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[FR Doc No: 94-15114]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WY-930-4210-06; WYW 130940]

 

Notice of Open House Concerning Proposed Withdrawal; Notice of 
Intent To Conduct a Planning Review; Devil Canyon Area; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Worland District, Cody Resource Area, of the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) will host an open house to provide a forum to 
answer questions and allow public comment concerning the proposed 
withdrawal of public land from settlement, location, or entry under the 
general land laws, including the mining laws, to protect scenic, 
recreational, and cultural resource values in the Devil Canyon area 
near Lovell, Wyoming. The public is invited to participate. All 
comments will be considered when a final determination is made on 
whether this land should be withdrawn. In addition, the open house will 
provide the public an opportunity to identify concerns to be addressed 
in a planning review of existing management prescriptions associated 
with management of the resource values in Devil Canyon.

DATES: July 21, 1994, 5:00-9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The open house will be held at the National Guard Armory 
located at 360 East Fifth in Lovell, Wyoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Atkins, District Outdoor 
Recreation Planner at the Bureau of Land Management, Worland District 
Office, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 82401-0119, 307-347-9871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Proposed Withdrawal for the 
Devil Canyon area was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 
1994 (Vol. 59, No. 21, page 4721), and involves 7,202 acres of public 
land and Federal minerals, and 320 acres of Federal minerals underlying 
private lands in Big Horn County, Wyoming. This area includes portions 
of Porcupine Creek, Oasis Spring, Trout Creek, and Deer Creek 
drainages, near Lovell, Wyoming. The open house will also provide the 
public an opportunity to evaluate the implications, needs, and issues 
associated with management of the unique scenic, recreational, and 
cultural values located in the Devil Canyon area.
    The resource values involved were instrumental in identifying much 
of the BLM administered public lands in the area under review for 
special management emphasis and designation as an area of critical 
environmental concern (ACEC), and in the BLM lands along the mentioned 
waterways being found to meet the Wild and Scenic Rivers suitability 
factors.
    The planning review will identify any need for additional 
management prescriptions or actions, as appropriate. Management actions 
to consider include closure of the area to settlement, location, or 
entry under the general land laws, including the mining laws. If the 
final determinations of the planning review result in withdrawing the 
lands as proposed or in changing any other existing management 
direction or adding new management direction for the BLM administered 
public lands involved, the Cody Resource Management Plan (RMP) would be 
amended, accordingly, in the process.
    The open house will be held jointly with the Forest Service, since 
the upper portion of Porcupine Creek has also been proposed for 
withdrawal by the Forest Service. Interested parties may provide 
written statements within 30 days after the open house to the State 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, P.O. Box 
1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.

    Dated: June 16, 1994.
F. William Einkenberry,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-15114 Filed 6-20-94; 8:45 am]
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