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the life of the RMP. Some decisions will

require action only when an activity is

initiated.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of

Decision are available at the BLM,

Lower Snake River District Office, 3948

Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daryl Albiston, Field Manager; or Fred

Minckler, Team Leader at telephone

(208) 384–3300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Owyhee Resource Area includes

1,320,032 acres of BLM administered

public lands in western Owyhee

County, Idaho. The Owyhee RMP is a

general land use plan that establishes

guidance for managing a broad spectrum

of land uses and allocations and

contains resource objectives, land use

allocations, management actions and

direction needed to achieve program

and multiple use goals. The Owyhee

RMP replaces the BLM’s land

management guidance for the Owyhee

Resource Area contained in the Owyhee

Management Plan (MFP) which was

approved in 1981. The record of

decision documents selection of

Alternative E (the Proposed Owyhee

RMP) as presented in the Proposed

Owyhee Resource Management Plan

and Final Environmental Impact

Statement issued July 1999, with

associated Appendices, Tables and

Maps, as the approved Owyhee RMP.

The following are the major

components of the approved RMP:

Manage land uses and activities to

ensure properly functioning watershed

conditions.

Manage vegetation to achieve healthy

rangelands

Meet State of Idaho water quality

standards.

Provide habitat for special status

plants and animals and habitat for a

high diversity of wildlife.

Provide habitat for a wild horse herd

appropriate management level of 192

wild horses.

Provide for a sustained level of

livestock use. Initially allocate 135,116

livestock AUMs.

Manage livestock grazing activities so

goals for rangeland health are achieved.

Use fire as a management tool to

improve rangeland health.

Manage Douglas-fir communities to

emphasize forest health.

Recommend and manage nine river

segments (163 miles) as suitable for

designation as Wild and Scenic Rivers.

Sixty (60) miles of eligible river

segments were determined to be nonsuitable and are released from further

Wild and Scenic River consideration.

Designate 13 areas totaling 167,372

acres as Areas of Critical Environmental

Concern (ACECs).

Continue management of 298,630

acres as Wilderness Study Areas

(WSAs). 195,980 acres were previously

recommended to Congress as suitable

for Wilderness designation.

Designate off-highway motorized

vehicle (OHMV) use as ‘‘Open’’ on 192

acres, ‘‘Limited’’ on 1,217,805 acres and

‘‘Closed’’ on 101,994 acres.

Identify 325,000 acres potentially

available for disposal, subject to further

review.

Dated: January 3, 2000.

Howard Hedrick,

Associate District Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–933–1430-ET; IDI–33168]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and

Opportunity for Public Meeting; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of the Interior, Bureau of Land

Management proposes to withdraw

19.09 acres of public land in Cassia

County for the protection of the Burley

Administrative Site. This notice closes

the land up to 2 years from settlement,

sale, location or entry, under all of the

general land laws, including the mining

laws, but not from leasing under the

mineral leasing laws, subject to valid

existing rights.

DATES: Comments and requests for a

meeting should be sent on or before

February 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting

requests should be sent to the Idaho

State Director, BLM, Idaho State Office,

1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jackie Simmons, BLM, Idaho State

Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID

83709, 208–373–3867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 1, 1999, a petition was

approved allowing the Bureau of Land

Management to file an application to

withdraw the following described

public land:

Boise Meridian

A parcel of land lying in the E1⁄2SW1⁄4 of

Section 32, Township 10 South, Range 23

East, Boise Meridian, the said parcel being

more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point 1500.4 feet north and

33.0 feet west of the quarter section corner

common to Section 32, Township 10 South,

Range 23 East and Section 5, Township 11

South, Range 23 East, Boise Meridian; said

point being on the west right-of-way line of

State Highway No. 27; thence N. 0°22′03′′ E.

along the highway right-of-way a distance of

515.12 feet; thence N. 89°27′57′′ W. a

distance 1184.19 feet to the centerline of the

U.S.R.S. ‘‘H’’ Canal; thence S. 35°17′24′′ W.

along the canal centerline a distance of 80.64

feet; thence S. 21°20′41′′ W. along the canal

centerline a distance of 89.13 feet; thence S.

11°08′55′′ W. along the canal centerline a

distance of 221.23 feet to the west quarter

section boundary of said section 23; thence

S. 0°18′27′′ E. along the quarter section

boundary 501.81 feet; thence S.89°26′03′′ E.

a distance of 496.15 feet; thence N. 0°36′56′′

E. a distance of 355.45 feet; thence

S.89°21′29′′ E. a distance of 800 feet to the

point of beginning.

The area described aggregates 19.09 acres,

more or less, in Cassia County.

The purpose of the proposed

withdrawal is to protect the Burley

Administrative Site.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all persons

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with the proposed withdrawal may

present their views in writing to the

Idaho State Director of the Bureau of

Land Management.

Notice is hereby given that an

opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with the

proposed withdrawal. All interested

persons who desire a public meeting for

the purpose of being heard on the

proposed withdrawal must submit a

written request to the Idaho State

Director within 90 days from the date of

publication of this notice. Upon

determination by the authorized officer

that public meeting will be held, a

notice of the time and place will be

published in the Federal Register at

least 30 days before the scheduled date

of the meeting.

The application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR 2300.

For a period 2 years from the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, the land will be segregated as

specified above unless the application is

denied or canceled or the withdrawal is

approved prior to this date. The

temporary uses which may be permitted

during this segregative period are all

uses other than settlement, sale,

location, or entry, under the general

land laws, including the mining laws.

Jimmie Buxton,

Branch Chief for Lands and Minerals.

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