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received on the DEIS and these are

included with responses in the FEIS.

The FEIS analyzes three alternatives.

The Proposed Action is to hold a

competitive sealed-bid sale and issue a

lease for the tract as applied for to the

successful qualified bidder, if the bid

meets or exceeds the fair market value

of the tract as determined by the BLM.

This is the preferred alternative of the

BLM. The second alternative,

Alternative 1, is the No Action

Alternative which assumes that the tract

will not be leased. The third alternative,

Alternative 2, is to hold a competitive

sealed-bid sale and issue a lease for the

tract as modified by BLM to the

successful qualified bidder, if the bid

meets or exceeds the fair market value

of the tract as determined by the BLM.

The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement is a

cooperating agency in the preparation of

the EIS because it is the Federal agency

that would review the mining plans for

the tract if it is leased, and recommend

approval or disapproval of the mining

plans to the Secretary of the Interior.

The lease application area is within

the boundaries of the Thunder Basin

National Grasslands. Some of the

surface lands in the area were formerly

under the jurisdiction of the United

States and were administered by the

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) as part of the

Thunder Basin National Grasslands. As

a result of recent land exchanges

between the USFS and local

landowners, however, there are no

longer any surface lands within the

lease application area that are under the

jurisdiction of the USFS, and as a result,

the USFS is not a cooperating agency in

the preparation of this EIS.

Issues of concern that were identified

related to this lease application include

the potential impacts to wetlands,

aquifers, agricultural producers,

wildlife, wildlife habitat, wildlife-based

recreation, cultural resources, public

land access, and regional visibility that

may occur if a lease is issued for this

tract, and the potential for conflict with

development of existing oil and gas

leases in this area including coal bed

methane. There are no producing oil or

gas wells on the lease application area.

Comments received on the FEIS

during the 30-day availability period,

including names and street addresses of

respondents, will be available for public

review at the Bureau of Land

Management, Casper Field Office, 2987

Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming,

during regular business hours (8 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 street address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. All submissions

from organizations or businesses, and

from individuals identifying themselves

as representatives of officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–11797 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–1430–ET; Nev–059798]

Public Land Order No. 7443; Partial

Revocation of Public Land Order No.

3512; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a

public land order insofar as it affects

700.12 acres of public land withdrawn

for use by the Bureau of Reclamation for

the Robert B. Griffith Water Project. The

land is no longer needed for the purpose

for which it was withdrawn and the

revocation is needed to facilitate a

pending land exchange. The land will

remain closed to location and entry

under the mining laws, and from

operation of the mineral leasing and

geothermal leasing laws in accordance

with Section 4(c) of the Southern

Nevada Public Land Management Act of

1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State

Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada

89520, 775–861–6532.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

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

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Public Land Order No. 3512, which

withdrew public land for the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Robert B. Griffith Project,

is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 63 E.,

Sec. 26, lots 1, 6 to 13, inclusive, 16, 18

to 21, inclusive, and 23;

Sec. 27, SE1⁄4;

Sec. 34, lots 8, 10 to 13, inclusive, 15, 17,

24, and 26.

Sec. 35, lot 11.

The area described contains 700.12 acres in

Clark County.

2. The land described in paragraph 1

is hereby made available for disposal in

accordance with Section 4 of the

Southern Nevada Public Land

Management Act of 1998, Public Law

105–263, 112 Stat. 2343, et seq.

Dated: April 28, 2000.

Sylvia V. Baca,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 00–11850 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–1430-ET; GP0–0063; (OR–19008,

OR–19087)]

Public Land Order No. 7444;

Revocation of Executive Order Dated

January 19, 1917, and Partial

Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated

January 19, 1917; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes an

Executive order in its entirety and

partially revokes a Secretarial order as

to 3,690.67 acres of lands withdrawn for

Bureau of Land Management Powersite

Reserve No. 582 and Water Power

Designation No. 3. The lands are no

longer needed for the purpose for which

they were withdrawn. This action will

open approximately 3,690.67 acres to

surface entry, subject to other

segregations of record. All of the lands

have been and will remain open to

mining and mineral leasing subject to

other segregations of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Allison O’Brien, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, 503–952–

6171.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

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

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Executive Order dated January

19, 1917 and the Secretarial Order dated

January 19, 1917, which established

Bureau of Land Management Power Site

Reserve No. 582 and Water Power

Designation No. 3 respectively, are

hereby revoked insofar as they affect the

following described lands:

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Willamette Meridian

T. 41 S., R. 5 E.,

Sec. 13, lots 1 and 2.

T. 40 S., R. 6 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 5, 6, 7, and 10, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, E1⁄2SW1⁄4 and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13;

Sec. 23, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, SE1⁄4 NE1⁄4,

W1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 27, lot 1, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4,

N1⁄2SE1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and E1⁄2W1⁄2.

T. 41 S., R. 6 E.,

Sec. 3, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,

W1⁄2SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 and S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 5, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 7, lots 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 12, NE1⁄4,

N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 3,690.67 acres in Klamath

County.

2. At 8:30 a.m. on August 10, 2000,

the lands described in paragraph 1 will

be opened to the operation of the public

land laws generally, subject to valid and

existing rights, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid applications

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

August 10, 2000, shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

3. The State of Oregon has a

preference right as to the lands

described in paragraph 1, except for

other segregations of record, for public

highway right-of-way or material sites

for a period of 90 days from the date of

publication of this order and any

location, entry, selection, or subsequent

patent shall be subject to any rights

granted the State as provided by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as

amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

Dated: April 28, 2000.

Sylvia V. Baca,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 00–11849 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–020–00–1430–ES; NMNM 102549]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

Santa Fe County, New Mexico have

been examined and found suitable for

classification for lease or conveyance to

Santa Fe County under the provisions of

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

Santa Fe County proposes to use the

lands for a recreation area and

community center.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 20 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 4, lot 35.

Containing approximately 5.76 acres.

The lands are not needed for Federal

Purposes. Lease or conveyance is

consistent with current BLM land use

planning and would be in the public

interest.

The lease/conveyance, when issued,

will be subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and to all

applicable regulations of the secretary of

the Interior.

2. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

Detailed information concerning this

action is available for review at the

office of the Bureau of Land

Management, Taos Resource Area, 226

Cruz Alta, Taos, NM 87571.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws. For a period of 45 days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested persons

may submit comments regarding the

proposed lease/conveyance or

classification of the lands to the Field

Manager, BLM Taos Field Office, 226

Cruz Alta Road, Taos, New Mexico

87571.

Classification Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments involving the suitability of

the land for a recreation area and

community center location for Santa Fe

County. Comments on the classification

are restricted to whether the land is

physically suited for the proposal,

whether the use will maximize the

future use or uses of the land, whether

the use is consistent with local planning

and zoning, or if the use is consistent

with State and Federal programs.

Application Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments regarding the specific use

proposed in the application and plan of

development, whether the BLM

followed proper administrative

procedures in reaching the decision, or

any other factor not directly related to

the suitability of the land for the

proposed use.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the State Director. In the

absence of any adverse comments, the

classification will become effective 60

days from the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Ron Huntsinger,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–11753 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–050–4210–05; UTU–75929]

Realty Actions; Sales, Leases etc; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

Sanpete County, Utah, have been

examined and found suitable for

classification for conveyance to Sanpete

County Sanitary Landfill Cooperative

under the provisions of the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act, as amended

(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Sanpete County

proposes to use the lands for a Class I

landfill.

Salt Lake Meridian

T.19 S., R.1 E.

Section 24: SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,

Section 25: W1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4.

containing 400 acres more or less.

The lands are not needed for Federal

purposes. Conveyance is consistent with

current BLM land use planning and

would be in the public interest.

The patent, when issued will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions, and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and all applicable

regulations of the Secretary of the

Interior.

2. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.