[Federal Register: December 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 240)]
[Notices]
[Page 71148]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-020-07-1310-DT]
Notice of Availability of the Supplemental Air Quality Analyses
for the Draft Supplement to the Montana Statewide Final Oil and Gas
Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment of the Powder River and
Billings RMPs (Draft SEIS), Miles City, MT
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Miles City Field Office, has
prepared supplemental air quality information for public review. On May
2, 2007, the public comment period on the Draft Supplement to the
Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and
Amendment of the Powder River and Billings RMPs (Draft SEIS) ended. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the BLM of air quality
analysis deficiencies in the Draft SEIS. As a result, the BLM has
prepared additional air quality analyses to demonstrate that predicted
visibility effects in Class I airsheds can be mitigated. This new air
quality analyses supplements the Draft SEIS.
DATES: The 90-day public comment period on the supplemented air
analyses will begin the date the EPA publishes their Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register. Additional announcements are
being made through local media by news releases and information will be
posted on the SEIS Web site: http://www.blm.gov/eis/mt/milescity_seis/.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the new air quality analyses by
any of the following methods (your name and mailing address must be
submitted as part of your comments):
Web Site: http://www.blm.gov/eis/mt/milescity_seis/.
Fax: (406) 233-2921.
Mail: Draft SEIS Air Comments, Bureau of Land Management,
P.O. Box 219, Miles City, Montana 59301 or hand deliver to 111
Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Bloom, Project Manager, Miles
City Field Office, P.O. Box 219, Miles City, Montana 59301. Ms. Bloom
may also be reached by telephone at (406) 233-2852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comments and information submitted
regarding the supplemental air quality analysis, including names, e-
mail addresses, and street addresses of the respondents, will be
available for public review and disclosure at the above address during
regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday,
except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Gene R. Terland,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E7-24205 Filed 12-13-07; 8:45 am]