[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20753]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Gauley River National Recreation Area, West Virginia

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Plan of Operations and 
Environmental Assessment for a 30-day public review at Gauley River 
National Recreation Area, Fayette County, WV

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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 has received 
from Excel Energy Inc., a Plan of Operations for drilling and 
production of the Mower 2 and 3 gas wells, from a 
surface location 7 miles west of the Summersville Dam, adjacent to 
State Route 3/3, on a peninsula known as Koontz Bend, within the Gauley 
River National Recreation Area. Additionally, the NPS has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment for the site of the proposed wells.

DATES: The above documents 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 and Environmental Assessment are 
available for public review and comment in the Office of the 
Superintendent, Gauley River National Recreation Area, 104 Main Street, 
Glen Jean, West Virginia. Copies of the Plan of Operations are 
available, for a duplication fee, from the Superintendent, Gauley River 
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 246, Glen Jean, West Virginia 25846.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Perez, Biologist, Gauley River 
National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 246, Glen Jean, West Virginia 25846, 
Telephone: 304-465-6537, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to submit comments about this 
document within the 30 days, mail them to the post office address 
provided above, hand-deliver them to the park at the street address 
provided above, or electronically file them to the e-mail address 
provided above. Our practice is to make comments, including names and 
home addresses of responders, available for public review during 
regular business hours.

    Dated: April 18, 2003.
Calvin F. Hite,
Superintendent, Gauley River National Recreation Area.
[FR Doc. 03-20753 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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