[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3911-3912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1903]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-035-1430-01; IDI-31091]


Notice of Realty Action; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Action--Amendment of the Medicine Lodge Resource 
Management Plan (RMP)/Notice of Realty Action (NORA), Direct Sale of 
Public Land in Jefferson County, Idaho.

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NOTICE: Notice is hereby given that the BLM has amended the Idaho Falls 
District's Medicine Lodge RMP to allow for direct sale of 46.95 acres 
of public land containing the Mud Lake Airport to the City of Mud Lake.

SUMMARY: The following described lands have been examined and through 
the public supported land use planning process have been determined to 
be suitable for direct sale to the City of Mud Lake pursuant to Section 
203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1716).

T. 6 N., R. 34 E., BM
    Sec. 18, lots 16, 18, 21, 23, 26;

    The purpose of this land sale is to allow the City of Mud Lake to 
acquire the public land housing the Mud Lake Airport and total 
management control. Sale of the land would serve important public 
objectives for the City of Mud Lake.
    The land patent, when issued, would contain a reservation to the 
United States for ditches and canals and would be subject to highway 
right-of-way BL-049504 to the Idaho Department of Transportation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Detailed information concerning the 
conditions of the direct sale can be obtained by contacting Bruce Bash, 
Realty Specialist, at (208) 524-7521. Upon publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the land described above will be segregated 
from appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining 
laws, except for the sale provisions of FLPMA.


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PLANNING PROTEST: Any party who participated in the plan amendment and 
is adversely affected by the amendment may protest this action only as 
it affects issues submitted for the record during the planning process. 
The protest shall be in writing and filed with the Director (480), 
Bureau of Land Management, Resource Planning Team, 1849 ``C'' Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240, within 30 days of publication of this 
notice.

LAND SALE COMMENTS: For a period of 45 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested parties 
may submit comments regarding the land exchange to the Area Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, Medicine Lodge Resource Area, 1405 Hollipark 
Dr., Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401. Objections will be reviewed by the BLM 
Idaho Falls District Manager who may sustain, vacate, or modify this 
realty action. In the absence of any planning protests or objections 
regarding the land sale, this realty action will become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior and the planning 
amendment will be in effect.

    Dated: January 17, 1997.
Joe Kraayenbrink,
Area Manager,Medicine Lodge Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 97-1903 Filed 1-24- 97; 8:45 am]
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