Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2005 / Notices 53381 

IRR Program Coordinating Committee 

Conduct of Business 

The Committee will hold two 

meetings per fiscal year. The Committee 

may call additional meeting(s) with the 

consent of one-third of Committee 

members or BIA or FHWA may call 

additional meeting(s). A quorum 

consists of eight voting Committee 

members. The Committee will operate 

by consensus or majority vote, as the 

Committee determines in its protocols. 

The Committee must elect from among 

the Committee membership a Chair, 

Vice-Chair, and other officers. These 

officers will be responsible for preparing 

for and conducting Committee meetings 

and summarizing meeting results. The 

Committee may prescribe other duties 

for the officers. Any Committee member 

can submit an agenda item to the 

Committee Chair. 

IRR Program Coordinating Committee 

Reporting Requirements and Budget 

The Committee must keep the 

Secretary and tribes informed through 

an annual accomplishment report 

provided within 90 days after the end of 

each fiscal year. The Committee’s 

budget, funded through the IRR Program 

management and oversight funds, will 

not exceed $150,000 annually. 

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 05–17824 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–LY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–05–840–1610–241A] 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Advisory Committee; Call 

for Nominations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Call for nominations for the 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Advisory Committee, to 

replace two categories. 

SUMMARY: BLM is publishing this notice 

under section 9(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The notice 

requests the public to submit 

nominations for membership on the 

Committee. The Committee is necessary 

to advise the Secretary and BLM on 

resource management issues associated 

with Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument. 

DATES: Submit a completed nomination 

form and nomination letters to the 

address listed below no later than 30 

days after date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: 

Manager, Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument, Bureau of Land 

Management, 27501 Highway 184, 

Dolores, Colorado 81323. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LouAnn Jacobson, Monument Manager 

or Stephen Kandell, Monument Planner 

at (970) 882–5600, or e-mail 

Colorado_CANM@co.blm.gov. The 

existing Monument Web site is 

currently unavailable. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any 

individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Advisory Committee. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

for Committee membership. You may 

obtain nomination forms from the 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT above). To make a 

nomination, you must submit a 

completed nomination form, letters of 

reference from the represented interests 

or organizations, as well as any other 

information that speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications, to the Canyons 

of the Ancients National Monument 

Manager. You may make nominations 

for the following categories of interest: 

• A representative of the Dolores 

County Commission (appointed from 

nominees submitted by the Dolores 

County Commission); and 

• Persons representing any of the 

following tribes and pueblos 

representing Native American interests: 

The Ute Mountain Tribe, The UintahOuray Ute Tribe, The Southern Ute 

Tribe, The Navajo Nation, The Hopi 

Tribe, The Pueblo of Acoma, The Pueblo 

of Cochiti, The Pueblo of Isleta, The 

Pueblo of San Felipe, The Pueblo of 

Santa Ana, The Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, The Pueblo of Jemez, The 

Pueblo of Laguna, The Pueblo of Sandia, 

The Pueblo of Zia, The Pueblo of Zuni, 

The Pueblo of Nambe, The Pueblo of 

San Juan, The Pueblo of Picuris, The 

Pueblo of Pojoaque, The Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, The Pueblo of Santa Clara, 

The Pueblo of Taos, The Pueblo of 

Tesuque (appointed from nominees 

submitted by the Bureau of Land 

Management). 

The specific category the nominee 

would like to represent should be 

identified in the letter of nomination 

and in the nomination form. The 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Manager will collect the 

nominations and letters of reference and 

then forward them to the Secretary of 

the Interior who has final authority for 

making the appointments. 

The purpose of the Canyons of the 

Ancients National Monument Advisory 

Committee is to advise the Bureau of 

Land Management concerning 

development and implementation of a 

management plan for public lands 

within Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument. Each member will 

be a person who, as a result of training 

and experience, has knowledge or 

special expertise which qualifies him or 

her to provide advice from among the 

categories of interest listed above. 

Members will serve without monetary 

compensation, but will be reimbursed 

for travel and per diem expenses at 

current rates for Government 

employees. The membership term will 

be for four years. 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

LouAnn Jacobson, 

Monument Manager, Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument. 

[FR Doc. 05–17774 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–AG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–030–1310–DB] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Creston/Blue Gap II Natural Gas 

Project, Carbon and Sweetwater 

Counties, WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

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, announces its intent to 

prepare an EIS on the potential impacts 

of a proposed natural gas development 

project consisting primarily of 

conventional gas well development, but 

also including approximately 100 coal 

bed natural gas wells. 

In April 2005, the BLM received a 

proposal from Devon Energy 

Corporation representing themselves 

and other lease holders in the area, to 

drill and develop up to 1,250 wells from 

an estimated 1000 well pad sites and 

install and operate associated facilities. 

The proposed project area encompasses 

approximately 184,000 acres of mixed 

Federal, State, and private land, and 

overlies a natural gas field analyzed