[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18438-18439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9878]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ES-030-08-1310-01]


Notice of Availability; Mosquito Creek Lake Draft Planning 
Analysis Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Milwaukee Field Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of comment period and public 
meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
and National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and in 
cooperation and coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(COE) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, notice is hereby 
given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Milwaukee Field Office, 
has prepared the Mosquito Creek Lake Draft Planning Analysis and 
Environmental Assessment (PA/EA) for oil and gas leasing. The purpose 
of the Draft PA/EA is to assess the impacts of leasing and subsequent 
development of Federal oil and gas reserves under the COE's Mosquito 
Creek Lake project in Trumbull County, Ohio. Copies are available for 
public and agency review from the address below. This notice also 
announces that comments on the Draft PA/EA will be received and public 
meetings for the purpose of receiving comments on the Draft document 
will be held. Other meetings may be scheduled at the request of the 
public and other governmental entities.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft PA/EA must be postmarked no later 
than June 14, 1998. Oral and/or written comments may be presented at 
two scheduled public meetings. The first will be held on May 11, 1998, 
in the Warren City Council Chambers, Municipal Justice Building, 141 
South Street S.E., Warren, Ohio. The second will be held on May 12, 
1998, at Cortland Elementary School, 264 Park Avenue in Cortland, Ohio. 
Both meetings will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. with registration 
beginning at 6:30 p.m. The comment period for the Draft PA/EA commences 
with the publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, Milwaukee Field Office, PO Box 631, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0631.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Saarela, Team Leader, at (414) 
297-4437, or Chris Hanson, Assistant Field Manager, Division of Natural 
Resource Management at (414) 297-4421.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft PA/EA analyzed two alternatives: 
(1) No action/no lease; and (2) lease under a no surface occupancy 
stipulation. Analysis focused on addressing several issues, including 
impacts to water quality (municipal and private drinking water supplies 
and fishing opportunities), aesthetics, wetlands, threatened and 
endangered species, recreation, cultural/historic/Native American 
resources, public health and safety, and liability. Comments on the 
Draft PA/EA will be used to formulate the proposed PA/EA. After the 
release of the proposed plan, any person who participated in the 
planning process and has an interest which is or may be adversely 
affected by the approval of the plan may file a protest with the 
Director of the BLM. After resolution of any protests, BLM will release 
a Final PA/EA, which will be the basis of BLM/COE decisions for the 
management of Federal mineral resources in the planning area.

    Dated: April 8, 1998.
James W. Dryden,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-9878 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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