Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 204 / Friday, October 22, 2004 / Notices 62075

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[UTU 79768] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Notice of Public Meeting; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Office, proposes to 

withdraw, for a term of 20 years, 

approximately 6,450 acres of National 

Forest System lands to protect the Utah 

Lake and the Diamond Fork Systems. 

This notice segregates the lands for up 

to 2 years from location and entry under 

the United States mining laws. The 

lands will remain open to all other uses 

which may by law be made of National 

Forest System lands. This notice also 

announces a public meeting.

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before January 20, 2005. A public 

meeting is scheduled for December 1, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Program Director, Central Utah 

Project (CUP) Completion Act Office, 

302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 

84606–7317.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reed Murray, CUP Completion Act 

Office, 801–379–1237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Interior, Central Utah 

Project Completion Act Office, has filed 

an application to withdraw, pursuant to 

section 204 of the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714, the following described National 

Forest System lands from location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws, for a period of 20 years, subject to 

valid existing rights:

Salt Lake Meridian 

Unita National Forest 

T. 7 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 21, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

T. 9 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 1, S1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

T. 9 S., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 18, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

T. 8 S., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 2, lots 9, 10, 15 and 16, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 11, W1⁄2E1⁄2; 

Sec. 14, W1⁄2NE1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 22, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 28, E1⁄2SE1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

T. 9 S., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 25, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and S1⁄2S1⁄2; 

Sec. 35, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 36. 

T. 10 S., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2. 

T. 8 S., R. 6 E., 

Sec. 32, E1⁄2 and E1⁄2W1⁄2. 

T. 9 S., R. 6 E., 

Sec. 5, lot 4 and SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 7, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 8, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 17, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 18, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 19, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, lots 10, 11, 

and 12, E1⁄2, and E1⁄2W1⁄2; 

Sec. 20, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 30; 

Sec. 31, lots 1 to10, inclusive, and 

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 

approximately 6,450 acres in Utah County.

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal is to protect the Federal 

investment in the proposed Utah Lake 

and the Diamond Fork Systems, 

Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah 

Project. 

Discretionary land use authorizations 

may be allowed during the segregative 

period, but only with the approval of an 

authorized office of the Forest Service 

and with the concurrence of an 

authorized officer of the Department of 

the Interior. 

The use of a right-of-way or an 

interagency agreement is not considered 

to be a desirable or acceptable 

alternative. 

There are no other sites where the 

systems could be economically 

constructed. 

No water rights will be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal. 

All persons who wish to submit 

comments, suggestions, or objections in 

connection with the proposed 

withdrawal may present their views in 

writing, by the date specified above, to 

the Program Director, CUP Completion 

Act Office. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the CUP 

Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 

South, Provo, Utah 84606–7317, during 

regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Individual respondents may 

request confidentiality. If you wish to 

withhold your name or address from 

public review or from disclosure under 

the Freedom of Information Act, you 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. Such 

requests will be honored to the extent 

allowed by law. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Notice is hereby given that a public 

meeting will be held to provide an 

opportunity for public comment 

regarding the proposed withdrawal. The 

meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on 

Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at the 

CUP Completion Act Office, 302 East 

1860 South, Provo, Utah. 

The application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations set 

forth in 43 CFR 2300. 

For a period of 2 years from October 

22, 2004, in accordance with 43 CFR 

2310.2(a), the lands will be segregated 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws, unless the 

application is denied or canceled or the 

withdrawal is approved prior to that 

date.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1); 43 CFR 

2310.3–1(a))

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Kent Hoffman, 

Deputy State Director, Division of Land and 

Minerals.

[FR Doc. 04–23683 Filed 10–21–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Fire Management Plan, Environmental 

Impact Statement, Bandelier National 

Monument, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

environmental assessment for the Fire 

Management Plan at Bandelier National 

Monument. 

SUMMARY: In a Notice of Intent 

published August 6, 2003 (68 FR 

46661), the National Park Service (NPS) 

announced its intent to prepare an EIS 

for the Fire Management Plan at 

Bandelier National Monument 

(Bandelier). The NPS has since 

determined that an environmental 

assessment (EA), rather than an EIS, is 

the appropriate environmental 

documentation for the Fire Management 

Plan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

had begun working on the EIS following 

publication of the Notice of Intent. 

However, internal discussions and 

meetings, and comments from public 

scoping sessions held in the New 

Mexico cities of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, 

and Albuquerque in August of 2003 

resulted in substantial changes to the 

fire management plan alternatives 

proposed under the EIS. Based on these