[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13436]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT926000-L14200000-BJ0000]


Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; North Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of survey.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of 
survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, 
Billings, Montana, on July 5, 2012.

DATES: Protests of the survey must be filed before July 5, 2012 to be 
considered.

ADDRESSES: Protests of the survey should be sent to the Branch of 
Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101-4669.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor, 
Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate 
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, telephone (406) 896-5124 or (406) 
896-5009, [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during 
normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This survey was executed at the request of 
the Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals, Bureau of Land Management, Montana 
State Office, Billings, Montana, and was necessary to determine Federal 
Leasable Mineral Lands.
    The lands we surveyed are:

Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota

T. 148 N., R. 97 W.

    The plat, in 11 sheets, representing the dependent resurvey of a 
portion of the 12th standard parallel, through Ranges 96 and 97 
West, a portion of the south boundary, a portion of the 
subdivisional lines, and the adjusted original meanders of the 
former left and right banks of the Little Missouri River, through 
sections 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 21, 22, 28, and 33, the subdivision of 
certain sections, and the survey of the meanders of the present left 
and right banks of the Little Missouri River, through sections 3, 4, 
9, 10, 15, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 33, the limits of erosion in sections 
3, 4, 9, 15, 21, and 22, the left and right banks and medial line of 
an abandoned channel of the Little Missouri River in sections 15 and 
22, and certain division of accretion and partition lines, Township 
148 North, Range 97 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota, 
was accepted May 23, 2012. We will place a copy of the plat, in 11 
sheets, and related field notes we described in the open files. They 
will be available to the public as a matter of information. If the 
BLM receives a protest against this survey, as shown on this plat, 
in 11 sheets, prior to the date of the official filing, we will stay 
the filing pending our consideration of the protest. We will not 
officially file this plat, in 11 sheets, until the day after we have 
accepted or dismissed all protests and they have become final, 
including decisions or appeals.

    Authority:  43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.

James D. Claflin,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 2012-13436 Filed 6-1-12; 8:45 am]
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