[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67160-67161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25373]


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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 and Historic 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 and Historic Task Group 
(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for two business 
meetings. Task Group meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The PAWG Cultural and Historic Task Group will meet December 9, 
2004, and January 10, 2005. Both meetings will begin at 5 p.m. and 
adjourn around 8 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings of the PAWG Cultural and Historic Task Group 
will be held in the conference room of the BLM Pinedale Field Office at 
432 E. Mill St., Pinedale, WY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Vlcek or Kierson Crume, BLM/
Cultural and HistoricTG Liaisons, Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale 
Field Office, 432 E. Mill St., Pinedale, WY, 82941, or P.O. 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, including one for Cultural/
Historic/Visual Resources. Public participation on the Task Groups was 
solicited through the media, letters, and word-of-mouth. At their third 
business meeting, the PAWG determined that visual resources will not be 
addressed by this Task Group.
    The agenda for these meetings will include information gathering 
and discussion related to developing (a) cultural and historic 
monitoring plan(s) to assess the impacts from development in the 
Pinedale Anticline gas field on cultural and historic resources in the

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field, mitigation opportunities, and identifying who will do and who 
will pay for the monitoring. Task Group recommendations are due to the 
PAWG in February, 2005. At a minimum, public comments will be heard 
just prior to adjournment of the meeting.

    Dated: November 8, 2004.
Priscilla E. Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-25373 Filed 11-15-04; 8:45 am]
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