[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1486]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-930-01-1060-JJ]


Notice of Intent To Remove Wild Horses From Public Lands and 
Notice of Public Hearing on the Use of Helicopters and Motor Vehicles 
in Wild Horse Removal Operations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
SUMMARY: The Wild, Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act, as amended (PL 92-
195), provides, among other things, that excess wild horses shall be 
removed from public lands.
    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to remove 225 horses from 
the Stewart Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) and the area outside HMA 
boundaries known as I-80 North Beginning February 15, 2002, and 
continuing through March 30, 2002. This will reduce the population in 
the Stewart Creek HMA to the Appropriate Management Level (AML).
    The Wild, Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act also provides for the 
use of aircraft and motor vehicles in all phases of the administration 
of the Act. The Code of Federal Regulations, at 43 CFR 4740.1 provides 
(a) that the authorized officer conducts a public hearing in the area 
where such use is to be made.
    The BLM has and plans to continue use of helicopters in the removal 
of wild, free roaming horses from the public lands within the Rawlins, 
Lander, Rock Springs, Cody, and Big Horn Basin Field Office 
jurisdictions in calender year 2002.
    Pursuant to the requirements noted above, the BLM will conduct a 
public hearing on the use of helicopters and motor vehicles in 
gathering operations during the calendar year of 2002. The hearing will 
occur on Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 3 p.m., in the large conference 
room of the Rock Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 
located at 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming.

DATES: Hearing Date: February 12, 2002. Roundup dates: March 1 through 
March 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Helicopter Hearing will be held at the Rock Springs 
Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: State Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003-1828. Phone: (307) 775-
6256.

    Dated: January 14, 2002.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 02-1486 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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