[Federal Register: October 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 200)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ES-030-09-1310-01]

 
Notice of Availability; Mosquito Creek Lake Proposed Planning 
Analysis/Environmental Assessment; DOI

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Milwaukee Field Office.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Milwaukee Field Office, in cooperation and coordination with the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) and the Ohio Department of Natural 
Resources, has completed the Mosquito Creek Lake Proposed Planning 
Analysis/Environmental Assessment (PA/EA) for oil and gas leasing. The 
Proposed PA/EA serves as a companion document to the Mosquito Creek 
Lake Draft PA/EA released in April 1998. The Draft PA/EA detailed the 
potential impacts associated with the leasing and subsequent 
development of Federal oil and gas resources at the COE's Mosquito 
Creek Lake project, Trumbull County, Ohio.
    Based on the findings of the Draft PA/EA and the supplemental 
information/analyses included in the Proposed PA/EA, the BLM proposes 
to lease federally owned oil and gas resources underlying the Mosquito 
Creek Lake project area subject to the surface and subsurface use 
restrictions identified on pages 1-11 and 1-12 of the Draft PA/EA. 
Mitigation measures listed in Appendix A of the Proposed PA/EA would 
apply to all approved Federal drilling permits or agreements.
    The Proposed PA/EA may be protested by any person who participated 
in the planning process and has an interest which is or may be 
adversely affected by the approval of the plan. A protest may raise 
only those issues which were submitted for the record during the 
planning process (see 43 CFR 1610.5-2).

DATES/ADDRESSES: Protests must be submitted in writing to the Director 
of BLM at the following address: Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
Attn: Ms. Brenda Williams, Protests Coordinator, WO-210/LS-1075, 
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240. Protests must be 
postmarked on or before November 18, 1998. Protests filed late or filed 
with the State Director or Field Manager shall be rejected by BLM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Mosquito Creek Lake 
Draft and/or Proposed PA/EAs are available for public and agency review 
from the BLM Milwaukee Field Office, P.O. Box 631, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, 53201-0631. For further information, please contact Terry 
Saarela, Team Leader, at (414) 297-4437 (e-mail: tsaarela@es.blm.gov), 
or Chris Hanson, Assistant Field Manager, Division of Natural Resource 
Management at (414) 297-4421 (e-mail: chanson@es.blm.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mosquito Creek Lake Draft PA/EA detailed 
the potential impacts associated with the proposed leasing and 
subsequent development of Federal oil and gas resources at the COE's 
Mosquito Creek Lake project, Trumbull County, Ohio. The Draft PA/EA 
analyzed two alternatives: Alternative A, No Action/No Lease, and 
Alternative B, Lease with a ``no surface occupancy'' restriction. The 
Proposed PA/EA serves as a companion document to the Draft PA/EA which 
was released in April 1998. Based on public comments received during 
the 60-day review period, the Proposed PA/EA provides more detail 
regarding certain processes and includes several new pieces of 
information. This new information was considered and incorporated into 
the analysis process. The Proposed PA/EA also includes responses to 
public comments made during the comment period, including both written 
and oral statements.
    The Proposed PA/EA has been prepared in accordance with the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969.
    Upon resolution of protests, an Approved Planning Analysis and 
Decision Record (DR) will be issued. The Approved Planning Analysis/DR 
will be mailed to all individuals who are currently on the plan's 
mailing list and other interested parties as requested.

    Dated: October 9, 1998.
James W. Dryden,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-27789 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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