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development, motorized vehicle route 

designation, and other planning issues 

raised during the scoping process. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and e-mail 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. 

Timothy Z. Smith, 

Bakersfield Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–1217 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–060–1320–EL, WYW163340] 

Notice of Availability of the West 

Antelope II Coal Lease by Application 

Final Environmental Impact Statement, 

Wyoming. 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the West Antelope II Coal 

Lease by Application (LBA) Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). 

The tract is being considered for sale as 

a result of a coal lease application 

received from the operator of the 

adjacent Antelope Mine in Campbell 

and Converse Counties, Wyoming. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the West Antelope 

II Coal LBA FEIS within 30 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) publishes their 

Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: casper_wymail@blm.gov. 

• Fax: 307–261–7587. 

• Mail: Casper Field Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, Attn: Sarah Bucklin, 

2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, 

Wyoming 82604. 

Copies of the FEIS are available at the 

following BLM office locations: BLM 

Wyoming State Office, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 

82009; and BLM Casper Field Office, 

2987 Prospector Lane, Casper, Wyoming 

82604. The FEIS is available 

electronically on the following Web site: 

http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/ 

NEPA/cfodocs/West_Antelope_II.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Bucklin or Mike Karbs at the BLM 

Casper Field Office address above or 

telephone 307–361–7600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS 

analyzes and discloses to the public 

direct, indirect, and cumulative 

environmental impacts of issuing a 

Federal coal lease in the Wyoming 

portion of the Powder River Basin. The 

BLM is considering a coal lease issuance 

as a result of an April 6, 2005, 

application submitted by Antelope Coal 

Company (Antelope) to lease Federal 

coal near the Antelope Mine 

approximately 50 miles north of 

Douglas, Wyoming. 

The applicant proposes to lease the 

tract as a maintenance tract to extend 

the life of the existing mining operations 

at the Antelope Mine under the 

provisions of the Leasing on 

Application regulations at 43 CFR 

subpart 3425. This tract, case number 

WYW163340, is referred to as the West 

Antelope II tract. 

The following lands in Campbell and 

Converse Counties, Wyoming, are 

included in the tract as applied for: 

T. 40 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming 

Section 5: Lot 18; 

Section 8: Lots 1 through 3, 6 through 

11, 14 through 16; 

Section 9: Lots 2 through 16; 

Section 10: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14. 

T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming 

Section 9: Lots 9 through 16; 

Section 10: Lots 11 through 15; 

Section 14: Lots 3 and 4; 

Section 15: Lots 1 through 5, 12, 13; 

Section 20: Lots 14 through 16; 

Section 21: Lots 1 through 16; 

Section 22: Lots 2, 7, 8, 14 through 16; 

Section 27: Lots 6 through 11; 

Section 28: Lots 1 through 8; 

Section 29: Lots 1 through 3, 6 

through 8. 

Containing 4,108.6 acres more or less. 

Antelope estimates that 

approximately 429.7 million tons of 

Federal coal are included in the tract for 

which they applied. The Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement (OSM), the USDA-Forest 

Service, the Land Quality and Air 

Quality Divisions of the Wyoming 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(WDEQ), and the Converse County 

Board of Commissioners are cooperating 

agencies in the preparation of the FEIS. 

If the tract is leased as a maintenance 

tract, the new lease will be incorporated 

into the existing mining and 

reclamation plan for the adjacent mine. 

The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) 

must approve the revision to the 

Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) mining plan 

before the Federal coal can be mined. If 

the tract is leased, the OSM is the 

Federal agency that would be 

responsible for recommending approval, 

approval with conditions, or 

disapproval of the revised MLA mining 

plan to the Office of the Secretary. The 

WDEQ has entered into a cooperative 

agreement with the Secretary to regulate 

surface coal mining operations on 

Federal and non-Federal lands within 

the State of Wyoming. 

On October 17, 2006, the BLM 

published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an EIS for the West Antelope II 

coal lease application in the Federal 

Register. A notice announcing the 

availability of the Draft EIS (DEIS) was 

published in the Federal Register by the 

EPA on February 8, 2008. A 60-day 

comment period on the DEIS 

commenced with publication of the 

EPA’s notice of availability and ended 

on April 8, 2008. The BLM published a 

Notice of Availability and Notice of 

Public Hearing in the Federal Register 

on March 17, 2008. The BLM’s Federal 

Register notice announced the date and 

time of a public hearing, which was 

held on March 24, 2008, in Douglas, 

Wyoming. The purpose of the hearing 

was to solicit comments on the DEIS, 

fair market value, and the maximum 

economic recovery of the Federal coal. 

Four statements were given as testimony 

at the public hearing; they are 

summarized in an appendix in the FEIS. 

During the DEIS comment period, the 

BLM received 14 comment letters, 

included in an appendix to the FEIS 

with BLM’s responses to the comments. 

The FEIS analyzes leasing the West 

Antelope II coal tract as-applied-for as 

the Proposed Action. Under the 

Proposed Action, a competitive sale 

would be held and a lease issued for 

Federal coal in the tract as applied for 

by Antelope. As part of the coal leasing 

process, the BLM identified an 

alternative tract configuration to assure 

the maximum economic recovery of the 

coal, avoid isolating or bypassing 

marketable coal, and potentially prompt 

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competitive interest in the unleased 

Federal coal for this area. The alternate 

tract configuration that BLM has 

identified is described and analyzed as 

a separate alternative in the FEIS. Under 

this alternative, a competitive sale 

would be held and a lease would be 

issued for Federal coal lands included 

in a tract modified by the BLM. The 

FEIS also analyzes the alternative of 

rejecting the application to lease Federal 

coal as the No Action Alternative. The 

Proposed Action and alternatives being 

considered in the FEIS are in 

conformance with the Approved 

Resource Management Plan for Public 

Lands Administered by the Bureau of 

Land Management Buffalo Field Office 

(2001), the Bureau of Land Management 

Casper Field Office Resource 

Management Plan (2007), and the 

USDA-Forest Service Land and 

Resource Management Plan for the 

Thunder Basin National Grassland 

(2002). A Record of Decision (ROD) will 

be prepared after the close of the 30-day 

review period for the FEIS. Comments 

received on the FEIS will be considered 

during preparation of the ROD. 

Four copies of the FEIS will be 

included on the mailing list for this 

project. Please make requests for copies 

in writing, by facsimile, or 

electronically to the addresses listed at 

the beginning of this notice. The BLM 

asks that those submitting comments on 

the FEIS make them as specific as 

possible with reference to page numbers 

and chapters of the document. 

Comments that contain only opinions or 

preferences will not receive a formal 

response; however, they will be 

considered as part of the BLM decisionmaking process. Please note that 

comments and information submitted 

including names, street addresses, and 

e-mail addresses of respondents will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the BLM Casper Field 

Office during regular business hours 

(7:45 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.), Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware that your 

entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may 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. 

Martin G. Griffith, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–1308 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORV00000–L10200000.DD0000; HAG 9– 

0053] 

Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake 

Resource Advisory Council (JDSRAC) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Vale District. 

ACTION: Meeting notice for the John Day/ 

Snake Resource Advisory Council 

(JDSRAC). 

SUMMARY: At the JDSRAC meeting, we 

will welcome a new member, agree on 

its annual plan of work for 2009, elect 

new officers, and conduct the regular 

business of keeping member 

representatives informed about Federal 

actions. The meeting may include such 

topics as John Day Resource 

Management Plan, Wallowa-Whitman 

Weed Management, Forest and BLM 

Resource Management Planning, 

Restoration of the Lower Snake River, 

Transportation Planning, and other 

matters as may reasonably come before 

the council. 

DATES: The JDSRAC meeting is 

scheduled for February 26, 2009. The 

meeting will take place at the Oxford 

Suites, 2400 SW Court, Pendleton, 

Oregon, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Public comment is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

to 1:15 p.m. (Pacific Time) February 26, 

2008. For a copy of the information to 

be distributed to the Council members, 

please submit a written request to the 

Vale District Office 10 days prior to the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

John Day/Snake Resource Advisory 

Council may be obtained from Mark 

Wilkening, Public Affairs Officer, Vale 

District Office, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, 

Oregon 97918, (541) 473–6218 or e-mail 

mark_wilkening@blm.gov. 

Dated: January 14, 2009. 

David R. Henderson, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–1426 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID–957–1420–BJ] 

Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of 

Surveys. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has officially filed 

the plats of survey of the lands 

described below in the BLM Idaho State 

Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9:00 a.m., 

on the dates specified. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 1387 

South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709– 

1657. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

surveys were executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Land Management to meet 

their administrative needs. The lands 

surveyed are: 

The plat constituting the entire survey 

record of the dependent resurvey of 

portions of the south boundary and 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision 

of section 35, T. 15 S., R. 35 E., Boise 

Meridian, Idaho, Group Number 1249, 

was accepted July 2, 2008. 

The plat constituting the entire survey 

record of the dependent resurvey of a 

portion of the subdivisional lines and 

the subdivision of section 17 (the E. and 

W. center line), T. 9 S., R. 28 E., Boise 

Meridian, Idaho, Group Number 1253, 

was accepted July 2, 2008. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of portions of the north and 

east boundaries and subdivisional lines, 

and the subdivision of section 1, in T. 

47 N., R. 4 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, 

Group Number 1246, was accepted July 

16, 2008. 

The supplemental plat, of section 17, 

T. 2 N., R. 43 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, 

was prepared to show new lots, was 

accepted August 12, 2008. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of portions of the north 

boundary and subdivisional lines, and 

the subdivision of section 4, T. 5 S., R. 

12 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group 

Number 1244, was accepted August 28, 

2008. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of portions of the east 

boundary and subdivisional lines, and 

the subdivision of section 12 and the 

metes-and-bounds survey of the line 

between lots 6 and 7, section 12, T. 6 

S., R. 17 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, 

Group Number 1259, was accepted 

August 29, 2008. 

The plat constituting the entire survey 

record of the dependent resurvey of a 

portion of the subdivision of section 2, 

T. 6 S., R. 8 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, 

Group Number 1262, was accepted 

September 4, 2008. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of portions of the Tenth 

Standard Parallel North (south 

boundary), subdivisional lines, portions 

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