[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54465-54466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-958-1430-01; GP8-0012 ; OR-53642]


Notice of Public Meeting; Proposed Protective Withdrawal for 
Leslie Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the schedule and agenda for a 
forthcoming public meeting that will provide an opportunity for public 
involvement regarding the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management's application for protective withdrawal for the Leslie Gulch 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern in eastern Malheur County.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Holsheimer, BLM Vale District 
Office, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon 97918, 541-473-3144.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that a public meeting 
will be held to provide an opportunity for public comment regarding the 
application by the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
for a 20-year protective withdrawal as to 12,426.43 acres of public 
lands in eastern Malheur County, Oregon.
    The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 1997, at 
the Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, 100 E. Oregon 
Street, Vale, Oregon. The agenda will include: (1) An information 
briefing by the Bureau of Land Management; (2) oral statements by 
interested parties addressing the proposed withdrawal; and (3) a 
question and answer period. Written comments will be accepted or can be 
mailed to the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State 
Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208. Only comments concerning 
the proposed protective withdrawal of 12,426.43 acres in Malheur 
County, Oregon, will be accepted.
    The meeting is open to the public. Interested parties may make oral

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statements at the meeting and may file written statements with the 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office no later than 
December 19, 1997. At this informational meeting, oral statements 
should be limited to five minutes per party. All statements received 
will be considered by the Bureau of Land Management before any 
recommendation concerning the proposed mineral withdrawal is submitted 
to the Secretary of Interior for final action under the authority of 
Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1714).

    Dated: October 7, 1997.
Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,
Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.
[FR Doc. 97-27714 Filed 10-17-97; 8:45 am]
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