03-20753. Gauley River National Recreation Area, West Virginia

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of availability of a Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment for a 30-day public review at Gauley River National Recreation Area, Fayette County, WV

SUMMARY:

The National Park Service (NPS), in accordance with section 9.52(b) of title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations has received from Excel Energy Inc., a Plan of Operations for drilling and production of the Mower #2 and #3 gas wells, from a surface location 7 miles west of the Summersville Dam, adjacent to State Route 3/3, on a peninsula known as Koontz Bend, within the Gauley River National Recreation Area. Additionally, the NPS has prepared an Environmental Assessment for the site of the proposed wells.

DATES:

The above documents are available for public review and comment for a period of 30 days from the publication date of this notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES:

The Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment are available for public review and comment in the Office of the Superintendent, Gauley River National Recreation Area, 104 Main Street, Glen Jean, West Virginia. Copies of the Plan of Operations are available, for a duplication fee, from the Superintendent, Gauley River National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 246, Glen Jean, West Virginia 25846.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Perez, Biologist, Gauley River National Recreation Area, P.O. Box 246, Glen Jean, West Virginia 25846, Telephone: [phone], e-mail at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

If you wish to submit comments about this document within the 30 days, mail them to the post office address provided above, hand-deliver them to the park at the street address provided above, or electronically file them to the e-mail address provided above. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of responders, available for public review during regular business hours.

Dated: April 18, 2003.

Calvin F. Hite,

Superintendent, Gauley River National Recreation Area.