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315f, the following described land has 

been examined and found suitable for 

classification as a non-profit, public 

purpose—specifically, a site for a new 

satellite campus of the NMSU Don ̃ a Ana 

Community College. The land is hereby 

classified accordingly. The parcel of 

public land is described as follows: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian 

T. 26 S., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 13, S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

The area described contains 19.967 acres, 

more or less in Don ̃ a Ana County. 

NMSU proposes to develop the land 

to construct a new satellite campus to 

meet the educational needs of the 

rapidly growing community. The site 

would be leased for a period of 5 years 

with the option to purchase after the 

sites are developed according to NMSU. 

Conveying title to the affected public 

land is consistent with current BLM 

land use planning. 

The lease or conveyance, when 

issued, would be subject to the 

following terms, conditions, and 

reservations. 

1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to 

all applicable regulations of the 

Secretary of the Interior. 

2. A right-of-way for ditches and 

canals constructed by the authority of 

the United States, Act of August 30, 

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945). 

3. The United States will reserve all 

minerals together with the right to 

prospect for, mine, and remove the 

minerals. 

4. All valid existing rights 

documented on the official public land 

records at the time of lease/patent 

issuance. 

5. Any other reservations that the 

authorized officer determines 

appropriate to ensure public access and 

proper management of Federal land and 

interests therein. 

Additional detailed information 

concerning this Notice of Realty Action, 

including environmental documents, is 

available for review at the address 

above. On October 3, 2008, the lands 

described above will be segregated from 

all other forms of appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

mining and mineral leasing laws, except 

for lease or conveyance under the R&PP 

Act. On or before November 17, 2008, 

comments may be submitted regarding 

the proposed classification lease or 

conveyance of the land to the District 

Manager, BLM Las Cruces District 

Office, at the address above. 

Only written comments will be 

accepted. 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. 

Classification Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments involving 

the suitability of the land for the 

proposed satellite campus. Comments 

on the classification is restricted to 

whether the land is physically suited for 

the proposal, where the use will 

maximize the future use or uses of the 

land, whether the use is consistent with 

local planning and zoning, or if the use 

is consistent with State and Federal 

programs. 

Additional Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments regarding 

the specific use proposed in the 

application and plan of development, 

whether the BLM followed proper 

administrative procedures in reaching 

the decision, or any other factor not 

directly related to the suitability of the 

land for a satellite campus. The State 

Director will review any adverse 

comments. In the absence of adverse 

comment, the classification will become 

effective on December 2, 2008. The land 

will not be offered for lease or 

conveyance until after the classification 

becomes effective. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5) 

Bill Childress, 

District Manager, Las Cruces. 

[FR Doc. E8–23431 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–160–1430–EQ; COC–73222] 

Notice of Realty FLPMA Section 302 

Permit/Lease, Gunnison County, CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: Gunnison Aggregate 

Resources has submitted a proposal for 

a land use authorization to operate an 

asphalt batch plant and other materials 

processing and temporary storage 

pursuant to Section 302 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 and regulations at Title 43 CFR 

2920. The land consists of 

approximately 1.25 acres of public lands 

approximately 5 miles southwest of 

Gunnison in Gunnison County, 

Colorado, within a portion of the 

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Section 17, T.49N., 

R.1W., New Mexico Principal Meridian. 

The land is within a 50-acre parcel of 

public land designated as the McCabe 

Lane community gravel pit. The 

proponent is a permit holder authorized 

to extract gravel from the McCabe Lane 

pit. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

comments concerning the proposed 

permit/lease until November 17, 2008. 

Only written comments will be 

accepted. 

ADDRESSES: Address all written 

comments concerning this notice to the 

Field Manager, BLM Gunnison Field 

Office, 216 N. Colorado St., Gunnison, 

Colorado 81230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marnie Medina, Realty Specialist, at the 

above address, or call (970) 642–4457. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

notice of a proposal for a land use 

authorization. No additional proposals 

will be accepted. After review, the BLM 

has determined that the proposed use is 

in conformance with the Gunnison 

Resource Area Resource Management 

Plan, and that the above described land 

is available for that use. Therefore, 

pursuant to section 302(b) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732(b)) and the 

implementing regulations at Title 43 

CFR 2920, the BLM will accept for 

processing an application to be filed by 

Gunnison Aggregate Resources, or its 

duly qualified designee, for a 

noncompetitive permit/lease of the 

above described lands, to be used, 

occupied, and developed as stated 

above. It is the judgment of the 

authorized officer that, as provided for 

in 43 CFR 2920.5–4(b), no competitive 

interest exists, or competitive bidding 

would represent unfair competitive and 

economic disadvantage to the originator 

of the unique land use concept that is 

compatible with the public interest. The 

rental for the noncompetitive permit/ 

lease shall not be less than fair market 

value. 

The BLM will estimate the costs of 

processing the permit/lease application. 

Before the BLM begins to process the 

application, the applicant must pay the 

full amount of the estimated costs to the 

United States. If a lease is not granted, 

the applicant must pay to the United 

States, in addition to the estimated 

costs, the reasonable costs incurred by 

the BLM in processing the application 

in excess of the estimated costs. Rent, 

payable annually or otherwise in 

advance, will be determined by the 

BLM, if and when a lease application is 

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granted and periodically thereafter. If a 

permit or lease is granted, the permittee/ 

lessee shall reimburse the United States 

for all reasonable administrative and 

other costs incurred by the United 

States in processing the application and 

for monitoring construction, operation, 

maintenance and rehabilitation of the 

land and facilities authorized. The 

reimbursement of costs shall be in 

accordance with the provisions of 43 

CFR 2920.6. 

The permit/lease application must 

include a reference to this notice and 

comply in all respects with the 

regulations pertaining to land use 

authorization applications at 43 CFR 

2920.5–2 and 2920.5–5(b). If authorized, 

the permit/lease would be subject to 

valid existing rights. 

Comments must be received by the 

BLM Gunnison Field Manager, at the 

above address, on or before the date 

stated above. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, be 

advised 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 from 

public review your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. Any adverse 

comments will be reviewed by the BLM 

Gunnison Field Manager, who may 

sustain, vacate, or modify this realty 

action. In the absence of any objections 

or adverse comments, this proposed 

realty action will become the final 

determination of the Department of the 

Interior. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2920.4) 

Kenny McDaniel, 

Field Manager, Gunnison. 

[FR Doc. E8–23440 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS), Central 

Planning Area (CPA) and Western 

Planning Area (WPA), Oil and Gas 

Lease Sales for Years 2009–2012 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

the Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS). 

SUMMARY: The MMS has prepared a 

SEIS on oil and gas lease sales 

tentatively scheduled in 2009–2012 in 

the CPA and WPA offshore the States of 

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and 

Alabama. As mandated in the Gulf of 

Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 

(GOMESA) (Pub. L. 109–432, December 

20, 2006), MMS shall offer, as soon as 

practicable, approximately 5.8 million 

acres located in the southeastern part of 

the CPA (‘‘181 South Area’’). The CPA 

Sale 208 (March 2009) will be the first 

sale to include the ‘‘181 South Area.’’ 

The SEIS analyzed newly available 

information for the potential 

environmental effects of oil and natural 

gas leasing, exploration, development, 

and production in the ‘‘181 South 

Area.’’ 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1503) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1988)). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

mandated in GOMESA, MMS shall offer 

the ‘‘181 South Area’’ for oil and gas 

leasing pursuant to the OCS Lands Act 

(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). In March 2009, 

proposed Lease Sale 208 would be the 

first CPA sale to offer the ‘‘181 South 

Area.’’ The SEIS supplements the Gulf 

of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2007–2012; Western Planning Area 

Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218; 

Central Planning Area Sales 205, 206, 

208, 213, 216, and 222, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2007–018, Multisale EIS). 

The Multisale EIS did not analyze the 

‘‘181 South Area’’; therefore, MMS has 

prepared a SEIS to address the addition 

of the ‘‘181 South Area’’ to the proposed 

CPA sale area. Also, an extensive search 

was conducted for new information 

published since completion of the 

Multisale EIS, including various 

Internet sources, scientific journals, 

interviews with personnel from 

academic institutions, and Federal, 

State, and local agencies. 

Based on new information and the 

expanded CPA sale area, MMS has 

reexamined potential impacts of routine 

activities and accidental events 

associated with the proposed CPA and 

WPA lease sales, and a proposed lease 

sale’s incremental contribution to the 

cumulative impacts on environmental 

and socioeconomic resources. Like the 

Multisale EIS, the resource estimates 

and scenario information for the SEIS 

analyses are presented as a range that 

would encompass the resources and 

activities estimated for any of the seven 

proposed lease sales. 

Final SEIS Availability: To obtain a 

single, printed or CD–ROM copy of the 

final SEIS, you may contact the 

Minerals Management Service, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Public Information 

Office (MS 5034), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, Room 114, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–800–200– 

GULF). An electronic copy of the Final 

EIS is available at the MMS’s Internet 

Web site at http://www.gomr.mms.gov/ 

homepg/regulate/environ/nepa/ 

nepaprocess.html. Several libraries 

along the Gulf Coast have been sent 

copies of the SEIS. To find out which 

libraries, and their locations, have 

copies of the SEIS for review, you may 

contact the MMS’s Public Information 

Office or visit the MMS Internet Web 

site at http://www.gomr.mms.gov/ 

homepg/regulate/environ/libraries.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the SEIS or the 

public hearings, you may contact 

Dennis Chew, Minerals Management 

Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard (MS 

5412), New Orleans, Louisiana 70123– 

2394, or by e-mail at 

environment@mms.gov. You may also 

contact Mr. Chew by telephone at (504) 

736–2793. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Chris Oynes, 

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E8–23372 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Notice of Availability of the Proposed 

Notice of Sale for Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

208 in the Central Planning Area (CPA) 

in the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Proposed Notice of Sale for Proposed 

Sale 208. 

SUMMARY: The MMS announces the 

availability of the proposed Notice of 

Sale for proposed Sale 208 in the CPA. 

This Notice is published pursuant to 30 

CFR 256.29(c) as a matter of information 

to the public. With regard to oil and gas 

leasing on the OCS, the Secretary of the 

Interior, pursuant to section 19 of the 

OCS Lands Act, provides the affected 

States the opportunity to review the 

proposed Notice. The proposed Notice 

sets forth the proposed terms and 

conditions of the sale, including 

minimum bids, royalty rates, and 

rentals. 

DATES: Comments on the size, timing, or 

location of proposed Sale 208 are due 

from the affected States within 60 days 

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