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TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project propsal 

Regional Native 

American liaison and 

phone number 

Region 1 ...... Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and 

California.

Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Eastside Federal Complex, 911 NE., 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–4181.

Scott L. Aikin 

(503) 231–6123 

Region 2 ...... Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas ......... Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

500 Gold Avenue, SW., P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103–1306.

John Antonio 

(505) 245–6810 

Region 3 ...... Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1 

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4080.

John Leonard 

(612) 713–5108 

Region 4 ...... Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Tennessee.

Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

1875 Century Blvd., Rm. 410, Atlanta, GA 

30345.

Kyla Hastie 

(404) 679–7133 

Region 5 ...... Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035–

9589.

D.J. Monette 

(413) 253–8662 

Region 6 ...... Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

134 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Lakewood, CO 

80228.

David Redhorse 

(303) 236–4575 

Region 7 ...... Alaska ...................................................................... Regional Director; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–

6199.

Sue Detwiler 

(907) 786–3868 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact the Native 

American Liaison in the appropriate 

Regional Office (see Table 1 under 

ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of 

the Native American Liaison, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, 

Mail Stop 3012 MIB, Washington, DC 

20240 (202)208–4133. 

Request for Proposals: The Service 

invites submission of grant proposals 

from federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments (including Alaska Native 

Villages) for the development and 

implementation of programs for the 

benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 

including species that are not hunted or 

fished. This program supports the 

efforts of federally recognized Tribal 

governments in projects that develop or 

augment the capacity to manage, 

conserve, or protect fish and wildlife 

resources through the provision of 

funding and technical support. 

For complete application guidelines, 

please refer to http://www.fws.gov/grnts/ 

tribal.html of contact the Native 

American Liaison in your Fish and 

Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in 

ADDRESSES). The Application Kit 

outlines program requirements, 

selection criteria, and award 

procedures. 

Dated: October 24, 2005. 

Paul Hoffman, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife 

and Parks. 

[FR Doc. 05–21691 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 

Council 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Fish and Wildlife Service announces a 

meeting designed to foster partnerships 

to enhance public awareness of the 

importance of aquatic resources and the 

social and economic benefits of 

recreational fishing and boating in the 

United States. This meeting, sponsored 

by the Sport Fishing and Boating 

Partnership Council (Council), is open 

to the public, and interested persons 

may make oral statements to the Council 

or may file written statements for 

consideration. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 10, 2005, and 

Friday, November 11, 2005, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and 

Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San 

Diego, California 92101; telephone (619) 

291–2900. 

Summary minutes of the conference 

will be maintained by the Council 

Coordinator at 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

MS–3101–AEA, Arlington, VA 22203, 

and will be available for public 

inspection during regular business 

hours within 30 days following the 

meeting. Personal copies may be 

purchased for the cost of duplication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Hobbs, Council Coordinator, at 

(703) 358–2336. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sport 

Fishing and Boating Partnership 

Council was formed in January 1993 to 

advise the Secretary of the Interior, 

through the Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, about sport fishing and 

boating issues. The Council represents 

the interests of the public and private 

sectors of the sport fishing and boating 

communities and is organized to 

enhance partnerships among industry, 

constituency groups, and government. 

The 18-member Council includes the 

Director of the Service and the president 

of the International Association of Fish 

and Wildlife Agencies, who both serve 

in ex officio capacities. Other Council 

members are Directors from State 

agencies responsible for managing 

recreational fish and wildlife resources 

and individuals who represent the 

interests of saltwater and freshwater 

recreational fishing, recreational 

boating, the recreational fishing and 

boating industries, recreational fisheries 

resource conservation, aquatic resource 

outreach and education, and tourism. 

The Council will convene to discuss: (1) 

The Council’s continuing role in 

providing input to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service on the Service’s strategic plan 

for its Fisheries Program; (2) The 

Council’s work on the National Fish 

Habitat Initiative as both a lead partner 

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and its role as lead in building a Fish 

Habitat Partners Coalition; (3) The 

Council’s work in its role as a facilitator 

of discussions with Federal and State 

agencies and other sportfishing and 

boating interests concerning a variety of 

national boating and fisheries 

management issues; and (3) The 

Council’s role in providing the Interior 

Secretary with information about the 

implementation of the Strategic Plan for 

the National Outreach and 

Communications Program. The Interior 

Secretary approved the Strategic Plan in 

February 1999, as well as the five-year, 

$36-million federally funded outreach 

campaign authorized by the 1998 

Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act that 

is now being implemented by the 

Recreational Boating and Fishing 

Foundation, a private, nonprofit 

organization. 

Dated: October 20, 2005. 

Matt Hogan, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–21788 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Quarterly Status Report of Water 

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of 

contractual actions that have been 

proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and are new, modified, 

discontinued, or completed since the 

last publication of this notice on July 22, 

2005. This notice is one of a variety of 

means used to inform the public about 

proposed contractual actions for capital 

recovery and management of project 

resources and facilities consistent with 

section 9(f) of the Reclamation Project 

Act of 1939. Additional announcements 

of individual contract actions may be 

published in the Federal Register and in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

areas determined by Reclamation to be 

affected by the proposed action. 

ADDRESSES: The identity of the 

approving officer and other information 

pertaining to a specific contract 

proposal may be obtained by calling or 

writing the appropriate regional office at 

the address and telephone number given 

for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Contract 

Services Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 

P.O. Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 

80225–0007; telephone 303–445–2902. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with section 9(f) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 and the rules and 

regulations published in 52 FR 11954, 

April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22), 

Reclamation will publish notice of 

proposed or amendatory contract 

actions for any contract for the delivery 

of project water for authorized uses in 

newspapers of general circulation in the 

affected area at least 60 days prior to 

contract execution. Announcements 

may be in the form of news releases, 

legal notices, official letters, 

memorandums, or other forms of 

written material. Meetings, workshops, 

and/or hearings may also be used, as 

appropriate, to provide local publicity. 

The public participation procedures do 

not apply to proposed contracts for the 

sale of surplus or interim irrigation 

water for a term of 1 year or less. Either 

of the contracting parties may invite the 

public to observe contract proceedings. 

All public participation procedures will 

be coordinated with those involved in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to 

the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation 

Procedures’’ for water resource-related 

contract negotiations, published in 47 

FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation 

is provided of all proposed contractual 

actions in each of the five Reclamation 

regions. When contract negotiations are 

completed, and prior to execution, each 

proposed contract form must be 

approved by the Secretary of the 

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or 

redelegated authority, the Commissioner 

of Reclamation or one of the regional 

directors. In some instances, 

congressional review and approval of a 

report, water rate, or other terms and 

conditions of the contract may be 

involved. 

Public participation in and receipt of 

comments on contract proposals will be 

facilitated by adherence to the following 

procedures: 

1. Only persons authorized to act on 

behalf of the contracting entities may 

negotiate the terms and conditions of a 

specific contract proposal. 

2. Advance notice of meetings or 

hearings will be furnished to those 

parties that have made a timely written 

request for such notice to the 

appropriate regional or project office of 

Reclamation. 

3. Written correspondence regarding 

proposed contracts may be made 

available to the general public pursuant 

to the terms and procedures of the 

Freedom of Information Act, as 

amended. 

4. Written comments on a proposed 

contract or contract action must be 

submitted to the appropriate regional 

officials at the locations and within the 

time limits set forth in the advance 

public notices. 

5. All written comments received and 

testimony presented at any public 

hearings will be reviewed and 

summarized by the appropriate regional 

office for use by the contract approving 

authority. 

6. Copies of specific proposed 

contracts may be obtained from the 

appropriate regional director or his 

designated public contact as they 

become available for review and 

comment. 

7. In the event modifications are made 

in the form of a proposed contract, the 

appropriate regional director shall 

determine whether republication of the 

notice and/or extension of the comment 

period is necessary. 

Factors considered in making such a 

determination shall include, but are not 

limited to (i) the significance of the 

modification, and (ii) the degree of 

public interest which has been 

expressed over the course of the 

negotiations. At a minimum, the 

regional director shall furnish revised 

contracts to all parties who requested 

the contract in response to the initial 

public notice. 

The March 10, 2005, notice should be 

used as a reference point to identify 

changes. The numbering system in this 

notice corresponds with the numbering 

system in the March 10, 2005, notice. 

Definitions of Abbreviations Used in 

this Document 

BCP Boulder Canyon Project 

Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation 

CAP Central Arizona Project 

CVP Central Valley Project 

CRSP Colorado River Storage Project 

FR Federal Register 

IDD Irrigation and Drainage District 

ID Irrigation District 

M&I Municipal and Industrial 

NMISC New Mexico Interstate Stream 

Commission 

O&M Operation and Maintenance 

P–SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 

Program 

PPR Present Perfected Right 

SOD Safety of Dams 

SRPA Small Reclamation Projects Act 

of 1956 

WD Water District 

Pacific northwest region: Bureau of 

Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, 

Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234, 

telephone 208–378–5344. 

New contract action: 

7. Lake Lowell water users, Boise 

Project, Idaho-Oregon: Repayment