[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35994-35995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17210]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-090-1430-ES; MTM-90869]


Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act 
Classification; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands in Phillips County, Montana, have 
been examined and classified for lease to Phillips County under the 
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U. 
S. C. 869 et seq.). The lands were examined and classified in response 
to a Recreation and Public Purposes Act application, MTM-90869, filed 
on April 9, 2001, by Phillips County, who is proposing to use the lands 
to construct and maintain an amphitheater to be known as the Lewis and 
Clark Amphitheater.

Principal Montana Meridian

    T. 25 N., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 17, block 8, lot 10.

    Containing 2.62 acres more or less.

    The lands are located within the townsite of Zortman, Montana, 
which is currently segregated from all forms of mineral entry. Issuance 
of a Recreation & Public Purposes lease is consistent with the Phillips 
Resource Area Resource Management Plan, dated September 1994, and is in 
the public interest.
    The lease, when issued, will be subject to the following terms, 
conditions and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease issuance.
    3. The rights-of-way for telephone and electrical power purposes 
granted to Triangle Telephone Cooperative Inc., MTM-00999, and Big Flat 
Electric Cooperative Inc., MTM-00997.
    Detailed information concerning this action is available for review 
at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Malta Field Office, 501 
South 2nd Street East, HC 65, Box 5000, Malta, Montana 59538-0047.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, except for lease under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act. For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, interested persons may submit 
comments regarding the proposed classification and lease of the lands 
to the Field Office Manager, Malta Field Office 501 South 2nd Street 
East, HC 65, Box 5000, Malta, Montana 59538-0047.
    Classification Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
involving the suitability of the land for use as an amphitheater. 
Comments on the classification are restricted to whether the land is 
physically suited for the proposal, whether the use will maximize the 
future use or uses of the land, whether the use is consistent with 
local planning and zoning or if the use is consistent with State and 
Federal programs.
    Public comments submitted for this notice of realty action, 
including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available 
for public review at the Malta Field Office during regular business 
hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holiday. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or address from public review or from disclosure 
under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your comments. Such requests will be honored to the 
extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives of officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
    Application Comments: Interested parties may submit comments 
regarding the specific use proposed in the application and plan of 
development, whether the Bureau of Land Management followed proper 
administrative procedures in reaching the decision or any other factor 
not directly related to the suitability of the land for amphitheater.
    Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the 
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become 
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

Bruce W. Reed,
Malta Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-17210 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-84-P