and Santa Maria on the following dates

and times: July 10, 2001, 1–5 p.m. and

6–9 p.m., Fess Parker Doubletree Hotel,

633 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa

Barbara; and July 12, 2001, 1–5 p.m. and

6–9 p.m., Ethel Pope Auditorium, 901 S.

Broadway Street Santa Maria.

If you wish to testify at a hearing, you

may register at the hearing site from

noon to 8:30 p.m. Speakers will be

limited to 3 minutes and will speak in

the order of their registration. Elected

officials will be given preference.

Written statements submitted at a

hearing will be considered part of the

hearing record. If you are unable to

attend the hearing, or prefer to provide

written comments separately, you may

submit your comments until Monday,

August 13, 2001, the closing date for

public comments. Send written

comments to the Minerals Management

Service, Pacific OCS Region, Attention:

Delineation Drilling Activities Draft EIS,

770 Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo,

California 93010–6064. Written

comments may be provided by e-mail to

Delineation Drilling@mms.gov. Please

provide your name and address when

commenting by mail or e-mail.

Dated: June 18, 2001.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 01–15639 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the

Williamson Museum, Northwestern

State University of Louisiana,

Natchitoches, LA, and in the Control of

the Louisiana Division of Archaeology,

Baton Rouge, LA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the Williamson

Museum, Northwestern State University

of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA, and in

the control of the Louisiana Division of

Archaeology, Baton Rouge, LA, that

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated

funerary objects’’ under Section 2 of the

Act.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these cultural items.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

The one object from the Mill Creek

site, Bienville Parish, LA, is a Maddox

Engraved vessel.

This object was removed in 1960s,

during archeological excavations

conducted by Dr. Clarence H. Webb,

who donated it to the Louisiana

Division of Archaeology. In 1971, the

object was transferred to the Williamson

Museum.

Museum records indicate that this

vessel was removed from a grave; no

remains from the grave are held in the

museum. Maddox Engraved pottery is

dated to Caddo III–IV (A.D. 1200–1500)

periods.

The two objects from the Allen

Plantation site, Natchitoches Parish, LA,

are one Hickory Engraved bottle and one

bowl.

These objects were removed in 1935–

41, during archeological excavations

conducted by Dr. Clarence H. Webb,

who donated them to the Louisiana

Division of Archaeology. In 1979, the

objects were transferred to the

Williamson Museum.

Museum records and consultation

with the Caddo Tribe identified these

vessels as unassociated funerary objects.

The objects were salvaged from a grave

in a road cut; no remains from the grave