[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 194 (Friday, October 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 59128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-310-06-1310-PP]


Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Implementation of 
the Pilot Project To Improve Federal Permit Coordination; Public 
Listening Sessions

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public listening session.

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SUMMARY: Two public listening sessions will be held by the Bureau of 
Land Management ( BLM) to solicit views from the public on 
implementation of the Pilot Project provisions of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005. Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act directs the Secretary of 
the Interior to establish seven BLM Field Offices as oil and gas 
streamlining Project Offices. The offices are: Rawlins, Wyoming; 
Buffalo, Wyoming; Miles City, Montana; Farmington, New Mexico; 
Carlsbad, New Mexico; Grand Junction/Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and 
Vernal, Utah. The Act directs that within 90 days from the date the Act 
was signed (August 8, 2005) that a Memorandum of Understanding be 
signed between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Memorandum of Understanding was 
signed October 24, 2005. In addition, Section 365 specifies that not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to Congress a report that outlines the results of 
the Pilot Project, and makes recommendations to the President regarding 
whether the Pilot Project should be implemented throughout the United 
States. The public listening sessions will provide an opportunity for 
the public to comment on the progress made in the first year of the 
Pilot Project.

Dates and Location: Two public listening sessions are scheduled for 
November 14, 2006 in Denver, Colorado, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, 
3801 Quebec Street, Denver Colorado 80207. The first listening session 
will be held from 2 p.m. MST to 4 p.m. MST. The second listening 
session will be held from 6 p.m. MST to 8 p.m. MST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kesterke, Energy Policy Liaison 
for the Energy Act Implementation Team at (307) 775-6001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public listening sessions will begin 
with an overview of progress on the Pilot Project. Participants who 
request to speak will be provided a set amount of time to provide their 
comments.

Thomas Lonnie,
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection.
[FR Doc. E6-16586 Filed 10-5-06; 8:45 am]
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