[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26693]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Notice of Transfer of Lands--Colorado River Storage Project, 
Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

SUMMARY: By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the 
Interior by Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Act 
of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 110), and his delegation of authority to 
the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), 
jurisdiction over the following described land, which lies within the 
exterior boundary of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Montrose 
Resource Area, Colorado, and which was acquired by Reclamation for fish 
and wildlife mitigation purposes for the development of the Wayne P. 
Aspinall Unit, a unit of the CRSP, is hereby transferred to BLM for 
fish and wildlife purposes.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Memorandum of agreement between Reclamation 
and BLM are on file in the Office of the Regional Director, Upper 
Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State Street, Salt 
Lake City, Utah; and the State Director, Colorado State Office, Bureau 
of Land Management, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Darrell Welch, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84138 or telephone (801) 524-3765.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Intragency 
Agreement between Reclamation and BLM dated March 25, 1983, agreements 
may be executed between both agencies for recreation, and fish and 
wildlife management activities on Federal land. Statutory authority for 
such agreements includes: Section 307, Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1937); Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 686); and 
Reclamation Act of 1902 (43 U.S.C. Chapter 12) as amended or 
supplemented thereto.
    Parcel No. WAU-(mit.)-1 describes the 225 acres of Reclamation 
acquired land to be transferred to BLM. The parcel consists of that 
portion of the McCluskey property as referenced by Memorandum of 
Agreement, Contract No. 0-LM-40-00340, dated July 30, 1992, between 
Reclamation and BLM.
    Pursuant to Section 8 of the CRSP, the above land shall become BLM 
land with the provision that the land is administered and managed for 
angler access and other fish and wildlife purposes.

    Dated: October 2, 1997.
Eluid L. Martinez,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 97-26693 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]
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