[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 19450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8327]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT030-1020-04-PH]


North Dakota: Dakotas Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, North Dakota Field Office, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting for Dakotas Resource Advisory Council.

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SUMMARY: The Dakotas Advisory Council will meet in Dickinson, ND to 
discuss Paleontological and coal resources and review the sage grouse 
program. The agenda includes a day trip to the Gascoyne mine area. The 
meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting dates are:
    1. May 26, 2004, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Dickinson, ND.
    2. May 27, 2004, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rhame, ND.
    3. May 28, 2004, 8 a.m. to noon, Dickinson, ND.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Badlands Best Western Inn, 71 
Museum Drive, Dickinson, ND 58601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Burger, Field Office Manager, 
North Dakota Field Office, 2933 3rd Ave. W, Dickinson, North Dakota. 
Telephone 701.227.7700.
    Public Comment Procedures: The meeting is open to the public and a 
public comment period is set for 8 a.m. on May 28, 2004. The public may 
make oral statements before the Council or file written statements for 
the Council to consider. Depending on the number of persons wishing to 
make an oral statement, a per-person time limit may be established.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of 
planning and management issues associated with public land management 
in the Dakotas. Summary minutes of the meeting will be available for 
public inspection and copying. Participants will go on a field tour 
Thursday, May 27 to tour the Gascoyne Mine which is a contender for 
becoming a new mine/powerplant operation in ND, from there we will 
proceed to Muddy Buttes south of Rhame to see Paleontological resources 
and discuss the significance of that site.

    Dated: April 6, 2004.
Michael A. Nash,
Assistant Field Manager, Minerals.
[FR Doc. 04-8327 Filed 4-12-04; 8:45 am]
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