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provides management decisions for 

197,000 acres. 

Juan Palma, 

Field Manager, Las Vegas. 

[FR Doc. 05–18973 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–05–1310–DB] 

Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale 

Anticline Working Group 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (1972), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Pinedale 

Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will 

meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a 

business meeting. Group meetings are 

open to the public. 

DATES: The PAWG will meet October 25, 

2005, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the PAWG 

will be held in the Lovatt room of the 

Pinedale Library, 155 S. Tyler Ave., 

Pinedale, WY. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Stiewig, BLM/PAWG Liaison, 

Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale 

Field Office, 432 E. Mills St., P.O. Box 

738, Pinedale, WY 82941; (307) 367–

5363. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pinedale Anticline Working Group 

(PAWG) was authorized and established 

with release of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil 

and Gas Exploration and Development 

Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG 

advises the BLM on the development 

and implementation of monitoring plans 

and adaptive management decisions as 

development of the Pinedale Anticline 

Natural Gas Field proceeds for the life 

of the field. 

The agenda for this meeting will 

include discussions concerning any 

modifications task groups may wish to 

make to their monitoring 

recommendations, a discussion on 

monitoring funding sources, and overall 

adaptive management implementation 

as it applies to the PAWG. At a 

minimum, public comments will be 

heard prior to lunch and adjournment of 

the meeting. 

Dated: September 14, 2005. 

Priscilla Mecham, 

Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. 05–18877 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Draft South Denali Implementation 

Plan and Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft South Denali Implementation Plan 

and Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Draft South Denali Implementation Plan 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for Denali National Park and 

Preserve. The document describes and 

analyzes the environmental impacts of a 

preferred alternative and one action 

alternative for expanding visitor 

facilities and access opportunities in the 

south Denali region. A no action 

alternative also is evaluated. This notice 

announces the 60-day public comment 

period and solicits comments on the 

draft plan and EIS. 

DATES: Written comments on the draft 

plan and EIS must be received no later 

than November 21, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft plan 

and EIS should be submitted to the 

Superintendent, Denali National Park 

and Preserve, Post Office Box 9, Denali 

Park, Alaska 99755. Submit electronic 

comments to http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov. The draft EIS 

may be viewed online at http:// 

www.southdenaliplanning.com. Hard 

copies or CDs of the Draft South Denali 

Implementation Plan and EIS are 

available by request from the 

aforementioned address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Tranel, Chief of Planning, Denali 

National Park and Preserve. Telephone: 

(907) 644–3611. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Park Service (NPS) in 

cooperation with the State of Alaska, 

and Matanuska Susitna Borough has 

prepared a draft implementation plan 

and accompanying EIS for expanded 

visitor facilities and access 

opportunities in the south Denali 

region. The purpose of the plan and EIS 

is to address the needs of a growing 

visitor population in the south Denali 

region for the next two decades. The 

south Denali region is defined to 

include the southern portions of Denali 

National Park and Preserve, Denali State 

Park in its entirety, and adjoining lands 

owned and managed by the State of 

Alaska and the Matanuska Susitna 

Borough. The implementation plan and 

EIS was initiated to address the rapidly 

growing level of visitation, resource 

management concerns, and anticipated 

demand for future uses of public lands 

in the south Denali region. 

The draft plan and EIS includes a 

range of alternatives based on planning 

objectives, environmental resources, 

and public input. Each alternative 

represents a development concept that 

addresses the needs and concerns of the 

land managers, local communities, and 

visitors. Two alternatives in addition to 

a no-action alternative were developed. 

Alternative A (No Action): Under 

Alternative A, no new actions would be 

implemented to support the 1997 

Record of Decision for the South Side 

Denali Development Concept Plan 

except for those projects already 

approved and initiated. This alternative 

represents no change from current 

management direction and therefore 

represents the existing condition in the 

south Denali region. However, it does 

not ensure a similar future condition 

which could be affected by factors 

unrelated to this planning effort. 

Alternative B: This destination facility 

in the Peters Hills would serve package 

tourism, the independent traveler, local 

school groups, and Alaskan travelers. 

Access to this facility would be from the 

Trapper Creek area on the Petersville 

Road, and a new, seven mile access 

road. The vision is for a high quality 

facility that offers a range of 

opportunities for learning and recreating 

during the summer months. 

Development of campgrounds, 

enhancements to local trail systems and 

road corridors, and increased 

interpretive signage are also 

components of this alternative. 

Alternative C (Preferred Alternative): 

This destination facility would be 

reached by a new four mile access road 

from the George Parks Highway, and 

would serve package tourism, the 

independent traveler, local school 

groups, and Alaskan travelers. The 

vision is for a high quality facility that 

offers a range of opportunities for 

learning and recreating from late spring 

to early fall. It would provide visitors of 

various abilities a chance to experience 

a subarctic tundra environment and 

opportunities to view Mount McKinley 

and the Alaska Range. Development of 

campgrounds, enhancements to local 

trail systems and road corridors, and 

increased interpretive signage are also 

components of this alternative. 

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Informational and Public Meetings 

Informational meetings and public 

hearings will be scheduled in Alaska at 

the following locations: Anchorage, 

Fairbanks, Wasilla, Susitna Valley, and 

McKinley Village. The specific dates 

and times of the meetings and public 

hearings will be announced in local 

media. It is the practice of the National 

Park Service to make comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. An individual respondent may 

request that we withhold his or her 

address from the record, which we will 

honor to the extent allowable by law. If 

you wish to have NPS withhold your 

name and/or address, you must state 

this prominently at the beginning of 

your comments. NPS will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Judy Gottlieb, 

Acting Regional Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 05–18819 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

United States v. Professional 

Consultants Insurance Company, Inc.; 

Proposed Final Judgment and 

Competitive Impact Statement 

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the 

Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 

15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed 

Final Judgment, Stipulation and 

Competitive Impact Statement have 

been filed with the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia in United States v. 

Professional Consultants Insurance 

Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 

1:05CV01272. On June 28, 2005, the 

United States filed a Complaint alleging 

that Professional Consultants Insurance 

Company, Inc., violated Section 1 of the 

Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1. The proposed 

Final Judgment, filed the same time as 

the Complaint, requires Professional 

Consultants Insurance Company, Inc., to 

end its illegal information sharing 

activities and create a program to 

monitor its compliance with the 

antitrust laws. A proposed Amended 

Final Judgment was filed in substitution 

of, and to correct a drafting error in, the 

originally filed proposed Final 

Judgment. Copies of the Complaint, 

proposed Amended Final Judgment and 

Competitive Impact Statement are 

available for inspection at the U.S. 

Department of Justice, Antitrust 

Division, 325 Seventh Street, NW., 

Room 200, Washington, DC 20530 and 

at the Office of the Clerk of the United 

States District Court for the District of 

Columbia, 333 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, D.C. 20001. 

Public comment is invited within 60 

days of the date of this notice. Such 

comments, and responses thereto, will 

be published in the Federal Register 

and filed with the Court. Comments 

should be directed to Mark Botti, Chief, 

Litigation I Section, United States 

Department of Justice, 1401 H Street, 

NW., Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20530 

(telephone: 202–307–0001). 

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia 

United States of America, Plaintiff, v. 

Professional Consultants Insurance 

Company, Inc., Defendant 

Case Number 1:05CV01272 

Judge: Gladys Kessler 

Deck Type: Antitrust 

Date Stamp: 06/24/2005 

Complaint 

The United States of America, by its 

attorneys and acting under the direction 

of the Attorney General of the United 

States, brings this civil antitrust action 

to obtain equitable relief against 

Defendant Professional Consultants 

Insurance Company, Inc. to prevent and 

restrain violations of Section 1 of the 

Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1. The United 

States alleges as follows: 

I. Jurisdiction and Venue 

1. The United States brings this action 

to prevent and restrain violations of 

Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 

1. The Court has jurisdiction over the 

parties to this action and of the subject 

matter pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 4 and 28 

U.S.C. 1331, 1337 and 1345. Venue is 

proper in this District because 

Defendant has so stipulated. 

II. Defendant 

2. Defendant Professional Consultants 

Insurance Company, Inc. (‘‘PCIC’’) is a 

professional liability insurance 

company incorporated under the laws of 

Vermont. PCIC’s principal business is to 

provide errors and omissions insurance 

coverage to its three shareholders, 

which PCIC calls, and hereafter will be 

referred to as, its ‘‘members.’’ Each of 

PCIC’s three members is a major 

actuarial consulting firm doing business 

throughout the United States. 

3. At all times relevant to this 

Complaint, PCIC has been managed and 

operated by directors, officers, and 

providers of professional services who 

concurrently served as directors, 

officers, or employees of its members. 

4. The PCIC members each employ 

hundreds of professional actuaries 

throughout the country to serve, on a 

nationwide basis, clients that require 

actuarial consulting services. Actuarial 

consultants are professionals trained 

and skilled in mathematical and 

statistical analysis and management of 

financial and economic risks. Their 

clients are firms and organizations that 

require risk analysis and management in 

various financial and other contexts, 

including pension plans and other 

employee benefit plans organized to 

serve public or government employees, 

private corporate employees, and 

members of labor unions. 

5. Apart from their joint ownership 

and management of PCIC, the three 

PCIC members operate actuarial 

consulting businesses separately and 

independently of, and in competition 

with, each other. Each of the three PCIC 

members is a major competitor of the 

others in the provision of actuarial 

consulting services to employee benefit 

plans. 

III. Trade and Commerce 

6. At all times relevant to this 

Complaint, PCIC has provided 

professional liability insurance coverage 

for claims against its members arising 

from actuarial consulting businesses 

conducted by its members, including 

the provision of actuarial consulting 

services to employee benefit plans, 

throughout the United States. These 

activities of PCIC and its members have 

been within the flow of, and have 

substantially affected, interstate 

commerce. 

7. Employee benefit plans engage 

PCIC’s members and other actuarial 

consulting firms to prepare actuarial 

risk valuations. Employee benefit plans 

rely on the work of actuarial consultants 

to determine employee benefit levels 

and employer contributions needed to 

fund the benefits. An error or omission 

in the work performed by an actuarial 

consultant can result in substantial 

monetary losses or other damages to the 

employee benefit client. 

8. To cover exposure to liability 

claims of clients arising out of mistakes 

made in their actuarial work, PCIC 

members historically obtained 

professional errors and omissions 

liability insurance. Since the late 1980s 

and continuing to the present, PCIC has