[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 9445-9446] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-5136] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AK-910-07-1310-00-NPR-A] Notice of Scoping Meetings on an Integrated Activity Plan (IAP)/ Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A) AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing scoping meetings for its IAP/EIS for approximately 4.6 million acres in northeastern NPR-A. The IAP/EIS will address long-term management strategies for several natural resources that are present in the area. Potential issues that the IAP/EIS may address include, but are not limited to, wildlife resources (terrestrial and aquatic) protection; mineral resource development (including oil and gas leasing); subsistence resources and activities and possible impacts on subsistence from various management alternatives; access; recreation; visual resources; threatened and endangered species; and historic, cultural, soil, water, and vegetation resources. Potential management actions and activities that may be considered in the IAP/EIS and that may have environmental and subsistence impacts for the area include mineral material extraction, leasable mineral exploration and development, recreation, commercial development, modification of the existing Special Areas, and identification of any new areas for additional resource protection. These public scoping meetings will provide an opportunity for the public to contribute ideas and information about the resources of the area and how they should be managed. Translators will be present at meetings in Barrow, Atqasuk, and Nuiqsut. DATES: The BLM will hold public scoping meetings according to the following schedule: 1. March 17, 1997, Barrow, Alaska, North Slope Borough Assembly Room, 7:30 p.m. 2. March 18, 1997, Atqasuk, Alaska, Community Center, 7:30 p.m. [[Page 9446]] 3. March 19, 1997, Nuiqsut, Alaska, Kisik Community Center, 7:30 p.m. 4. March 25, 1997, Anchorage, Alaska, BLM Campbell Tract Facility training room, 6881 Abbott Loop Road, 6-9 p.m. 5. March 27, 1997, Fairbanks, Alaska, Noel Wien Public Library, 1215 Cowles Street, 5-9 p.m. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the Anchorage meeting, contact Rob McWhorter at (907) 271-3664 or Ed Bovy at (907) 271-3318 at the BLM's Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99513. For information on all the other meetings, contact the Public Affairs Office at (907) 474-2231 at the BLM's Northern District Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709. Sally Wisely, Associate State Director, Alaska. [FR Doc. 97-5136 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JA-P