The Federal Register

Call for Nominations for National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team

Fri, Feb 23 2001 11:00:00 GMT

The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for the Bureau of Land Management's National Petroleum ReserveAlaska (NPRA) Research and Monitoring Advisory Team (RMT). The RMT will provide advice and recommendations to the BLM's Northern Field Office Manager on issues pertaining to the adequacy and appropriateness of mitigative stipulations established in the Northeast NPRA Integrated Activity Plan/Environment Impact Statement, Record of Decision (ROD), 1998.

The ROD directs the BLM to charter the RMT in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires that membership to the RMT be designed to achieve balanced representation of the various interests relevant to surface resource protection in the NPRA. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint representatives to the RMT from federal, state and North Slope Borough agencies; oil & gas or related industry; nationally or regionally recognized environmental or resource conservation organizations; academicians emplo

San Juan County, NM; La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, and San Miguel Counties, CO; and San Juan, Grand, Emery, Carbon,

Fri, Feb 23 2001 11:00:00 GMT

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 northcentral Utah. In addition, the draft EIS analyzes utility corridors across the MantiLaSal 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 MantiLaSal 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 Agen

Eastern Washington Advisory Council; Meeting

Fri, Feb 23 2001 11:00:00 GMT

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 992121275. 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.