[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66663-66664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33135]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-930-4214-010; COC-61331]


Proposed Withdrawal: Opportunity for Public Meeting; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes 
to withdraw approximately 450 acres of National Forest System lands for 
10 years to allow management alternatives for the Forest Service. This 
notice closes these lands to location and entry under the mining laws 
for up to two years. The lands remain open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments on this proposed withdrawal or requests for public 
meeting must be received on or before March 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for a meeting should be sent to the 
Colorado State Director, BLM, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, 
Colorado 80215-7076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris E. Chelius, 303-239-3706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 24, 1997, the Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service, filed an application to withdraw the 
following described National Forest System lands from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch 2):

Uncompahgre National Forest New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 44 N, R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 31, W\1/2\.
T. 44 N, R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\.

    The areas described exclude any patented lands within the 
application and contain approximately 450 acres of National Forest 
System lands in Ouray County.

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    The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect the area and allow the 
Forest Service alternatives in managing the land.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all parties who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with this proposed withdrawal, may present 
their views in writing to the Colorado State Director. If it is 
determined that a public meeting should be held, the public meeting 
will be scheduled and conducted in accordance with 43 CFR 2310.3-
1(c)(2). Notice of the meeting will be published in the Federal 
Register.
    This application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR Part 2310.
    For a period of two years from the date of publication in the 
Federal Register, this land will be segregated from the mining laws as 
specified above unless the application is denied or cancelled or the 
withdrawal is approved prior to that date. During this period the 
Forest Service will continue to manage these lands.
Jenny L. Saunders,
Realty Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-33135 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am]
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