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applications should be submitted to the 

Director (address above). Anyone 

requesting a hearing should give 

specific reasons why a hearing would be 

appropriate. The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Director. 

The following applicants request 

permits to import polar bears (Ursus 

maritimus) taken from the Gulf of 

Boothia polar bear population in Canada 

as sport hunted trophies for the purpose 

of enhancement of the survival of the 

species under section 104(c)(4)(A) of the 

MMPA because these specimens would 

not be eligible for importation under 

104(c)(5)(A). These specimens were 

taken prior to the date when the 

Endangered Species Act prohibitions 

would apply. 

Applicant: Dennis H. Dunn, Kirkland, 

WA, PRT–189427. 

Applicant: Keith C. Halstead, 

Greenville, SC, PRT–189429. 

Applicant: Keith J. Atcheson, Butte, 

MT, PRT–189430. 

Applicant: Kevin J. Wieczorek, 

Chesterfield, MI, PRT–189431. 

Applicant: Marcus C. Hansen, Chester 

Springs, PA, PRT–189432. 

Applicant: Ben A. Hamel, Petoskey, 

MI, PRT–189434. 

Applicant: Aaron R. Neilson, Royse 

City, TX, PRT–191814. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, the 

Division of Management Authority is 

forwarding copies of the above 

applications to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and the Committee of 

Scientific Advisors for their review. 

Dated: September 5, 2008. 

Lisa J. Lierheimer, 

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, 

Division of Management Authority. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–11265, AA–9807, AA–9515, AA–9804, 

AA–9742, AA–9891, AA–9887, AA–9672, 

AA–10191, AA–11366, AA–9650, AA–9649, 

AA–10281, AA–10194, AA–9679; AK–962– 

1410–HY–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving lands for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act will be 

issued to Calista Corporation for lands 

located in the vicinity of Newtok and 

Chefornak, Alaska. Notice of the 

decision will also be published four 

times in the Anchorage Daily News. 

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 November 

14, 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. 

Judy A. Kelley, 

Land Law Examiner, Resolution Branch (962). 

[FR Doc. E8–24389 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO 130 2009 001] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and Initiate the Public 

Scoping Process 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Grand Junction Field Office (GJFO), 

Colorado, is initiating a planning effort 

to prepare the Grand Junction RMP and 

associated EIS. The RMP will replace 

the existing 1987 Resource Management 

Plan. 

DATES: The scoping comment period 

will commence with the publication of 

this notice and will end on January 9, 

2009. However, collaboration with the 

public will continue throughout the 

planning process. Public meetings will 

be announced through the local news 

media, newsletters, and a BLM Web site 

at least 15 days prior to the event. 

Comments on issues and planning 

criteria should be received on or before 

the end of the scoping period at the 

address listed below. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the Grand Junction Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506 

or via fax at (970) 244–3083. E-mail 

comments may be set to 

GJFO_mail@blm.gov. Comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents, will be available for public 

review at the BLM GJFO, during regular 

business hours 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 

Monday–Friday, except holidays. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. 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. All submissions from 

organizations and businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list; contact 

Matt Anderson, Project Manager, 

Telephone (970) 244–3027. Project 

documents may be reviewed on BLM’s 

Grand Junction’s Field Office Web site 

at http://www.blm.gov (select Grand 

Junction on the interactive map). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the public scoping process is 

to identify issues that should be 

considered in the RMP/EIS and to 

initiate public participation in the 

planning process. BLM personnel will 

also be present at scoping meetings to 

explain the planning process and other 

requirements for preparing the RMP/ 

EIS. The planning area includes lands 

within the BLM GJFO administrative 

boundary. The GJFO RMP decision area 

encompasses about 1.2 million acres of 

public lands, which are located within 

Mesa, Garfield, Montrose, and Delta 

Counties, Colorado. The decision area 

includes public lands administered by 

the BLM GJFO, and does not include 


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private lands, state lands, tribal trust 

lands, federal lands not administered by 

the BLM, lands located within the 

planning area of the RMP for the 

McInnis Canyons National Conservation 

Area and associated Wilderness Area. 

The plan will fulfill the needs and 

obligations set forth by the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

associated Council of Environmental 

Quality Regulations 40 CFR part 1500. 

The plan also fulfills requirements of 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA: 43 U.S.C. 

1711), applicable planning regulations 

at 43 CFR part 1600, and BLM 

management policies. 

Parties interested in leasing and 

development of Federal coal in the 

planning area should provide coal 

resource data for their area(s) of interest. 

Specifically, information is requested on 

the location, quality, and quantity of 

Federal coal with development 

potential, and on surface resource 

values related to the 20 coal 

unsuitability criteria described in 43 

CFR part 3461. This information will be 

used for any necessary updating of coal 

screening determination (43 CFR 

3420.1–4) in the area and in the 

environmental analysis. In addition to 

coal resource data, the BLM seeks 

resource information and data for other 

public land values (e.g., air quality, 

cultural and historic resources, fire/ 

fuels, fisheries, forestry, lands and 

realty, non-energy minerals and geology, 

oil and gas (including coalbed methane), 

paleontology, rangeland management, 

recreation, soil, water, and wildlife) in 

the planning area. The purpose of this 

request is to assure that the planning 

effort has sufficient information and 

data to consider a reasonable range of 

resource uses, management options, and 

alternatives for the public lands. 

Proprietary data marked as 

confidential may be submitted in 

response to this call for coal and other 

resource information. Please submit all 

proprietary information submissions to 

the address listed above. The BLM will 

treat submissions marked as 

‘‘Confidential’’ in accordance with the 

laws and regulations governing the 

confidentiality of such information. 

The BLM GJFO will work 

collaboratively with interested parties to 

identify the management actions and 

decisions that are best suited to local, 

regional, and national needs and 

concerns of the public, subject to 

planning criteria to be developed to 

guide the plan. Preliminary issues and 

management concerns have been 

identified by the BLM, other agencies, 

and meetings with individuals and user 

groups. The major issue themes to be 

addressed in the RMP effort include: 

• Management and protection of 

public land resources while allowing for 

multiple uses. 

• Management of riparian areas and 

water quality concerns. 

• Recreation/visitor use and safety 

management. 

• Travel management, including Off 

Highway Vehicle. 

• Management of areas with special 

values. 

• Energy and minerals management. 

• Management of wildlife habitat 

including protection of sensitive species 

habitat. 

• Community expansion and urban 

interface. 

• Land Tenure Adjustments. 

After gathering public comments, issues 

will be placed in one of three categories. 

1. Issues to be resolved by the plan; 

2. Issues resolved through policy or 

administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this 

plan. 

Rationale will be provided in the plan 

for each issue placed in category two or 

three. In addition to these major issues, 

a number of management questions and 

concerns will be addressed in the plan. 

The public is encouraged to help 

identify these questions and concerns 

during the scoping phase. An 

interdisciplinary approach will be used 

to develop the plan in order to consider 

the variety of issues and concerns 

identified. Disciplines involved in the 

planning process will include 

specialists with expertise in rangeland 

management, minerals and geology, 

outdoor recreation, archaeology, 

paleontology, wildlife, fisheries, wild 

horse, weeds, lands and realty, 

hydrology, soils, engineering, fire, 

wilderness, hazardous materials, and 

social and economic. The BLM has 

identified some preliminary planning 

criteria to guide the development of the 

plan. The following planning criteria 

have been proposed to guide the 

development of the plan, to avoid 

unnecessary data collection and 

analyses, and to ensure the plan is 

tailored to issues. Other criteria may be 

identified during the public scoping 

process. Proposed planning criteria 

include the following: 

• The plan will comply with all 

applicable laws, regulations and current 

policies. 

• Broad-based public participation 

will be an integral part of the planning 

and EIS process. 

• The plan will recognize valid 

existing rights. 

• Areas with special designations as 

appropriate. 

Dated: October, 2008. 

Raul Morales, 

Associate Field Manager, Grand Junction 

Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–24374 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–040–07–5101–ER–F344; N–78091] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Proposed Coal-Fired Electric Power 

Generating Plant in Eastern White Pine 

County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

EIS) has been prepared by the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Ely Field 

Office for the White Pine Energy Station 

(WPES) and is now available. This 

document evaluates the environmental 

effects of constructing a coal-fired 

electric power generating plant (up to 

1,600-megawatts) and associated 

features on public lands in White Pine 

County, Nevada. 

DATES: The Final EIS will be available 

for review until November 3, 2008, 

which is 30 days following the date the 

EPA published their notice in the 

Federal Register, [73 FR 57620]. 

ADDRESSES: The Final EIS and 

associated documents will be available 

for review in hard copy and on compact 

disk at the following locations: 

—University of Nevada-Reno, Getchell 

Library, Government Publication 

Dept., Reno, NV 89507 

—Washoe County Library, 301 South 

Center Street, Reno, NV 89501 

—White Pine County Library, 950 

Campton Street, Ely, NV 89301 

—Clark County Library, 1401 E. 

Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119 

A limited number of copies of the 

document will be available at the 

following BLM offices: 

—Elko Field Office, 3900 Idaho Street, 

Elko, NV 89801 

—Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan 

Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701 

—Ely Field Office, 702 North Industrial 

Way, Ely, NV 89301–9408 

—Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial 

Boulevard, Reno, NV 89502–7147 

—Washington Office of Public Affairs, 

18th and C Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20240 


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