[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 58094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28106]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-240-1050-00-24-1A]
Collection, Storage, Preservation and Scientific Study of Fossils
From Federal and Indian Lands
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a review period on the Draft
Report of the Assessment of Fossil Management on Federal and Indian
Lands is open for 30 days.
DATES: Submit comments by November 29, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Sara Pena, Bureau of Land
Management, 1849 C St., NW, LS-204, Washington, DC, 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Pena, Bureau of Land Management
at (202) 452-5040.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Senate (Senate Report 105-
227) requested that the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with
appropriate scientific, educational, and commercial entities, prepare a
report assessing the need for a unified federal policy on the
collection, storage, and preservation of fossils. The draft report,
``Assessment of Fossil Management on Federal and Indian Lands,''
provides some information on current federal policies on paleontology.
A copy of the Draft Report is available on the Interior Department web
site at http://www.fs.fed.us/geology or by contacting Sara Pena, Bureau
of Land Management, 1849 C. St., NW, LS-204, Washington, DC, 20240,
telephone: (202) 452-5040.
Dated: October 22, 1999.
John Douglas,
Acting Group Manager, Cultural Heritage, Wilderness, Special Areas and
Paleontology, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 99-28106 Filed 10-27-99; 8:45 am]
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