66920 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 248 / Thursday, December 27, 2001 / Notices

statement is expected to be available for

public review in early 2002.

Richard Conrad,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–31770 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–650–1430–01; CACA–40856]

Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability for an

Environmental Assessment (EA) and

Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) considering a Recreational and

Public Purposes Act (R&PP) lease for a

horse ranch near Trona, California.

SUMMARY: An EA and FONSI are

available for public review for a

proposed horse ranch R&PP lease near

the community of Trona, California.

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA), the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) has prepared an EA

analyzing impacts of a proposed horse

ranch in San Bernardino County, CA.

The ranch is proposed to be located on

public land, managed by the Bureau of

Land Management, Ridgecrest Field

Office. Based on the environmental

analysis, BLM has made a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI). The EA and

FONSI are available for public review

and comment for 30 days from

publication of this notice. A copy of the

document can be obtained from the

BLM office at 300 S. Richmond Rd,

Ridgecrest, CA 93555 or by contacting

Peter G. Graves at (760) 384–5429. After

consideration of all the public

comments, the BLM Field Manager

(Authorized Officer) will render a

decision selecting the alternative that

best meets BLM’s Multiple-Use mission.

ADDRESS: Comments should be

addressed to Hector A. Villalobos, Field

Manager, BLM Ridgecrest Field Office,

300 S. Richmond Rd., Ridgecrest, CA

93555. Individual respondents may

request confidentiality. If you wish to

withhold your name or street address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. 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:

Peter Graves, Resource Management

Specialist, Ridgecrest Field Office, BLM,

300 South Richmond Road, Ridgecrest,

CA 93555, (760) 384–5429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

29, 1999, Rocking ‘‘R’’ Ranch submitted

a Recreation and Public Purpose Lease

application to the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field

Office, in order to construct, develop,

operate and maintain a horse ranch on

public land near the community of

Trona, California. The proposed horse

ranch would shelter abused and

abandoned horses.

Dated: December 7, 2001.

Linn Gum,

Acting Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–31763 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–020–1310–E1]

Notice of Intent To Prepare Planning

Analysis/Environmental Assessments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a

Planning Analysis/Environmental

Assessment.

SUMMARY: The Jackson Field Offices,

Eastern States will prepare a Planning

Analysis/Environmental Assessment

(PA/EA), in cooperation with the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers to consider

leasing Federal mineral estate for oil

and gas exploration and development.

The lands, managed by the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, are located in the

Blue Mountain Lake Project Area in

Logan and Yell Counties, Arkansas. This

notice is issued pursuant to Title 40

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

1501.7 and Title 43 CFR 1610.2(c). The

planning effort will follow the

procedures set forth in Title 43 CFR part

1600. The public is invited to

participate in this planning process,

beginning with the identification of

planning issues and criteria.

DATES: Comments relating to the

identification of planning issues and

criteria will be accepted for thirty days

from the date of this publication.

Individual respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. 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.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Bureau

of Land Management, Jackson Field

Office; 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404;

Jackson, MS 39206.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay

Moore, Lead for PA/EA Jackson Field

Office, (601–977–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM

has responsibility to consider

nominations to lease Federal mineral

estate oil and gas exploration and

development. An interdisciplinary team

will be used in the preparation of the

PA/EA. Preliminary issues, subject to

change as a result of public input, are

(1) potential impacts of oil and gas

exploration and development on the

surface resources and uses by the Corps

of Engineers and (2) consideration of

restriction on lease rights to protect

surface resources and uses by the Corps

of Engineers. The lands are located in

the below listed townships/sections in

Logan and Yell Counties, Arkansas.

Total acreage being addressed is

approximately 17,000 acres.

T5N, R25W, 5th Meridian

Sections 2, 7–11, 15–20

T5N, R26W, 5th Meridian

Sections 1–19, 24, 27, 28 330

T5N, R27W, 5th Meridian

Sections 1–4, 9–19, 24–26

T5N, R26W, 5th Meridian

Sections 29, 31, 32

T6 N, R.27W, 5th Meridian

Sections 25, 34–36

Due to the limited scope of this PA/

EA process, public meetings are not

scheduled.

Sid Vogelpohl,

Acting Field Manager, Jackson Field Office.

[FR Doc. 01–31749 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–020–02–1310–EI]

Notice of Intent To Prepare Planning

Analyses/Environmental Assessments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 248 / Thursday, December 27, 2001 / Notices 66921

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

Planning Analysis/Environmental

Assessment.

SUMMARY: The Jackson Field Office,

Eastern States will prepare a Planning

Analysis/Environmental Assessment

(PA/EA), in cooperation with the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, to consider

leasing Federal mineral estate for oil

and gas exploration and development.

The lands, managed by the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, are located in the

Carr Creek Project Area in Knott County,

Kentucky. This notice is issued

pursuant to Title 40 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) 1501.7 and Title 43

CFR 1610.2(c). The planning effort will

follow the procedures set forth in Title

43 CFR part 1600. The public is invited

to participate in this planning process,

beginning with the identification of

planning issues and criteria.

DATES: Comments relating to the

identification of planning issues and

criteria will be accepted for thirty days

from the date of this publication.

Individual respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. 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.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Bureau

of Land Management, Jackson Field

Office; 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404;

Jackson, MS 39206.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay

Moore, Lead for PA/EA, Jackson Field

Office, (601–977–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM

has responsibility to consider

nominations to lease Federal mineral

estate for oil and gas exploration and

development. An interdisciplinary team

will be used in the preparation of the

PA/EA. Preliminary issues, subject to

change as a result of public input, are

(1) Potential impacts of oil and gas

exploration and development on the

surface resources and uses by the Corps

of Engineers and (2) consideration of

restrictions on lease rights to protect

surface resources and uses by the Corps

of Engineers. The Carr Creek Project

Area is composed of lands acquired in

many separate tracts totaling 3,914.64

acres. The Project Area is in Knott

County; approximately 20 miles east of

Hazard, Kentucky.

Due to the limited scope of this PA/

EA process, public meetings are not

scheduled.

Bruce E. Dawson,

Field Manager, Jackson Field Office.

[FR Doc. 01–31748 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–030–1020–00]

Notice of Intent To Amend Plans;

Corrections

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Corrections to Notice of intent

to Prepare Plan Amendments

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument (GSENM)

published in the November 30, 2001

issue of the Federal Register (FR) a

Notice of Intent to Amend the GSENM

Management Plan, the Paria

Management Framework Plan, and the

Escalante Management Framework Plan.

As published, the notice contained the

following errors: (1) The notice was

incorrect and unclear about which plans

are associated with the Willow Gulch

and Clark Bench grazing allotments; and

(2) The notice inadvertently omitted the

inclusion of the Willow Gulch grazing

allotment in planning criteria number 1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Monument Manager, Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument, 190 E

Center, Kanab, Utah 84741 (Phone: 435–

644–4300).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Correction

1: In the Federal Register issue of

November 30, 2001 (Volume 66,

Number 231), FR Doc. 01–29729, on

Page 59812, in the second column,

under the ‘‘Summary’’ caption, correct

the first sentence to read:

Summary: Pursuant to the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) Planning

Regulations (43 CFR 1600) this notice

advises the public that the BLM, Grand

Staircase-Escalante National Monument

(GSENM) is considering amendments to

the following plans:

(1) The Grand Staircase-Escalante

National Monument (GSENM)

Management Plan, and the Paria

Management Framework Plan regarding

the Clark Bench Allotment; and

(2) The Grand Staircase-Escalante

National Monument (GSENM)

Management Plan and the Escalante

Management Framework Plan regarding

the Willow Gulch Allotment.

Correction 2: In the Federal Register

issue of November 30, 2001 (Volume 66,

Number 231), FR Doc. 01–29729, on

Page 59812, the third column, under the

‘‘Supplementary Information’’ caption,

correct the second paragraph, Item 1 to

read:

1. These plan amendments/EAs are

initiated in response to the voluntary

relinquishment of the sole grazing

preference/permit for the Clark Bench

grazing allotment and a portion of the

grazing preference/permit for the

Willow Gulch grazing allotment. These

plan amendments will be addressed

through two separate EAs. The analyses

and decisions will apply only to these

allotments.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Sherry Barnett,

Deputy Assistant Director.

[FR Doc. 01–31764 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NMNM 106570]

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for a Proposed

Pipeline Right-of-Way Across Federal

Land in Lea, Eddy, Chaves, Lincoln,

Guadalupe, Torrance, Sandoval,

McKinley and San Juan Counties, NM;

Ector and Winkler Counties, TX

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

New Mexico.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

and conduct EIS scoping meetings for

the conversion of an existing pipeline

and construction of new pipeline and

above ground structures for the

transportation of refined petroleum

products from Odessa, Texas to

Bloomfield, New Mexico.

SUMMARY: Equilon Pipeline Company,

LLC, proposes a pipeline about 500

miles in length, from Odessa, Texas to

Bloomfield, New Mexico, carrying

refined petroleum products (gasoline,

diesel, aviation fuel). Approximately

400 miles of the 500-mile system uses

an existing pipeline formerly used to

move crude oil from the Four Corners

area to West Texas. Approximately 100

miles of new pipeline will be

constructed in two segments; one

linking Odessa, Texas to the existing

pipeline at Jal, New Mexico, and the

other connecting the north end of the

existing pipeline near Bisti to