[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16828-16829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8304]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-025-1430-ES; G-03-0065]


Notice of intent to amend the Three Rivers Resource Management 
Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Three Rivers Resource Management 
Plan (RMP).

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) intends to amend an RMP for the Three Rivers Resource 
Area. BLM intends to consider a land tenure adjustment allocation and 
associated land sale proposal, which would require amending an existing 
land use plan. The Three Rivers Resource Area covers the management of 
public land administered by the BLM in northern Harney County, Oregon. 
The plan amendment will fulfill the needs and obligations set forth by 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act (FLPMA), and BLM management policies. The BLM will 
work collaboratively with interested parties to identify the management 
decisions that

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are best suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns.

DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process. Comments on 
issues and planning criteria can be submitted in writing to the address 
listed below for 30 days following the publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. Comments will be considered in an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) and plan amendment to be prepared by an 
interdisciplinary team, which will analyze the impacts of this proposal 
and a reasonable range of alternatives. No public meetings or field 
trips are scheduled at this time, but could be arranged if there is 
sufficient public interest. Any such meetings will be announced in the 
Burns Times-Herald with a minimum of 15 days advance notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the proposed amendment, classification, 
and conveyance should be sent to the BLM Three Rivers Resource Area 
Field Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, OR 97738. Existing planning 
documents and information will be mailed to all known interested 
parties, and are available at the above address during normal working 
hours or online at the Burns District Web site at http://www.or.blm.gov/Burns under ``Planning Documents'' or by phone at (541) 
573-4400. Availability of planning documents will be announced in the 
Burns Times-Herald.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Skip Renchler, Realty Specialist, 
Three Rivers Resource Area, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the amendment is to 
facilitate the conveyance of public land containing the Burns Butte 
Shooting Range to the Burns Butte Sportsman's Club (Club). The Club has 
leased the land pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 
June 14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) since 1992, and has 
fully developed the range in accordance with their approved plan of 
development. They have now made application to purchase the land under 
the Act. The existing RMP identifies the land for retention (Land 
Tenure Zone 1). If the plan amendment is approved the land will be 
rezoned for disposal through appropriate sale authorities (Land Tenure 
Zone 3).
    The following described land is the subject of this proposed plan 
amendment and is being examined for classification and conveyance under 
the Recreation and Public Purposes Act:

Willamette Meridian

    T.23S., R.30E.
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The land described above aggregates 240 acres in Harney County, 
Oregon.

    When completed, the EA and, if appropriate, Finding of No 
Significant Impact, will be available for a 30-day comment period.
    There are no known significant issues related to this project as a 
change in land ownership is not expected to alter existing land uses. 
The interdisciplinary team will include, at a minimum, specialists in 
land use planning, realty, recreation, wildlife biology, and hazardous 
materials.
    Comments, including names and addresses of commentors, will be 
available for public review. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name and/or address from 
public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written 
comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. 
All submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for inspection in their entirety.

Joan M. Suther,
Three Rivers Resource Area Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-8304 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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