[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10720-10721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5085]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-930-4210-06; WYW 147234, WYW 142433]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawal; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to withdraw 
3951.36 acres of public land in Big Horn County, to protect important 
paleontological resources within the Red Gulch dinosaur track site 
pending completion of land use planning. This notice closes the land 
for up to two years from surface entry and mining. The land will remain 
open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 1999. Comments and requests for a public 
meeting must be received by June 3, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests should be sent to the BLM Wyoming 
State Director, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003-1828.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office, 
307-775-6124, or Chuck Wilkie, BLM Worland Field Office Manager, P.O. 
Box 119, 101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401-0119, 307-347-
5100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. On January 29, 1999, a petition was 
approved allowing the BLM to file an application to withdraw the 
following described public land in aid of planning from settlement, 
sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the 
mining laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 52 N., R. 91W.,
    Sec. 17, all;
    Sec. 18, lots 5-8, E\1/2\W\1/2\, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, lots 5-7, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\, SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, all;
    Sec. 28, all;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\M\1/2\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 3951.36 acres in Big 
Horn County, Wyoming.

    2. This notice also cancels a withdrawal application approved May

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14, 1998, for the BLM to protect paleontological resources in an 
initial 40-acre tract within this same Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite 
(published May 29, 1998, in the Federal Register as FR Doc. 98-148083, 
63 FR 29428). The segregative effect associated with that application 
is hereby terminated; however, the land described below is not open to 
surface entry and mining as it is within the proposed withdrawal 
described herein. The land is described as follows:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 52 N., R. 91 W.,
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 40.00 acres in Big Horn County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect important 
paleontological resources pending completion of land use planning, 
further study and development of appropriate, and possibly longer-term, 
actions to protect and manage the resources.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the undersigned officer of the BLM.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM 
Wyoming State Director within 90 days from the date of publication of 
this notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that public 
meeting will be held, a notice of the time and place will be published 
in the Federal Register at least 30 days before the scheduled date of 
the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of two years from the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated as 
specified above unless the application is denied or canceled or the 
withdrawal is approved prior to that date. Licenses, permits, 
cooperative agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a 
temporary nature which would not impact or impair the existing values 
of the area may be allowed with the approval of an authorized officer 
of the BLM during the segregative period.

    Dated: February 23, 1999.
Alan L. Kesterke,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-5085 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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