[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2436-2437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00598]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WYW 183391]


Notice of Application for Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public 
Meeting, Burgess Junction Visitor Center and Administrative Site; 
Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an 
application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that 
the Secretary of the Interior withdraw approximately 73 acres of 
National Forest System land from location and entry under the mining 
laws in order to protect capital improvements constructed for the 
Burgess Junction Visitor Center and Administrative Site in the Bighorn 
National Forest. This notice temporarily segregates the land for up to 
2 years from location and entry under the United States mining laws 
while the withdrawal application is being processed. This notice also 
gives the public an opportunity to comment on the withdrawal 
application and to request a public meeting. The land has been and will 
remain open to such forms of disposition allowed by law on National 
Forest System land and to mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received on 
or before April 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the BLM 
Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Laurent, USDA Forest Service, 
Region 2, Supervisors Office, 2013 Eastside Second Street, Sheridan,

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Wyoming 82801; telephone 307-674-2656; email [email protected]; or 
Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; telephone 307-775-6257; email 
[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 individuals. The FIRS is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the 
above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the USFS. The application 
requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw, subject to valid 
existing rights, the following described National Forest System land 
from location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for a period of 20 years, 
to protect the capital improvements constructed for the Burgess 
Junction Visitor Center and Administrative Site:

Bighorn National Forest

Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 56 N., R. 88 W.,
    Sec. 31, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, those portions lying 
northwesterly of the centerline of United States Highway 14;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and 
NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, those portions lying northeasterly of the 
centerline of United States Highway 14.

    The area described contains approximately 73 acres in Sheridan 
County. The purpose of the requested withdrawal is to protect the 
capital improvements constructed for the administrative site. The use 
of a right-of-way, interagency or cooperative agreement would not 
adequately constrain nondiscretionary uses which could result in 
permanent loss of the facilities at the site.
    There are no suitable alternative sites as the described lands 
contain a fully constructed visitor center and administrative site. 
Moving the facilities to a different location would not be economical 
or practical.
    No additional water rights would be needed to fulfill the purpose 
of the requested withdrawal. There is a well on the site for domestic 
purposes and a water rights permit is in place to the United States.
    Records relating to the application may be examined by contacting 
Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State Office, at the above address; 
telephone 307-775-6257; email [email protected].
    For the period until April 16, 2015, all persons who wish to submit 
comments, suggestions or objections in connection with the withdrawal 
application may present their views in writing to the BLM Wyoming State 
Office at the address noted above. Comments, including names and street 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
BLM Wyoming State Office at the address above during regular business 
hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you may 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public 
meeting is afforded in connection with the application for withdrawal. 
All interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of 
being heard on the application for withdrawal must submit a written 
request to the BLM Wyoming State Director no later than April 16, 2015. 
If the authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be 
held, a notice of the time and place will be published in the Federal 
Register and through local newspapers, at least 30 days before the 
scheduled date of the meeting.
    For a period until January 16, 2017, subject to existing rights, 
the land described in this notice will be segregated from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws unless the application is 
denied or cancelled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. 
Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements or discretionary land use 
authorizations of a temporary nature which will not significantly 
impact the values to be protected by the withdrawal may be allowed with 
the approval of the authorized officer of the USFS during the temporary 
segregative period.
    This application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.

Donald A. Simpson,
State Director, Wyoming.
[FR Doc. 2015-00598 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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