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SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is inviting comments on 

collection of information that we have 

sent to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 

The Information Collection Request 

(ICR) concerns the paperwork 

requirements for the National Land 

Remote Sensing Education, Outreach 

and Research Program (NLRSEORP) and 

describes the nature of the collection 

and the estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

October 20, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on 

this information collection directly to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk 

Officer for the Department of Interior via 

e-mail [OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov]; 

or fax (202) 395–6566; and identify your 

submission as 1028–NEW. Please also 

submit a copy of your comments to 

Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C 

Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 

(mail); (970) 226–9230 (fax); or 

pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please 

reference Information Collection 1028– 

NEW, NLRSEORP in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE

CONTACT: To request additional 

information concerning this ICR, contact 

Thomas Cecere by mail at U.S. 

Geological Survey, MS 517 National 

Center, Reston, VA 20192 or by 

telephone at (703) 648–5551. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Land Remote Sensing 

Education, Outreach and Research 

Program (NLRSEORP). 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Abstract: The Land Remote Sensing 

Education, Outreach and Research 

Program (NLRSEORP) is an effort that 

involves the development of a U.S. 

national consortium in building the 

capability to receive, process and 

archive remotely sensed data for the 

purpose of providing access to 

university and State organizations in a 

ready to use form, and to expand the 

science of remote sensing through 

education, research/applications 

development and outreach in areas such 

as environmental monitoring, climate 

change research, natural resource 

management and disaster analysis. 

Respondents are submitting proposals to 

acquire funding for a National (U.S.) 

program to promote the uses of spacebased land remote sensing data and 

technologies through education and 

outreach at the State and local level and 

through university based and 

collaborative research projects. The 

information collected will ensure that 

sufficient and relevant information is 

available to evaluate and select a 

proposal for funding. A panel of USGS 

geography program managers and 

scientists will review each proposal to 

evaluate the technical merit, 

requirements, and priorities identified 

in the program’s call for proposals. 

This notice concerns the collection of 

information that is sufficient and 

relevant to evaluate and select proposals 

for funding. We will protect information 

from respondents considered 

proprietary under the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 

implementing regulations (43 CFR Part 

2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 

250.197, ‘‘Data and information to be 

made available to the public or for 

limited inspection.’’ Responses are 

voluntary. No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ 

nature are asked. We intend to release 

the project abstracts and primary 

investigators for awarded/funded 

projects only. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Non-profit 

organizations. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary 

(necessary to receive benefits). 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: We expect to receive 

approximately 10 proposals during the 

grant application process. We anticipate 

issuing 1 grant per year. The program is 

open to non-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

Approximately 10 applications and 2 

reports per year. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Based on comments received 

during the FR Notice 60 day comment 

period, we estimate that the burden will 

be 24 hours per applicant and 10 hours 

per grantee. We expect to receive 

approximately 10 applications per year, 

taking each applicant approximately 24 

hours to complete, totaling 240 burden 

hours. We anticipate awarding one (1) 

grant per year. The grantee will be 

required to submit 2 reports: an interim 

6 months after the start of the project 

and a final report on or before 90 

working days after the expiration of the 

agreement. We estimate that it will take 

approximately 10 hours to complete and 

submit both reports. 

Annual Burden Hours: 250. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: We have not identified any 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated 

with this collection of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor; and 

you are not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: To comply with the 

public consultation process, on April 

29, 2008, we published a Federal 

Register notice (73 FR 23268) 

announcing our intent to submit this 

information collection to OMB for 

approval. In that notice we solicited 

public comments for 60 days, ending on 

June 30, 2008. We did not receive any 

public comments in response to the 

notice. We again invite comments 

concerning this information collection 

on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted in response to this notice are 

a matter of public record. 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 OMB in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

view, we cannot guarantee that it will be 

done. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds, 

970–226–9445. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

Bruce Quirk, 

Program Coordinator, Land Remote Sensing 

Program, U.S. Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. E8–21920 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey: Privacy Act of 

1974, as Amended; Establishment of a 

New System of Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Proposed establishment of a 

new system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 


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U.S.C. 552a), the Department of the 

Interior is issuing public notice of its 

intent to establish a new Privacy Act 

system of records notice to its inventory: 

Interior, USGS–01, ‘‘National Water 

Information System: NWIS.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Any persons interested in 

commenting on this new system of 

records may do so by submitting 

comments in writing to the U.S. 

Geological Survey Privacy Act Officer, 

Deborah Kimball, National Center, 

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS–807, 

Reston, Virginia 20192, or by e-mail to 

dkimball@usgs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

Geological Survey Privacy Act Officer, 

Deborah Kimball, National Center, 

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS–807, 

Reston, Virginia 20192, or by e-mail to 

dkimball@usgs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NWIS is 

the repository of hydrologic data 

collected as part of cooperative 

hydrologic studies nationwide for the 

Water Resources Division of the USGS. 

In addition to comprehensive 

nationwide information on groundwater 

and surface water quantity and quality, 

the NWIS contains information about 

individuals or groups that own or have 

control of physical access to sites where 

USGS collects data. This system of 

records notice will be effective as 

proposed at the end of the comment 

period unless comments are received 

which would require a contrary 

determination. The U.S. Geological 

Survey will publish a revised notice if 

changes are made based upon a review 

of comments received. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

Deborah Kimball, 

U.S. Geological Survey Privacy Act Officer. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

USGS, USGS–01, ‘‘National Water 

Information System: NWIS’’. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

U.S. Geological Survey, Water 

Resources Discipline, National Water 

Information System, 12201 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, MS 437, Reston, VA 20192 

and 45 Water Science Centers (for 

locations see ‘‘System Managers and 

Addresses’’ below). 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals and groups who own or 

control physical access to groundwater 

or surface-water sites in the United 

States. 

Note: This system contains records relating 

to corporations and other business entities. 

However, only records containing personal 

information relating to individuals are 

subject to the Privacy Act. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Each entry in the system contains 

non-mandatory fields that may contain 

information about the site-owner or a 

contact person associated with the site. 

This information includes site-owner 

name or contact person’s name, postal 

address, and phone number. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

43 U.S.C. 31 et seq. The Organic Act 

of March 3, 1879, as amended (1962); 

directs the Geological Survey to classify 

the public lands and examine the 

geological structure, mineral resources, 

and products within and outside the 

national domain. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The following routine uses may 

apply, as appropriate, to disclosures 

from record systems at the Department 

of the Interior that are protected by the 

Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552, et seq. 

The primary uses of the records in the 

system are: 

(1) To maintain accurate, timely and 

complete information about 

groundwater and surface-water quantity, 

quality and use at sites throughout the 

United States, so that reports and 

surveys can be developed analyzing 

accurate information. 

(2) To maintain information on siteowners and those controlling access to 

sites in order to obtain advance 

approval to visit a site on private land, 

or to request additional information 

about the site or activities taking place 

there. 

Other disclosures outside the 

Department of the Interior may be made: 

(1)(a) To any of the following entities 

or individuals, when the circumstances 

set forth in paragraph (b) are met: 

(i) The U.S. Department of Justice 

(DOJ); 

(ii) A court or an adjudicative or other 

administrative body; 

(iii) A party in litigation before a court 

or an adjudicative or other 

administrative body; or 

(iv) Any DOI employee acting in his 

or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ 

has agreed to represent that employee or 

pay for private representation of the 

employee; 

(b) When: 

(i) One of the following is a party to 

the proceeding or has an interest in the 

proceeding: 

(A) DOI or any component of DOI; 

(B) Any other Federal agency 

appearing before the Office of Hearings 

and Appeals; 

(C) Any DOI employee acting in his or 

her official capacity; 

(D) Any DOI employee acting in his 

or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ 

has agreed to represent that employee or 

pay for private representation of the 

employee; 

(E) The United States, when DOJ 

determines that DOI is likely to be 

affected by the proceeding; and 

(ii) DOI deems the disclosure to be: 

(A) Relevant and necessary to the 

proceeding; and 

(B) Compatible with the purpose for 

which the records were compiled. 

(2) To a congressional office in 

response to a written inquiry that an 

individual covered by the system, or the 

heir of such individual if the covered 

individual is deceased, has made to the 

office. 

(3) To any criminal, civil, or 

regulatory law enforcement authority 

(whether Federal, state, territorial, local, 

tribal or foreign) when a record, either 

alone or in conjunction with other 

information, indicates a violation or 

potential violation of law—criminal, 

civil, or regulatory in nature, and the 

disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

compiled. 

(4) To an official of another Federal 

agency to provide information needed 

in the performance of official duties 

related to reconciling or reconstructing 

data files or to enable that agency to 

respond to an inquiry by the individual 

to whom the record pertains. 

(5) To Federal, state, territorial, local, 

tribal, or foreign agencies that have 

requested information relevant or 

necessary to the hiring, firing or 

retention of an employee or contractor, 

or the issuance of a security clearance, 

license, contract, grant or other benefit, 

when the disclosure is compatible with 

the purpose for which the records were 

compiled. 

(6) To representatives of the National 

Archives and Records Administration to 

conduct records management 

inspections under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

(7) To state and local governments 

and tribal organizations to provide 

information needed in response to court 

order and/or discovery purposes related 

to litigation, when the disclosure is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the records were compiled. 

(8) To an expert, consultant, or 

contractor (including employees of the 

contractor) of DOI that performs services 

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DOI’s behalf to carry out the purposes 

of the system. 

(9) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

(a) It is suspected or confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; and 

(b) The Department has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interest, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of this system or 

other systems or programs (whether 

maintained by the Department or 

another agency or entity) that rely upon 

the compromised information; and 

(c) The disclosure is made to such 

agencies, entities and persons who are 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

(10) To the Office of Management and 

Budget during the coordination and 

clearance process in connection with 

legislative affairs as mandated by OMB 

Circular A–19. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Disclosure will not be made to 

consumer reporting agencies. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records are stored on magnetic hard 

disk media in relational databases at 45 

Water Science Centers. These facilities 

are under the direction of the USGS, 

Water Resources Division (WRD) 

Science Center Directors. In addition to 

the forty-five Water Science Center sites, 

there are two NWIS real-time (NWIS– 

RT) redundant processing sites and the 

system development and testing site 

where the records are stored on hard 

disk in relational databases. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records are retrieved by site location 

number only. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

(1) Physical Security: Servers and 

related electronic systems including 

computer station monitors are located in 

locked buildings. In many locations law 

enforcement is also present to protect 

their security. 

(2) Technical Security: Electronic 

records are maintained in conformity 

with Office of Management and Budget, 

National Institute of Standards 

Technology, and Departmental 

requirements reflecting the 

implementation of the Federal 

Information Security Management Act. 

Electronic data is protected through user 

identification, passwords, database 

permissions, a Privacy Act Warning, 

and software controls. These security 

measures establish different degrees of 

access for different types of users. NWIS 

controls access using three layers of 

security: system user authentication, 

database access (table and row level) via 

grants, and roles and groups on the 

NWIS application. The Security Plan 

addresses the Department’s Privacy Act 

safeguard requirements for Privacy Act 

systems at 43 CFR 2.51. A Privacy 

Impact Assessment was completed to 

ensure that Privacy Act requirements 

and safeguards are sufficient and in 

place. Its provisions will be updated as 

needed to ensure that Privacy Act 

requirements continue to be met. 

(3) Administrative Security: Access is 

strictly limited to authorized personnel 

whose official duties require such 

access. All Departmental and contractor 

employees with access to NWIS are 

required to complete Privacy Act, 

Federal Records Act, and Information 

Technology Security Awareness training 

prior to being given access to the 

system, and on an annual basis, 

thereafter. All users sign security forms 

stating they will neither misuse 

government computers nor the 

information contained therein. In 

addition, managers and supervisors of 

users monitor the use of the database 

and ensure that the information is used 

in accordance with certified and 

accredited business practices. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION: 

The data stored in the NWIS 

databases are permanent records; 

therefore, the retention period is 

indefinite. When the data is no longer 

required for research or if the NWIS 

program is discontinued, records will be 

transferred to NARA for permanent 

retention pursuant to Records Schedules 

for similar records. This is in 

accordance with NARA Item Number 

1400–01 dated April 14, 2008, and is 

part of the overall Water Resource 

Discipline Scientific Records 

Disposition Schedule. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESSES: 

(1) National Water Information 

System Program Office Chief, U.S. 

Geological Survey, Water Resources 

Discipline, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

MS 437, Reston, VA 20192; 

(2) Director, Alabama Water Science 

Center, AUM TechnaCenter, 75 

TechnaCenter Drive, Montgomery, AL 

36117; 

(3) Director, Alaska Science Center, 

4230 University Drive, Grace Hall, 

Anchorage, AK 99508–4664; 

(4) Director, Arizona Water Science 

Center, 520 North Park Avenue, Suite 

221, Tucson, AZ 85719–5035; 

(5) Director, Arkansas Water Science 

Center, 401 Hardin Road, Little Rock, 

AR 72211–3528; 

(6) Director, Caribbean Water Science 

Center, GSA Center, 651 Federal Drive, 

Suite 400–15, Guaynabo, PR 00965; 

(7) Director, Colorado Water Science 

Center, Denver Federal Center, Box 

25046, Mail Stop 415, Denver, CO 

80225; 

(8) Director, Florida Integrated 

Science Center—Tallahassee, 12703 

Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826; 

(9) Director, Georgia Water Science 

Center, 3039 Amwiler Road, Suite 130, 

Atlanta, GA 30360–2824; 

(10) Water Director, Idaho Water 

Science Center, 230 Collins Road, Boise, 

ID 83702–4520; 

(11) Director, Illinois Water Science 

Center, 221 N. Broadway Avenue, Suite 

101, Urbana, IL 61801–2748; 

(12) Director, Indiana Water Science 

Center, 5957 Lakeside Blvd, 

Indianapolis, IN 46278; 

(13) Director, Iowa Water Science 

Center, 400 South Clinton Street, Room 

269, Iowa City, IA 52240; 

(14) Director, Kansas Water Science 

Center, S4821 Quail Crest Place, 

Lawrence, KS 66049; 

(15) Director, Kentucky Water Science 

Center, 9818 Bluegrass Parkway, 

Louisville, KY 40299; 

(16) Director, Louisiana Water Science 

Center, 3535 Sherwood Forest Blvd., 

Suite 120, Baton Rouge, LA 70816; 

(17) Director, Maryland Water Science 

Center, 5522 Research Park Drive, 

Baltimore, MD 21228; 

(18) Director, Massachusetts Water 

Science Center, 10 Bearfoot Road, 

Northborough, MA 01532; 

(19) Director, Michigan Water Science 

Center, 6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5, 

Lansing, MI 48911; 

(20) Director, Minnesota Water 

Science Center, 2280 Woodale Drive, 

Mounds View, MN 55112; 

(21) Director, Mississippi Water 

Science Center, 308 S. Airport Road, 

Pearl, MS 39208–6649; 

(22) Director, Missouri Water Science 

Center, 1400 Independence Road, Rolla, 

MO 65401; 

(23) Director, Montana Water Science 

Center, 3162 Bozeman Avenue, Helena, 

MT 59601; 

(24) Director, Nebraska Water Science 

Center, 5231 South 19th Street, Lincoln, 

NE 68512–1271; 

(25) Director, Nevada Water Science 

Center, 2730 N. Deer Run Road, Carson 

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(26) Director, New Jersey Water 

Science Center, 810 Bear Tavern, Suite 

206, West Trenton, NJ 08628; 

(27) Director, New Mexico Water 

Science Center, 5338 Montgomery Blvd. 

NE, Suite 400, Albuquerque, NM 87109; 

(28) Director, New York Water 

Science Center, 425 Jordan Road, Troy, 

NY 12180–8349; 

(29) Director, North Carolina Water 

Science Center, 3916 Sunset Ridge 

Road, Raleigh, NC 27602; 

(30) Director, North Dakota Water 

Science Center, 821 East Interstate 

Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58503–1199; 

(31) Director, Ohio Water Science 

Center, 6480 Doubletree Avenue, 

Columbus, OH 43229–1111; 

(32) Director, Oklahoma Water 

Science Center, NW 66th Street, 

Building 7, Oklahoma City, OK 73116; 

(33) Director, Oregon Water Science 

Center, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, 

OR 97201; 

(34) Director, Pacific Islands Water 

Science Center, 677 Ala Moana Blvd., 

Suite 415, Honolulu, HI 96813; 

(35) Director, Pennsylvania Water 

Science Center, 215 Limekiln Rd., New 

Cumberland, PA 17070; 

(36) Director, South Carolina Water 

Science Center, 720 Gracern Road, Suite 

129, Columbia, SC 29210; 

(37) Director, South Dakota Water 

Science Center, 1608 Mt. View Road, 

Rapid City, SD 57702; 

(38) Director, Tennessee Water 

Science Center, 640 Grassmere Park, 

Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37211; 

(39) Director, Texas Water Science 

Center, 8027 Exchange Drive, Austin, 

TX 78754–4733; 

(40) Director, Utah Water Science 

Center, 2329 W. Orton Circle, Valley 

City, UT 84119–2047; 

(41) Director, Virginia Water Science 

Center, 1730 East Parham Road, 

Richmond, VA 23228; 

(42) Director, Washington Water 

Science Center, 934 Broadway, Suite 

300, Tacoma, WA 98402; 

(43) Director, Western Region Office, 

3020 State University Drive East, Suite 

3005, Menlo Park, CA 94025; 

(44) Director, West Virginia Water 

Science Center, 11 Dunbar Street, 

Charleston, WV 25301; 

(45) Director, Wisconsin Water 

Science Center, 8505 Research Way, 

Middleton, WI 53562–3581; 

(46) Director, Wyoming Water Science 

Center, 2617 E. Lincolnway, Suite B, 

Cheyenne, WY 82001. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Inquiries regarding the existence of 

records about an individual shall be 

addressed to the appropriate Water 

Science Center Director shown under 

the System Managers list above. A 

written, signed request stating that the 

requestor seeks information concerning 

records pertaining to him or herself is 

required. (see 43 CFR 2.60.) 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

For copies of your records, write to 

the appropriate Water Science Center 

Director shown under the System 

Managers list above. The request must 

be in writing, signed by the requestor, 

and meet the content requirements of 43 

CFR 2.63. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

To request amendment of your 

records, write to the appropriate Water 

Science Center Director shown under 

the System Managers list above. The 

request must be in writing, signed by 

the requestor and meet the content 

requirements of 43 CFR 2.71. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Designated USGS personnel enter 

site-owner location information that is 

provided by individuals, well drillers, 

local, State environmental protections 

offices, water management districts or 

Federal cooperating agencies such as the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the Department of Commerce, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s National Weather 

Service. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–Y7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Proposed Riverton Dome Coal 

Bed Natural Gas and Conventional Gas 

Development, Wind River Indian 

Reservation, Fremont County, WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

in cooperation with the Joint Business 

Council of the Eastern Shoshone and 

Northern Arapaho Tribes, Bureau of 

Land Management and U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), intends to file a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

with EPA for the proposed coal bed 

natural gas and conventional gas 

development project, and that the FEIS 

is now available to the public. 

DATES: The Record of Decision on the 

proposed action will be issued on or 

after October 21, 2008. Any comments 

on the FEIS must arrive by October 20, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry 

written comments to Ray Nation, 

Deputy Superintendent, Trust Services, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wind River 

Agency, First and Washakie Streets, Fort 

Washakie, Wyoming 82514. 

Paper or CD copies of the FEIS are 

available at the above address and at the 

Bureau of Land Management, Lander 

Field Office, 1335 Main Street, Lander, 

Wyoming 82420. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray 

Nation, (307) 332–3718. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Riverton Dome Project Area (RDPA) is 

located on the southeast corner of the 

Wind River Indian Reservation in 

Township 1S, Range 4E, Sections 13, 14, 

23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36; Township 2S, 

Range 4E, Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12; 

Township 1S, Range 5E, Sections 17, 18, 

19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32; and Township 

2S, Range 5E, Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, in 

Fremont County, Wyoming, 

approximately 5 miles southeast of the 

city of Riverton, Wyoming. The Project 

Area is approximately 13,804 acres in 

size, of which 12,656 acres of surface 

and minerals belong to the Eastern 

Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes 

and 1,148 acres of surface and minerals 

are privately owned. 

The FEIS analyzes three alternatives: 

the proposed action (Alternative A), 

existing leases (Alternative B) and no 

action (Alternative C). The BIA has 

chosen Alternative B, rather than the 

proposed action, as the preferred 

alternative for this project. 

Alternative B consists of developing 

from 70 coal bed natural gas (CBNG) 

wells at 80-acre spacing to 151 CBNG 

wells at 40-acre spacing. The initial 

spacing for each new CBNG well drilled 

is 80-acre spacing. Forty-acre spacing 

would only be utilized if 80-acre 

spacing is not sufficient to efficiently 

produce the CBNG from the formation. 

The assumption that all CBNG wells 

would be drilled at 40-acre spacing was 

used to evaluate the maximum potential 

disturbance, produced water 

production, roads, pipelines, and 

compression needed for development. 

The actual number of CBNG wells to be 

drilled under the Alternative B is 

anticipated to be less than the maximum 

of 151 wells. In addition, up to 20 

conventional gas wells could be drilled 

under Alternative B. 


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