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letters of reference from represented

interests or organizations, and any other

information relevant to the nominee’s

qualifications.

Closing Date: Nominations must be

sent to Herb Brownell at the address

listed below, postmarked on or before

March 28, 2001.

Nomination Form: May be obtained

from BLM’s Northern Field Office

website at http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/npra

or by contacting Herb Brownell, Tel:

907–474–2333, 1–800–437–7021; or

email at Herb_Brownell@ak.blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Herb Brownell, Bureau of Land

Management, Northern Field Office,

1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK

99709–3844; tel: 907–474–2333.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Robert W. Schneider,

Manager, Northern Field Office.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–070–99–5101–00; J–608; UTU–77149,

UTU–77164, UTU–78301, FERC Doc. No.

CP00–68–000]

San Juan County, NM; La Plata,

Montezuma, Dolores, and San Miguel

Counties, CO; and San Juan, Grand,

Emery, Carbon, Sanpete, Utah, Juab

and Salt Lake Counties, UT; Draft EIS

for a Refined Petroleum Products

Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipelines and

Utility Corridor Analysis and Plan

Amendments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

has been prepared by the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM), Utah State

Office. The DEIS was prepared to

analyze the impacts of proposed

transportation of refined petroleum

products and natural gas through

pipelines located on public lands

administered by BLM, National Forest

System lands and State and private

lands in northwest New Mexico,

southwest Colorado, and southeast to

north-central Utah. In addition, the draft

EIS analyzes utility corridors across the

Manti-LaSal and Uinta National Forests

which may or may not expand the

existing designated corridors and/or

identify other corridors. This analysis

may result in Forest Plan amendments

to the Manti-LaSal and Uinta National

Forest Land and Resource Management

Plans. The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) and United States

Forest Service, Manti-LaSal, San Juan

and Uinta National Forests, are

Cooperating Agencies in accordance

with Title 40, Code of Federal

Regulations, Section 1501.6. Public

reading copies of the DEIS will be

available for review at the following

locations:

• Salt Lake City, Utah—209 East 500

South

• West Valley City, Utah—2880 West

3650 South

• Payson, Utah—439 West Utah Ave

• Nephi, Utah—22 East 100 North

• Price, Utah—159 East Main

• Moab, Utah—Grand Co. Library, 25

South 100 East

• Durango, Colorado—Durango

Public Library, 1188 Second Avenue

• Dolores, Colorado—Dolores Public

Library, PO Box 847, Dolores, CO

• Farmington, New Mexico—

Farmington Public Library, 100 West

Broadway.

In addition, a limited number of

copies of the document will be available

at the following BLM and Forest Service

Offices:

• Bureau of Land Management, Utah

State Office, 324 South State, Salt Lake

City, Utah

• Uinta National Forest, 88 West 100

North, Provo, Utah

• Filmore Field Office, 35 East 500

North, Filmore, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management, Price

Field Office, 125 South, 600 West, Price,

Utah

• Manti La-Sal National Forest, 599

West Price River Drive, Price, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management, Moab

Field Office, 82 East Dogwood Road,

Moab, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management,

Monticello Field Office, 435 North Main

Street, Monticello, Utah

• Bureau of Land Management,

Durango Field Office, 15 Burnett Court,

Durango, Colorado

• San Juan National Forest, 100 North

Sixth Street, Dolores, Colorado

• Bureau of Land Management,

Farmington Field Office, 1235 La Plata

Highway.

DATES: Written comments must be post

marked on or before April 16, 2001, or

45 days after date of publication in the

Federal Register, whichever is later.

Public meetings will be held at the

following locations and dates:

• March 14, 2001, West Valley City,

Family Fitness Center, Community

Room A, 5415 West, 3100 South, West

Valley City, Utah

• March 19, 2001, Senior Citizens

Center, 450 East, 100 North, Moab, Utah

• March 20, 2001, Double Tree Inn,

501 Camino Del Rio, Durango, Colorado,

and Anasazi Heritage Center, 27501

Highway 184, Delores, Colorado

• March 22, 2001, Farmington Civic

Center, (Room B) 200 West Arrington,

Farmington, New Mexico

• March 27, 2001, Juab County High

School, 802 North 650 East, Nephi, Utah

• March 28, 2001, Payson City Hall,

439 West Utah Ave, Payson, Utah

• March 29, 2001, Association of

Governments and Small Business

Development Center, 375 South Carbon

Ave., Price, Utah

All meetings will begin at 7:00 pm.

BLM reserves the right to limit

presentations based on public

attendance. Only written comments will

be made part of the official record.

Written comments may be submitted at

the meetings or may be mailed to the

address below prior to the end of the

comment period.

Comments, including names and

street addresses of respondents will be

available for public review at the BLM

Utah State Office and will be subject to

disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA). They may be

published as part of the final EIS and

other related documents. Individual

respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review and disclosure under the FOIA,

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 or businesses, will

be made available for public inspection

in their entirety.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to LaVerne Steah, Project

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt

Lake City, UT 84145–0155 or at the

project website: QWK–EIS.ORG. Copies

of the DEIS can be obtained through the

project web site, or by written request to

the above address (hard copy or CD). An

executive summary including maps will

be mailed to all individuals and

organizations on the project mailing list.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact

Ms. LaVerne Steah at the above address

or phone: (801) 539–4114 or e-mail:

LaVerne_steah@ut.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three

proponents (Williams Pipeline

Company, Questar Pipeline Company

and Kerne River Gas Transmission

Company) filed right-of-way

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applications with the Bureau of Land

Management in 1998 and 1999 to

construct and operate petroleum

products and natural gas pipelines and

ancillary facilities on public lands

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management, National Forest System

Lands administered by the United States

Forest Service (USFS), and private and

state owned lands in the states of New

Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. The three

projects are independent of each other

(each project could be constructed and

operated regardless of whether the other

two projects are approved). The three

projects were analyzed together because

they would share common utility

corridors across the Manti-LaSal and

Uinta National Forests and would cause

cumulative impacts.

The BLM and the USFS examined

alternative natural gas and petroleum

transportation methods and several

alternative pipeline route segments to

address concerns about (1) potential

petroleum products leaks and spill

effects on natural resources, water and

people; (2) natural gas leaks and failure

effects on natural resources and people,

and; (3) effects on the character of USFS

inventoried roadless and unroaded

areas. Two major (30 miles or longer)

route alternatives, and two short (5

miles or less) route variations were

carried forward in the analysis in

addition to the proposed action and the

no action alternative. Also, as part of the

proposed action is a proposal to amend

one or more forest plans following the

1982 regulations (36 CFR, part 219).

Public scoping for these projects was

completed in two phases. An Initial

Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for

these projects was published in the

Federal Register on April 28, 1999.

Nine public meetings were held in

Colorado and Utah. An amended Notice

of Intent was published on April 19,

2000, as a result of a change in the

project scope. This established a new

public scoping period between April 19,

2000 and June 9, 2000, during which

two additional scoping meetings were

held in Utah.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Sally Wisely,

Utah State Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–PH; GP01–0104]

Eastern Washington Advisory Council;

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.

ACTION: Notice of the meeting of the

Eastern Washington Advisory Council;

March 22, 2001, in Spokane,

Washington.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council

will be held on March 22, 2001. The

meeting will convene at 9 a.m., at the

Spokane District Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1103 North Fancher Road,

Spokane, Washington 99212–1275. The

meeting will adjourn upon conclusion

of business, but no later than 4 p.m.

Public comments will be heard from 10

a.m. until 10:30 a.m. If necessary, to

accommodate all wishing to make

public comments, a time limit may be

placed upon each speaker. At an

appropriate time, the meeting will

adjourn for approximately one hour for

lunch. Topics to be discussed include

Election of Chair, Interior Columbia

Basin Ecosystem Management Project

Status Report, BLM Work Plan for FY

2001, BLM/Forest Service Fire Program,

Charter Renewal and Next Meeting

Scheduling.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, Spokane

District Office, 1103 N. Fancher Road,

Spokane, Washington 99212; or call

509–536–1200.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Joseph K. Buesing,

District Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

Minerals Management Advisory Board,

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),

Scientific Committee (SC)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of vacancies and request

for nominations.

SUMMARY: The MMS is seeking

interested and qualified individuals to

serve on its Minerals Management

Advisory Board OCS SC during the

period of October 1, 2001, through

September 30, 2003. The initial 2-year

term may be renewable for up to an

additional 4 years. The OCS SC is

chartered under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act to advise the Director of

the MMS on the appropriateness,

feasibility, and scientific value of the

OCS Environmental Studies Program

(ESP) and environmental aspects of the

offshore oil and gas program. The ESP,

which was authorized by the OCS Lands

Act as amended (Section 20), is

administered by the MMS and covers a

wide range of field and laboratory

studies in biology, chemistry, and

physical oceanography, as well as

studies of the social and economic

impacts of OCS oil and gas

development. Currently, the work is

conducted through award of

competitive contracts and interagency

and cooperative agreements. The OCS

SC reviews the relevance of the

information being produced by the ESP

and may recommend changes in its

scope, direction, and emphasis. The

OCS SC comprises distinguished

scientists in appropriate disciplines of

the biological, physical, chemical, and

socieoeconomic sciences. Vacancies,

which need to be filled, exist in the

biological, physical oceanography, and a

new requirement, offshore sand and

gravel mining disciplines. The selection

is based on maintaining disciplinary

expertise in all areas of research, as well

as geographic balance. Demonstrated

knowledge of the scientific issues

related to OCS oil and gas development

is essential. Selection is made by the

Department of the Interior on the basis

of these factors; appointments to the

Committee are made by the Secretary of

the Interior. For more information

regarding the Committee, please visit

our website at http://www.mms.gov/

mmab/ocssc.htm.

Interested individuals should send a

letter of interest and resume within 60

days to: Julie Reynolds, Program

Planner, Minerals Management Service,

381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4001,

Herndon, Virginia 20170. She may be

reached by telephone on (703) 787–

1211, or e-mailed at

Julie.Reynolds@mms.gov.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 01–4501 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

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