[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58518-58519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29090]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint 
Quarries National Monument, Fritch, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Plan of Operations, an 
Environmental Assessment, and a Statement of Findings for a 30-day 
public review at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates 
Flint Quarries National Monument, Potter County, Texas.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS), in accordance with section 
9.52(b) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Executive 
Order 11988, Floodplain Management, has received from Luxor Oil and 
Gas, Inc. a Plan of Operations and an Environmental Assessment for the 
continued operations of two natural gas wells at Alibates Flint 
Quarries National Monument and the exploratory drilling of a new 
natural gas well at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. 
Additionally, the NPS has prepared a Statement of Findings for the 
siting of the new exploratory well above the 100-year flood event and 
below the 500-year flood event to protect cultural resources.

DATES: The Plan of Operations, an Environmental Assessment, and the 
Statement of Findings are available for public review and comment for a 
period of 30-days from the publication date of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations, an Environmental Assessment, and the 
Statement of Findings are available for public review and comment in 
the Office of the Superintendent, Lake Meredith National Recreation 
Area, 419 E. Broadway, Fritch, Texas. Copies are available, for a 
duplication fee, from the Superintendent, Lake Meredith National 
Recreation Area, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, TX 79306-1460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Eubank, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint 
Quarries National Monument, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, TX 79036, Telephone: 
806-865-3874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by mailing them to the post office address provided above, or 
you may hand-deliver comments to the park at the street address 
provided above. Our practice is to make comments, including names and 
home addresses of responders, available for public review during 
regular business hours.

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Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address 
from the decision-making record, which we will honor to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the decision-making record a respondent's identity, as 
allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, 
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. 
However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will make all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: November 14, 2001.
Jim Rancier,
Acting Superintendent, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and 
Alibates, Flint Quarries National Monument.
[FR Doc. 01-29090 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45 am]
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