[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 86 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24304-24305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9703]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Extension of the Comment Period for the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Proposed Absaloka Mine Crow Reservation South 
Extension Coal Lease Approval, Mine Development Plan and Related 
Federal and State Permitting Actions, Big Horn County, MT

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) is extending by 30 days the public comment period for the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Absaloka Mine 
Crow Reservation South Extension Coal Lease Approval, Mine Development 
Plan and Related Federal and State Permitting Actions, announced in the 
Federal Register on March 21, 2008 (73 FR 15189). The closing date for 
public comments announced in the March 21, 2008, notice was May 5, 
2008.

DATES: The extended public comment period closes on June 4, 2008. 
Written comments on the DEIS must arrive by that date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand-carry written comments to George Gover, 
Superintendent, Crow Agency, P.O. Box 69, Crow Agency, Montana 59022. 
You may also comment via the Internet to [email protected]. Please 
submit Internet comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Please include your name and 
return address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet 
message, contact Greg Hallsten at (406) 444-3276.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Stefanic, (406) 247-7911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Availability

    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES 
section, during business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, 
e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your 
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

Authority

    This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the 
Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR, Parts 1500 
through 1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), 
Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the exercise 
of authority delegated to the Director, Office of Environmental Policy 
and Compliance, via 516 DM 6.3 B. and Environmental Statement 
Memorandum ESM04-12.6(e).

Mary Josie Blanchard,
Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
 [FR Doc. E8-9703 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]
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