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emergency protective measures, including 

direct Federal assistance, was provided at 

100 percent of the total eligible costs. The 

period of up to 72 hours at 100 percent 

excluded debris removal.) 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–17170 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1591–DR] 

Maine; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Maine (FEMA–1591–DR), dated 

June 29, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 10, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Maine is hereby amended to 

include the following area among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared a 

major disaster by the President in his 

declaration of June 29, 2005: 

Aroostook County for Public Assistance. 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–17169 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon 

Proposed Trust Acquisition and Resort 

and Casino Project, Cascade Locks, 

Hood River County, OR 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

as lead agency, in cooperation with the 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon (Tribes), 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed 

25-acre trust acquisition and resort and 

casino project, including transportation 

system improvements, to be located 

within the city of Cascade Locks, Hood 

River County, Oregon. Other 

cooperating agencies include the Oregon 

Department of Transportation, the city 

of Cascade Locks, the port of Cascade 

Locks, Hood River County and, because 

of proposed transportation system 

improvements to Interstate 84, the 

Federal Highway Administration. The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

improve the economy of the Tribes and 

help their members attain economic 

self-sufficiency. This notice also 

announces public scoping meetings to 

identify potential issues and alternatives 

to be considered in the EIS. 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of the EIS or implementation of the 

proposal must arrive by September 30, 

2005. 

Public scoping meetings will be held 

on the following dates and times: 

1. September 15, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Cascade Locks, Oregon. 

2. September 17, 2005, 9:30 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m., Cascade Locks, Oregon. 

3. September 19, 2005, 5 p.m. to 8 

p.m., Portland, Oregon. 

4. September 21, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Hood River, Oregon. 

5. September 28, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Stevenson, Washington. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry 

written comments to Ms. June Boynton, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Division of Environment, Safety, and 

Cultural Resources Management, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, 911 Northeast 11th 

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232. You 

may also fax your comments to (503) 

231–6791, or submit them electronically 

at the project Web site, 

www.gorgecasinoEIS.com. (Note: BIA 

cannot receive electronic comments 

directly via e-mail at this time.) Please 

include your name, return address, and 

the caption, ‘‘DEIS Scoping Comments, 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon Trust 

Acquisition and Resort/Casino Project,’’

on the first page of your written 

comments. 

The locations of the public scoping 

meetings are as follows: 

1. Cascade Locks—Port of Cascade 

Locks Gorge Pavilion, Marine Park, 355 

Wa-Na-Pa Street, Cascade Locks, 

Oregon. 

2. Cascade Locks—Port of Cascade 

Locks Gorge Pavilion, Marine Park, 355 

Wa-Na-Pa Street, Cascade Locks, 

Oregon. 

3. Portland—Benson High School 

Cafeteria, 546 NE 12th Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon. 

4. Hood River—Hood River Inn, 1108 

East Marina Way, Hood River, Oregon. 

5. Stevenson—Rock Creek Center, 710 

SW Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson, 

Washington. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Boynton, (503) 231–6749. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering 

the Tribes’ application for 25 acres of 

land to be taken into trust for the 

development of gaming and related 

entertainment facilities. The 25 acres 

proposed for trust acquisition are part of 

a 60-acre tract located at the eastern 

edge of the city of Cascade Locks in 

Hood River County, Oregon. 

The EIS will include an evaluation of 

alternatives for meeting the proposed 

facilities’ access needs from Interstate 

84. The transportation analysis will 

include all reasonable alternatives for 

access from Interstate 84, including 

modifying or eliminating the existing 

partial interchanges known as Herman 

Creek Interchange and East Cascade 

Locks Interchange. The EIS will also 

analyze a new interchange at Forest 

Lane. Although the eventual size and 

scope of the facilities may be modified 

based on information obtained through 

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the EIS process, the Tribes’ current 

proposal for the new gaming facility, on 

acquired trust land, would have a 

90,000-square-foot gaming floor 

connected to retail shops, dining 

venues, and a 250-room hotel and spa. 

The facility would provide parking for 

3,600 vehicles, including a parking 

garage and spaces for oversized 

vehicles. The proposed action 

encompasses the various federal 

approvals required to implement the 

Tribes’ fee-to-trust application. Areas of 

environmental concern identified so far 

for analysis in the EIS include water 

resources, air quality, biological 

resources, cultural resources, 

socioeconomic conditions, traffic and 

transportation, land use, public utilities 

and services, noise, lighting, hazardous 

materials, environmental justice, and 

visual resources/aesthetics. The range of 

issues and alternatives to be addressed 

in the EIS may be expanded based on 

comments received in response to this 

notice and at the public scoping 

meetings. 

Public Comment Availability 

Comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

mailing address 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 Interior Manual (516 

DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary ‘‘ Indian 

Affairs by 209 DM 8.1. 

Dated: August 3, 2005. 

Debbie L. Clark, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 05–17167 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–300–1330–EO] 

Notice of a 30-Day Public Comment 

Period To Affirm the Policy for the 

Standards To Establish the Potash 

Enclave as Used To Administer the 

Secretarial Order of 1986 Entitled ‘‘Oil 

and Gas and Potash Leasing and 

Development Within the Designated 

Potash Area of Eddy and Lea Counties, 

New Mexico’’

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits public 

comments on the report which affirms 

the existing policy on the criteria used 

to establish the potash enclave. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

to the address below no later than 

September 29, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to Group Manager, Solid 

Minerals, 1620 L. St. NW., Mail Stop 

501 LS, Washington DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Stewart, Mining Engineer, 1620 L. 

St. NW., Mail Stop 501 LS, Washington, 

DC 20036, telephone (202) 452–0310. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of the Interior (DOI) 

has a long history of administering the 

concurrent development of the oil and 

gas and potash deposits owned by the 

United States in Eddy and Lea counties, 

New Mexico. The BLM is the agency 

within the DOI responsible for these 

activities. There is an interest in 

exploring for oil and gas in parts of the 

area containing the potash reserves 

(potash enclave). The Secretarial Order 

(SO), published in the Federal Register 

dated October 28, 1986 entitled, ‘‘Oil 

and Gas and Potash Development 

within the Designated Potash Area of 

Eddy and Lea Counties,’’ was developed 

to administer the development of these 

resources. 

The order, in Yates Petroleum Corp., et al., 

IBLA No. 92–612, was issued pursuant to an 

appeal filed by Yates Petroleum Corp., et al. 

concerning decisions to deny the approval to 

drill certain oil and gas wells by the BLM 

pursuant to the SO. In her opinion, the 

Administrative Law Judge stated, ‘‘The 

record does not support a conclusion that the 

standards of four (4) feet of 10 percent K2O 

as sylvite and four (4) feet of 4 percent K2O 

as langbeinite, or a combination of the two, 

as defined by Van Sickle in 1974, continue 

to identify the thickness and quality of 

potash which is mineable under existing 

technology and economics’’ as required by 

the SO. The BLM has the same concerns and 

prepared the report referenced in this notice. 

II. Report, Entitled ‘‘Potash Enclave 

Mineral Report’’

The report may be viewed at the 

following site on the Internet, http:// 

www.blm.gov/nhp/300/wo320/ 

potash.pdf. A hard copy may be 

requested from the contact for further 

information above. 

Thomas Lonnie, 

Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and 

Resource Protection. 

[FR Doc. 05–17176 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for 1029–0063 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request approval for the 

collections of information for 30 CFR 

part 870 and the OSM–1 Form. This 

collection consolidates the requirements 

for all of part 870, including the 

provisions for excess moisture 

deductions previously approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under control number 1029–

0090. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection must be received 

by October 31, 2005, to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 

1951 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 

202–SIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection package, including