[Federal Register: November 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 229)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Forest 
Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, MT

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Forest 
Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, Montana, 
which was published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1999 (64 FR 
60828). This change is being made in order to make the comment period 
consistent with that in the anticipated November 26, 1999, publication 
of the Notice of Availability for this FEIS by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

DATES: The comment period is extended from December 6, 1999 to December 
27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any 
one of several methods. You may mail or hand carry written comments to 
Mr. Ernest ``Bud'' Moran, Superintendent, Flathead Field Office, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 40, Pablo, Montana 59855. You may also 
comment via the Internet to BudMoran@bia.gov. Please submit Internet 
comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and 
any form of encryption. 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 us directly at 
(406) 675-0242.
    Comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the Flathead Field Office during 
regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If 
you wish to withhold your name and/or address from public review or 
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such 
requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. We will not, 
however, consider anonymous comments. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ken Trickey, (406) 676-3755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in accordance with 
section 1503.1 of the Council on 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. 
4321 et seq.), and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), 
and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

    Dated: November 23, 1999.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-31104 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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