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BILLING CODE 4210-27-M DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4996-N-01] HUD Regional Offices: Changes in Titles and Change in Title to Certain Field Offices AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice advises the public of changes that HUD has made to the titles of its ten Regional Offices, and to certain field offices. No changes in the functions or responsibilities of these offices have been made by HUD. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 15, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Rice, Office of Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 2170, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-3000,
(202)708-3452. (This is not a toll free number.) Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Services at
(800)877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In November 1993, HUD implemented a reorganization of its field structure that, among other things, changed the designation of HUD's ten Regional Offices from designation by Roman numeral to designation by geographic area, such as New England, New York/New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, etc. This notice published in today's **Federal Register** advises the public that HUD is returning to Roman numeral designation for its ten Regional Offices. This notice also advises that each HUD “Area Office” that is the assigned location for a Regional Director will be renamed “Regional Office.” Any office that is the assigned location of a Field Office Director, and also referred to as an Area Office, will now be referred to as a Field Office. HUD's Community Service Centers will also be referred to as Field Offices. There will no longer be offices referred to as Area Offices or Community Service Centers. HUD has not made changes to the functions or responsibilities of the offices that are the subject of this notice. The appendix that accompanies this notice reflects the new titles for HUD's Regional Offices. Dated: May 9, 2005. Darlene F. Williams, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. Change in Titles to HUD's Regional Offices Former title New title New England Region I Boston Area Office Boston Regional Office Bangor Community Service Center Bangor Field Office Burlington Community Service Center Burlington Field Office Hartford Area Office Hartford Field Office Manchester Community Service Center Manchester Field Office Providence Community Service Center Providence Field Office New York/New Jersey Region II New York / New Jersey Area Office New York Regional Office Albany Community Service Center Albany Field Office Buffalo Area Office Buffalo Field Office Camden Community Service Center Camden Field Office Newark Area Office Newark Field Office Mid-Atlantic Region III Philadelphia Area Office Philadelphia Regional Office Baltimore Area Office Baltimore Field Office Charleston Area Office Charleston Field Office Pittsburgh Community Service Center Pittsburgh Field Office Richmond Community Service Center Richmond Field Office Washington DC Area Office Washington, DC Field Office Wilmington Community Service Center Wilmington Field Office Southeast Region IV Atlanta Area Office Atlanta Regional Office Birmingham Area Office Birmingham Field Office Miami Area Office Miami Field Office Columbia Area Office Columbia Field Office Greensboro Area Office Greensboro Field Office Jackson Area Office Jackson Field Office Jacksonville Area Office Jacksonville Field Office Louisville Area Office Louisville Field Office Knoxville Area Office Knoxville Field Office Memphis Community Service Center Memphis Field Office Nashville Community Service Center Nashville Field Office Orlando Community Service Center Orlando Field Office Caribbean Area Office San Juan Field Office Tampa Community Service Center Tampa Field Office Midwest Region V Chicago Area Office Chicago Regional Office Cincinnati Community Service Center Cincinnati Field Office Cleveland Community Service Center Cleveland Field Office Columbus Area Office Columbus Field Office Detroit Area Office Detroit Field Office Grand Rapids Community Service Center Grand Rapids Field Office Indiana Area Office Indianapolis Field Office Milwaukee Area Office Milwaukee Field Office Flint Community Service Center Flint Field Office Minneapolis Area Office Minneapolis Field Office Springfield Community Service Center Springfield Field Office Southwest Region VI Forth Worth Area Office Fort Worth Regional Office Albuquerque Area Office Albuquerque Field Office Dallas Community Service Center Dallas Field Office Houston Community Service Center Houston Field Office Little Rock Area Office Little Rock Field Office Lubbock Community Service Center Lubbock Field Office New Orleans Area Office New Orleans Field Office Oklahoma City Area Office Oklahoma City Field Office San Antonio Area Office San Antonio Field Office Shreveport Community Service Center Shreveport Field Office Tulsa Community Service Center Tulsa Field Office Great Plains Region VII KS/MO Area Office Kansas City Regional Office Des Moines Community Service Center Des Moines Field Office Omaha Area Office Omaha Field Office St. Louis Area Office St. Louis Field Office Rocky Mountains Region VIII Denver Area Office Denver Regional Office Casper Community Service Center Casper Field Office Fargo Community Service Center Fargo Field Office Helena Community Service Center Helena Field Office Salt Lake City Community Service Center Salt Lake City Field Office Sioux Falls Community Service Center Sioux Falls Field Office Pacific/Hawaii Region IX San Francisco Area Office San Francisco Regional Office Fresno Community Service Center Fresno Field Office Hawaii Community Service Center Honolulu Field Office Los Angeles Area Office Los Angeles Field Office Phoenix Community Service Center Phoenix Field Office Reno Community Service Center Reno Field Office Sacramento Community Service Center Sacramento Field Office San Diego Community Service Center San Diego Field Office Santa Ana Community Service Center Santa Ana Field Office Las Vegas Community Service Center Las Vegas Field Office Tucson Community Service Center Tucson Field Office Northwest/Alaska Region X Seattle Area Office Seattle Regional Office Anchorage Community Service Center Anchorage Field Office Boise Community Service Center Boise Field Office Portland Community Service Center Portland Field Office Spokane Community Service Center Spokane Field Office [FR Doc. E5-2409 Filed 5-13-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-01-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Notice of Availability, Assessment Plan for Natural Resources Injured by Releases of Hazardous Substances From the Rio Tinto Mine AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley, the Department of Agriculture, and the State of Nevada, announces the release for public review of the Assessment Plan, Rio Tinto Mine Site Natural Resource Damage Assessment—Public Release Draft Report (Assessment Plan). The Assessment Plan was developed by the Rio Tinto Mine Trustee Council consisting of representatives of the Tribe and Agencies listed above, to assess injuries to natural resources resulting from the releases of hazardous substances from the Rio Tinto Mine in Elko County, Nevada. The Assessment Plan describes the proposed approach for determining and quantifying natural resource injuries and calculating damages associated with these injuries. All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the Assessment Plan. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 15, 2005. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the Regional Director, Western Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix, Arizona 85001 or 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (Telephone
(602)379-6600 and facsimile
(602)379-4413). The Assessment Plan is available for review from the following officials at their office locations:
(1)John Krause, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Regional Office, 400 N. Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004,
(602)379-3491;
(2)Marcie Phillips, Shoshone Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley, P.O. Box 219, Owyhee, Nevada 89832,
(208)759-3100, ext. 247; and
(3)Stan Wiemeyer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Suite 234, Reno, Nevada 89502,
(775)861-6300. The Assessment Plan is available for public inspection during normal business hours by appointment, at those addresses. The Assessment Plan is also available for review on the Web site at *http://ndep.nv.gov/admin/rio_tinto_nrda.htm.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcie Phillips,
(208)759-3100, extension 247, or by e-mail at *shopaitr8@aol.com.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Rio Tinto Mine
(Mine)was first worked by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company (Anaconda) using underground mining techniques and a flotation mill from 1932 to 1947. During this period, Anaconda established tailings ponds, and deposited tailings and waste rock in the Mill Creek Watershed, and realigned Mill Creek. In 1966, G.M. Wallace and Company and Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company (Cleveland Cliffs), formerly Cliffs Copper Corporation, performed acid leaching activities and constructed an additional pond in the Mill Creek Watershed. In 1967, Cleveland Cliffs took ownership and operation in its entirety. In 1972, Teck Cominco American Incorporated (Cominco Amercian), formerly Cominco America, Inc. became legal owner of the Mine. From 1972 to 1975, in order to remove water accumulation in underground mining areas, a 6700-foot deep well and a waste water treatment plant were installed. The treatment plant discharged waste water to Mill Creek and produced sludge. A sludge pond was developed to dispose of this sludge. Also, drainage ditches were created in the tailings. In 1975, Cleveland Cliffs terminated operations. Also, in 1975, Cominco American and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) began to drill exploratory holes. From 1986 to 1987, Rio Tinto Copper, Inc. owned and operated an in-situ acid leaching operation. Releases of hazardous substances from the Mine began as early as 1932, and continue today. Several sources at the Mine currently release various hazardous substances into the ground water and the water and sediment in Mill Creek, and from there into the Owyhee River. Hazardous substance and contaminant releases from the Mine to Mill Creek and the Owyhee River are caused by the past deposition of mining waste in the historic Mill Creek channel and other areas at the Mine. Mill Creek was diverted around the waste but water has flowed and continues to flow, over and through waste areas, tailings and process ponds, causing acid mine drainage, and chronic releases of hazardous substances and contaminants to Mill Creek. Additionally, catastrophic failures of impoundments in the Mill Creek channel have caused acute releases of hazardous substances and contaminants to Mill Creek. In August 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)proposed to add the Rio Tinto Mine Site
(Site)to the National Priorities List. The State of Nevada did not concur with this recommendation. EPA recommended that the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
(NDEP)enter into negotiations with the RTWG and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley (Tribes) regarding proper remediation at the Site with input by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service. These negotiations resulted in an Administrative Order on Consent
(AOC)between the NDEP and the RTWG. The AOC includes a scope of work outlining the remedial decision process. Also, a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)between the NDEP, Tribes, and EPA is in place. Through the AOC process, the RTWG is continuing to conduct investigative and assessment activities at the Site in order to study remedial alternatives. The Rio Tinto Mine Trustee Council Natural Resource Trustees (Trustees) are representatives of federal, state, and tribal government entities with trust authority over natural resources potentially injured by releases of hazardous substances from the Rio Tinto Mine. The Trustees have the authority to obtain damages from potentially responsible parties for past, present, and future injuries to natural resources caused by releases of hazardous substances at the facility. Such natural resources include, but are not limited to, ground water, surface water, sediment, fish, amphibian and other aquatic biota, floodplain soils, riparian vegetation, and wildlife in and around the Mill Creek drainage and the Owyhee River drainage. The assessment area includes the area surrounding and downstream from the Rio Tinto Mine in Elko, County; the Humboldt National Forest, and the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. Authority This notice is published in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 *et seq.* ) and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs under Part 209, Departmental Manual, Chapter 8.1. Dated: May 5, 2005. Michael D. Olsen, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 05-9622 Filed 5-13-05; 8:45 am]
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