[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55992-55993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27786]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-940-06-5700-00; UTU-173829, UTU-74046]


Environmental Assessment and Proposed Plan Amendment to Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an environmental assessment (EA) 
and proposed plan amendment to the Pinyon Management Framework Plan 
(MFP) for land tenure adjustments have been completed. Pursuant to this 
environmental assessment and proposed plan amendment, 2,482.82 acres of 
public lands have been found suitable for disposal through exchange 
pursuant to section 206, Title II of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976. Public land proposed for exchange is located at 
Salt Lake Meridian, T. 35 S., R. 17 W., Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4 inclusive; 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\., E\1/2\NW\1/4\. T. 35 S., R. 18 W., Sec. 13; Sec. 14, 
E\1/2\; Sec. 24, NW\1/4\. T. 34 S., R. 17 W., Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4. T. 
33 S., R. 17 W., Sec. 23, W\1/2\; Sec. 34, W\1/2\; Sec. 35, W\1/2\, 
Iron County, Utah. The United States would acquire the following 
described 2,080.00 acres of private land from the Escalante Farms Co. 
and Janice L. Woods Trust: Salt Lake Meridian, T. 35 S., R. 18 W., Sec. 
23, NW\1/4\; Sec. 25, W\1/2\; Sec. 27, N\1/2\; Sec. 29, N\1/2\; Sec. 
33, S\1/2\; Sec. 34, N\1/2\; Sec. 35, W\1/2\. The land tenure 
adjustment will not occur until at least 60 days after the date of this 
notice and is contingent upon the signing of a decision record 
approving the proposed amendment.

DATES: The proposed plan amendment may be protested. The protest period 
will commence with the date of publication of this notice. Protests 
must be submitted on or before November 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Protests to the proposed plan amendment should be addressed 
to the Director, Bureau of Land Management (480), Resource Planning 
Team, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240, within 30 days after the 
date of publication of this notice for the proposed planning amendment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Egerton, Acting Beaver River 
Resource Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City District, 
176 D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84720, telephone (801) 586-
2401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands described have been segregated 
from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including 
the mining laws, for a period of five (5) years or pending disposition, 
whichever occurs first. Only the surface estate will be disposed. The 
patents, when issued, will contain certain reservations to the United 
States and will be subject to existing rights-of-way. Detailed 
information concerning these reservations as well as specific 
conditions of the exchange are available for review at the Cedar City 
District Office at the address listed above. Any person who 
participated in the planning process and has an interest which is or 
may be adversely affected by these proposed amendments may protest to 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. The protest must be in 
writing and filed within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The protest shall 
contain the name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the 
person filing the protest; a statement of the issue or issues being 
protested; a statement of the part of the amendment(s) being protested; 
a copy of

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all documents addressing the issue or issues that were submitted during 
the planning process and a concise statement explaining why the State 
Director's proposed decision is believed to be in error. In the absence 
of timely objections, these proposals shall become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior.
David E. Little,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-27786 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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