Notices. Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Meeting for the Long-Term Miscellaneous Purposes Contract Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Eddy County, New Mexico

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BILLING CODE 4312-52-M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Availability of the Stream Management Plan, Abbreviated Final Environmental Impact Statement, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, IA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)of 1969, the National Park Service

(NPS)announces the availability of the stream management plan, abbreviated final environmental impact statement

(EIS)for Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa. DATES: The final EIS will be made available for a 30-day period, following the publishing of the notice of availability in the **Federal Register** by the Environmental Protection Agency. ADDRESSES: Requests for copies should be sent to Superintendent, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, P.O. Box 607, West Branch, Iowa 52358. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Superintendent at

(319)643-2541. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS prepared a draft stream management plan/draft EIS for Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa, pursuant to section 102(c) of the NEPA of 1969. The draft was made available for public review for 60 days (September-November 2005). The NPS distributed full hard copy versions of the draft, and made the draft EIS available on the Web and at area libraries. Two public presentation sessions, attended by 35 participants, were held for the public to discuss and comment on the draft. No written comments were received from the public. The consensus of the public during the presentations was that the NPS would pursue the correct path for the park by following alternative E, the preferred alternative. Comments from public agencies did not require NPS to add other alternatives, significantly alter existing alternatives, or make changes to the impact analysis of the effects of any alternative. Thus, an abbreviated format is used for the responses to comments in the final EIS, in compliance with the implementing regulations (40 CFR 1503.4[c]) for the NEPA, and the NPS Director's Order 12: Conservation planning, environmental impact analysis, and decision-making. Dated: December 6, 2005. Ernest Quintana, Regional Director, Midwest Region. [FR Doc. E6-232 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-94-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Announcement of the National Park Service

(NPS)Subsistence Resource Commission

(SRC)Meetings Within the Alaska Region AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS)announces the SRC meeting schedule for the following NPS areas: Denali National Park, Aniakchak National Monument, Lake Clark National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Kobuk Valley National Park. The purpose of each meeting is to develop and continue work on subsistence hunting program recommendations and other related subsistence management issues. Each meeting is open to the public and will have time allocated for public testimony. The public is welcomed to present written or oral comments to the SRC. The NPS SRC program is authorized under Title VIII, Section 808, of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487, to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Draft meeting minutes will be available upon request from each Superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks after each meeting. DATES: The Denali National Park SRC meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2006. *Location:* The Denali NP & P meeting will be held the Cantwell Community Hall in Cantwell, AK. *For Further Information Contact:* Paul Anderson, Superintendent and Scott Hayden, Subsistence Manager, Denali National Park and Preserve, SRC P.O. Box 9, McKinley Park, AK 99755, telephone:

(907)683-2294 and

(907)683-9544. E-mail: *Scott_Hayden@nps.gov* . *Date:* The Aniakchak National Monument SRC meeting will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, February 13, 2006. *Location:* The meeting will be held at the Chignik Lake Subsistence Office. *For Further Information Contact:* Mary McBurney, Subsistence Manager, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, c/o Katmai National Park & Preserve, P.O. Box 7, King Salmon, AK 99614, telephone:

(907)271-3751. Fax:

(907)271-3707. E-mail: *Mary_McBurney@nps.gov* . *Date:* The Lake Clark National Park SRC meeting will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, February 16, 2006. *Location:* The meeting will be held in Pedro Bay, AK. *For Further Information Contact:* Mary McBurney, Subsistence Manager, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, 4230 University Drive, Suite 311, Anchorage, AK 99508, telephone:

(907)271-3751. Fax:

(907)271-3707. E-mail: *Mary_McBurney@nps.gov* . *Date:* The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park SRC meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, February 22 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, February 23, 2006, *Location:* The meeting will be held at the Caribou Restaurant, Glennallen, AK. *For Further Information Contact:* Barbara Cellarius, Subsistence Manager/Cultural Anthropologist, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 439, Copper Center, AK 99573, telephone:

(907)822-7236 or

(907)822-5234. Fax:

(907)822-7259. E-mail: *Barbara_Cellarius@nps.gov* . *Date:* The Cape Krusenstern National Monument SRC meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2006 and the Kobuk Valley National Park SRC meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m., Thursday, March 2, 2006. *Location:* The meetings will be held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office in Kotzebue, Alaska. *For Further Information Contact:* Ken Adkisson, Subsistence Program Manager, Western Arctic National Parklands, P.O. 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, telephone

(907)443-2522 or Willie Goodwin, Subsistence Manager at

(907)442-3890. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SRC meeting locations and dates may need to be changed based on weather or local circumstances. If meeting dates and locations are changed notice of each meeting will be published in local newspapers and announced on local radio stations prior to the meeting dates. The agendas for each meeting include the following: 1. Call to order (SRC Chair) 2. SRC Roll Call and Confirmation of Quorum 3. SRC Chair and Superintendent's Welcome and Introductions 4. Review and Approve Agenda 5. Review and adopt minutes from last meeting 6. Status of SRC Membership—If Needed, Election of Chair and Vice Chair 7. Commission Member Reports 8. Superintendent and NPS Staff Reports 9. Federal Subsistence Board Update a. Wildlife Proposals b. Fisheries Proposals c. Rural Determinations 10. Board of Game and Board of Fisheries Update 11. New Business 12. Agency and Public Comments 13. SRC Work Session. Prepare correspondence and hunting program recommendations. 14. Set time and place of next SRC meeting Adjournment Marcia Blaszak, Director, Alaska Region. [FR Doc. E6-229 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-HE-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Availability of the Draft Site Progress Report to the World Heritage Committee, Yellowstone National Park AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Decision adopted by the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee (Document: WHC-03/27.COM/7A.12) accepted by the United States Government, the National Park Service

(NPS)announces the publication for comment of a Draft Site Progress Report to the World Heritage Committee for Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. DATES: There will be a 15-day public review period for comments on this document. Comments must be received on or before January 27, 2006. ADDRESSES: The Draft Site Report is posted on the park's Web site at: *http://www.nps.gov/yell/publications/worldheritage/index.htm* . Copies are also available by writing to Suzanne Lewis, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168; by telephoning 307-344-2002; by sending an e-mail message to *yell_world_heritage@nps.gov* ; or by picking up a copy in person at the park's headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, 82190. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Lewis, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168, or by calling 307-344-2002. A. Public Comment Solicitation Persons wishing to comment may do so by any one of several methods. They may mail comments to Suzanne Lewis, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168. They also may comment via e-mail to *yell_world_heritage@nps.gov* (include name and return address in the e-mail message). Finally, they may hand-deliver comments to park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming 82190. The NPS practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request 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 identify, 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. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. 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: December 21, 2005. Paul Hoffman, Deputy Assistant Secretary Fish and Wildlife and Parks. [FR Doc. E6-231 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation [DES-05-59] Long-Term Miscellaneous Purposes Contract, Eddy County, NM AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Meeting for the Long-Term Miscellaneous Purposes Contract Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Eddy County, New Mexico. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC), as joint lead agencies, have prepared a draft environmental impact statement

(DEIS)on the execution of a long-term contract based upon the 1920 Sale of Water for Miscellaneous Purposes Act (long-term miscellaneous purposes contract) with the Carlsbad Irrigation District (CID), New Mexico, and the subsequent conversion and delivery of the full amount of irrigation water addressed in the contract and any related contracts. Reclamation is the lead federal agency and the NMISC is a joint lead agency for NEPA compliance on the proposed federal action. DATES: A 60-day public review period commences with the publication of this notice. Written comments on the DEIS should be submitted no later than Monday, March 13, 2006, to Ms. Marsha Carra, Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque Area Office, 555 Broadway NE., Suite 100, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102. Reclamation will conduct a public meeting to obtain input on the DEIS. The meeting will be held at the following time and location: • *Wednesday, February 8, 2006* —7 to 9 p.m., Best Western Stevens Inn, Room Nos. 2 and 3, 1829 South Canal Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico. ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS are available for public inspection and review at the following locations: • Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 7220, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102. • Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque Area Office, Attention: Marsha Carra, 555 Broadway NE., Suite 100, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102. • New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, Attention: Elisa Sims, 230 West Manhattan Avenue, 2nd Floor, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. • Carlsbad Public Library, 101 South Halagueno Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88221. • Carlsbad Irrigation District, 201 South Canal Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220. The DEIS is also available on the Internet at the following Web address: *http://www.usbr.gov/uc/albuq/envdocs/index.html.* In addition, interested parties may contact Ms. Aleta Powers, ERO Resources Corporation, 1842 Clarkson Street, Denver, Colorado 80218; telephone

(303)830-1188; e-mail: *apowers@eroresources.com.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marsha Carra, Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque Area Office, 555 Broadway NE., Suite 100, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102; telephone

(505)462- 3602; facsimile

(505)462-3797; e-mail: *mcarra@uc.usbr.gov* or Elisa Sims, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, P.O. Box 25102, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-5102; telephone

(505)827-3918; e-mail: *elisa.sims@state.nm.us.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of Reclamation's proposed federal action is to allow the NMISC to use Carlsbad Project water (Project water) for purposes other than irrigation, specifically for delivery to Texas. As a member of CID, the NMISC needs to use Project water for purposes other than irrigation to maintain long-term compliance with the Pecos River Compact and the United States Supreme Court Amended Decree in *Texas* v. *New Mexico.* Project water is available for lease to the NMISC under a Contingent Water Contract where:

(1)Willing lessors temporarily forego irrigation of their lands in an irrigation season (fallowed land water) or

(2)allotted water is not delivered to farms by October 31 of a given year (undelivered allotment water). The long-term miscellaneous purposes contract would replace a 1999 short-term contract that Reclamation currently has with the CID that allows the NMISC to use Project water for miscellaneous purposes. Between 1987 and the present, New Mexico has satisfied its water delivery obligations to Texas under the Pecos River Compact (Compact) and Amended Decree. In some years, New Mexico has over-delivered water to the state line and in other years it has under-delivered. New Mexico has been able to satisfy its Compact obligations in large part because of its leasing program and the fallowing of irrigated land within CID. The leasing program within CID has operated under an existing short-term miscellaneous purposes contract since 1992, which allows irrigation water to be delivered to the state line on behalf of the NMISC. The State of New Mexico *ex rel.* the State Engineer, NMISC, Reclamation, CID, and the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District entered into a Settlement Agreement on March 25, 2003, that resolves litigation, implements a plan to ensure delivery of water to the CID and New Mexico-Texas state line, and settles many water management issues on the Pecos River. An ad hoc committee comprised of water users in the Pecos River Basin was formed to develop a solution for long-term compliance with the Pecos River Compact and Amended Decree, resulting in the Settlement Agreement. In addition, the implementation of the Settlement Agreement is contingent upon fulfilling certain requirements, including the execution of a long-term miscellaneous purposes contract. On February 28, 2003, Reclamation published a notice in the **Federal Register** stating plans to execute a contract with the CID that would allow the NMISC to use water allotted for up to 6,000 acres, or other available Project water, for purposes other than irrigation. These 6,000 acres, plus 164 acres that the NMISC currently owns within the boundaries of the CID, would be fallowed under this contract. Execution of this contract would not preclude future use of the water for irrigation purposes on lands owned by the NMISC. The Commissioner of Reclamation has granted approval to negotiate and execute a long-term miscellaneous purposes contract, pursuant to authority provided by the Sale of Water for Miscellaneous Purposes Act of February 25, 1920, whereby the NMISC would be limited to using or leasing a maximum of 50,000 acre-feet of Project water per year. The two alternatives analyzed in the draft EIS are the Proposed Action Alternative which is the execution of a long-term miscellaneous purposes contract and approval of any related third-party contracts, and the No Action Alternative. The draft EIS assesses the potential effects that the two alternatives may have on biological, hydrologic, and cultural resources; social and economic settings; and Indian trust assets as well as any potential disproportionate effects on minority or low-income communities (environmental justice). The draft EIS also evaluates the effects of the alternatives on the State of New Mexico's ability to meet annual state line delivery obligations associated with the Pecos River Compact and Amended Decree. After the 60-day waiting period, Reclamation will complete a final environmental impact statement (FEIS). Responses to comments received from organizations and individuals on the DEIS will be addressed in the FEIS. Public Disclosure Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's identity from public disclosure, 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 disclosure in their entirety. Dated: November 7, 2005. Darryl Beckmann, Deputy Regional Director—UC Region, Bureau of Reclamation. [FR Doc. 06-187 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Meeting for the Long-Term Miscellaneous Purposes Contract Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Eddy County, New Mexico

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