Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the specific purpose to enable BLM to transfer title or authorize uses of public land in the Las Vegas Valley. The

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

This Notice is intended to satisfy the requirements at 43 CFR 1610.2(c) for amending an RMP (if deemed necessary) pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and initiates scoping under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The purpose of this EA is to examine land use allocations for oil and gas leasing and lease

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is commencing preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The purpose of the analysis is to examine particular environmental effects of the oil and gas lease issuance decisions made since February 2000. This EA responds to rulings of the Interior Board of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

The BLM published a Federal Register on November 22, 2004 seeking public input on the terms to be included in leases of small tracts for oil shale research and development within the Piceance Creek Basin, northwestern Colorado; the Uinta Basin, southeastern Utah: and the Green River and Washakie Basins, western Wyoming. BLM received a request to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLMEastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Final CCP/EIS) for the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is available. This Final CCP/EIS was prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, as amended, and the National

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 552b of Title 5, United States Code, that a meeting of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission will be held on Thursday, February 1, 2005.

The Commission was established pursuant to Public Law 99647. The purpose of the Commission is to assist federal,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department

Purpose Of Closure Order: This closure order is issued to provide for the protection of federal property and to ensure public safety at Reclamation facilities.

Closure Areas: The following facilities, lands, and waters are closed to the public: Keswick Dam Road crossing the crest of Keswick Dam, and adjacent property, buildings, and facilities

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSC) have prepared a Final EIS for the Renewal of the Sacramento River Settlement Contracts. The proposed renewal of long term contracts provides for

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) has been prepared for the Golden Sunlight Mine administered by the Bureau of Land Management's Butte Field Office (BLM) and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The SEIS addresses alternatives and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), Department of the Interior (DOI), in collaboration with DOI's Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution (CADR) and the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, has developed an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) pilot referral program for the Interior Board of Land Appeals

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department

The following described public lands in New Mexico, San Juan County, New Mexico have been examined and found suitable for sale to the City of Bloomfield for an industrial park, utilizing non competitive procedures, at not less than the fair market value of $500,000.00 as approved by the Bureau of Land Management Appraisal staff. Authority for the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

Under the authority of 43 CFR 8364.1 and 43 CFR 9268.3(d) notice is hereby given that an emergency closure to the discharge or use of a firearm or dangerous weapons for the purpose of target shooting is in effect, as of the publication date of this notice, on public lands administered by the Grand Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority (Exchange Contractors) have prepared a Final EIS/EIR for a 10year water transfer program. The program would consist of the transfer of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address coal lease application KYES51002. The EIS has been prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Eastern States, Jackson Field Office, the Office of Surface Mining and the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the USDA Forest Service (USFS) intend to prepare a joint EIS with associated RMP and LRMP for the federal lands under the jurisdiction of the San Juan Public Lands Center. This notice initiates the public scoping process for BLM, the USPS will issue a NOI at a later date.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act (Steens Act) of 2000, Public Law 106399, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, BLM, Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC) will meet as indicated below:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

The following public lands in Santa Fe County, New Mexico have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to the Town of Edgewood, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae (Coachella Valley milkvetch) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are proposing to designate approximately 3,583 acres (ac) (1,450 hectares (ha)) of critical habitat in three units in

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

Nominations for the following properties being considered for listing in the National Register were received by the National Park Service before November 20, 2004. Pursuant to Sec. 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 60 written comments concerning the significance of these properties under the National Register criteria for evaluation may be forwarded by

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : National Park Service

This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to gather information necessary to prepare Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCP) for Monomoy and Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) and an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The CCPs/EIS will present management alternatives and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we) announces the availability of the Draft Postdelisting Monitoring Plan for the Tinian Monarch (Monarcha takatsukasae) (Monitoring Plan). We propose to monitor the status of the Tinian monarch over a 5year period from 2005 to 2010 through regular field surveys of the distribution and abundance of the Tinian

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107331) authorized construction of the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System in northcentral Montana. To meet the requirements of the Act, the Chippewa Cree Tribe and the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority developed and submitted a water

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of the BLMadministered public lands on Friday, January 7, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal session on

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau