69350 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 219 / Tuesday, November 15, 2005 / Notices 

the project area; other plans or projects 

that might be relevant to this proposed 

project; and minimization and 

mitigation efforts. The Services estimate 

that a draft EIS will be available for 

public review late in 2006. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations to attend and 

participate in public meetings should 

contact Michelle Eames (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). To 

allow sufficient time to process 

requests, please call no later than 1 

week before the scheduled public 

meeting. Information regarding this 

proposed action is available in 

alternative formats upon request. A 

Spanish interpreter will be available at 

all public meetings. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Daniel H. Diggs, 

Acting Deputy Regional Director, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Angela Somma, 

Division Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–22632 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODES 3510–22–S, 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–010–06–1020PH] 

Notice Public Meetings: Northeastern 

Great Basin Resource Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year 2006 

Meetings Locations and Times for the 

Northeastern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council (Nevada). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Nevada 

Northeastern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as 

indicated below. Topics for discussion 

at each meeting will include, but are not 

limited to: February 16, 2006 (Battle 

Mountain, Nevada)—Land Tenure, Sage 

Grouse Conservation Projects, Shoshone 

Range Off-Highway Vehicle Trail; 

tentatively April 27, 2006 (Eureka, 

Nevada); June 15, 2006 (Ely, Nevada)—

Ely Resource Management Plan 

Comments, Minerals activities update; 

August 17 & 18, 2006 (Wells, Nevada)—

Travel Management Planning, Spruce 

Mountain Tour. Managers’ reports of 

field office activities will be given at 

each meeting. The council may raise 

other topics at any of the three planned 

meetings. 

DATES: The RAC will meet three or four 

times in Fiscal Year 2006: on February 

16, 2006 at the BLM Battle Mountain 

Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle 

Mountain, Nevada; tentatively on April 

27 at the Eureka Opera House at 31 

South Main, Eureka, Nevada; on June 

15, 2006 at the Bristlecone Convention 

Center, 150 6th Street, Ely, Nevada; and 

on August 17 & 18 at the old El Rancho 

Hotel, 1629 Lake Avenue, Wells, 

Nevada. All meetings are open to the 

public. Each meeting will last from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include a general 

public comment period, where the 

public may submit oral or written 

comments to the RAC. Each public 

comment period will begin at 

approximately 1 p.m. unless otherwise 

listed in each specific, final meeting 

agenda. 

Final detailed agendas, with any 

additions/corrections to agenda topics, 

locations, field trips and meeting times, 

will be sent to local and regional media 

sources at least 14 days before each 

meeting, and hard copies can also be 

mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals 

who need special assistance such as 

sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, or who 

wish a hard copy of each agenda, should 

contact Mike Brown, Elko Field Office, 

3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 

89801, telephone (775) 753–0386 no 

later than 10 days prior to each meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Brown, Public Affairs Officer, Elko 

Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, 

NV 89801. Telephone: (775) 753–0386. 

E-mail: mbrown@nv.blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), on a variety 

of planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in Nevada. All meetings 

are open to the public. The public may 

present written comments to the 

Northeastern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Helen Hankins, 

Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. 05–22594 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NMNM 

9023 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

Section 371(a) of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005, the lessee(s), Anderson Oil Ltd., 

John M. Beard Trust, and Patina 

Oklahoma Corp., timely filed a petition 

for reinstatement of oil and gas lease 

NMNM 9023 in Lea County, NM. The 

lessee paid the required rental accruing 

from the date of termination, March 1, 

2003. No leases were issued that affect 

these lands. The lessee agrees to the 

new lease terms for rentals and royalties 

of $5 per acre and 162⁄3 percent or 4 

percentages above the existing 

competitive royalty rate. The lessee paid 

the $500 administration fee for the 

reinstatement of the lease and $166 cost 

for publishing this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(e) 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188(e)). We are proposing to 

reinstate the lease, effective the date of 

termination subject to: 

• The original terms and conditions 

of the lease; 

• The increased rental of $5 per acre; 

• The increased royalty of 162⁄3

percent or 4 percentages above the 

existing competitive royalty rate; and 

• The $166 cost of publishing this 

Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 

State Office, (505) 438–7586. 

Dated: October 27, 2005. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner. 

[FR Doc. 05–22623 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

100506 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

Section 371(a) of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005, the lessee, Chief Oil and Gas 

LLC, timely filed a petition for 

reinstatement of oil and gas lease TXNM 

100506 in Wise County, TX. The lessee 

paid the required rental accruing from 

the date of termination, March 1, 2002.