Notices. Notice of re-opening of call for nomination

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BILLING CODE 4160-01-C DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AZ-240-1784 (P)] Notice of Correction for a Notice of Call for Nominations for the Sonoran Desert National Monument Advisory Committee AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of re-opening of call for nomination. This notice was previously published in the **Federal Register** : Vol. 71, No. 26, Wednesday, February 8, 2006. SUMMARY: Nominations have not been received for several positions on the Sonoran Desert National Monument Advisory Council. Positions for which nominations have not been received are:

(1)Three persons, one from each tribe, who are selected from nominees submitted by the governing bodies of the following tribes: Tohono O'odham Nation, Gila River Indian Community, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and who represent interests of the nominating tribe,

(2)A person who represents Pinal County's interests, to be appointed from nominees submitted by the Supervisors of Pinal County,

(3)A person who represents the State of Arizona, to be appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Arizona. Additional nominations may also be submitted for other positions on the Advisory Council. This **Federal Register** notice will extend the call for nominations for additional nominations for positions on the Advisory Council. DATES: Submit nomination packets for positions to the address listed below by May 12, 2006. ADDRESSES: Send completed nomination packets to: SDNM Advisory Council, c/o Karen Kelleher, Monument Manager, BLM, Phoenix District, 21605 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85027; FAX 623-580-5580; e-mail: *AZ_SDNMAC@blm.gov.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Kelleher, Monument Manager, Phone 623-580-5500 or e-mail *AZ_SDNMAC@blm.gov.* Nomination packets are also available for download at the BLM Internet site: *http://www.blm.gov/az/sonoran/council.htm.* Dated: April 14, 2006. Karen Kelleher, Sonoran Desert National Monument Manager, Phoenix District of the Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. E6-5927 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-32-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Amistad National Recreation Area, TX AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Amistad National Recreation Area. SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS)is terminating preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS)for the General Management Plan, Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas. A Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for the Amistad National Recreation Area General Management Plan was published in Vol. 68, No. 11, of the January 16, 2003, **Federal Register** (2351). The National Park Service has since determined that an Environmental Assessment

(EA)rather than an EIS is the appropriate environmental documentation for the general management plan. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The general management plan will establish the overall direction for the national recreation area, setting broad management goals for managing the area over the next 15 to 20 years. The plan was originally scoped as an EIS. However, few public comments were received in the scoping process. Although several concerns were expressed during the public scoping process, particularly on the future of recreational opportunities in the recreation area, no issues were identified for the general management plan that have the potential for controversial impacts. In the general management planning process the NPS planning team developed two alternatives for the national recreation area, neither of which would result in substantial changes in the operation and management of the area. The action alternative primarily focuses on maintaining and protecting resources, developing new visitor, administration, and law enforcement facilities, and addressing park maintenance/operations needs. The preliminary impact analysis of the alternatives revealed no major (significant) effects on the human environment or impairment of park resources and values. Most of the impacts to the recreation area's resources and values were negligible to minor in magnitude. For these reasons the NPS determined the appropriate National Environmental Policy Act documentation for the general management plan is an EA. DATES: The draft general management plan/EA is expected to be distributed for a 30 day public comment period in the spring/summer of 2006 and a decision is expected be made in the fall of 2006. The NPS will notify the public by mail, Web site, and other means, and will include information on where and how to obtain a copy of the EA, how to comment on the EA, and the length of the public comment period. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Cox, Superintendent, Amistad National Recreation Area, 4121 Hwy 90 West, Del Rio, TX 78840-9350, telephone:

(830)775-7492, extension 201; e-mail: *alan_cox@nps.gov.* Dated: March 15, 2006. William E. Wellman, Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. E6-5938 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-OR-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Rocky Mountain National Park. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan for Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement from the public through July 4, 2006. Public meetings will be held during the public comment period. Specific dates, times and locations will be announced in the local and regional news media and on the project Web page ( *http://www.nps.gov/romo/planning/elkvegetation/* ), and will be available by contacting Vaughn Baker, Superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park. ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment

(1)online at *http://parkplanning.nps.gov,*

(2)in the office of the Superintendent, Vaughn Baker, 1000 West Hwy. 36, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado 80517, 970-586-1206,

(3)at all Rocky Mountain National Park Visitor Centers and

(4)at the Estes Park Public Library, 335 East Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park, Colorado 80517, 970-586-8116. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Therese Johnson, 1000 West Hwy. 36, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado 80517, 970-586-1262, *therese_johnson@nps.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Attn: EVMP, Therese Johnson (address above). You may also comment via the Internet at *http://parkplanning.nps.gov.* If you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact Therese Johnson (number above). Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, 1000 West Hwy. 36, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado 80517. It is the practice of the NPS to make all comments, including names and addresses of respondents who provide that information, available for public review following the conclusion of the [NEPA] process. Individuals may request that the NPS withhold their name and/or address from public disclosure. If you wish to do this, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. Commentators using the website can make such a request by checking the box “keep my contact information private.” NPS will honor such requests to the extent allowable by law, but you should be aware that NPS may still be required to disclose your name and address pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Dated: March 15, 2006. William E. Wellman, Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. E6-5939 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-D8-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME; Acadia National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App. 1, Sec. 10), that the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will hold a meeting on Monday, June 5, 2006. The Commission was established pursuant to Public Law 99-420, Sec. 103. The purpose of the commission is to consult with the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee, on matters relating to the management and development of the park, including but not limited to the acquisition of lands and interests in lands (including conservation easements on islands) and termination of rights of use and occupancy. The meeting will convene at Park Headquarters, Bar Harbor, Maine, at 1 p.m. to consider the following agenda: 1. Review and approval of minutes from the meeting held February 6, 2006. 2. Committee reports: —Land Conservation. —Park Use. —Science and Education. —Historic. 3. Old business. 4. Superintendent's report. 5. Public comments. 6. Proposed agenda for next Commission meeting, September 11, 2006. The meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may make oral/written presentations to the Commission or file written statements. Such requests should be made to the Superintendent at least seven days prior to the meeting. Further information concerning this meeting may be obtained from the Superintendent, Acadia National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, tel:

(207)288-3338. Dated: December 2, 2005. Sheridan Steele, Superintendent. [FR Doc. E6-5937 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-2N-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: The following Water Management Plans are available for review: • Ivanhoe Irrigation District. • Terra Bella Irrigation District. • Stone Coral Irrigation District. • Saucelito Irrigation District. • Exeter Irrigation District. • San Luis Water District. To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the Bureau of Reclamation has developed and published the Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria). Note: For the purpose of this announcement, Water Management Plans (Plans) are considered the same as Water Conservation Plans. The above districts have developed Plans, which Reclamation has evaluated and preliminarily determined to meet the requirements of these Criteria. Reclamation is publishing this notice in order to allow the public to review the Plans and comment on the preliminary determinations. Public comment on Reclamation's preliminary ( *i.e.* , draft) determination is invited at this time. DATES: All public comments must be received by May 22, 2006. ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Becky Ortiz, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way MP-410, Sacramento, California 95825, or contact at 916-978-5281 (TDD 978-5608), or e-mail at *bortiz@mp.usbr.gov.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any subsequent information, please contact Ms. Ortiz at the e-mail address or telephone number above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are inviting the public to comment on our preliminary ( *i.e.* , draft) determination of Plan adequacy. Section 3405(e) of the CVPIA (Title 34 Public Law 102-575) requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer an office on Central Valley Project water conservation best management practices

(BMPs)that shall “* * * develop criteria for evaluating the adequacy of all water conservation plans developed by project contractors, including those plans required by Section 210 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.” Also, according to Section 3405(e)(1), these Criteria must be developed “* * * with the purpose of promoting the highest level of water use efficiency reasonably achievable by project contractors using best available cost-effective technology and best management practices.” These Criteria state that all parties (Contractors) that contract with Reclamation for water supplies (municipal and industrial contracts over 2,000 acre-feet and agricultural contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) must prepare Plans that contain the following information: 1. Description of the District. 2. Inventory of Water Resources. 3. BMPs for Agricultural Contractors. 4. BMPs for Urban Contractors. 5. BMP Plan Implementation. 6. BMP Exemption Justification. Reclamation will evaluate Plans based on these Criteria. A copy of these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's Mid-Pacific

(MP)Regional Office located in Sacramento, California, and the local area office. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that Reclamation withhold their home address from public disclosure, and we will honor such request to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which Reclamation would elect to 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 comments. We will make all submissions from organizations, businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses available for public disclosure in their entirety. If you wish to review a copy of these Plans, please contact Ms. Ortiz to find the office nearest you. Dated: March 2, 2006. Donna E. Tegelman, Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region. [FR Doc. 06-3763 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am]

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