[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 58823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23643]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-050-1430-01; MTM 91719]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, proposes to withdraw 
approximately 400.917 acres of public land to protect resources 
acquired in the Axolotl Lakes area. This notice closes the land for up 
to 2 years from surface entry and mining. The land has been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments must be received by December 17, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the State 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office, P.O. Box 
36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Perry, Dillon Field Office, 100 
Selway Drive, Dillon, Montana 59725, (406) 683-2337, or Sandra Ward, 
Montana State Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, (406) 
896-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 9, 2002, a petition was approved 
allowing the Bureau of Land Management to file an application to 
withdraw the following described land from settlement, sale, location 
and entry under the general land laws, including location and entry 
under the mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing 
laws.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 7 S., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\SE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    Tract C, as shown on Perrault No. 1 Minor Subdivision Plat filed 
in Book 4 of Plats, Page 267, in the records of Madison County, 
Montana and being a tract of land located in the S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of 
sec. 8 of T. 7 S., R. 2 W., and
    Tract D, as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 1277, filed in 
Book 7 of Surveys, Page 1277, in the records of Madison County, 
Montana and being a tract of land located in S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of sec. 8 
and the S\1/2\N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\ of sec. 9 of T. 7 S., R. 2 W.
    The land described above contains 400.917 acres in Madison 
County

    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the Montana 
State Director within 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice. 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 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 part 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated as specified 
above, subject to valid existing rights, unless the proposal is denied 
or canceled or the withdrawal is finalized prior to the end of the 
segregation.

    Dated: August 15, 2002.
Howard A. Lemm,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 02-23643 Filed 9-17-02; 8:45 am]
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