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(refuges, collectively). These refuges are
unincorporated insular areas, or U.S.
territories, located near the equator in
the Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,300
to 1,600 miles south to southwest of
Honolulu, Hawaii, and are administered
as units of the National Wildlife Refuge
System. The Service is publishing this
notice in compliance with the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C.
668dd et seq.) and the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
implementing regulations for the
following purposes: (1) To advise the
public and other agencies of this effort;
(2) to obtain public comments,
suggestions, and information on the
issues to be addressed in the CCP; and
(3) to determine interest from public
and other agencies in attending public
scoping meetings. Special mailings,
newspaper articles, and other media
announcements will be used to inform
the public and foreign, State, and local
government agencies of the
opportunities for input throughout the
planning process.
DATES: Please provide written comments
by October 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Address comments,
requests for more information, or
requests to be added to the mailing list
for this project to: Charles Pelizza,
Refuge Conservation Planner, Pacific
and Remote Islands National Wildlife
Refuge Complex, 300 Ala Moana Blvd.,
Room 5–231, Honolulu, HI 96850.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Pelizza, Refuge Conservation
Planner, (808) 792–9490, or visit the
following Service Web sites:
(1) http://pacific.fws.gov/planning.
(2) http://www.fws.gov/pacific/
pacificislands/wnwr/pbakernwr.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Howland
Island NWR, Baker Island NWR, and
Jarvis Island NWR, established in 1974,
collectively contain the following
habitats: Approximately 1,946 acres of
emergent island, and 101,806 acres of
coral reefs, submerged lands, and
associated waters. Howland Island and
Baker Island are part of the Phoenix
Islands and Jarvis Island is part of the
Line Island archipelago. These island
refuges and their coral reefs provide
habitat for thousands of nesting
seabirds, endemic coral reef fish, giant
clams, sea turtles, marine mammals, and
other endangered species. With the
exception of brief research and
management visits, the refuges are
closed to public visitation to: protect
their fragile ecosystems from invasion
by exotic species; and provide nesting
habitat for seabirds that is free of
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predators and excessive human
disturbance.
By Federal law, all lands within the
National Wildlife Refuge System are to
be managed in accordance with an
approved CCP. The purpose of a CCP is
to develop a vision for a refuge and
provide management guidance for
maintenance, restoration, and use of
refuge resources during the next 15
years. During the planning process, the
Service will consider many elements
including wildlife and habitat
management, public recreational
activities, and cultural resource
protection. The comments and
suggestions from the public on how the
refuges should be managed will be
considered during the development of
the CCP.
Several preliminary issues have been
identified and will be addressed in the
CCP. These issues include: continued
cooperation and communication with a
growing list of partners and cooperators
in planning and implementing refuge
management activities; evaluating
recreational opportunities; increasing
opportunities to monitor and collect
adequate baseline biological information
such as wildlife populations or the
presence of invasive species; and
improving recognition by the public and
other agencies regarding refuge
boundaries, mandates, and management
activities. Additional issues will be
identified during public scoping.
CCP Process: Public Comment
Opportunities
With the publication of this notice,
the public is encouraged to submit
written comments. Public comments
received will be used by the Service to
identify issues to be considered in
preliminary alternatives. As the CCP
process progresses, two more public
comment periods will be announced
and occur as follows: when the
preliminary alternatives are developed
and released for public review and
comments; and when the alternatives
are then refined and analyzed in a draft
CCP/NEPA document which is also
released for public review and
comments. All comments received
become part of the public record and
may be released. Comments already
submitted are on record and need not be
resubmitted.
Dated: September 6, 2005.
David J. Wesley,
Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Scoping Meetings and Intent
To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed
Designation of a Nonessential
Experimental Population of Rio Grande
Silvery Minnow; Correction
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent; correction.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), published a
notice in the Federal Register on August
3, 2005, with an incorrect date for
submitting written comments and an
incorrect reference to the time period for
the scoping meetings. The document
advised the public that a draft
environmental assessment will be
prepared, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, in conjunction with a
proposed rule to establish, under
section 10(j) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended, a Nonessential
Experimental Population of Rio Grande
silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus)
in the Rio Grande in Big Bend National
Park and the Rio Grande Wild and
Scenic River in Texas.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
under the heading Corrections for the
corrected date for submission of
comments.
ADDRESSES: Information, comments, or
questions related to preparation of the
draft environmental assessment and the
NEPA process should be submitted to
Joy Nicholopoulos, State Administrator,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New
Mexico Ecological Services Field Office,
2105 Osuna NE, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 87113. Written comments may
also be sent by facsimile to (505) 346–
2542 or by e-mail to
R2FWE_AL@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Parody, (505) 761–4710.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
3, 2005, a document was published in
the Federal Register (70 FR 44681) with
an incorrect date for written comment
submission and an incorrect reference to
the time period for the scoping
meetings.
Correction
In the Federal Register of August 3,
2005, in FR Doc. 05–15303 on page
44681, in the first column, correct the
DATES caption to read: DATES: Comments
must be submitted directly to the
Service (see ADDRESSES section) on or
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before October 7, 2005, or at any of the
three scoping meetings to be held in
September 2005.
Dated: September 1, 2005.
Craig Manson,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Call for Nominations for the
McInnis Canyons National
Conservation Area (NCA) Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is requesting
nominations for ten membership
positions on the McInnis Canyons
National Conservation Area Advisory
Council. The Council advises the
Secretary and the BLM on resource
management issues associated with the
McInnis Canyons NCA and Black Ridge
Canyons Wilderness.
DATES: Submit a completed nomination
form and nomination letters to the
address listed below no later than
October 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send completed
nominations to: McInnis Canyons NCA
Manager, Grand Junction Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H
Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Peck, NCA Manager, (970) 244–3049,
paul_peck@co.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any
individual or organization may
nominate one or more persons to serve
on the McInnis Canyons NCA Advisory
Council. Individuals may nominate
themselves for Council membership.
You may obtain nomination forms at the
BLM Grand Junction Field Office, or by
contacting the McInnis Canyons NCA
Manager (see ADDRESSES and FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above).
To make a nomination, you must submit
a completed nomination form, letters of
reference from the represented interests
or organizations, as well as any other
information that speaks to the
nominee’s qualifications to the McInnis
Canyons NCA Manager, Grand Junction
Field Office, address listed above. You
may make nominations for the following
categories of interest:
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(1) A member of, or nominated by, the
Mesa County Board of County
Commissioners.
(2) A member of, or nominated by, the
Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory
Council.
(3) A member nominated by the
permittees holding grazing allotments
within the NCA or the Black Ridge
Canyons Wilderness.
(4) Seven members residing in, or
within reasonable proximity to, Mesa
County, Colorado, with recognized
backgrounds reflecting—
(A) The purposes for which the NCA
or Wilderness was established; and
(B) The interests of the stakeholders
that are affected by the management of
the NCA and Wilderness.
The specific category the nominee
would like to represent should be
identified in the letter of nomination
and on the nomination form. The
McInnis Canyons NCA—Grand Junction
Field Office will collect the nomination
forms and letters of reference, and
distribute them to the officials
responsible for reviewing and
recommending nominations (Board of
County Commissioners—Mesa County,
the Northwest Colorado Resource
Advisory Council, and the BLM). The
BLM will then forward recommended
nominations to the Secretary of the
Interior who has responsibility for
making the final decision to appoint
individual appointments.
The purpose of the McInnis Canyons
NCA Advisory Council is to advise the
BLM on the management of the McInnis
Canyons NCA and Black Ridge Canyons
Wilderness. Each member will be a
person who, as a result of training and
experience, has knowledge or special
expertise which qualifies that
individual to provide advice from
among the categories of interest listed
above. Members will serve without
monetary compensation but will be
reimbursed for travel and per diem
expenses at current rates for
Government employees.
Paul Peck,
Manager, McInnis Canyons National
Conservation Area.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
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ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010–
0139).
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, we are inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The new title for this ICR is ‘‘30 CFR
Part 216—Production Accounting,
Subpart A—General Provisions, and
Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General; and
Part 210—Forms and Reports (Forms
MMS–4054, Oil and Gas Operations
Report, and MMS–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report).’’ The
previous title was ‘‘30 CFR Part 216,
Production Accounting, Subparts A and
B; and Part 210—Forms and Reports.’’
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead Regulatory
Specialist, Minerals Management
Service, Minerals Revenue Management,
P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver,
Colorado 80225. If you use an overnight
courier service or wish to hand-carry
your comments, our courier address is
Building 85, Room A–614, Denver
Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and
Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80225.
You may also e-mail your comments to
us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include
the title of the information collection
and the OMB control number in the
‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also,
include your name and return address.
Submit electronic comments as an
ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
If you do not receive a confirmation that
we have received your e-mail, contact
Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, or e-
mail sharron.gebhardt@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30
CFR Part 216—Production Accounting,
Subpart A—General Provisions, and
Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General; and
Part 210–Forms and Reports (Forms
MMS–4054, Oil and Gas Operations
Report, and MMS–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report).
OMB Control Number: 1010–0139.
Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS–
4054 and MMS–4058.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for collecting royalties from lessees who
produce minerals from leased Federal
and Indian lands. The Secretary is
required by various laws to manage
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