[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2682-2683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1206]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-038-1100-00; NMNM95104]


Notice of Public Meeting: Proposed Withdrawal; Devil's Backbone 
Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 43 CFR 2310.3-1, notice is hereby given 
that a public meeting will be held to provide the public an opportunity 
to obtain information and to identify issues related to the BLM's 
proposed withdrawal of 5,607.52 acres of public land in Socorro County, 
New Mexico to protect State endangered desert bighorn

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sheep habitat in the Devil's Backbone Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on February 24, 1997 at 2 p.m. 
in the Socorro Resource Area Office, 198 Neel Avenue NW, Socorro, New 
Mexico 87801.

ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the scheduled public 
meeting may be obtained at the Socorro Resource Area Office, 198 Neel 
Avenue NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Bell, BLM, Socorro Resource Area 
Office, 198 Neel Ave, NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, or telephone (505) 
835-0412.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 22, 1996, a petition was 
approved allowing the BLM to file an application to withdraw the 
subject public land from settlement, sale, location and entry under the 
general land laws, including the mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights.

    Dated: January 10, 1997.
Richard T. Watts,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-1206 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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