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submit written comments to the 

Cottonwood Field Office, Attn: 

Stephanie Connolly, at the above 

address. Fax comments to (208) 962–

3275. (Please indicate Buffalo Gulch 

Mining Project Comments on the fax 

cover sheet.) Electronic comments can 

be submitted to: Buffalo_Gulch_Mine_

Comments@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Sanner, Project Leader, at (208) 

769–5032 or e-mail: scott_

sanner@blm.gov; or Stephanie Connolly, 

Cottonwood Field Office Manager, at 

(208) 962–3256 or e-mail: stephanie_

connolly@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Plan of 

Operations for the Project was 

submitted to the BLM by the former 

mine proponent, the Idaho Gold 

Corporation, in December, 1989. The 

BLM prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and permitted the 

Project in 1990 but the mine never went 

into production. In December, 2007, 

ECM informed the BLM they had gained 

control of the Project and intended to 

advance the Buffalo Gulch Mining 

Project to full scale production under 

the 1989 Plan of Operations. Since the 

original environmental analysis was 

completed over 17 years ago, there are 

likely new or different issues relevant 

today that were not previously 

addressed. 

As proposed, the total surface area 

disturbed during the life of the project 

is anticipated to be approximately 200 

acres. This estimate includes the open 

pit, heap leach pad, waste rock dumps, 

solution ponds, and other ancillary 

mine facilities (e.g., shop, mine office, 

roads, power line, etc.). Under this Plan, 

mining would occur for about five years 

with simultaneous reclamation 

activities. Final reclamation would be 

completed within six months to one 

year after completion of mining and 

leaching operations. 

The Buffalo Gulch Mine—Plan of 

Operations (as submitted in 1989) and 

the Environmental Assessment for the 

original Plan of Operations (completed 

in 1990) are posted on the Internet at: 

http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/

cottonwood.html. 

On March 28 and May 16, 2008, 

scoping letters for the Buffalo Gulch 

Mining Project were mailed to known 

interested groups and individuals. Two 

public meetings were held on April 9, 

in Elk City, and on April 10, 2008, in 

Grangeville, Idaho. Based on the 

interdisciplinary team’s knowledge of 

the issues, comments that have been 

received and other projects in this area, 

it has been determined that further 

analysis is warranted and an EIS will be 

prepared. 

The Cottonwood Field Office is 

seeking information, comments, and 

assistance from other agencies, 

organizations, Tribes, and individuals 

who may be interested in or affected by 

the Proposed Action. The Cottonwood 

Field Office will issue local press 

releases notifying the public of 

additional opportunities to meet with 

staff and to discuss the project in more 

detail. Issues previously identified 

during public scoping for this project as 

well as comments received as a result of 

this Notice will be used to prepare the 

EIS. 

Issues identified to date include the 

following: 

• Surface and ground water 

contamination. 

• Transportation of hazardous 

materials, traffic levels and safety. 

• Economic and social values. 

• Air quality and noise. 

• Fisheries and wildlife habitat. 

• Cumulative impacts of past and 

likely future activities in the Elk City 

area. 

If you have specific issues or other 

concerns that BLM should consider in 

the NEPA process, please identify them 

in writing. You may send comments to 

the BLM by mail, facsimile, or 

electronic mail. Comments may also be 

hand-delivered to the Cottonwood Field 

Office. 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. 

Dated: August 11, 2008. 

Gary D. Cooper, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–18906 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK930–1310EI–241A] 

National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2008 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of National Petroleum 

Reserve—Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

2008 and Notice of Availability of the 

Detailed Statement of Sale for Oil and 

Gas Lease Sale 2008 in the Petroleum 

Reserve. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s Alaska State Office will 

hold an oil and gas lease sale bid 

opening for all available tracts in the 

Northeast Planning Area, tracts 

straddling the Ikpikpuk River in the 

Northeast and Northwest planning 

areas, and tracts in the southern portion 

of the Northwest Planning Area. With 

the exception of new tracts in the 

Northwest Planning Area north of the 

Colville River, all tracts have been 

offered previously. Additionally, leased 

tracts that have been relinquished will 

be available in this sale. 

DATES: The oil and gas lease sale bid 

opening will be held at 9 a.m. on 

Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Sealed 

bids must be received by 3:45 p.m., 

Friday, September 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The oil and gas lease sale 

bids will be opened at the Wilda 

Marston Theater, ZJ Loussac Public 

Library, 3600 Denali St., Anchorage, 

Alaska. Sealed bids must be sent to 

Carol Taylor (AK932), BLM—Alaska 

State Office; 222 W. 7th Ave., #13; 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted 

Murphy, (907) 271–4413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All bids 

must be submitted by sealed bid in 

accordance with the provisions 

identified in the Detailed Statement of 

Sale. They must be received at the 

BLM—Alaska State Office, ATTN: Carol 

Taylor (AK932); 222 W. 7th Ave., #13; 

Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599; no later 

than 3:45 p.m., Friday, September 19, 

2008. 

The Detailed Statement of Sale for the 

NPR–A Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2008 

will be available to the public 

immediately after publication of this 

Notice. The Detailed Statement may be 

obtained from the BLM—Alaska Web 

site at http://www.blm.gov/ak, or by 

request from the Public Information 

Center, BLM—Alaska State Office; 222 

W. 7th Ave., #13; Anchorage, Alaska 

99513–7599; telephone (907) 271–5960. 

The Detailed Statement of Sale will 

include, among other things, a 

description of the areas to be offered for 

lease, the lease terms, conditions, 

special stipulations, required operating 

procedures, and how and where to 

submit bids. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3131.4–1(a). 

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Dated: August 6, 2008. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

Alaska State Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–18717 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–08–1310–NB–016K] 

Notice of Rescheduled Annual Tour of 

the Pinedale Anticline Working Group 

on September 26th, 2008 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Record of Decision for the Pinedale 

Anticline Environmental Impact 

Statement (2000) the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline 

Working Group (PAWG) will conduct its 

annual tour of the Pinedale Anticline 

Project Area in Pinedale, Wyoming on 

Friday, September 26th, 2008. The tour 

is open to the public and will begin at 

the BLM Pinedale field office at 8:30 

a.m. To take part in the tour, an RSVP 

is required no later than Friday, 

September 19th, 2008. 

DATES: The Annual Tour will be held on 

Friday, September 26th 2008 at 8:30 

a.m. In order to attend the tour, an RSVP 

is required and must be received by 

September 19th, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The PAWG tour will begin 

at the BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 

West Pine Street, Pinedale, WY. Please 

RSVP to Mr. David Crowley, Pinedale 

Anticline Working Group Coordinator, 

Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale 

Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street, P.O. 

Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941, or 

via e-mail to dave_crowley@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Crowley, Pinedale Anticline 

Working Group Coordinator, Bureau of 

Land Management, Pinedale Field 

Office, 1625 West Pine Street, P.O. Box 

768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941, 

telephone (307) 367–5323. dave_

crowley@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pinedale Anticline Working Group 

(PAWG) was authorized and established 

with release of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil 

and Gas Exploration and Development 

Project on July 27, 2000. On June 25, 

2008, the Secretary of the Interior 

renewed the PAWG Charter. The PAWG 

advises the BLM on the development 

and implementation of monitoring plans 

and adaptive management decisions as 

development of the Pinedale Anticline 

Natural Gas Field proceeds. The PAWG 

is composed of nine members 

representing governmental agencies, 

industrial operators, interest groups and 

local communities. The 2008 annual 

PAWG tour was originally scheduled for 

June 20th. Due to membership changes, 

that meeting was cancelled and has 

been rescheduled through this notice. 

Additional information about the PAWG 

can be found at: http://www.blm.gov/ 

wy/st/en/field_offices/Pinedale/ 

pawg.html. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Chuck Otto, 

Pinedale Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–18907 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[UTU 85338] 

Public Land Order No. 7697; Transfer 

of Public Land for the Crescent 

Junction Uranium Mill Tailings 

Repository; Utah; Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management published a document in 

the Federal Register on March 31, 2008, 

transferring public land to the 

Department of Energy. The document 

contained some errors in the land 

description. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary von Koch, 435–259–2128. 

Correction 

This action corrects the land 

description in Public Land Order No. 

7697 published in FR Doc. E8–6598, 

March 31, 2008, page 16900, column 2, 

as follows: 

The entire legal description which 

reads: 

‘‘T. 21 S., R. 19 E., 

Sec. 22, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

and S1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.’’ is 

hereby corrected to read: 

‘‘Salt Lake Meridian 

T. 21 S., R. 19 E., 

Sec. 22, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2S1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, W1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.’’

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Kent Hoffman, 

Deputy State Director, Division of Land and 

Minerals. 

[FR Doc. E8–18900 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–921–5440–FR–K069; WYW 155951] 

Realty Action; Conveyance of Public 

Lands; Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action; airport 

conveyance to Big Horn County. 

SUMMARY: The following public lands in 

Big Horn County have been found 

suitable for conveyance to Big Horn 

County for airport purposes under the 

Act of May 24, 1928, as amended and 

49 U.S.C. 47125 (2006). 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Big Horn County, 

Wyoming 

T. 53 N., R. 93 W., 

Sec. 32 W1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The above land contains 70 acres. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State 

Office, 307–775–6257, or at the above 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Conveyance of the lands is consistent 

with applicable Federal and county land 

use plans and will help meet the needs 

of the Big Horn County residents. Under 

this conveyance Runway 16–34 at the 

South Big Horn County Airport will be 

extended; Runway 15–33 will be 

converted and reconstructed to a 

parallel taxiway, and Runway 7–25 will 

be rehabilitated and extended. 

The conveyance will contain 

reservations to the United States for 

ditches, canals and all minerals. The 

patent will also be issued subject to the 

existing rights of record including a 

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