[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71843-71844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureua of Land Management

[WY-100-05-1310-DB]


Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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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) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a 
business meeting. Group meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The PAWG will meet January 5, 2005, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the PAWG will be held in the Lovatt room of 
the Pinedale Library, 155 S. Tyler Ave., Pinedale, WY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Kruse, BLM/PAWG Liaison, Bureau 
of Land Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432 E. Mills St., PO Box 
738, Pinedale, WY, 82941; 307-367-5352.

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

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in the Federal Register on February 21, 2003, (68 FR 8522). PAWG 
members were appointed by Secretary Norton on May 4, 2004.
    The agenda for this meeting will include separate presentations on 
sagebrush ecology and the recently completed 5-year mule deer winter 
range study on the Mesa, task group leader discussions and individual 
task group discussions. At a minimum, public comments will be heard 
just prior to adjournment of the meeting.

    Dated: December 2, 2004.
Priscilla E. Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-27080 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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