[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11495]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Public Hearings for the Enhanced Training in Idaho 
Proposal, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

    The Bureau of Land Management (Department of the Interior) and the 
United States Air Force (Department of Defense) will convene public 
hearings in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and its associated regulations for public land withdrawals. The 
public will be given an opportunity to participate in informal 
discussions and/or provide statements in a public forum.
    The Air Force proposes to develop a 12,000-acre tactical air-to-
ground training range, 5 no-drop targets, 30 electronic emitter sites, 
and an associated road network, all of which would be located on 
federal and State of Idaho school endowment lands. For use of the 
federal lands, the Air Force proposes to obtain a withdrawal under the 
Engle Act and FLPMA for the larger portions and to obtain rights-of-way 
from the Bureau of Land Management for the smaller portions. For use of 
the state school endowment lands, the Air Force proposes to enter into 
lease agreements with the State of Idaho. Three alternatives are being 
considered for the 12,000-acre withdrawal. The alternatives include the 
same basic elements, varying in the locations of the tactical air-to-
ground training range, the locations of the no-drop target areas, and 
the reconfiguration and expansion of the airspace. The No-Action 
alternative involves use of existing local and remote range assets at 
current levels.
    The public hearings will be publicized in the local media and are 
scheduled from 6-10 pm for the following dates and locations:
    June 3, 1997 (Tuesday) Mountain Home High School Auxiliary Gym and 
foyer, Mountain Home, ID.
    June 4, 1997 (Wednesday) Grandview Elementary School Gym and foyer, 
Grandview, ID.
    June 5, 1997(Thursday) College of Southern Idaho, Shilz Building 
Rooms 117 & 118, Twin Falls, ID.
    June 6, 1997 (Friday) Three Creek School House, Three Creek, ID.
    June 9, 1997 (Monday) Duck Valley Reservation Headquarters, Owyhee, 
NV.
    June 12-13, 1997 (Thursday and Friday) Boise State University, 
Jordan Ballrooms B & C, Boise, ID.
    Written comments on the proposal may be submitted at the hearings 
or directed to U.S. Air Force/Bureau of Land Management, PO Box 329, 
Boise, ID 83702-0329. For telephone inquiries, please contact Captain 
Melissa Miller, Chief, 366th Wing Public Affairs, (208) 828-
6800.
Carolyn A. Lunsford,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-11495 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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