[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5814-5815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2728]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-018-1430-00; CACA 37328]


Notice of Proposed Amendment, Sierra Planning Area Management 
Framework Plan and Notice of Exchange Proposal, Amador County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, proposes 
to amend the 1988 Sierra Planning Area Management Framework Plan 
Amendment (MFPA) to allow for a boundary adjustment of the Ione 
Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), 
located in Amador County, CA. The boundary adjustment is necessary to 
allow for exchange of public land currently within the ACEC in order to 
acquire adjacent private land of higher resource value to be added to 
the ACEC. The lands are described as follows.

Public Land to be Disposed of

T. 5 N., R.10 E.,
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described contains 6.875 acres in Amador County.

Private Land to be Acquired

T. 5 N., R. 10 E.
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\. In addition, as easement will also be acquired in order 
to secure access to the remaining public lands.

    The area described contains 7.5 acres in Amador County.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ACEC was established to protect unique 
soil profiles. Intensely weathered soils were formed during the Eocene 
epoch when the area had a tropical climate. This soil has been exposed 
due to natural erosion of overlying strata revealing a soil with 
properties of oxisols, a soil order of the tropics. Adjustment of the 
ACEC boundary would allow for the inclusion of 7.5 acres of land to be 
acquired that is currently adjacent to the existing boundary. This land 
to be acquired contains exceptional examples of Oxisol soils. In 
exchange, BLM would also adjust the ACEC boundary to exclude the above 
described public land which would allow for disposal of this parcel 
because it poseses inferior soil examples than the land to be acquired. 
The exchange will be with TNH/Glenmoor ltd., an adjacent landowner to 
the ACEC. Disposal of the public land will also allow access by TNH/
Glenmoor to their land in the same area. This exchange meets the 
objectives of the MFPA and the Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area 
Management Plan (1992), protecting the area and preserving its 
intrinsic scientific and educational importance.
    The public land parcel would be transferred subject to a 
reservation to the United States for a right-of-way for ditches and 
canals. All necessary clearances will be completed prior to any 
conveyance of title by the United States.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information concerning this action is available for 
review at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field 
Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630.

DATES: On or before March 23, 1998, interested persons may submit 
comments to the Field Manager, Folsom Field Office at the above 
address.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck, Realty Specialist, at the 
above address or by phone at (916) 985-4474.

    Dated: January 27, 1998.
D.K. Swickard,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-2728 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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