[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23683]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 79768]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Notice of Public Meeting; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project 
Completion Act Office, proposes to withdraw, for a term of 20 years, 
approximately 6,450 acres of National Forest System lands to protect 
the Utah Lake and the Diamond Fork Systems. This notice segregates the 
lands for up to 2 years from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws. The lands will remain open to all other uses which may by 
law be made of National Forest System lands. This notice also announces 
a public meeting.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before January 20, 2005. A 
public meeting is scheduled for December 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Program Director, Central 
Utah Project (CUP) Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, 
Utah 84606-7317.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Murray, CUP Completion Act 
Office, 801-379-1237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior, Central Utah 
Project Completion Act Office, has filed an application to withdraw, 
pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714, the following described National Forest System 
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, for 
a period of 20 years, subject to valid existing rights:

Salt Lake Meridian

Unita National Forest

T. 7 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 21, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 9 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 1, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 9 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 18, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 8 S., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 9, 10, 15 and 16, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 11, W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 9 S., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 10 S., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2.
T. 8 S., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 9 S., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 4 and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 19, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, lots 10, 11, and 12, E\1/2\, 
and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to10, inclusive, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 6,450 acres in Utah 
County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the Federal 
investment in the proposed Utah Lake and the Diamond Fork Systems, 
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.
    Discretionary land use authorizations may be allowed during the 
segregative period, but only with the approval of an authorized office 
of the Forest Service and with the concurrence of an authorized officer 
of the Department of the Interior.
    The use of a right-of-way or an interagency agreement is not 
considered to be a desirable or acceptable alternative.
    There are no other sites where the systems could be economically 
constructed.
    No water rights will be needed to fulfill the purpose of the 
requested withdrawal.
    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 Program Director, CUP 
Completion Act Office.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the CUP Completion Act Office, 302 
East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606-7317, during regular business hours, 
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or address from public review or from disclosure 
under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your comments. 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 public inspection in their entirety.
    Notice is hereby given that a public meeting will be held to 
provide an opportunity for public comment regarding the proposed 
withdrawal. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 
1, 2004, at the CUP Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, 
Utah.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from October 22, 2004, in accordance with 
43 CFR 2310.2(a), the lands will be segregated from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws, unless the application is denied 
or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1); 43 CFR 2310.3-1(a))

    Dated: October 12, 2004.
Kent Hoffman,
Deputy State Director, Division of Land and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 04-23683 Filed 10-21-04; 8:45 am]
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