[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5881]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-921-07-5870-HN]


Call for Nominations of Lands or Interest in Lands for Potential 
Purchase by the Federal Government in the State of Utah; Identification 
of Procedures for Identifying and Prioritizing Acquisition of Lands or 
Interest in Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation 
Act of 2000 (43 U.S.C. 2303) (FLTFA), this notice seeks the nomination 
of property for possible acquisition by Federal agencies. The notice 
also provides information on the procedures established for (1) the 
identification of lands or interests in lands for which a landowner has 
indicated a desire to sell the lands or interest therein to the United 
States; and (2) the prioritization for acquisition of the in-holdings.

DATES: Nominations may be submitted at any time following the 
publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be mailed to the agency listed below 
having jurisdiction over the federally designated area where the 
property is located. The nominations should be sent to the attention of 
the FLTFA Program Coordinator.

Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84145-0155.
National Park Service, Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, NM 
87504-0728.
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 
84401.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain Prairie Region, Division of 
Realty, P.O. Box 25486, DFC, Lakewood, CO 80225-04868.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Wehking, FLTFA Program 
Coordinator, BLM Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 
Lake City, UT 84101; Phone: 801-539-4114; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with FLTFA, the four Federal 
agencies noted above are offering to the public an opportunity to 
nominate lands in the State of Utah for possible Federal acquisition. 
Under the provisions of FLTFA, only the following non-Federal lands are 
eligible for nomination: (1) Inholdings within a federally designated 
area; or (2) Lands or interests in lands adjacent to federally 
designated areas that contain exceptional resources. The term 
inholdings in lands means any right, title, or interest held by a non-
Federal entity, in a tract of land that lies within the boundary of a 
federally designated area. A federally designated area is an area set 
aside for special management on or before July 25, 2000, including 
national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, national 
monuments, national conservation areas, national riparian conservation 
areas, national recreation areas, national scenic areas, areas of 
critical environmental concern, national outstanding natural areas, 
national natural landmarks, research natural areas, wilderness or 
wilderness study areas, and units of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System 
or National Trails System. The term exceptional resource refers to a 
resource of scientific, natural, historic, cultural or recreational 
value that has been documented by a Federal, state, or local government 
authority, and for which there is a compelling need for conservation 
and protection under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency in order to 
maintain the resource for the benefit of the public. Nominations 
meeting the above criteria may be submitted by any individual, group or 
governmental body. If submitted by a party other than the landowner, 
the nomination must be accompanied with a written confirmation from the 
landowner of their desire to sell. Nominations will only be considered 
eligible by the agencies if: (1) The nomination package is complete; 
(2) a Federal land use plan calls for acquisition of the land or 
interest in land being nominated; (3) the land does not contain a 
hazardous substance or is not otherwise contaminated; (4) the land 
would not be difficult or uneconomic to manage as Federal land; and (5) 
acceptable title can be conveyed in accordance with Federal title 
standards. The agencies will assess the nominations for public benefits 
in accordance with a jointly prepared State level Interagency 
Implementation Agreement for FLTFA and a National level Interagency 
Memorandum of Understanding among the agencies and will rank the 
nominations. The nomination and identification of an inholding does not 
obligate the landowner to convey the property nor does it obligate the 
United States to acquire the property. All Federal land acquisitions 
must be at fair market value consistent with applicable provisions of 
the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
    Further information, including the required contents for a 
nomination package, and details of the Statewide Interagency 
Implementation Agreement, may be obtained by contacting Joy Wehking at 
the address noted above.

    Authority: Sec. 204, Pub. L. 106-248 (43 U.S.C. 2301).

Selma Sierra,
State Director, Utah.
[FR Doc. E7-5881 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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