[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12738]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-933-1430-01; IDI-31786]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting, 
Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service 
proposes to withdraw 5.03 acres of National Forest System land for 
construction of the Salmon Canyon Copper Boating Site Recreation Area. 
Publication of this notice in the Federal Register will close the land 
for up to two years from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws. The land will remain open to mineral leasing and all other 
uses which may be made of National Forest System lands.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
August 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Idaho 
State Director, BLM, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, Idaho 83706.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathie Foster, BLM, Idaho State Office, (208) 384-3163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 1996, the United States 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, filed an application to 
withdraw the following-described National Forest System lands from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to 
valid existing rights:

Boise Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 16 E.,

    A tract of land being that part of the SE\1/4\ of unsurveyed 
sec. 26, more particularly described as follows:
    Beginning at Salmon River Road GPS control point No. 9, a 3\1/2\ 
inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch aluminum drive-in rod with NAD 83 
latitude 45 deg.18'00.9169'' North and longitude 
114 deg.33'33.7864'' West; thence North 75 deg.15'58'' East, 2148.09 
feet to the ordinary high water mark of the right bank of the Salmon 
River and AP-1, a 3\1/2\ inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch aluminum 
drive-in rod, the Point of Beginning; thence North 5 deg.50'23'' 
West, 755.08 feet to AP-2, a 3\1/2\ inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch 
aluminum drive-in rod; thence North 89 deg.54'35'' East, 640.79 feet 
to the ordinary high water mark of the right bank of the Salmon 
River and AP-3, a 3\1/2\ inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch aluminum 
drive-in rod; thence southwesterly along the ordinary high water 
line of the right bank of the Salmon River to AP-1 the Point of 
Beginning.
    The area described contains 5.03 acres in Lemhi County.

    For a period of 90 days, from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
view in writing to the Idaho State Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    Notice is hereby given that opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the Idaho 
State Director within 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a public 
meeting will be held, a notice of time and place will be published in 
the newspaper at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300. For a period of two years from 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the 
lands will be segregated as specified above unless the application is 
denied or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
    The temporary segregation of the lands in connection with this 
withdrawal application shall not affect administrative jurisdiction 
over the lands, and the segregation shall not have the effect of 
authorizing any use of the lands by the Department of Agriculture.

    Dated: May 7, 1996.
Jimmie Buxton,
Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 96-12738 Filed 5-20-96; 8:45 am]
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