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resource management projects,

ethnographic studies, erosion control,

fire protection, hazardous fuel

reduction, housing construction and

rehabilitation, gathering baseline

subsistence data (Alaska), janitorial

services, maintenance, natural resource

management projects, range assessment

(Alaska), reindeer grazing (Alaska), road

repair, solid waste collection and

disposal, and trail rehabilitation.

• Special Programs: Beringia research

and Elwha River restoration.

NPS initial point of contact for

questions regarding Self-Governance is

Dr. Patricia Parker, American Indian

Liaison Office, National Park Service

(MS 3410–MIB), PO Box 37127,

Washington, D.C. 20013–7127;

telephone (202) 208–5475.

F. Eligible Programs of the Office of

Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement (OSM) Aspects of the

following programs or functions are

potentially eligible for negotiations:

• Regulatory Program.

• Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation

Program.

OSM initial point of contact for

questions regarding Self-Governance is

Maria Mitchell, Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951

Constitution Avenue NW (MS 210–SIB),

Washington, D.C. 20240; telephone

(202) 208–2727.

G. Eligible Programs of the U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS) Aspects of

the following programs or functions are

potentially eligible for negotiations:

• Mineral, Environmental, and

Energy Assessments.

• Earthquake Hazard Reduction

Program.

• Water Resources Data Collection

and Investigations.

• Biological Resources Inventory,

Monitoring, Research, and Information

and Transfer Activities.

Biological resources activities

described above are those of the

National Biological Service (NBS),

which will be merged with the USGS on

or before October 1, 1996. NBS will be

renamed the Biological Resources

Division of USGS, and will continue its

programmatic activities in a

substantially unchanged manner.

USGS initial point of contact for

questions regarding Self-Governance is

Sue Marcus, American Indian/Alaska

Native Liaison, U.S. Geological Survey

(MS 105), National Center, Reston, VA

22092, telephone 703–648–4437.

III. Programmatic Targets

Each of the non-BIA bureaus will

successfully negotiate at least one

annual funding agreement with a SelfGovernance Tribe for Fiscal Year 1997.

Dated: May 10, 1996.

Glynn D. Key,

Counselor to the Secretary, Office of the

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12363 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–M

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–96–1220–00]

Temporary Closure of Public Lands:

Nevada; Carson City District

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior Department.

ACTION: Temporary closure of certain

public lands in Churchill, Lyon and

Douglas Counties on and adjacent to

three Off Highway Vehicle race courses:

June 22, 1996: Top Gun 250 Desert Race

July 27, 1996: Fallon 250 at Night Desert

Race

September 1, 1996: Yerington to Fallon

and Back Desert Race

SUMMARY: The Carson City District

announces the temporary closure of

selected public lands under BLM

administration. This action is being

taken to provide for public safety and to

protect adjacent resources during the

official running of the above named Off

Highway Vehicle Races.

EFFECTIVE DATES: June 22, July 27 and

September 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fran

Hull, Outdoor Recreation Planner,

Carson City District, Bureau of Land

Management, 1535 Hot Springs Road,

Suite 300, Carson City, Nevada 89706,

Telephone: (702) 885–6000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Valley

Off-Road Racing Association has been

authorized to conduct these race events

across public lands under permit

number NV–030–9610. A map of each

closure may be obtained from Fran Hull

at the contact address. The event

permittee is required to clearly mark

and monitor the event route during the

closure periods. Spectators shall remain

in safe locations as directed by event

officials and BLM personnel.

Spectator and support vehicles are

restricted to existing access roads.

Driving cross-country is prohibited

without specific authorization from

BLM. Persons camping on public lands

in conjunction with the event must be

a minimum of fifty yards away from the

race course centerline.

Specific Race Information

1. Top Gun 250 Desert Race: This

course will be in effect from 6:00 a.m.

until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 22,

1996 during the conduct of a multiplelap OHV race on roads and washers near

Fallon, Nevada in Churchill and Lyon

Counties. Public lands affected are

located within T16N R25E; T16N 26E;

T16N R27E; T16N R28E; T16N R29E;

T17N R26E; T17N R27E, M.D.M. Public

lands to be closed include the race route

and adjacent lands identified with

colorful flagging, paper directional

arrows and race related warning signs.

Portions of Simpson Pass and Wildhorse

Basin Roads between Hooten Well and

Top Gun Race Way are included within

the Closure area. Spectators are

welcome at the Start/Finish area at Top

Gun Race Way located on Highway 95

south of Fallon and certain Check Points

selected by race and BLM officials.

2. Fallon 250 at Night Desert Race:

This closure will be in effect from noon

until midnight on Saturday, July 27,

1996 during the conduct of a multiplelap OHV race on roads and washes near

Fallon, Nevada in Churchill County.

Public lands affected are located within

T15N R31E; T15N R32E; T16N R30E;

T16N R31E; T16N R32E; T17N R30E;

T17N R31E, M.D.M Public lands to be

closed include the race route and

adjacent lands identified with colorful

flagging, paper directional arrows and

race related warning signs. Portions of

Simpson Pass and Four Mile Canyon

Roads between Salt Wells and Sand

Springs are included within the Closure

area. Spectators are welcome at the

Start/Finish area near Sand Mountain

Recreation Area located east of Fallon

on Highway 50 and certain Check Points

selected by race and BLM officials.

3. Yerington to Fallon and Back

Desert Race: This closure will be in

effect from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on

Sunday, September 1, 1996 during the

conduct of a point-to-point OHV race on

roads and washes between Yerington

and Fallon, Nevada in Lyon and

Churchill Counties. Public lands

affected are located within T13N R24E;

T13N R25E; T14N R24E; T15N R24E;

T16N R24E; T16N R24E through 31E;

T17N R30E; T17N R31E and T18N

R30E, M.D.M. Public lands to be closed

include the race route and adjacent

lands identified with colorful flagging,

paper directional arrows and race

related warning signs. Portions of

Singatse Pass, Churchill Canyon, Adrian

Valley, and Eightmile Flat Roads are

included within the Closure area.

Spectators are welcome at the Yerington

and Fallon start/finish areas in addition

to certain Check Points as directed by

event officials and BLM personnel.

The above restrictions do not apply to

race officials, law enforcement and

agency personnel monitoring the event.

Authority: 43 CFR 8364 and 43 CFR 8372.
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Penalty

Any person failing to comply with the

closure order may be subject to the

penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.7.

Dated: May 6, 1996.

James M. Phillips,

Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable

Resources.

[FR Doc. 96–12525 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

[NV–931–1020–001]

Northeastern Great Basin Resource

Advisory Council Meeting Location

and Time

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Councils’

Meeting Location and Time.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5

U.S.C., the Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

Council meetings will be held as

indicated below. The agenda for each

meeting includes approval of minutes of

the previous meeting, continuation of

Council orientation, discussion of

Standards and Guidelines for

management of the public lands within

the jurisdiction of the Council and

determination of the subject matter for

future meetings.

All meetings are open to the public.

The public may present written

comments to the Council. Each formal

Council meeting will also have time

allocated for hearing public comments.

The public comment period for the

Council meeting is listed below.

Depending on the number of persons

wishing to comment and time available,

the time for individual oral comments

may be limited. Individuals who plan to

attend and need further information

about the meeting, or need special

assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact the

District Manager at the Elko District

Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, NV

89803, telephone 702–753–0200.

DATES, TIMES: The time and location of

the meeting is as follows: Northeastern

Great Basin Resource Advisory Council,

BLM Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko,

NV 89803; June 1, starting at 9:00 a.m.;

public comments will be June 1 at 10:00

a.m. and at 1:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeff Weeks, Team Leader for the

Northeastern Resource Advisory

Council, Battle Mountain Office,

telephone 702–635–4000.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Council is to advise the

Secretary of the Interior, through the

BLM, on a variety of planning and

management issues, associated with the

management of the public lands.

Dated: May 10, 1996.

Gerald M. Smith,

District Manager, Battle Mountain.

[FR Doc. 96–12585 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

[MT–063–05–1610–00]

Availability of the Final Sweet Grass

Hills Resource Management Plan

Amendment and Environmental Impact

Statement, Liberty and Toole Counties,

MO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final

Sweet Grass Hills resource management

plan amendment and environmental

impact statement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4327) the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has

prepared a Final EIS on the final

amendment and environmental impacts

statement (EIS) addresses future

management options for land tenure

adjustment, off-road vehicle use, oil and

gas leasing, and locatable mineral

development for lands and minerals

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) in the Sweet Grass

Hills in Toole and Liberty Counties,

Montana, and amends the West HiLine

Resource Management Plan (1988 and

1992). This includes approximately

7,717 surface acres, 19,765 acres of all

mineral estate, and 1,644 acres of only

oil and gas estate. These lands are

administered by the BLM through the

Great Falls Resource Area. The

proposed alternative and three other

alternatives have been developed to

provide management options for the

Sweet Grass Hills.

DATES: A record of decision will be

prepared no earlier than 30 days after

the Notice of Availability for the Final

EIS is published in the Federal Register

by the Environemntal Protection

Agency.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS are

available from the Bureau of Land

Management, Great Falls Resource Area,

812 14th Street North, Great Falls

Montana 59401 or the Lewistown

District Office, P.O. Box 1160,

Lewistown, Montana 59457–1160.

Public reading copies will be available

for review at the following locations:

Bureau of Land Management, Office of

External Affairs, Main Interior Building,

Room 5600, 18th and C Streets NW,

Washington, DC; Bureau of Land

Management, External Affairs Office,

Montana State Office, 222 North 32nd

Street, Billings, Montana; Bureau of

Land Management, Lewistown District

Office, Airport Road, Lewistown,

Montana; and Great Falls Resource

Area, 812 14th Street North, Great Falls,

Montana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tad

Day, Team Leader, Great Falls Resource

Area, 812 14th Street North, Great Falls,

Montana 59401, (406) 727–0503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sweet

Grass Hills are significant because of

their importance as a religious and

cultural use area for Native Americans;

they are an integral part of the peregrine

falcon reintroduction area; they contain

high value recreational lands; and they

support diverse wildlife populations. In

August 1993, the BLM segregated the

Federal mineral estate in the Sweet

Grass Hills for a two-year period which

closed the area to the location of new

mining claims until August 1995. The

BLM also began amending the West

HiLine Resource Management Plan to

reevaluate current management

decisions for the Sweet Grass Hills.

About 500 copies of the Draft EIS

were distributed to the public and other

federal and state agencies in February

1995. During the 90-day public

comment period, the BLM held four

public meetings to receive oral

comments. In addition to oral

comments, the BLM received 397 letters

on the Draft EIS. All comments, written

and oral, were reviewed and considered

in preparation of the Final EIS.

Comments that presented new data,

questioned facts or analyses, or raised

questions or issues bearing directly

upon the alternatives or environmental

analysis, are responded to in the Final

EIS. The Final EIS incorporates

comments and suggestions made on the

Draft EIS during the public review

period. Changes were made to the

preferred alternative in the Draft EIS

including: all Federal minerals (19,765

acres) would be recommended for a 20

year term withdrawal and all BLM land

would remain in public ownership.

The amendment to the West HiLine

Resource Management Plan will provide

specific direction concerning locatable

mineral development and will

recommend whether all of the area

should be closed to mining claim

location. If the record of decision