[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55402-55403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27699]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[MT-930-1820-00]


Notice of Office Reorganization and Name Change for the BLM 
Montana/Dakotas Organization

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information about the BLM Montana/Dakotas 
reorganization approved by the BLM Director on April 2, 1998, and the 
subsequent Montana/Dakotas State Director implementation and decision 
memorandum of May 20, 1998, that changes the 3-tier structure (State 
Office-District Office-Resource Area Office)to a 2-tier structure 
(State Office-Field Office). This change is operationally in effect now 
and will become ``officially'' in effect on October 11, 1998. None of 
the offices will be closed. However, office name and jurisdiction for 
some offices will change.

The District Offices as Described Below are Removed From the 
Organizational Structure

Butte District Office

    Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line 
between Flathead and Glacier Counties; thence southeasterly along the 
county line; thence southeasterly along the Flathead-Pondera County 
line; thence southerly along the Flathead-Lewis and Clark County line; 
thence southerly along the Powell-Lewis and Clark County line to a 
point at the southeast corner on Township 15 North, Range 9 West: 
thence easterly along the township line to the Cascade County line; 
thence south and east along the Lewis and Clark-Cascade County line; 
thence southeast along the Lewis and Clark-Meager County line; thence 
southeast along the Broadwater-Meager County line; thence easterly 
along the southern line of Meager County; thence south and east along 
the Park-Sweetgrass County line; thence east along the Park-Stillwater 
County line; thence south along the Park-Carbon County line to the 
Wyoming state line; thence west and south along the Wyoming state line 
to the Idaho state line; thence westerly and northerly along the Idaho 
state line to the Canadian border; thence east to the point of 
beginning.

Lewistown District Office

    Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line 
between

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Flathead and Glacier Counties; thence east along the Canadian border to 
the county line between Valley and Daniels Counties; thence southerly 
along the Valley-Daniels County line; to the Fort Peck Indian 
Reservation; thence westerly and southerly between Valley Count and 
Fort Peck Indian Reservation to the Missouri River; thence 
southwesterly along the Valley-McCone county line; thence southwesterly 
along the Valley-Garfield county line; thence southwesterly along the 
Phillips-Garfield county line; thence southerly along the Petroleum-
Garfield county line; thence southerly along the Petroleum-Rosebud 
county line; thence westerly along the Petroleum-Musselshell county 
line; thence westerly along the Fergus-Musselshell county line; thence 
westerly along the Fergus-Golden Valley county line; thence westerly 
along the Fergus-Wheatland county line; thence westerly along the 
Judith Basin-Wheatland county line; thence southerly along the Meager-
Wheatland county line to a point on the eastern boundary of the Butte 
District; thence west and northerly along the east boundary of the 
Butte District to the point of beginning.

Miles City District Office

    Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line 
between Valley and Daniels county; thence east along the Canadian 
border to the Montana-North Dakota state line; thence south along the 
Montana-North Dakota border; thence south along the Montana-South 
Dakota border to the southeast corner of Montana; thence west along the 
Montana-Wyoming border to the Park-Carbon county line; thence west and 
north along the east boundary of the Butte District; thence north, west 
and northerly along the Lewistown District southern and eastern 
boundaries to the point of beginning.

Dickinson District Office

    All of North and South Dakota.

The Office Name Change and Area of Administration Are Listed Below

    1. The Dillon Resource Area Office is now called the Dillon Field 
Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same.
    2. The Garnet Resource Area Office is now called the Missoula Field 
Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same.
    3. The Headwaters Resource Area Office is now called the Butte 
Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same.
    4. The Great Falls Resource Area Office is now called the Great 
Falls Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the 
same.
    5. The Judith and Havre Resource Area Offices are combined and are 
called the Lewistown Field Office with the boundary (area) of 
jurisdiction the combination of the two former resource areas.
    6. The Havre Resource Area Office is now called the Havre Field 
Station and is attached to and under the supervision of the Lewistown 
Field Office.
    7. The Phillips and Valley Resource Area Offices are combined and 
are called the Malta Field Office with the boundary (area) of 
jurisdiction the combination of the two former resources areas.
    8. The Valley Resource Area Office is now called the Glasgow Field 
Station and is attached to and under the supervision of the Malta Field 
Office.
    9. The Big Dry and Powder River Resource Area Offices are combined 
and now are called the Miles City Field Office with the boundary (area) 
of jurisdiction the combined resources areas.
    10. The Billings Resource Area Office is now called the Billings 
Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same.
    11. The Dickinson District Office is now called the North Dakota 
Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction is the State of 
North Dakota.
    12. The Belle Fourche Resource Area Office is now called the South 
Dakota Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction is the 
State of South Dakota. The management officer (Field Manager) of each 
field office is a ``line'' official and reports to the Montana/Dakotas 
State Director. A supervisor will be in each of the field stations and 
will report to a Field Manager.
    Business with BLM should be conducted at the above locations as was 
done in the past as the ``new'' field offices will, from a non-BLM 
(external customer) view, operate like the ``old'' district offices. 
This reorganization merely renames offices, adjusts some jurisdictional 
boundaries, as outlined above, and removes a layer of the 
organizational structure between the identified ``old'' Resource Areas 
which are now Field Offices or Field Stations and the Montana State 
Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Singer, Deputy State Director, 
Division of Support Services, 406-255-2742.
Larry E. Hamilton,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-27699 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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