[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 59948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22463]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-100-05-1310-DB]


Notice of Meetings of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group's 
Cultural/Historic/Visual Task Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale 
Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Cultural/Historic/Visual Task Group 
(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. 
The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The PAWG Cultural/Historic/Visual Task Group will meet October 
26, 2004, from 5 p.m. until finished, as late as 9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the PAWG Cultural/Historic/Visual Task Group 
will be held in the large conference room of the Bureau of Land 
Management Office, 432 E. Mill St., Pinedale, WY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Vlcek or Kierson Crume, BLM-
Cultural/Historic/VisualTG Liaisons, Bureau of Land Management, 
Pinedale Field Office, 432 E. Mill St., PO Box 768, Pinedale, WY 82941; 
307-367-5327 or 307-367-5343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) 
was authorized and established with release of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and 
Development Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG advises the BLM on the 
development and implementation of monitoring plans and adaptive 
management decisions as development of the Pinedale Anticline Natural 
Gas Field (PAPA) proceeds for the life of the field.
    After the ROD was issued, Interior determined that a Federal 
Advisory Committees Act (FACA) charter was required for this group. The 
charter was signed by Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, on August 
15, 2002, and renewed on August 13, 2004. An announcement of committee 
initiation and call for nominations was published in the Federal 
Register on February 21, 2003, (68 FR 8522). PAWG members were 
appointed by Secretary Norton on May 4, 2004.
    At their second business meeting, the PAWG established seven 
resource- or activity-specific Task Groups: Air Quality; Water 
Resources; Reclamation; Wildlife; Socio-Economic; Cultural/Historic/
Visual Resources; and Transportation. Public participation on those 
Task Groups was solicited through the media, letters, and word-of-
mouth.
    The Task Group meeting agenda will include: Review of Task Group 
charges from the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and 
Development Project ROD and the PAWG (developing monitoring plan(s) for 
the cultural, historic, and visual resources in the Anticline gas 
field, identifying who will do the monitoring, and identifying who will 
pay for the monitoring); developing a strategy to accomplish those 
tasks for recommendation to the PAWG by February, 2005; selecting Task 
Group leadership and a proceedings recorder; and setting times, dates, 
locations, and agendas for subsequent meetings. Public comments will be 
heard just prior to adjournment of the meeting.

    Dated: September 30, 2004.
Donald A. Simpson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-22463 Filed 10-5-04; 8:45 am]
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