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the human, marine, and coastal

environments is maintained.

Alternatives not recommended in the

feasibility study, but identified by

various involved parties during the EIS

process, may also be included for

analysis. Various aspects related to the

EIS cannot be definitively determined

until a scoping meeting, required under

40 CFR 1501.7, is conducted in the State

of Louisiana.

Scoping Process: This notice

constitutes the beginning of the public

scoping process. Interested individuals,

organizations, and other agencies are

encouraged to provide written

comments within 45 calendar days of

this notice to the address below.

Respondents should mark their

submittal ‘‘Comments Regarding

Preparation of a Louisiana Barrier Island

Restoration EIS.’’ The MMS will review

all comments received for the purpose

of determining the scope of the EIS.

As of the writing of this notice, a

public scoping meeting was scheduled

to be held May 14, 1996, beginning at

7:00 P.M., at the Municipal Auditorium

in Houma, Louisiana. Written notice

providing final details on the location,

date, and times of this meeting will be

published in local and regional

newspapers, as appropriate. Persons

interested in attending the scoping

meeting may also call the number below

for exact details and final arrangements.

Comments and Questions: Please

direct written comments and written or

verbal questions on the proposed action

and EIS to Mr. Barry S. Drucker, Project

Coordinator, U. S. Department of the

Interior, Minerals Management Service,

381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4030,

Herndon, Virginia, 22070. Phone: (703–

787–1300), Fax: (703–787–1284).

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Cynthia Quarterman,

Director, Minerals Management Service.

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Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy

Committee of the Minerals

Management Advisory Board; Notice

and Agenda for Meeting

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

SUMMARY: The OCS Policy Committee of

the Minerals Management Advisory

Board will meet at the McLean Hilton in

McLean, Virginia on May 21–22, 1996.

The agenda will cover the following

principal subjects:

—5-Year Proposed Program

—National Resource Assessment

—Marine Minerals Panel

—Can the Gulf of Mexico Remain the

Backbone of the U.S. Natural Gas

Deliverability?

—Advances in Technology on the OCS

—Alaska Regional Stakeholders Task

Force Report

—G&G Data Preservation and its

Application to Policy

The meeting is open to the public.

Upon request, interested parties may

make oral or written presentations to the

OCS Policy Committee. Such requests

should be made no later than May 10,

1996, to the Office of Advisory Board

Support, Minerals Management Service,

381 Elden Street, MS–4110, Herndon,

Virginia, 22070, Attention: Terry

Holman.

Requests to make oral statements

should be accompanied by a summary

of the statement to be made. For more

information, call Terry Holman at (703)

787–1211.

Minutes of the OCS Policy Committee

meeting will be available for public

inspection and copying at the Minerals

Management Service in Herndon,

Virginia.

DATES: Tuesday, May 21 and

Wednesday, May 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The McLean Hilton at

Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch

Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102; (703)

847–5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terry Holman at the address and phone

number listed above.

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee

Act, P.L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1,

and the Office of Management and Budget’s

Circular No. A–63, Revised.

Thomas Gernhofer,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

Dated: April 19, 1996.

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National Park Service

Niobrara National Scenic River

Advisory Commission

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets the schedule

for the forthcoming meeting of the

Niobrara Advisory Commission. Notice

of this meeting is required under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463).

MEETING DATE AND TIME: Wednesday,

May 8, 1996; 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: American Legion Hall,

Bassett, Nebraska.

The meeting is open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral/

written presentation to the Commission

or file written statements. Requests for

time for making presentations may be

made to the Superintendent prior to the

meeting or to the Chairman at the

beginning of the meeting. In order to

accomplish the agenda for the meeting,

the Chairman may want to limit or

schedule public presentations.

The meeting will be recorded for

documentation and a summary in the

form of minutes will be transcribed for

dissemination. Minutes of the meeting

will be made available to the public

after approval by the Commission

members. Copies of the minutes may be

requested by contacting the

Superintendent. An audio tape of the

meeting will be available at the

headquarters office of the Niobrara/

Missouri National Scenic Riverways in

O’Neill, Nebraska.

Agenda Topics Include

1. Final review of the Niobrara

National Scenic River draft general

management plan and environmental

impact statement.

2. Review of written comments

submitted during the public review

period for the draft plan.

3. Discussion and preparation of

advisory commission comments to be

included with the plan when it is

submitted for final selection of the

management alternative.

4. The opportunity for public

comment and proposed agenda, date,

and time, of the next advisory group

meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Commission was established

by the law that established the Niobrara

National Scenic River, Public Law 102–

50. The purpose of the group, according

to its charter, is to advise the Secretary

of the Interior on matters pertaining to

the development of a management plan

and management and operation of the

Scenic River. The Niobrara National

Scenic River includes the 40-mile

segment from Borman Bridge southeast

of Valentine, Nebraska to its confluence

with Chimney Creek; and the 30-mile

segment from the confluence with Rock

Creek downstream to State Highway

137.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Warren Hill, Superintendent, Niobrara/

Missouri National Scenic Riverways,

P.O. Box 591, O’Neill, Nebraska 68763–

0591 or telephone 402–336–3970.

Dated: April 6, 1996.

David N. Given,

Acting Field Director, Midwest Field Area.

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