11180 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2001 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is to meet the USGS requirement

stipulated in the Survey Manual.

Susan Haseltine,

Chief Scientist for Biology.

[FR Doc. 01–4412 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–47–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–500–0777–XG–252Z]

Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next meeting of

the Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) will be held on

March 8 in Canon City, Colorado. The

meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:15

a.m. at the Holy Cross Abbey

Community Center, 2951 E. Highway

50, Canon City, Colorado. Topics will

include a discussion on RAC operations

and coordination and an update on the

Arkansas River Water Needs

Assessment and Arkansas Headwaters

Management Plan. All Resource

Advisory Council meetings are open to

the public. Interested persons may make

oral statements to the Council at 9:30

a.m. or written statements may be

submitted for the Council’s

consideration. The Center Manager may

limit the length of oral presentations

depending on the number of people

wishing to speak.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, March 8, 2001 from 9:15 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Front Range

Center, 3170 East Main Street, Canon

City, Colorado 81212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Smith at (719) 269–8500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary

minutes for the Council meeting will be

maintained in the Canon City Center

and will be available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Levi Deike,

Front Range Center Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–4315 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–700–01–1220–AL–1784]

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Southwest Resource

Advisory Council meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Resource Advisory

Council (Southwest RAC) will meet in

April, 2001 in Durango, Colorado.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, April 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: For additional information,

contact Roger Alexander, Bureau of

Land Management, 2465 South

Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado

81401; phone 970.240.5335; e-mail

roger_alexander@co.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The April

12, 2001 meeting will be held at the San

Juan Public Lands Center, Sonoran

Rooms A & B, 15 Burnett Court in

Durango, Colorado. The meeting will

begin at 9 a.m. and end no later than

4:30 p.m. The agenda will include a

presentation on BLM’s oil and gas

program responsibilities and RAC

business items for 2001. General public

comment is scheduled for 9:15 a.m.

Summary minutes for Council

meetings are maintained at BLM’s

Western Slope Center office in Montrose

and on the internet at http://

www.co.blm.gov/swrac/swrac.htm and

are available for public inspection and

reproduction within thirty (30) days

following each meeting.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Roger Alexander,

Public Affairs Specialist.

[FR Doc. 01–4316 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–020–1310–00]

Notice of Intent for Planning Analyses

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent for Planning

Analyses.

SUMMARY: The Jackson Field Office,

Eastern States, will prepare Planning

Analyses (PA) for consideration of

leasing several scattered tracts of

Federal mineral estate for oil and gas

exploration and development. The PAs

will be prepared in concert with

Environmental Analyses (EA).

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 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.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Bureau

of Land Management. Jackson Field

Office, 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404,

Jackson, Mississippi 39206.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Quazi T. Islam, Physical Scientist,

Jackson Field Office, (601) 977–5400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM

has responsibility to consider

applications to lease Federal mineral

estate for oil and gas exploration and

development. An interdisciplinary team

will be used in the preparation of the

PA/EAs. 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 (2) consideration

of restrictions on lease rights to protect

surface resources. A separate analysis

will be prepared for all tracts within

each state. Tract locations, along with

acreages, are listed below.

Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Huntsville

Meridian,

T 18 S, R 8 W, Section 8:N1⁄2SW1⁄4, 80.0

acres.

Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Huntsville

Meridian,

T 18 S, R 9 W, Section 18:SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, Section

19: NW1⁄4SE1⁄4 & SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Section 30:

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; and Section 31: SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

200.0 acres.

Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Huntsville

Meridian,

T 19 S, R 9 W, Section 8:SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 40.0

acres.

Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Huntsville

Meridian,

T 19 S, R 8 W, Section 30:NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, & NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

200.0 acres.

Louisiana, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Meridian,

T 14 S, R 18 E, Section 19: S1⁄2SW1⁄4, 75.48

acres.

Mississippi, Amite County, Washington

Meridian,

T 1 N, R 4 E, Section 26: E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and all