[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43558-43559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21543]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-060-1020-00]


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Lewistown District Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Lewistown District Resource Advisory Council will meet 
September 24 and 25, 1996, at the First State Bank, 1st South and 1st 
East, in Malta, Montana.
    The September 24 portion of the session will begin at 9 a.m. with a 
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of the Zortman Mine in the Little Rocky Mountains. The RAC will also 
tour several ACEC nominations in the Little Rocky Mountains. At 1:30 
p.m. the group will tour a portion of the south Phillips County prairie 
dog ecosystem and various waterfowl improvements in the area. The 
council should return to Malta around 5 p.m.
    The September 25 portion of the session will begin at 7:30 a.m. At 
7:45 a.m. the council will hear a presentation from the U.S. Forest 
Service concerning its recently released Oil and Gas Leasing EIS; then 
discuss oil and gas leasing on BLM land along the Rocky Mountain Front. 
There will also be presentations concerning the Bitter Creek WSA, the 
proposed Little Rocky Mountain subgroup, riparian management, 
guidelines for establishing watershed subgroups, the Mixed Grass 
Prairie ACEC, and standards and guidelines.
    There will be a public comment period at 11:30 a.m. during the 
September 25 meeting.

DATES: September 24 and 25, 1996.

LOCATION: First State Bank, 1st South and 1st East, in Malta, Mt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
District Manager, Lewistown District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 
P.O. Box 1160, Airport Road, Lewistown, MT 59457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public and there 
will be a public comment period as detailed above.

    Dated: August 13, 1996.
David L. Mari,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-21543 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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