[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78472-78473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28589]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-100-05-1310-DB]


Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group's 
SocioEconomic Task 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) Socioeconomic Task Group (subcommittee) 
will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task Group 
meetings are open to the public.

DATES: A PAWG Socioeconomic Task Group meeting is scheduled for 
February 10, 2005, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Allen, BLM/Socioeconomic TG 
Liaison, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353 
Yellowstone Rd., Cheyenne, WY 82009, or P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 
82003; 307-775-6031.

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 
Socioeconomics. Public

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participation on the Task Groups was solicited through the media, 
letters, and word-of-mouth.
    The agenda for this meeting will include information gathering and 
discussion related to developing a socioeconomic monitoring plan to 
assess the impacts of development in the Pinedale Anticline gas field, 
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: December 20, 2004.
Priscilla E. Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-28589 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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