Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 224 / Tuesday, November 22, 2005 / Notices 70635 

February 2006; and Lease Sale 198, 

March 2006. To obtain single copies of 

the Multisale EIS, you may contact the 

MMS, Minerals Management Service, 

Attention: Environmental Division, 

Environmental Assessment Branch (MS 

4042), 381 Elden Street, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817. You may also 

view the Multisale EIS or check the list 

of libraries that have copies of the 

Multisale EIS on the MMS Web site at 

http://www.gomr.mms.gov. 

Public Comments 

Interested parties are requested to 

send comments on this EA/FONNSI 

within 30 days of this Notice’s 

publication. Comments may be 

submitted in written form enclosed in 

an envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on CPA 

Lease Sale 198 EA’’ and mailed (or hand 

carried) to the MMS, Minerals 

Management Service, Attention: 

Environmental Division, Environmental 

Assessment Branch (MS 4042), 381 

Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170–

4817. 

All comments received will be 

considered in the decisionmaking 

process for Lease Sale 198. 

EA Availability 

To obtain a copy of this EA, you may 

contact the Minerals Management 

Service, Attention: Environmental 

Division, Environmental Assessment 

Branch (MS 4042), 381 Elden Street, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. You 

may also view this EA on the MMS Web 

site at http://www.gomr.mms.gov. 

Dated: October 31, 2005. 

Thomas A. Readinger, 

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–23074 Filed 11–21–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Notice of Availability of the Proposed 

Notice of Sale for Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

198 in the Central Gulf of Mexico 

(GOM) 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Proposed Notice of Sale for Proposed 

Sale 198. 

SUMMARY: The MMS announces the 

availability of the proposed Notice of 

Sale for proposed Sale 198 in the 

Central GOM OCS. This Notice is 

published pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c) 

as a matter of information to the public. 

With regard to oil and gas leasing on the 

OCS, the Secretary of the Interior, 

pursuant to section 19 of the OCS Lands 

Act, provides the affected States the 

opportunity to review the proposed 

Notice. The proposed Notice sets forth 

the proposed terms and conditions of 

the sale, including minimum bids, 

royalty rates, and rentals. 

DATES: Comments on the size, timing, or 

location of proposed Sale 198 are due 

from the affected States within 60 days 

following their receipt of the proposed 

Notice. The final Notice of Sale will be 

published in the Federal Register at 

least 30 days prior to the date of bid 

opening. Bid opening is currently 

scheduled for March 15, 2006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Notice of Sale for Sale 198 and 

a ‘‘Proposed Sale Notice Package’’

containing information essential to 

potential bidders may be obtained from 

the Public Information Unit, Gulf of 

Mexico Region, Minerals Management 

Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. 

Telephone: (504) 736–2519. 

Dated: November 10, 2005. 

R.M. ‘‘Johnnie’’ Burton, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

California Bay-Delta Public Advisory 

Committee Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

California Bay-Delta Public Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will meet on 

December 7, 2005. The agenda for the 

Committee meeting will include 

discussions with State and Federal 

agency representatives on the CALFED 

Bay-Delta Program refocusing efforts 

underway and the 10-Year Action Plan, 

and a final recommendation to the 

Secretary on the Annual Statement of 

Progress and Balance and Annual 

Report. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. If reasonable 

accommodation is needed due to a 

disability, please contact Colleen Kirtlan 

at (916) 445–5511 or TDD (800) 735–

2929 at least 1 week prior to the 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held 

at the John E. Moss Federal Building 

located at 650 Capitol Mall, 5th Floor, 

Sacramento, California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Coolidge, California Bay-Delta 

Authority, at 916–445–0092, or Diane 

Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, at 

916–979–5022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of the Interior on 

implementation of the CALFED BayDelta Program. The Committee makes 

recommendations on annual priorities, 

integration of the eleven Program 

elements, and overall balancing of the 

four Program objectives of ecosystem 

restoration, water quality, levee system 

integrity, and water supply reliability. 

The Program is a consortium of State 

and Federal agencies with the mission 

to develop and implement a long-term 

comprehensive plan that will restore 

ecological health and improve water 

management for beneficial uses of the 

San Francisco/Sacramento and San 

Joaquin Bay Delta. 

Committee agendas and meeting 

materials will be available prior to all 

meetings on the California Bay-Delta 

Authority Web site at http:// 

calwater.ca.gov and at the meetings. 

These meetings are open to the public. 

Oral comments will be accepted from 

members of the public at each meeting 

and will be limited to 3–5 minutes. 

(Authority: The Committee was established 

pursuant to the Department of the Interior’s 

authority to implement the Water Supply, 

Reliability, and Environmental Improvement 

Act, P.L. 108–361; the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.; the 

Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. 

seq.; and the Reclamation Act of 1902, 43 

U.S.C. 391 et. seq., and the acts amendatory 

thereof or supplementary thereto, all 

collectively referred to as the Federal 

Reclamation laws, and in particular, the 

Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 34 

U.S.C. 3401.) 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Allan Oto, 

Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, 

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 

[FR Doc. 05–23051 Filed 11–21–05; 8:45 am] 

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