[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15976]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ID-020-1430-01, IDI-32183]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Land Use Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a land use plan amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Snake River Resource Area, Upper Snake River Districts, is 
proposing to amend the Cassia Resource Management Plan to allow the 
disposal, through exchange, of 834 acres of public land in Cassia 
County, Idaho.

DATES: The public, state, and local governments, and other Federal 
agencies are invited to participate in the amendment process. 
Identification of issues, concerns, or other written comments 
pertaining to this notice will be accepted until July 21, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed plan amendment would allow the 
transfer into private ownership, of the following described public 
land:

Boise Meridian, Idaho

T. 12 S., R. 20 E.
    Sec. 14: N\1/2\ SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15: W\1/2\ NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23: E\1/2\ NW\1/4\, E\1/2\ SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24: E\1/2\ SW\1/4\, E\1/2\ NW\1/4\ (portions west of county 
road);
    Sec. 25: N\1/2\ NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26: NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\.

    Comprising 834 acres of public land, more or less.

    Parts of these lands have been subject to unauthorized uses by the 
adjoining private land owner for many years. These uses consist of 
farming, feeding livestock, calving, water pipelines, water storage 
facilities and access roads. Settlement for the unauthorized uses has 
been made with the involved individual and the uses have been 
authorized by land use permits and rights-of-way granted by the Bureau 
of Land Management.
    The subject public land parcel is proposed for disposal through an 
exchange with the adjoining landowner. In return for the subject 
parcel, the United States would receive private lands of equal 
appraised value (or within 25% of the value of the public land, in 
accordance with the Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act, with any 
difference to be made up in cash). The private lands have high public 
values and their acquisition is consistent with the Cassia Resource 
Management Plan.
    Public participation in the amendment process will include 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register and local newspapers 
and the sending of this notice to state and local governments, private 
individuals, and other interested parties.
    Depending on the amount of public interest, public meetings may be 
held in the Snake River Resource Area office, Burley, Idaho.

ADDRESSES: Any comments on this notice should be mailed by close of 
business on July 21, 1997 to the Bureau of Land Management, Snake River 
Resource Area, 15 East 200 South, Burley, Idaho 83318.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Scott D. Barker, Realty Specialist, 
(208) 677-6678.

    Dated: June 9, 1997.
Tom Dyer,
Snake River Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-15976 Filed 6-17-97; 8:45 am]
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