[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 23794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11445]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ030-1010-00; AZA-29861]


Notice of Availability of Draft Hualapai Mountains Land Exchange, 
Environmental Impact Statement/Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), as amended and Section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land 
Management, Kingman Field Office, Arizona, has prepared an EIS/Plan 
amendment to analyze the effect of a proposed land exchange and a 
proposed plan amendment to the Kingman Resource Management Plan. The 
EIS addresses the effects of a proposal to exchange approximately 
70,000 acres of public land for approximately 70,000 acres of private 
land. The proposed land exchange is entirely within Mohave County, 
Arizona. The amendment is needed because the Proponent selected public 
lands that were not identified for disposal in the Kingman Resource 
Management Plan by Township, Range, and Section. The plan amendment 
will assess impacts of proposed changes to land tenure classification 
decisions and resource management.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until July 27, 1998. Public 
meetings, to listen to concerns and answer questions, will be held on 
the following dates:

Tuesday June 9 in Wikieup, AZ at the Owens School, 14109 East Chicken 
Springs Road, Wikieup, AZ 85360
Wednesday June 10 in Kingman AZ, at the Mohave County Public Library, 
located at 3269 N. Burbank, Kingman, AZ 86401
Thursday June 11 in Yucca, AZ, at the Yucca Fire Department, 12349 S. 
Yucca Frontage Road, Yucca, AZ 86348

    All meetings will start at 6:00 pm and end at 8:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the document are available at the following 
locations: Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field Office, 2475 
Beverly Ave., Kingman, Arizona, 86401-3629 and Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona State Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85004-2203. Comments should be sent to the Team Leader, 
Hualapai Mountain Project, Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field 
Office, 2475 Beverly Ave., Kingman, Arizona, 86401-3629.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don McClure, phone: (520) 692-4400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land exchange includes both public and 
non-public land in Mohave County in northwestern Arizona, encompassing 
approximately 140,000 acres. Issues that have been addressed are 
ranching, biological resources, socioeconomics, recreation/access, soil 
erosion, cultural resources, realty, riparian areas, mineral resources, 
and areas of critical environmental concern. Proposed modifications to 
the Kingman Resource Management Plan have been integrated with the 
proposed Hualapai Mountains Land Exchange, and the impacts thereof will 
be presented in a single EIS-level analysis.

    Dated: April 14, 1998.
John R. Christensen,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-11445 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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