[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16217]



[[Page 34459]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notification of Public Hearing Regarding Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), Section 601, Petition To Declare Federal 
Lands Unsuitable for Non-coal Mining in Plumas County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, State 
Office, Sacramento, California.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Section 601 of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), the Bureau of Land 
Management will be holding a public hearing to gather comments on the 
suitability for noncoal mining of public land in eastern Genesee 
Valley. Specifically, 2.9 square miles of federal land administered by 
the U. S. Forest Service located within Sections 25 and 36, Township 26 
N, Range 11 E, and Sections 30 and 31, Township 26 N, Range 12 E, 
MDB&M, Plumas County, California.
    The hearing will be held in the Taylorsville Grange Hall, located 
at 4322 Main Street, Taylorsville, Plumas County, California, on 
Wednesday, July 25, 2001, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. All public comments will 
be recorded and the transcript will become part of the record. Comments 
provided by members of the general public will be reviewed and 
considered in rendering a final determination of this noncoal mining 
land suitability petition.
    In addition, an informational meeting will also be held two weeks 
prior to the public hearings at the Taylorsville Grange Hall, on 
Wednesday, July 11, 2001, from 5 to 8 p.m. The purpose of this meeting 
is to provide the public with information regarding important details 
of the SMCRA, Section 601 petition process and relevant facts and 
issues pertaining to the case.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Modesto Tamondong (Mining Engineer) US DOI BLM-CASO (916) 978-4372
David Lawler (Geologist) US DOI BLM-CASO (916) 978-4365
Lee Ann Taylor (Public Affairs Officer) USDA USFS-PNF (530) 283-7850

    Dated: June 11, 2001.
Sean Hagerty,
Acting Deputy State Director--Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-16217 Filed 6-27-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-40-P