[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 27366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13692]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-924-1430-01; MTM 84500]


Notice of Intent to Prepare a National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) Analysis; Notice of Public Meetings; Montana

AGENCY: Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a NEPA analysis on a mineral 
withdrawal in southwestern Montana.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (FS), 
concurrence proposes to withdraw approximately 19,100 acres of Federal 
lands from location and entry under the mining laws to protect the 
watersheds within the drainages of the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone, 
Soda Butte Creek, and the Stillwater River, and the water quality and 
fresh water fishery resources within Yellowstone National Park. The FE 
and BLM will jointly prepare a NEPA analysis and, if necessary, amend 
Custer and Gallatin National Forest Land Management Plans. The FES will 
recommend a preferred alternative. This is a separate action not 
connected to the ongoing New World Mine EIS being prepared by the 
Gallatin National Forest.
    The following described National Forest System lands are affected 
by this proposal:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 8 S., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 25, surveyed;
    Sec. 33, partly surveyed;
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive, surveyed.
T. 9 S., R. 14 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 28, inclusive;
    Secs. 33 t 36, inclusive, partly surveyed.
T. 8 S., R. 15 E.
    Secs. 30 and 31.
T. 9 S., R. 15 E.,
    Secs. 5 to 8, inclusive;
    Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
    Secs. 29 to 32, inclusive.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 19,100 acres in Park 
County, Montana..

DATES: The public meetings will be held on Monday, July 15, 1996, in 
Red Lodge, Montana, at the LuPine Inn, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, 
1996, in Cooke City, Montana, at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire Hall; on 
Wednesday, July 17, 1996, in Cody, Wyoming, at 7:00 p.m. at the Cody 
Club Room; and on July 18, 1996, Livingston, Montana, at 7:00 p.m. in 
the Community Room of the park County Courthouse.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Cooke City Area Mineral 
Withdrawal NEPA Analysis Team, BLM, Montana State Office, P.O. Box 
36800, Billings, Montana 59107.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Thompson, Cooke City Area Mineral Withdrawal NEPA Analysis Team, 
BLM, Montana State Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 
406-255-2852.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 45732, September 1, 1995, 
which segregated the lands described from location and entry under the 
mining laws. Notice is hereby given that a series of meetings will be 
held to provide an opportunity for public involvement regarding the 
proposed withdrawal and the preparation of a NEPA analysis by the FS 
and BLM. These meetings fulfill the public meeting requirements for 
withdrawals proposals under 43 CFR Part 2310.3-1. Comments and 
recommendations on this proposal should be received by August 29, 1996.

    Dated: May 24, 1996.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
    Dated: May 24, 1996.
Nancy T. Curriden,
Forest Supervisor Custer National Forest.
[FR Doc. 96-13692 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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