[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 13309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04978]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT929000-212-L14400000.BJ0000; MO#450015384]


Notice of Proposed Filing of Plats of Survey; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed official filing.

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SUMMARY: The plats of survey for the lands described in this notice 
were filed on June 28, 2021, in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
Montana State Office, Billings, Montana. This publication provides 
notice and an opportunity for the public to protest the determinations 
made on the June 28, 2021, plats of survey.

DATES: A person or party who wishes to protest this decision must file 
a notice of protest in time for it to be received in the BLM Montana 
State Office no later than April 8, 2022.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Alexander, BLM Chief Cadastral 
Surveyor for Montana; telephone: (406) 896-5123; email: 
[email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, 
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services 
for contacting Mr. Alexander. Individuals outside the United States 
should use the relay services offered within their country to make 
international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The survey was executed at the request of 
the Field Manager, Miles City Field Office, Miles City, Montana and was 
necessary to exclude a privately owned cemetery from the land 
description of a proposed BLM land acquisition known as the Lower 
Musselshell River Acquisition Project. The BLM recorded the plats of 
survey in the Garfield County Courthouse on June 28, 2021, to create 
the new land descriptions for the title opinion of the proposed 
acquisition. After the plats were filed and recorded, the BLM and the 
private landowner terminated the entire proposed land acquisition. Even 
though the proposed land acquisition was terminated, this notice is 
intended to provide the public with an opportunity to protest the BLM's 
corner determinations and land descriptions as shown on the plats of 
survey.
    The lands surveyed are:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 18 N., R. 30 E.
    Sec. 18.

    A person or party who wishes to protest the filed plats of survey 
identified earlier must file a written notice of protest with the BLM 
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana at the address listed in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice. 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 date described in the DATES section of this notice; 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.
    Upon receipt of a timely protest, and after a review of the 
protest, the Authorized Officer will issue a decision either dismissing 
or otherwise resolving the protest.
    If a notice of protest is received after the date described in the 
DATES section of this notice 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. 2022-04978 Filed 3-8-22; 8:45 am]
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