[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-22323]


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[Federal Register: September 9, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WY-040-3110-04-10-K007]

 

Realty Action; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate an exchange proposal and possible 
amendment of the Salt Wells (Green River) Management Framework Plan; 
Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management has received an exchange 
proposal from the State of Wyoming to exchange 1,280 acres of State of 
Wyoming mineral estate located inside the Devils Playground/Twin Buttes 
Wilderness Study Area and 640 acres of State of Wyoming mineral estate 
located outside the Devil's Playground/Twin Buttes Wilderness Study 
Area, for some portion of 3,200 acres of Federal land administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management. The following described public lands 
located in Sweetwater County, are being considered for exchange to the 
State of Wyoming under the authority of section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).
    Selected Public Lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 14 N., R. 110 W.,
    Sec. 15, all;
    Sec. 17, all;
    Sec. 20, all;
    Sec. 21, all;
    Sec. 22, all.

    The above land contains 3,200 acres.

    Some of the lands described above may be deleted from 
consideration to eliminate possible conflicts that could arise 
during processing or to achieve equal values between the offered and 
selected lands in the exchange.
    In exchange, the United States proposes to acquire the following 
land from the State of Wyoming:
T. 13 N., R. 109 W., sec. 16, all.
T. 14 N., R. 109 W., sec. 16, all.
T. 14 N., R. 110 W., sec. 36, all.

    The above land aggregates 1,920 acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bill LeBarron, Area Manager, Green River Resource Area, 1993 Dewar 
Drive, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901, 307-362-6422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The exchange is proposed to facilitate more 
effective public land management by consolidating Federal ownership 
within the Devils Playground/Twin Buttes Wilderness Study Area in order 
to preserve the wilderness values. The proposed exchange would be on an 
equal value basis. Commercial development of the State inholdings in 
the Devils Playground/Twin Buttes Study Area would conflict with a 
wilderness designation and a wilderness designation would limit the 
commercial or economic utility of the State land inholdings to the 
State. Evaluation of this proposal may result in an amendment to the 
BLM Salt Wells (Green River) Management Framework Plan.
    Information and scoping mail-out packets for the proposed exchange, 
Environmental Analysis (EA), and possible Amendment of the Salt Wells 
(Green River) Management Framework Plan, may be obtained by calling or 
writing the Green River Resource Area Office at the above address. 
Scoping comments should also be sent to this address.
    The publication of this notice segregates the Federal land 
described above from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the 
public land laws, including the mining laws, but not from exchange 
pursuant to section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976. The segregative effect shall terminate upon issuance of 
patent, upon publication in the Federal Register of a termination of 
the segregation, or two (2) years from the date of this notice, 
whichever occurs first.
    For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of this 
notice, interested parties may submit comments to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Rock Springs District Manager, Highway 191 North, Rock 
Springs, Wyoming 82902.
William W. LeBarron,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-22323 Filed 9-8-94; 8:45 am]
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