Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the White River Amphitheatre, Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, King County, Washington

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the White River

Amphitheatre, Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, King County, Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice reopens the public comment period for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for the White River Amphitheatre,

Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, King County, Washington, which was

published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 27, 1999 (64 FR

46932). The comment period is reopened to accommodate the high degree

of public interest sparked by the proposed amphitheatre project.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 15, 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

Stanley Speaks, Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 911

N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4169. You may also comment via

the Internet to [email protected] 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 (503) 231-

6749.

Comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, will

be available for public review at the above address during regular

business hours, 7:30 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: June Boynton, (503) 231-6749.

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. 99-31103 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]

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