[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 54136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23489]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT926000-XXX-L19100000.BK0000-LRCSE1802700; MO# 4500129344]


Filing of Plats of Survey; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of official filing.

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SUMMARY: The plats of survey for the lands described in this notice are 
scheduled to be officially filed 30 calendar days after the date of 
this publication in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana.

DATES: Protests must be received by the BLM Montana State Office by 
November 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be obtained from the Public Room at 
the BLM Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 
59101, upon required payment. The plats may be viewed at this location 
at no cost. A person or party who wishes to protest an official filing 
of a plat of survey must file a written notice of protest with the BLM 
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana at this same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Alexander, BLM Chief Cadastral 
Surveyor for Montana; telephone: (406) 896-5123; email: 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at (800) 877-8339 
to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 
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: The survey was conducted at the request of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Real Property, 
Washington, DC, as provided for by Public Law 115-175, the Black Hills 
National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act, and Interagency Agreement No. 
36C10F-18-M-3356, executed with the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Office of Real Property, Washington, DC, dated August 8, 2018. The 
survey is necessary to establish the boundary and legal description of 
lands to be transferred from the administrative jurisdiction of 
Secretary of the Interior, BLM, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for use as a national cemetery in accordance with Public Law 115-175.
    The lands surveyed are:

Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota

T. 5 N, R. 5 E
    Secs. 23 and 26.

    The survey includes the following described land to be transferred 
under the authority of Public Law 115-175 as follows:

Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota

T. 5 N, R. 5 E
Tract 40.

    Containing 181.32 acres, all in Meade County, South Dakota

    The notice of protest must identify the plat(s) of survey that the 
person or party wishes to protest. The notice of protest must be 
received in the BLM Montana State Office no later than the scheduled 
date of the proposed official filing for the plat(s) of survey being 
protested; if received after regular business hours, a notice of 
protest will be considered filed the next business day. A written 
statement of reasons in support of the protest, if not filed with the 
notice of protest, must be filed with the BLM Chief Cadastral Surveyor 
for Montana within 30 calendar days after the notice of protest is 
received.
    If a notice of protest of the plat(s) of survey is received prior 
to the scheduled date of official filing or during the 10 calendar day 
grace period provided in 43 CFR 4.401(a) and the delay in filing is 
waived, the official filing of the plat(s) of survey identified in the 
notice of protest will be stayed pending consideration of the protest. 
A plat of survey will not be officially filed until the next business 
day after all timely protests have been dismissed or otherwise 
resolved, including appeals.
    If a notice of protest is received after the scheduled date of 
official filing and the 10 calendar day grace period provided in 43 CFR 
4.401(a), the notice of protest will be untimely, may not be 
considered, and may be dismissed.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in a notice of protest or 
statement of reasons, you should be aware that the documents you 
submit--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available in their entirety at any time. While you can ask us 
to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chapter 3)


Joshua F. Alexander,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana.
[FR Doc. 2018-23489 Filed 10-25-18; 8:45 am]
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