51364 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 30, 2005 / Notices 

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