[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 170 (Friday, September 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 52446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17486]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Plan of Operations, Categorical Exclusion, Big Thicket National 
Preserve, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan of Operations and Categorical 
Exclusion for a 30-day public review at Big Thicket National Preserve.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with Sec.  9.52(b) of 
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9, Subpart B, that 
the National Park Service (NPS) has received from Century Exploration 
Houston, Inc., a Plan of Operations to conduct the JASPO 3-D ``Cable-
Only'' Seismic Survey of the Lower Neches River Corridor Unit of Big 
Thicket National Preserve, within Hardin, Jasper, and Orange Counties, 
Texas. The NPS has prepared a Categorical Exclusion on this proposal.

DATES: The above documents are available for public review and comment 
through October 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations and Categorical Exclusion are 
available for public review and comment in the Office of the 
Superintendent, Art Hutchinson, Big Thicket National Preserve, 3785 
Milam Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701. Copies of the Plan of Operations 
are available, for a duplication fee; and copies of the Categorical 
Exclusion are available upon request, and at no cost, from the 
Superintendent, Art Hutchinson, Big Thicket National Preserve, 3785 
Milam Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Haigler ``Dusty'' Pate, Oil and 
Gas Program Manager, Big Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, 
Beaumont, Texas 77701, Telephone: 409 951-6822, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to submit comments on these 
documents within the 30 days; mail them to the street address provided 
above, hand-deliver them to the park at the street address provided 
above, or electronically file them to the e-mail address provided 
above. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: August 16, 2005.
Michael George,
Acting Superintendent, Big Thicket National Preserve, National Park 
Service.
[FR Doc. 05-17486 Filed 9-1-05; 8:45 am]
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