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purposes. This action opens the lands to 

the operation of the public land laws. 

The lands have been and will remain 

open to mining and mineral leasing. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 14, 

2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Bingham, Bureau of Land 

Management, Idaho State Office, 1387 

South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 

208–373–3866. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the expired orders describing the lands 

involved are available at the Bureau of 

Land Management Idaho State Office 

(address above). All of the lands have 

been and will remain open to mining 

and mineral leasing. 

1. The withdrawal established by the 

Secretarial Order of May 17, 1918, and 

Public Land Order No. 3398, (29 FR 

6686 (May 22, 1964)), as modified by 

Public Land Order No. 6436 (48 FR 

33711 (July 25, 1983)), which withdrew 

60,744.74 acres public lands from the 

operation of the public land laws for a 

period of 20 years for stock driveway 

purposes, expired on July 24, 2003. 

2. The withdrawal established by the 

Secretarial Order of July 17, 1918, as 

modified by Public Land Order No. 

6518 (49 FR 5924 (February 16, 1984)), 

which withdrew 1,280.68 acres public 

lands from the operation of the public 

land laws for a period of 20 years for 

stock driveway purposes, expired on 

March 16, 2004. 

3. In accordance with 43 CFR 2091.6, 

at 8:30 a.m. on February 14, 2011, the 

lands withdrawn by the orders listed in 

Paragraphs 1 and 2 above will be 

opened to the operation of the public 

land laws generally, subject to valid 

existing rights, the provisions of existing 

withdrawals, other segregations of 

record, and the requirements of 

applicable law. All valid applications 

received at or prior to 8:30 a.m. on 

February 14, 2011, shall be considered 

as simultaneously filed at that time. 

Those received thereafter shall be 

considered in the order of filing. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2091.6. 

Jerry L. Taylor, 

Chief, Branch of Lands, Minerals and Water 

Rights, Resource Services Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCONO3000.L1610000.DSO000] 

Notice of Intent To Amend the Grand 

Junction Resource Management Plan, 

Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment, and Notice of Realty 

Action, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent and Notice of 

Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Grand Junction, 

Colorado, Regional Airport Authority 

has requested the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Grand Junction 

Field Office (GJFO) to consider the 

transfer of title to approximately 720 

acres of public land for airport 

improvements, including relocation and 

construction of the main runway for the 

Grand Junction Regional Airport. Public 

Land Order No. 7027 (59 FR 3000 

January 20, 1994) withdrew these lands 

from mining claim location in 

anticipation of a need for future airport 

expansion. The BLM’s consideration of 

the Grand Junction Regional Airport 

Authority’s (Airport Authority) request 

initiates a BLM Notice of Intent to 

initiate a public scoping process to 

amend the BLM GJFO 1987 Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and prepare an 

Environmental Analysis (EA). The 

request also initiates a Notice of Realty 

Action (NORA) to assist the BLM in 

determining whether granting the 

requested title conveyance is consistent 

with the needs of the Department of the 

Interior. This notice initiates the public 

scoping process and concurrent 

opportunity for submission of public 

comments for the EA, RMP 

Amendment, and NORA. 

DATES: Comments on this project, the 

NORA, or the proposed transfer of title 

to the Airport Authority may be 

submitted in writing until February 28, 

2011. The date(s) and location(s) of 

scoping meetings will be announced at 

least 15 days in advance through local 

media, newspapers and the BLM Web 

site at: http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ 

gjfo.html. In order to be included in the 

EA, all comments must be received 

prior to the close of the scoping period 

or 45 days after the last public meeting, 

whichever is later. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the Grand Junction Field 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

2815 H. Road, Grand Junction, Colorado 

81506, or via fax at (970) 244–3083. 

E-mail comments may be sent to 

GJFO_mail@blm.gov. Comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents, will be available for public 

review at the BLM GJFO, during regular 

business hours 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 

p.m., Monday–Friday, except holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list contact 

Robin Lacy, Project Manager, telephone 

(970) 244–3028. Project documents may 

be reviewed on the BLM GJFO Web site 

at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/gjfo. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the public scoping process is 

to identify those issues that should be 

considered in the EA and to initiate 

public participation in the planning 

process. BLM and Airport Authority 

personnel will be present at scoping 

meetings to explain the proposed action 

and other requirements for preparing 

the EA. Interested parties can request 

notification of any encumbrances or 

other claims relating to the land. 

Customary Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) conditions, in 

draft, that are proposed to be included 

in a land patent from the United States 

to the Airport Authority will also be 

available for review. The public lands 

requested for title transfer are within the 

jurisdiction of the BLM GJFO adjacent 

to the Grand Junction Regional Airport 

in the North Desert and are described as 

follows: 

Ute Principal Meridian 

T. 1 N., R. 1 W., 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 24, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

T. 1 N., R. 1 E., 

Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 29, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 30, lot 1, NE1⁄4, and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The areas described contain 

approximately 720 acres in Mesa 

County. 

These are public lands administered 

by the BLM GJFO and do not include 

any private, State, tribal trust or Federal 

lands not administered by the BLM, the 

lands proposed for the title transfer to 

the Airport Authority are currently 

withdrawn from the United States 

mining laws by Public Land Order No. 


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7027 (59 FR 3000 (1994)), and are not 

intended for further segregation. 

The EA will fulfill the needs and 

obligations set forth by the National 

Environmental Policy Act and 

associated Council of Environmental 

Quality Regulations (40 CFR 1500). The 

EA will also fulfill requirements of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1701, 

Section 516 of the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 

2215), Airport Grant regulations at 43 

CFR 2640, applicable planning 

regulations at 43 CFR 1600, and BLM 

management policies. 

The purpose of the proposed land title 

transfer from the United States to the 

Airport Authority is to fulfill the BLM’s 

intent to make such lands available to 

the Airport Authority for a beneficial 

public use as described in the 1991 

Memorandum of Understanding 

between the BLM and the Airport 

Authority. As authorized through the 

FLPMA, these lands will also be 

considered for title transfer to the 

Airport Authority in an amendment to 

the Grand Junction RMP. The BLM will 

determine whether or not to transfer 

title to the lands based on the EA, and 

the assessed environmental impacts of 

transferring title to the lands. 

The purpose of the runway relocation 

is to comply with the FAA design 

standards by correcting deficiencies 

related to runway and taxiway gradients 

and to eliminate intersecting runways at 

the airport. The need for the proposed 

runway relocation is to increase safety 

at the Grand Junction Regional Airport, 

which is one of the few commercial 

service airports in the State of Colorado 

that still has a geometric runway layout 

consisting of an intersecting crosswind 

runway. The runway intersection 

increases the potential for runway 

incursions, which are defined by the 

FAA as ‘‘any occurrence at an 

aerodrome involving the incorrect 

presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person 

on the protected area of a surface 

designated for the landing and takeoff of 

aircraft.’’ Increasing runway safety has 

been made a high priority in recent 

years and the FAA has published 

guidance on improving runway safety 

through airfield configuration. Also, 

several design components of the 

runway at Grand Junction Regional 

Airport do not meet the FAA design 

standards, including the following: 

Runway 11/29 Transverse Gradient. 

Portions of the runway exceed the maximum 

recommended design standard of 1.5 percent; 

Runway 11/29 Longitudinal Gradient. A 

portion of the runway near the approach end 

of Runway 29 exceeds the maximum 

recommended design standard of 0.8 percent; 

Runway 11/29 Connecting Taxiway 

Gradient. A number of the connecting 

taxiways between Runway 11/29 and parallel 

Taxiway ‘‘A’’ exceed the maximum 

recommended design standard of 1.5 percent; 

and 

Runway 11/29 and Runway 4/22 Runway 

Visibility Zone (RVZ). Numerous structures 

obstruct line of sight between runway midpoints. 

The BLM seeks resource information 

and data for other public land values 

[i.e., air quality, cultural and historic 

resources, fire and fuels, fisheries, 

forestry, lands and realty, non-energy 

minerals and geology, oil and gas 

(including coalbed methane), 

paleontology, rangeland management, 

recreation, soil, water, and wildlife] in 

the BLM GJFO planning area. The 

purpose of this request is to assure that 

the planning effort has sufficient 

information to consider a reasonable 

range of resource uses, management 

options, and alternatives for the public 

lands involved. 

Proprietary data marked as 

confidential may be submitted in 

response to this call for coal, oil and gas, 

and other resource information. Please 

submit all proprietary information 

submissions to the address listed above. 

The BLM will treat submissions marked 

as ‘‘Confidential’’ in accordance with the 

laws and regulations governing the 

confidentiality of such information. 

The BLM GJFO will work 

collaboratively with interested parties to 

identify the management actions and 

decisions that are best suited to local, 

regional, and national needs. Potential 

issues that have been identified to date 

include, but are not limited to the 

following general categories: Wildlife 

(including birds); vegetation (including 

weeds and invasive plant species); 

threatened, endangered, and sensitive 

species; public access; visual concerns; 

cultural resources; tribal concerns; 

rangeland resources; geology and soils; 

hydrology; recreation resources; 

hazardous materials; air quality; noise; 

and socio-economics. The BLM has 

established a 45-day scoping period 

during which affected tribes, 

landowners, concerned citizens, special 

interest groups, local governments, and 

any other interested parties are invited 

to comment on the scope of the EA. 

Scoping will help the BLM identify the 

full range of issues that should be 

addressed in the EA. 

Authority: Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of September 3, 1982 (49 

U.S.C. 4761, 49 U.S.C. 47101 et seq., 3 CFR 

2640 et seq.). 

Helen M. Hankins, 

State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTC0400.L14300000.

EU0000;SDM101126] 

Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of 

Public Land in Lawrence County, SD 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), South Dakota Field 

Office, proposes to sell a parcel of 

public land consisting of 0.03 acres in 

Lawrence County, South Dakota, to 

Keith Sauls for the appraised fair market 

value of $183. 

DATES: Comments regarding the 

proposed sale must be received by the 

BLM on or before February 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning the proposed sale should be 

sent to the Field Manager, BLM, South 

Dakota Field Office, 310 Roundup 

Street, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 

57717. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Berdan, Realty Specialist, BLM, 

South Dakota Field Office, 310 Roundup 

Street, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 

57717 or phone (605) 892–7000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land is being 

proposed for direct sale to Keith Sauls 

in accordance with Sections 203 and 

209 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as 

amended (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719); 

Black Hills Meridian 

T. 5 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 26, Lot 16. 

The area described contains 0.03 acres, 

more or less, in Lawrence County. 

The BLM proposes to sell this land to 

Keith Sauls for the appraised fair market 

value of $183. The public land is 

identified as suitable for disposal in the 

BLM’s 1986 South Dakota Resource 

Area Management Plan, as amended, 

and is not needed for any other Federal 

purpose. 

The public land proposed for sale 

consists of a tiny lot on which a corner 

of a home was built. The BLM is 

proposing a direct sale to the 

homeowner, in accordance with 43 CFR 


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