[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24760]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-924-1430-01; MTM 66519]


Order Providing for Opening of Public Lands; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order opens lands reconveyed to the United States in an 
exchange under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq. (FLPMA), to the operation of the public land laws. 
The land that was acquired in the exchange provides access to other 
public land with wildlife habitat, livestock operations, excellent big-
game hunting opportunities, recreation use area, and is adjacent to the 
Buffalo Creek Wilderness Study Area. The exchange also allows for 
increased management efficiency of public land in the area. The public 
interest was well served through completion of this exchange.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dick Thompson, BLM Montana State 
Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2829.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    1. The following described lands have been acquired by the United 
States pursuant to Section 206 of FLPMA:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 8 S., R. 48 E.,
    Sec. 27, lot 8;
    Sec. 28, lot 13, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 9 S., R. 48 E.,
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 9 S., R. 49 E.,
    Sec. 18, lot 1, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Total acreage acquired: 220.88 acres.

    2. At 9 a.m. on November 15, 1996, the lands described in paragraph 
1 above that were conveyed to the United States will be opened only to 
the operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid 
existing rights and requirements of applicable law. All valid 
applications received at or prior to 9 a.m. on November 15, 1996, shall 
be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received 
thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.

    Dated: September 18, 1996.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-24760 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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