[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26986-26987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09616]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTC02200 L14400000.FR0000; MO #4500143799; MTM 109178]


Notice of Availability/Notice of Realty Action: Environmental 
Assessment of the Direct Sale of the Reversionary Interest on the Miles 
Community College Patent and Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment 
to the 2015 Miles City Field Office Resource Management Plan, Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), Montana Miles City Field Office (MCFO) has prepared 
an environmental assessment (EA) and proposal to amend the 2015 MCFO 
Resource Management Plan (RMP), as amended. The EA is in response to 
Miles Community College's (MCC) request for a direct sale of the United 
States' (U.S.) reversionary interest in the Recreation and Public 
Purpose (R&PP) Act Patent No. 25-92-0078 for 11.83 acres at fair market 
value of $272,000, under the authority of FLPMA. By this notice, the 
BLM is announcing the opening of the comment period on the EA, realty 
action, and Draft RMP amendment.

DATES: To ensure that comments are considered, written comments 
regarding the EA, realty action, and Draft RMP amendment must be 
submitted to the BLM within 45 days following the date that the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of 
Availability (NOA) in the Federal

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Register. The EPA typically publishes its NOAs every Friday.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Website: https://bit.ly/36pwGth.
     Mail: Bureau of Land Management; Miles City Field Office; 
Beth Klempel; 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301.
    Copies of the EA are available at the MCFO at the above address or 
may be reviewed at: https://bit.ly/36pwGth.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Klempel, Assistant Field Manager 
for the Division of Nonrenewable Resources by telephone at 406-233-
2800, or by email at [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay 
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for Ms. 
Klempel. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will 
receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM patented the subject land's surface 
estate to MCC in 1992 under the R&PP Act for the college's educational 
purposes, including a rodeo arena for equestrian events, recreation 
facilities and agriculture related courses and programs. The patent is 
subject to a reversionary interest which only allows MCC to use the 
land in accordance with the patent and plan of development. The U.S. 
retained an interest in the land in which title could revert back to 
the U.S. if the land is not used for the purposes authorized under the 
R&PP Act or if the land is transferred to another party without the 
BLM's approval. In 2016, MCC built an Agricultural Advancement Center 
(indoor arena) on the subject land. On June 3, 2016, the BLM received a 
request from MCC to purchase the Federal reversionary interest retained 
by the U.S. The reversionary interest in the following land is proposed 
for a direct sale in accordance with Section 203 of the FLPMA, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 1713).

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 7 N., R 47 E.,
    Sec. 5, Tract X.

    The area described above contains 11.83 acres.

    The conveyance document issued would convey only the reversionary 
interest retained by the U.S. in patent 25-92-0078 and would contain 
terms, conditions and reservations.
    The 2015 RMP, as amended, does not specifically identify Tract X 
for disposal since it was patented to MCC under the R&PP Act prior to 
the RMP being issued. A direct sale of the reversionary interest would 
require a plan amendment to the RMP.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in any comment, be aware that 
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 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.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1506, 43 CFR 1610.2, and 43 CFR 2711 et seq.)

John Mehlhoff,
State Director, Montana/Dakotas.
[FR Doc. 2020-09616 Filed 5-5-20; 8:45 am]
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