Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2005 / Notices 58463 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4950–FA–13] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Colleges and 

Universities Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this document 

notifies the public of funding awards for 

Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Colleges and 

Universities Program. The purpose of 

this document is to announce the names 

and addresses of the award winners and 

the amount of the awards which are to 

be used to enable tribal colleges and 

universities to build, expand, renovate, 

and equip their own facilities, 

especially those that are available to and 

used by the larger community. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Brunson, Office of University 

Partnerships, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 8106, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–3061, 

ext. 3852. To provide service for persons 

who are hearing-or-speech-impaired, 

this number may be reached via TTY by 

Dialing the Federal Information Relay 

Service on (800) 877–8339 or (202) 708–

1455 (Telephone numbers, other than 

‘‘800’’ TTY numbers are not toll free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribal 

Colleges and Universities Program was 

enacted under section 107 of the CDBG 

appropriation for Fiscal Year 2005, as 

part of the ‘‘Veterans Administration, 

HUD and Independent Agencies 

Appropriations Act of 2005’’ and is 

administered by the Office of University 

Partnerships under the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research. In addition 

to this program, the Office of University 

Partnerships administers HUD’s ongoing 

grant programs to institutions of higher 

education as well as creates initiatives 

through which colleges and universities 

can bring their traditional missions of 

teaching, research, service, and outreach 

to bear on the pressing local problems 

in their communities. 

The Tribal Colleges and Universities 

Program assist tribal colleges and 

universities to build, expand, renovate, 

and equip their own facilities. 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for this program is 

14.519. 

On March 21, 2005 (FR 70, No 53, 

13733), HUD published a Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) 

announcing the availability of $2.9 

million in Fiscal Year 2005 funds for the 

Tribal Colleges and Universities 

Program. The Department reviewed, 

evaluated and scored the applications 

received based on the criteria in the 

NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded the 

applications below, in accordance with 

section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 

U.S.C. 3545). 

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance 

Under the FY 2005 Tribal Colleges and 

Universities Program Funding 

Competition, by Institution, Address, 

and Grant Amount 

Region VIII 

1. Fort Berthold Community College, 

Mr. Keith Smith, Fort Berthold 

Community College, 220 8th Avenue 

North, New Town, ND 58763. Grant: 

$520,770. 

2. Sitting Bull College, Ms. Laurel 

Vermillion, 1341 92nd Street, Fort 

Yates, ND 58538. Grant: $600,000. 

3. Fort Belknap College, Ms. Carole 

Falcon-Chandler, Fort Belknap College, 

PO Box 159, Highway 2 & Highway 66, 

Harlem, MT 59526. Grant: $600,000. 

4. Salish Kootenai College, Mr. 

Michael O’Donnell, Salish Kootenai 

College, 52000 Highway 93 North, 

Pablo, MT 59855. Grant: $600,000. 

5. Oglala Lakota College, Mr. Thomas 

Shortbull, Oglala Lakota College, 490 

Piya Wiconi Road, Kyle, SD 57752. 

Grant: $600,000. 

Dated: September 22, 2005. 

Harold L. Bunce, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E5–5465 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–260–09–1060–00–24 1A] 

Call for Nominations for the Wild Horse 

and Burro Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit public nominations for three 

members to the Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board. The Board provides 

advice concerning management, 

protection and control of wild freeroaming horses and burros on the public 

lands administered by the Department 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, and the Department 

of Agriculture, through the Forest 

Service. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted to the address listed below no 

later than October 31, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: National Wild Horse and 

Burro Program, Bureau of Land 

Management, Department of the 

Interior, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 

89520–0006, Attn: Ramona Delorme; fax 

775–861–6618. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Rawson, Group Manager, Wild Horse 

and Burro Group, (202) 452–0379. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may contact Mr. Rawson at any 

time by calling the Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Nominations for a term of three years 

are needed to represent the following 

categories of interest: Humane 

Advocacy; Livestock Management; 

Wildlife Management. 

Any individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory 

Board. Individuals may also nominate 

themselves for Board membership. All 

nomination letters/or resumes should 

include the nominees: (1) Name, 

address, phone, and e-mail address if 

applicable; (2) category(s) for 

consideration (i.e. humane advocacy, 

livestock management or wildlife 

management); (3) present occupation; 

(4) explanation of qualifications to 

represent their designated constituency; 

(5) nominating organization, individual 

or by self; and (6) list of endorsements 

by qualified individuals. 

As appropriate, certain Board 

members may be appointed as Special 

Government Employees. Special 

Government Employees serve on the 

board without compensation, and are 

subject to financial disclosure 

requirements in the Ethics in 

Government Act and 5 CFR 2634. 

Nominations are to be sent to the 

address listed under ADDRESSES, above. 

Each nominee will be considered for 

selection according to their ability to 

represent their designated constituency, 

analyze and interpret data and 

information, evaluate programs, identify 

problems, work collaboratively in 

seeking solutions and formulate and 

recommend corrective actions. Pursuant 

to Section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming 

Horses and Burros Act, Members of the 

Board cannot be employed by either 

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Federal or State Government. Members 

will serve without salary, but will be 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses at current rates for 

Government employees. The Board will 

meet no less than two times annually. 

The Director, Bureau of Land 

Management may call additional 

meetings in connection with special 

needs for advice. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Thomas Dyer, 

Acting Assistant Director, Renewable 

Resources and Planning. 

[FR Doc. 05–20082 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–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 correction. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) inadvertently 

published a draft version of a Notice of 

Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Creston/Blue 

Gap II Natural Gas Project, Carbon and 

Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming in the 

Federal Register on Thursday, 

September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53381). The 

BLM is publishing this correction notice 

to strike the last sentence. The sentence 

being removed is ‘‘A decision for the 

Creston/Blue Gap II Natural Gas Project 

(C/BG2 Project) will not be made nor 

implemented until after a Record of 

Decision is issued for the Rawlins RMP 

revision FEIS’’. Any such decision will 

be in accordance with regulatory 

requirements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Eldon 

Allison, Project Manager, 1300 North 

Third Street, P.O. Box 2407, Rawlins, 

Wyoming 82301. Mr. Allison may also 

be reached by telephone at (307) 328–

4291, or by sending an electronic 

message to: Eldon_Allison@blm.gov. 

Deborah Rawhouser, 

Group Manager, Planning Assessment and 

Community Support. 

[FR Doc. 05–20084 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Conservation Helium Sale 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice implementing fourth 

conservation helium sale. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this action is 

to continue implementation of the terms 

of the Helium Privatization Act (HPA) of 

1996 dealing with the disposal of the 

Conservation Helium Reserve. The HPA 

requires the Department of the Interior 

(DOI) to offer for sale, beginning no later 

than 2005, a portion of the Conservation 

Helium stored underground at the 

Cliffside Field, north of Amarillo, Texas. 

The DOI, in consultation with the 

private helium industry, has determined 

that private companies, with refining 

capacity along the crude helium 

pipeline, will need a supply of helium 

in excess of that available from their 

own storage accounts and that available 

from crude helium extractors in the 

region. Given the current market, 

Conservation Helium sold in this sale 

will cause minimal market disruption. 

This sale will be conducted in four 

parts, with one-fourth of the annual sale 

amount offered each quarter of Fiscal 

Year 2006. 

DATES: Submit bids for the first quarter 

sale and other documentation as 

required in Notice on or before 

November 7, 2005. Bids for the 

remaining three quarters must be 

submitted according to the following 

schedule: 

• Second Quarter—December 1, 2005, 

through December 31, 2005. 

• Third Quarter—March 1, 2006, 

through March 31, 2006. 

• Fourth Quarter—June 1, 2006, 

through June 30, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your bids 

and other documentation as required in 

this Notice to the BLM, Amarillo Field 

Office, 801 S. Fillmore, Suite 500, 

Amarillo, TX 79101–3545, Attention: 

Crude Helium Sales Analyst. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie H. Neely, (806) 356–1027. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may call the Federal Information Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 between 8 

a.m. and 8 p.m., eastern time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1.01 What Is the Purpose of the Sale? 

The purpose of this sale is to continue 

implementation of the terms of the HPA 

of 1996 dealing with the disposal of the 

Conservation Helium Reserve. The HPA 

requires the DOI to offer for sale, 

beginning no later than 2005, a portion 

of the Conservation Helium stored 

underground at the Cliffside Field, 

north of Amarillo, Texas. The DOI, in 

consultation with the private helium 

industry, has determined that private 

companies, with refining capacity along 

the crude helium pipeline, will need a 

supply of helium in excess of that 

available from their own storage 

accounts and that available from crude 

helium extractors in the region. This is 

the fourth in a series of sales that the 

Department will conduct to dispose of 

the Conservation Helium stored 

underground at the Cliffside Field. The 

annual sales are being conducted in a 

manner intended to prevent pure 

helium market disruptions from 

occurring to end users; shortages of 

crude helium to pure helium refiners; 

and an oversupply of crude helium on 

the market for crude helium extractors. 

Subsequent sales may be adjusted as 

needed. 

1.02 What Terms Do I Need To Know 

To Understand This Sale? 

Allocated Sale—That portion of the 

annual sale volume of Conservation 

Helium that will be set aside for 

purchase by the Crude Helium Refiners. 

Annual Conservation Helium Sale—

The sale of a certain volume of 

Conservation Helium to private entities 

conducted annually beginning no later 

than 2005. 

Bidder—Any entity or person who 

submits a request for purchase of a 

volume of the Annual Conservation 

Helium Sale and has met the 

qualifications contained in part 1.05 in 

this Notice. 

BLM—The Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Conservation Helium—The crude 

helium purchased by the U.S. 

Government under the authority of the 

Helium Act of 1960 and stored 

underground in the Cliffside Field. 

Crude Helium—A partially refined gas 

containing about 70 percent helium and 

30 percent nitrogen. However, the 

helium concentration may vary from 50 

to 95 percent. 

Crude Helium Refiners—Those 

entities with a capability of refining 

crude helium and having a connection 

point on the crude helium pipeline and 

a valid Helium Storage Contract as of 

the date of a Conservation Helium Sale. 

Excess Volumes—Allocated sale 

volumes not requested by the Crude 

Helium Refiners. 

Helium Storage Contract—A contract 

between the BLM and a private entity 

allowing the private entity to store 

crude helium in underground storage at 

the Cliffside Field.