[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8970-8971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5202]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[UT-040-06-1430-01; UTU-71138, UTU-71175]


Realty Actions; Sales, Leases, Etc.; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and Notice of Realty Action.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an environmental assessment and 
proposed plan amendment for the Cedar, Beaver, Garfield, Antimony 
Resource Management Plan have been completed. Pursuant to the 
environmental assessments and proposed plan amendments, 87.5 acres of 
public land have been found suitable for sale, under the authority of 
the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926, as 
amended. Iron County would purchase 7.5 acres located at Salt Lake 
Meridian, T. 36 S., R. 15 W., sec. 20, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, Iron County, Utah and Beaver County 
would purchase 80 acres located at Salt Lake Meridian, T.29S., R., 7 
W., sec. 8, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, Beaver County, Utah. The 
land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days after the date 
of this notice and is contingent upon the signing of a decision record 
approving the proposed amendment.

DATES: The proposed plan amendment may be protested. The protest period 
will commence with the date of publication of this notice. Protests 
must be submitted on or before April 5, 1996. Also, for a period of 45 
days from March 6, 1996, interested parties may submit comments on the 
proposed land sale to the District Manager, Cedar City District, at the 
address below.

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ADDRESSES: Protests to the proposed plan amendment should be addressed 
to the Director, Bureau of Land Management (480), Resource Planning 
Team, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, within 30 days after the 
date of publication of this Notice for the proposed planning 
amendments. All comments concerning this proposed sale should be 
addressed to A.J. Meredith, District Manager, Cedar City District, 176 
East DL Sargent Drive, Cedar City, UT 84720.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arthur L. Tait at 176 East DL Sargent 
Drive, Cedar City, UT 84720, telephone (801) 865-3080.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands described are hereby segregated 
from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including 
the mining laws, pending disposition of this action or 270 days from 
March 6, 1996, whichever occurs first. Only the surface estate will be 
sold. The patents, when issued, will contain certain reservations to 
the United States and will be subject to existing rights-of-way. 
Detailed information concerning these reservations as well as specific 
conditions of the sale are available for review at the Cedar City 
District Office at the address listed above. Any person who 
participated in the planning process and has an interest which is or 
may be adversely affected by these proposed amendments may protest to 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. The protest must be in 
writing and filed within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The protest shall 
contain the name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the 
person filing the protest; a statement of the issue or issues being 
protested; a statement of the part of the amendment (s) being 
protested; a copy of all documents addressing the issue or issues that 
were submitted during the planning process and a concise statement 
explaining why the State Director's proposed decision is believed to be 
wrong. In the absence of timely objections, these proposals shall 
become the final determination of the Department of the Interior.
Douglas M. Koza,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-5202 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am]
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