[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51093-51094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25481]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-180-1430-00; CACA 37328]


Notice of Plan Amendment and Notice of Decision for Land Exchange

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, is 
amending 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 plan amendment and exchange are made pursuant to Sections 
202 and 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 1712 and 1716). The lands are described as follows:

Public land to be disposed of and excluded from the ACEC

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 and added to the ACEC

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\.

    The area described contains 7.5 acres in Amador County. In 
addition, an easement will also be acquired in order to secure access 
to the remaining public lands.

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 allows 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 will also adjust the ACEC boundary to exclude the above 
described public land which will allow for disposal of this parcel 
because it possesses inferior soil examples than

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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), by 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 and for a road to access the remaining public land.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 
95630 or by phone at (916) 985-4474.

DATES: Planning Protest--Any party that participated in the plan 
amendment and is adversely affected by the amendment may protest this 
action only as it affects issues submitted for the record during the 
planning process. The protest must be in writing and filed with the 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, 1800 ``C'' Street, N.W., 
Washington D.C. 20240, on or before October 26, 1998.
    Land Exchange Protests: On or before November 9, 1998, interested 
parties may submit comments or protests regarding the land exchange to 
the Field Manager, Folsom Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 63 
Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630.
    This notice will also serve to satisfy the requirement contained in 
43 CFR 1610.7-2(b) regarding designation of areas of critical 
environmental concern.
    In the absence of any planning protest or objections regarding the 
land exchange, the decision will become the final determination of the 
Department of the Interior and the Planning amendment will be in 
effect.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
James M. Eicher,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-25481 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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