64070 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 13, 1995 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

analyzes the potential environmental

impacts that could result from the

expansion of the current gold mining

operations at the Lone Tree Mine.

Alternatives analyzed include the

Proposed Action and No Action. The

Lone Tree Expansion would consist of

expansion of the existing pit, ore

processing facilities, and overburden

disposal areas from private land onto

public lands.

Dated: November 30, 1995.

Ann J. Morgan,

State Director, Nevada.

[FR Doc. 95–30394 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

[CA–063–1150–00]

Public Workshops for the Northern &

Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated

Management Plan

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in

accordance with Public Laws 92–463

and 94–579, that a series of multiagency meetings have been scheduled to

update the public on the status of the

Northern and Eastern Colorado Desert

Coordinated Management Plan. The

agencies urge interested individuals and

organizations to attend these workshops

to review progress and offer specific

suggestions on the preparation of the

draft plan. The following public

workshops are scheduled:

Monday, January 8, 7–10 p.m., BLM

Riverside District Office, 6221 Box

Springs Boulevard, Riverside, CA

Tuesday, January 9, 7–10 p.m., Holiday

Inn, 2640 Lakewood Boulevard, Long

Beach, CA

Wednesday, January 10, 7–10 p.m.,

Joshua Tree National Park, Park

Headquarters, 54485 Joshua Tree

National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA

Thursday, January 11, 7–10 p.m., BLM

Palm Springs Resource Area, 630500

Garnet Avenue, Palm Springs, CA

Tuesday, January 16, 7–10 p.m., BLM

Needles Resource Area Office, 101 W.

Spike’s Road, Needles, CA

Wednesday, January 17, 7–10 p.m.,

Blythe City Council Chambers, 220

North Spring Street, Blythe, CA

Thursday, January 18, 7–10 p.m.,

Imperial Irrigation District, 1285

Broadway, El Centro, CA

Monday, January 22, 7–10 p.m., U.S.

Forest Service, Cleveland National

Forest, 10875 Rancho Bernardo Road,

Suite 200, Rancho Bernardo, CA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The purpose of

the meetings includes: updating the

public on the status of the Plan,

including the scope and summarized

issues that will guide decision making;

invite public inspection of some of the

information collected on resources and

uses that will be used in analyzing

values and conflicts and in making

decisions focusing on wildlife habitats

and the vehicle routes of travel

inventories; gathering public comment

about the plan’s direction and process to

date, the information that has been

gathered; and advising the public about

how to review and study the

information gathered and obtain copies

of some of the data to be better prepared

to review and comment on the draft

plan when it is issued.

The Bureau of Land Management is

the lead agency and cooperating

agencies are: National Park Service, Fish

and Wildlife Service, National

Biological Service, Marine Corps Air

Station, Yuma; and the California

Department of Fish and Game.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND MEETING

CONFIRMATION: Contact the Bureau of

Land Management, California Desert

District, External Affairs Office, 6221

Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507; (909) 697–5215.

Dated: November 29, 1995.

Jo Simpson,

Acting, District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–30423 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

[OR–958–1430–01; GP6–0033; OR–44130,

OR–48183–WA]

Conveyance of Public Lands; Order

Providing for Opening of Lands;

Oregon and Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action informs the public

of the conveyance of 3,310 acres of

public lands in Oregon, and 1,846.04

acres of public lands in Washington, out

of Federal ownership. This action will

also open 1,280 acres of reconveyed

lands to surface entry. The 640 acres in

Oregon are already open to mining and

mineral leasing and the mineral estate

in the 640 acres in Washington is not in

Federal ownership.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Sullivan, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208, 503–952–6171.

SUPPLEMENTRY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of Section 206 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1716, patents have been

issued transferring 3,310 acres in

Harney County, Oregon, and 1,846.04

acres in Grant County, Washington,

from Federal to private ownership.

In the exchange, the following

described lands has been reconveyed to

the United States:

Willamette Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 18 E.,

Sec. 27.

The area described contains 640 acres in

Klickitat County, Washington.

Willamette Meridian

T. 32 S., R. 32 3⁄4 E.,

Sec. 15, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 21, N1⁄2NE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, N1⁄2 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4.

The area described contains 640 acres in

Harney County, Oregon.

At 8:30 a.m., on January 18, 1996, the

lands will be opened to operation of the

public land laws generally, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, and the

requirements of applicable law. All

valid existing applications received at or

prior to 8:30 a.m., on January 18, 1996,

will be considered as simultaneously

filed at that time. Those received

thereafter will be considered in the

order of filing.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 95–30287 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Draft Policy for Conserving Species

Listed or Proposed for Listing Under

the Endangered Species Act While

Providing and Enhancing Recreational

Fisheries Opportunities; Request for

Public Comment

AGENCIES: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior; National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, Commerce.