Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 208 / Friday, October 28, 2005 / Notices 62137 

basins to obtain an exemption from 

threatened species permits otherwise 

required under 50 CFR 17.32 if they 

meet certain conditions. We have not 

yet received any requests for such an 

exemption. Under the special rule, there 

is no deadline for receipt of applications 

from aquaculture facilities seeking an 

exemption. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

Craig Manson, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

[FR Doc. 05–21534 Filed 10–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–069–1610–DP–024E] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Resource Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DRMP/EIS) for the Upper Missouri 

River Breaks National Monument, MT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 and under the authority of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft 

Resource Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DRMP/EIS) for public land and 

resources in the Upper Missouri River 

Breaks National Monument, Montana. 

BLM invites the public to review and 

comment on the range and adequacy of 

the draft alternatives and their 

associated environmental effects. The 

DRMP/EIS provides direction and 

guidance for the management of about 

375,000 acres of public land and 42,800 

acres of existing oil and gas leases. 

DATES: The comment period will end 90 

days after the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes a Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of this 

DRMP/EIS. In order to assure that 

comments will be considered, they must 

be received by BLM on or before the end 

of the comment period at the address 

listed below. BLM will hold public 

meetings during the comment period 

and will announce their exact time and 

location at least 15 days in advance 

through public notices, media news 

releases, newsletter mailings, and on the 

following Web site (subject to 

availability): http://www.blm.gov/nhp./ 

spotlight/state_info/planning.htm. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to: Monument RMP Team, BLM 

Lewistown Field Office, 920 NE Main 

Street, PO Box 1160, Lewistown, 

Montana 59457. Comments may also be 

sent by e-mail to 

MonumentRMP@blm.gov. Documents 

pertinent to the DRMP/EIS and written 

comments, including names and street 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

Lewistown Field Office at the address 

above during regular business hours, 

7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. 

Review copies of the DRMP/EIS are 

available at the following locations in 

and near the planning area: 

BLM Fort Benton River Management 

Station 

BLM Great Falls Oil @ Gas Field Station 

BLM Havre Field Station 

BLM Lewistown Field Office 

BLM Malta Field Office 

BLM Montana State Office 

Blaine County Library 

Lewistown Public Library 

Phillips County Library 

The DRMP/EIS and other associated 

documents may also be viewed and 

downloaded in PDF format at the 

Monument RMP Web site at http:// 

www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/state_info/ 

planning.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to the mailing list contact 

Jerry Majerus, RMP Project Manager, at 

(406) 538–1924, or Gary Slagel, 

Monument Manager, at (406) 538–1950. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper 

Missouri River Breaks National 

Monument is located in northcentral 

Montana in Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, 

and Phillips Counties. The planning 

area addressed in the RMP comprises 

about 375,000 acres of public land and 

42,800 acres of existing oil and gas 

leases administered by the BLM 

Lewistown Field Office. The State of 

Montana and Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, 

and Phillips Counties participated in 

development of the plan as cooperating 

agencies. 

The public involvement and 

collaboration process implemented for 

this effort included 11 public scoping 

open houses, 11 alternative 

development workshops, 6 public 

meetings on oil and gas leases, 

preparation of comment summary 

reports, incorporation of 

recommendations from the Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC), and distribution of information 

via the Monument RMP Web site and 

periodic updates and newsletters. BLM 

has sent copies of the DRMP/EIS to 

individuals, agencies, and groups who 

requested them or if this was required 

by regulation or policy. 

For comments to be most helpful, 

they should relate to specific concerns 

or conflicts that are within the legal 

responsibilities of the BLM and can be 

resolved in this planning process. BLM 

will publish its responses to the 

comments in the Proposed Resource 

Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. If you 

wish to withhold your name or street 

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. 

All submissions from organizations and 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

The DRMP/EIS addresses the 

following six major questions: How will 

human activities and uses be managed? 

What facilities and infrastructure are 

appropriate to provide visitor 

interpretation and administration of the 

Monument? How will BLM manage 

resource uses and protect the biological, 

historical, cultural, and visual values of 

the Monument? How will Monument 

management be intergrated with other 

agency and community plans? How will 

transportation and access be managed? 

How will Monument management affect 

economic and social conditions in the 

area? 

The DRMP/EIS considers and 

analyzes six alternatives (A–F), 

including the No Action (Continuation 

of Current Management) alternative. 

BLM developed these alternatives based 

on extensive public input, including 

scoping (July/August 2002); alternative 

development workshops (July 2003); oil 

and gas lease meetings (November 

2004); numerous meetings with local, 

state, tribal, and Federal agencies; and 

recommendations made by the Central 

Montana RAC. The BLM expects to 

prepare and make available a Proposed 

RMP and Final Environmental Impact 

Statement after reviewing comments 

and making any pertinent adjustments 

by summer 2006. 

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Dated: August 19, 2005. 

Martin C. Ott, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–21569 Filed 10–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$—P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–923; COC–69155] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Transfer of Jurisdiction; Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy has filed an application 

requesting the Secretary of the Interior 

to withdraw from surface entry and 

mining and transfer jurisdiction of 160 

acres of public land in Moffat County, 

Colorado, to be utilized as a uranium 

mill tailings disposal site. This notice 

segregates the land for a period of 2 

years from surface entry and mining. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received 

January 26, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Correspondence should be 

addressed to the State Director, BLM 

Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield 

Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State 

Office, 303–239–3706. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Energy has filed an 

application with the Bureau of Land 

Management to withdraw from surface 

entry and mining and transfer to them, 

subject to valid existing rights, the 

jurisdiction of the following described 

public land: 

Sixth Principal Meridian 

T. 7 N., R. 95 W., 

sec. 24, S1⁄2NW1⁄4 and N1⁄2SW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 160 acres in 

Moffat County. 

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal is to transfer jurisdiction of 

the land to the U.S. Department of 

Energy for perpetual administration as a 

hazardous material site under authority 

of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation 

Control Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. 7901, et 

seq. 

For a period of 90 days from the date 

of publication of this notice, all persons 

who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed action may present 

their views in writing to the Colorado 

State Director, BLM, at the above 

address. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, and 

records relating to the proposed 

withdrawal will be available for public 

review at BLM Colorado State Office, 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name or address from public 

review or from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, you must 

state this prominently at the beginning 

of your comments. Such requests will be 

honored to the extent allowed by law. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses and from representatives or 

officials of organizations or businesses, 

will be made available for public 

inspection in their entirety. 

This application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations set 

forth in 43 CFR 2300. 

Effective on the date of publication, 

this land is segregated from all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, and 

the mineral leasing laws. The 

segregative effect of this application will 

terminate 2 years from the date of this 

publication unless final withdrawal 

action is taken or the application is 

denied or cancelled prior to that date 

(43 CFR 2310.2). Notice of any action 

will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

Public meetings will be held in 

connection with the proposed 

withdrawal action during the 

preparation of the Environmental 

Impact Statement that will analyze 

options for permanent disposal of the 

uranium tailings. A notice of the time 

and place will be published by the U.S. 

Department of Energy in the Federal 

Register at least 30 days prior to the 

scheduled date of the meetings. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1) 

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

John D. Beck, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty. 

[FR Doc. 05–21568 Filed 10–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–923; COC–68632] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal; 

Scheduled Public Meeting; Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture 

has filed an application requesting the 

Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 

approximately 14,919 acres of National 

Forest System lands in Douglas, Teller, 

Park, and Jefferson Counties, Colorado. 

This notice segregates the lands from 

location and entry under the U.S. 

Mining Laws for up to 2 years. This 

notice also establishes the time and 

place of the public meeting. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received on or before 

January 26, 2006. 

The public meeting will be held at 7 

p.m. on December 15, 2005 at the USDA 

Forest Service Workcenter, State 

Highway 126, Buffalo Creek, Colorado 

80425. 

Requests to be heard at the public 

meeting should be received by close of 

business on December 8, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and/or requests 

to be heard should be submitted to the 

State Director, Colorado State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, 

Colorado 80215, or David Crumley, 

USDA, Forest Service, 2040 Kachina 

Drive, Pueblo, Colorado 81008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris E. Chelius, BLM, 303–239–3706, 

in Denver, or David Crumley, USDA 

Forest Service, 719–553–1591 in Pueblo. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, acting through the Forest 

Service, filed an application with the 

Bureau of Land Management to 

withdraw the following identified lands 

from location and entry under the 

mining laws, subject to valid existing 

rights. The outer limit of the area 

requested is a line drawn in such a 

manner that each point of it is 1⁄4-mile 

(U.S. Foot) each side from the middle of 

the main channels of the South Platte 

and the North Fork of the South Platte 

Rivers comprising a 1⁄2-mile wide 

corridor aggregating a length of 

approximately 71.4 miles. The lands 

proposed to be withdrawn are described 

in the following three segments: 

Sixth Principal Meridian 

Pike—San Isabel National Forest 

Segment 1: Elevenmile Canyon Reservoir to 

Cheesman Lake 

Beginning at a point on the South Platte 

River at the outlet in the Elevenmile 

Reservoir Dam in sec. 20, T. 13 S., R. 72 W., 

thence northeasterly along the middle of the 

main channel of the South Platte River 

approximately 25.9 miles, ending at a point 

where the South Platte River exits the east 

boundary of sec. 22. T. 10 S., R. 71 W. 

Segment 2: Cheesman Dam to the High Water 

Line of the Strontia Springs Reservoir 

Beginning on the South Platte River from 

the stream gage below Cheesman Dam in sec.