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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-040-4350-01]

 

Availability of An Environmental Assessment for the Land Tenure 
Amendment to the Safford District Resource Management Plan, Safford 
District, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: The Safford District, United States Department of Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management has prepared an Environmental Assessment of a 
proposed amendment to the Safford District Resource Management Plan. 
The amendment proposes the following changes: 1. Modify the land tenure 
decisions for public lands within the District made in the Safford 
District Resource Management Plan. Specifically this amendment will 
identify additional lands for potential disposal, lands for retention, 
lands desired for acquisition and delete some lands previously 
identified for acquisition. 2. Incorporate and/or modify decisions in 
the Phoenix District Resource Management Plan, pertaining to lands 
transferred to Safford District, into the Safford District Resource 
Management Plan. 3. Include land tenure decisions for lands in the 
proposed Cienega Creek Long Term Management Area. 4. Consolidate and 
update decisions made in the Safford and Phoenix District RMPs 
concerning right-of-ways, access, communication sites, utility 
corridors, public land withdrawals, and hazardous materials.

DATES: Comments on the environmental assessment will be accepted until 
July 18, 1994.

ADDRESSES: 711 14th Avenue, Safford, Arizona 85546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike McQueen, Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, Safford District Office, 711 14th Avenue, 
Safford, Arizona 85546. Telephone (602) 428-4040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The need for this amendment to the Safford 
District Resource Management Plan is generated by the creation of a 
third resource area, changes in District boundaries, adjustment of 
resource area boundaries, designation of wilderness areas, 
consideration of rivers and streams for Wild and Scenic designation and 
tentative proposals by the private sector to acquire or exchange lands 
within the District.

    Dated: June 8, 1994.
Melanie J. Rohrer,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-14654 Filed 6-15-94; 8:45 am]
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