[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 55204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27458]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-031-1430-ET; UTU 44415]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for 
Public Meeting; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, has filed an application to 
extend Public Land Order No. 6132 for a 20-year period. This order 
withdrew public land from location or entry under the mining laws to 
protect the Escalante Administrative Site.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
January 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Monument 
Manager, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 180 West 300 
North, Kanab, Utah 84741.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darrell Olsen, Realty Specialist, 
Escalante Field Station, P.O. Box 225, Escalante, Utah, 84726, 435-826-
5611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Land Management proposes to 
extend Public Land Order No. 6132 for an additional 20-year period. 
Public Land Order No. 6132, which expires on February 16, 2002, 
withdrew 40 acres from location or entry under the mining laws to 
protect the Bureau of Land Management's Escalante Administrative Site.
    All persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or objections 
in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension may present their 
views in writing, by the date specified above, to the Monument Manager, 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kanab, Utah.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension. All 
interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being 
heard on the proposed withdrawal extension must submit a written 
request, by the date specified above, to the Monument Manager, Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kanab, Utah. Upon determination 
by the authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice 
of the time and place will be published in the Federal Register and a 
newspaper 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.

Roger Zortman,
Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-27458 Filed 10-31-01; 8:45 am]
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