[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49340-49341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24001]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-930-1920-00-4373; IDI-31741]


Notice of Addition of Lands to Proposed Withdrawal; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Air Force has filed a request to add 
10,766.60 acres to their withdrawal application for the Enhanced 
Training in Idaho (ETI) site. The original Notice of Proposed 
Withdrawal was published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 68, April 8, 
1996.

DATE: Comments and requests for a meeting should be received on or 
before December 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Idaho 
State Director, BLM, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, Idaho 83706-2500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jon Foster, BLM Idaho State Office, 208-384-3195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 22, 1996, the Department of Air 
Force filed a request to add certain lands to their existing withdrawal 
application. These lands are in addition to those published in the 
Federal Register, 61 FR 68, April 8, 1996. The following described 
public lands are withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing 
laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Boise Idaho

T. 12 S., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\.
T. 13 S., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 12;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 24.
T. 13 S., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 5 to 9 inclusive;
    Secs. 17 to 21 inclusive.

    The areas described aggregate 10,766.60 acres in Owyhee County.
    The additional lands are being added as an alternative to the 
Enhanced Training in Idaho (ETI) proposal based on the results of 
public scoping.
    This withdrawal will be authorized under the Act of February 28, 
1958, 43 U.S.C. 155-158, and requires legislative action by Congress.
    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 addition of lands to the proposed 
withdrawal may present their views in writing to the Idaho State 
Director at the address shown above.
    If a public meeting is required a notice of time and place will be 
published in the Federal Register and newspapers in the general 
vicinity at lest 30 days before the scheduled date of a meeting.
    Nine public meetings were held in June and July 1996 for the 
purpose of scoping the environmental documentation to meet National 
Environmental Policy Act requirements for the proposed withdrawal. The 
draft environmental impact statement currently under preparation 
includes the addition of the 10,766.60 acres described in this notice.
    This application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the additional described 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 uses that will be permitted during this segregative period 
are rights-of-way, leases, permits, licenses or discretionary land use 
authorizations that do not significantly disturb the surface of the 
land or impair values of the resources, but will be coordinated with 
the Installation Commander, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
    The temporary segregation of the additional land in connection with 
the withdrawal application shall not affect

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administrative jurisdiction over the land, and segregation shall not 
have the effect of authorizing any use of the land by the Department of 
the Air Force.

    Dated: September 9, 1996.
J. David Brunner,
Deputy State Director for Resource Services.
[FR Doc. 96-24001 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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