[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 50957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22031]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLOR936000.L14400000.ET0000.17XL1109AF.HAG17-0080.WAOR068905]


Notice To Reopen Comment Period on Withdrawal Application and of 
Public Meeting in Methow Valley, WA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A Notice of Application for Withdrawal was published in the 
Federal Register on December 30, 2016, for approximately 340,079 acres 
of National Forest System lands located in the Methow Valley, Okanagan 
National Forest. The purpose of this Notice is to announce the date, 
time, and location of a public meeting to be held in connection with 
the withdrawal application submitted by the US Forest Service to the 
Secretary of the Interior and to reopen the public comment period.

DATES: The public comment period is reopened until November 13, 2018. A 
public meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on November 13, 2018, at the 
Red Barn, 51 North Highway 20, Winthrop, Washington.

ADDRESSES: The public may send written comments to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Oregon State Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, OR 97208-
2965, or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candice Polisky, USFS Pacific 
Northwest Region, 503-808-2479; Jacob Childers, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-808-6225. Persons who use a telecommunications device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 to contact either of the above individuals. The FRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will receive a reply 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Register Notice that was 
published on December 30, 2016 (81 FR 96481), stated that an 
opportunity for public meeting would be afforded in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal. The public will have the opportunity to verbally 
comment or provide written comments at the public meeting. The 
publication of the Federal Register Notice on December 30, 2016, was 
the official start of a 90-day public comment period, which ended on 
March 30, 2017. This Notice reopens the comment period until November 
13, 2018.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personally identifiable information in your comments, please be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personally identifiable 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask the BLM in your comment to withhold your personally identifiable 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    The meeting will be held in accordance with the regulations set 
forth in 43 CFR part 2310.3-1.

Lenore Heppler,
Chief, Branch of Land, Mineral, and Energy Resources.
[FR Doc. 2018-22031 Filed 10-9-18; 8:45 am]
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