[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59448-59449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21303]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT926000-223-L14400000.BJ0000; MO# 4500167252]


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 surveys 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. 
The surveys, which were executed at the request of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Billings Field Office, Billings, Montana are necessary for 
the management of these lands.

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 October 31, 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

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the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands surveyed are:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 4 S., R. 16 E.
    Sec. 7.

    A person or party who wishes to protest an official filing of a 
plat 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.
    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. 
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. A plat of survey will then be 
officially filed 30 days after the protest decision has been issued in 
accordance with 43 CFR part 4.
    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. 2022-21303 Filed 9-29-22; 8:45 am]
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