# Notice of Extension of the Public Review Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Oil and Gas Management Plan, Big Thicket National Preserve
**AGENCY:**
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice informs the public that the comment period is extended.
**DATES:**
The comment period is extended 30 days, to March 10, 2005.
**ADDRESSES:**
The OGMP/DEIS will be available for public review and comment at the following locations: Office of the Superintendent, Art Hutchinson, Big Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701-4724, Telephone: (409) 951-6802; Office of Minerals/Oil and Gas Support, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, 1100 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, Telephone: (505) 988-6095; Planning and Environmental Quality, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, Telephone: (303) 969-2377; Office of Public Affairs, Department of the Interior, 18th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: 202-208-6843. The OGMP/DEIS can also be downloaded at *http://www.nps.gov/bith/pphtml/documents.html* . A printed copy or CD is also available, upon request, from Linda Dansby, EIS Project Manager, while supplies last.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Linda Dansby, EIS Project Manager, Office of Minerals/Oil and Gas Support, Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0728, telephone (505) 988-6095.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Notices of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Oil and Gas Management Plan, Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas, were published in the *Federal Register* by the National Park Service on December 13, 2004, (69 FR 72214-72215) and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on December 10, 2004. (EIS No. 040555) (69 FR 71811). The 60-day public review period began on the day of the EPA's publication and would have ended on February 8, 2005.
Dated: January 7, 2005.
John A. Wessels,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.