[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60222-60223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28784]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-13000-00-1150-PC]


Additional 32 Acres to the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of land-use designation.

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SUMMARY: Public lands within the Unaweep Seep area, heretofore outside 
the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area, are designated as a Research 
Natural Area coincident with the earlier designation (48 FR 23716, May 
26, 1983) under the authority of 43 CFR part 8223. The designated area 
contains 32 acres located in Mesa County, Colorado and described as: 
T.15 S., R.103 W., 6th P.M., Sec. 10 NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ (portion of), NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\ (portion of). The total area of the Unaweep Seep Natural Area 
becomes 80 acres.

DATES: This action is effective November 5, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following a transfer of property to public

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ownership in 1997 along the boundary of The Palisade Wilderness Study 
Area, at a site on the southern edge of the Unaweep Seep Research 
Natural Area, a 32 acre portion of this property meeting the criteria 
of the Research Natural Area becomes available for inclusion into this 
land management designation. This action is compatible with the Grand 
Junction Resource Area Resource Management Plan (1987). Including the 
area in the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area accomplishes a 24 year 
objective in the Whitewater Management Framework Plan. The addition 
completes the enclosure of the entire natural feature known as the 
Unaweep Seep in a protective designation. It extends the conditions 
contained in 48 FR 23716 (5-26-83) to these additional acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Lambeth (970) 244-3013 or in 
writing to the Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H 
Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
Catherine Robertson,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-28784 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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