[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37022-37023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15604]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZA 32425]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Forest Service proposes to withdraw 
approximately 35 acres of National Forest System land to protect the 
Pole Bridge Research Natural Area on the Coronado National Forest. This 
notice segregates the land for up to 2 years from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws. The land will remain open to all 
other uses which may by law be made of National Forest System land.

DATES: Comments and meeting requests should be received on or before 
September 18, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Forest 
Supervisor, Coronado National Forest, 300 W. Congress, Tucson, AZ 
85701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverley Everson, Coronado National 
Forest, 300 W. Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701, 520-670-4571.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service proposes to withdraw the 
following described National Forest System land from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Coronado National Forest, Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 18 S., R. 30 E.,
Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW \1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, excluding those portions within the Chiricahua Wilderness 
Area.

    The area described contains approximately 35 acres in Cochise 
County.

    All persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or objections 
in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their views in 
writing, by the date specified above, to the Forest Supervisor of the 
Coronado National Forest.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is

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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 Forest 
Supervisor of the Coronado National Forest, 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 and a 
newspaper having a general circulation in the vicinity of the land at 
least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The withdrawal application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from June 20, 2003, in accordance with 43 
CFR 2310.2(a), the land will be segregated from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, unless the withdrawal application 
is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date.

    Dated: May 13, 2003.
Carol A. Kershaw,
Acting Deputy State Director, Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-15604 Filed 6-19-03; 8:45 am]
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