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T. 20 N., R. 18 W., 

Secs. 1 and 2; 

Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive. 

Containing 4,933.23 acres. 

T. 21 N., R. 18 W., 

Secs. 3 and 6. 

Containing 1,256.18 acres. 

T. 22 N., R. 18 W., 

Secs. 1 and 2; 

Secs. 11 to 15, inclusive; 

Secs. 22, 23, 26, and 27. 

Containing approximately 6,200 acres. 

T. 11 N., R. 24 W., 

Sec. 6. 

Containing approximately 372 acres. 

T. 12 N., R. 24 W., 

Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive; 

Secs. 15, 16, 20, and 21; 

Secs. 29, 30, and 31. 

Containing approximately 6,810 acres. 

T. 13 N., R. 24 W., 

Secs. 7 to 11, inclusive; 

Secs. 14 to 36, inclusive. 

Containing approximately 16,141 acres. 

T. 13 N., R. 25 W., 

Secs. 1, 12, 13, and 14; 

Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive; 

Sec. 36. 

Containing approximately 6,145 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 76,816 acres. 

The subsurface estate in these lands 

will be conveyed to NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc. when the surface 

estate is conveyed to Kikiktagruk 

Inupiat Corporation. Notice of the 

decision will also be published four 

times in the Arctic Sounder. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until September 

8, 2008 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR Part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Michael Bilancione, 

Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Land 

Transfer Adjudication I. 

[FR Doc. E8–18209 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–08–1610-DU] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Buffalo Resource Management Plan 

Amendment and Fortification Creek 

Management Area Environmental 

Assessment, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 and the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) has prepared 

a Draft Resource Management Plan 

Amendment and Environmental 

Assessment (RMPA/EA) for the Buffalo 

Field Office (BFO) and by this notice is 

announcing the opening of the comment 

period for the Draft Buffalo RMPA and 

Fortification Creek Management Area 

EA. The BLM also announces the 

availability of information regarding a 

proposed Area of Critical Environmental 

Concern (ACEC) designation considered 

in the Draft RMPA/EA. 

DATES: To assure that comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft RMPA/ 

EA within 60 days following the date 

that this notice appears in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/wy/ 

st/en/info/NEPA/bfodocs/ 

fortification_creek.html 

• E-mail: Fort_Crk_WYMail@blm.gov; 

• Fax: (307) 684–1122; 

• Mail: Buffalo RMP Amendment/ 

Fortification Creek EA, BLM Buffalo 

Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, 

WY 82834; or 

• By personal delivery to the Buffalo 

Field Office or at a BLM-hosted public 

meeting. 

Copies of the Draft RMPA/EA were 

sent to affected Federal, State, and local 

government agencies and interested 

parties. There are a limited number of 

hard copies available upon request. 

Copies of the Draft RMPA/EA are 

available in the Buffalo Field Office at 

the above address and at the following 

location: 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming State Office, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 

82003. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Bills, Buffalo RMPA Team 

Leader, BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 

Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834; or by 

telephone at 307–684–1133. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following descriptions of alternatives 

considered in the Draft Buffalo RMPA 

and Fortification Creek EA have been 

included to provide context for 

reviewing the proposed ACECs. The 

Draft RMPA/EA documents the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative environmental 

impacts of three alternatives for 

management of BLM-administered 

public lands within the Fortification 

Creek Management Area of the BFO. 

Three alternatives are analyzed in 

detail: 

1. Alternative 1 (No Action 

Alternative): Continues the existing 

management direction; no ACECs; 

2. Alternative 2: Establishes an ACEC 

based on crucial elk habitats (52,069 

acres; over 55 percent public surface); 

and 

3. Alternative 3: Establishes an ACEC 

based on a citizen proposal (33,757 

acres; mostly public surface). 

There are no ACECs in the existing 

BFO land use plan. As proposed in the 

Draft RMPA/EA, there is potential for 

designation of a Fortification Creek 

ACEC in both Alternative 2 and 3. 

Values of concern include steep slopes, 

erosive soils, elk habitat, cultural 

resources, and visual resource 

management. 

PROPOSED ACEC RESOURCE—USE LIMITATIONS

Alternative 2: Crucial Elk Habitat ACEC 

52,069 Acres 

Alternative 3: Citizen Proposed ACEC 

33,757 Acres 

Performance-based, phased coalbed natural gas (CBNG) development 

occurs by geographic area.

Same as Alternative 2. 

Surface disturbance is not allowed on areas of highly erosive soils and/ 

or slopes of 25 percent or more.

Same as Alternative 2. 


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PROPOSED ACEC RESOURCE—USE LIMITATIONS—Continued 

Alternative 2: Crucial Elk Habitat ACEC 

52,069 Acres 

Alternative 3: Citizen Proposed ACEC 

33,757 Acres 

After interim CBNG reclamation, there is an up to two-year rest period 

from livestock grazing.

After interim CBNG reclamation, there is a one-year rest period from 

livestock grazing. 

Direct discharge of water to drainages is permissible, with subsequent 

monitoring and mitigation of downstream impacts on lease.

No direct discharge of water is allowed into ephemeral or intermittent 

drainages. 

Reservoirs and ancillary CBNG facilities, including compressors, are located outside of yearlong elk range.Reservoirs and ancillary CBNG facilities, including compressors, are located outside of elk crucial winter range and elk calving areas. 

There is a winter timing limitation for surface-disturbing and disruptive 

activities from November 15 through April 30 in elk crucial winter 

range as well as a timing limitation for surface-disturbing and disrupting activities from May 1 through June 30 in elk calving ranges.

There is no winter timing limitation in elk crucial winter range but there 

is a timing limitation from May 1 through June 30 in elk calving 

ranges. 

CBNG well metering and monitoring/maintenance activities are restricted to weekly visitation in 1) elk crucial winter range from November 15 through April 30 and 2) elk calving areas from May 1 

through June 30.

CBNG well metering and monitoring/maintenance activities are prohibited in 1) elk crucial elk winter range from November 15 through April 

30 and 2) elk calving areas from May 1 through June 30. 

Allow for no net road density change from BLM base data to conserve 

elk security habitat.

Allow road density change from BLM base data to conserve 80 percent 

elk security habitat. 

Overhead power on BLM surface along existing corridors is allowed .... Same as Alternative 2. 

When commenting, please include 

reference to either the page or section in 

the Draft RMPA/EA to which the 

comment applies. To facilitate analysis 

of comments and information 

submitted, BLM encourages commenters 

to submit comments in an electronic 

format. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and email addresses of 

respondents will be available for public 

review and disclosure at the above 

address during regular business hours (8 

a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–18200 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–060–01–1020–PG] 

Notice of Public Meeting; Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 2 and 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The September 2 meeting 

will be at the Missouri Breaks 

Interpretive Center, 701 7th Street, in 

Fort Benton, Montana. This meeting 

will begin at 1 p.m. with a 30-minute 

public comment period. This meeting 

will adjourn at 3:30 p.m. The September 

3 meeting will be at the Hampton Inn, 

2301 14th Street SW., in Great Falls, 

Montana. This meeting will begin at 8 

a.m. with a 30-minute public comment 

period. This meeting is scheduled to 

adjourn at 3 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: Gary 

L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, Lewistown Field 

Manager, Lewistown Field Office, P.O. 

Box 1160, Lewistown, Montana 59457, 

406–538–1900. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior on a variety of management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Montana. During these 

meetings the council will participate in/ 

discuss/act upon: 

A field trip through the Missouri 

Breaks Interpretive Center; 

A Missouri River recreation use 

update; 

A Malta Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) briefing; 

Field manager updates; 

Discussions about the alternatives for 

the Malta RMP; 

A briefing about U.S. Forest Service 

fee proposals; and 

Administrative details (next meeting 

agenda, location, etc.) 

All RAC meetings are open to the 

public. The public may present written 

comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC 

meeting will also have time allocated for 

hearing public comments. Depending on 

the number of persons wishing to 

comment and time available, the time 

for individual oral comments may be 

limited. 

Dated: August 1, 2008. 

Gary L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, 

Lewistown Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–18226 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–030–1020–PN; HAG 08–0097] 

Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake 

Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Vale District. 

ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John 

Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: The John Day/Snake Resource 

Advisory Council meeting is scheduled 

for September 16, 2008, in John Day, 

Oregon. 

The John Day/Snake Resource 

Advisory Council meeting is scheduled 

for September 16, 2008. The meeting 

will take place at the Malheur National 

Forest Supervisor Office, 431 Patterson 

Bridge Road, John Day, OR, from 8 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. The meeting may include such 

topics as the Baker Resource 

Management Planning, Transportation 

Planning, Wallowa-Whitman Weed 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 


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