[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28643]


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

DATES: A PAWG Wildlife Task Group meeting is scheduled for January 27, 
2005, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. A second Task Group meeting is scheduled 
for February 8, 2005, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The January 27 meeting of the PAWG Wildlife Task Group will 
be held in the Lovatt room of the Pinedale Library at 155 S. Tyler 
Ave., Pinedale, WY. The February 8 meeting will be held in the 
conference room of the BLM at 432 E. Mill St., Pinedale, WY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Belinda, BLM/Wildlife TG 
Liaison, Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432 E. Mills 
St., P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, WY, 82941; 307-367-5323.

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 Wildlife. 
Public 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 wildlife 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 22, 2004.
Priscilla E. Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-28643 Filed 12-30-04; 8:45 am]
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