38850 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 121 / Thursday, June 22, 2000 / Notices

provide advice and recommendations to

BLM on the management of public lands

in southern California. Nominations

will be accepted through Thursday,

August 31, 2000. The three-year term

would begin January 1, 2001.

The five positions to be filled include:

• One environmental protection

representative;

• One renewable resources

representative representing grazing

interests;

• One elected official representing

local or county government;

• Two public-at-larger

representatives.

Council members are appointed to

serve an initial 3-year term, and may be

nominated for reappointment for an

additional three-year term. Five council

members are completing their second 3-

year term and retire December 31, 2000.

The California Desert District

Advisory Council is comprised of 15

private individuals who represent

different interests and advise BLM

officials on polices and programs

concerning the management of

approximately 11 million acres of

public land in southern California. The

Council meets in formal session three to

four times each year in various locations

throughout the California Desert

District. Council members serve without

compensation except for reimbursement

of travel expenditures incurred in the

course of their duties.

Section 309 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)

directs the Secretary of the Interior to

involve the public in planning and

issues related to management of BLM

administered lands. The Secretary also

selects council nominees consistent

with the requirements of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which

requires nominees appointed to the

council be balanced in terms of points

of view and representative of the

various interests concerned with the

management of the public lands.

The Council also is balanced

geographically, and BLM will try to find

qualified representatives from areas

throughout the California Desert

District. The District covers portions of

eight counties, and includes 10.7

million acres of public land in the

California Desert Conservation Area and

300,000 acres of scattered parcels in San

Diego, western Riverside, western San

Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles

Counties (known as the South Coast).

Any group or individual may

nominate a qualified person, based

upon their education, training, and

knowledge of BLM, the California

Desert, and the issues involving BLMadministered public lands throughout

southern California. Qualified

individuals also may nominate

themselves.

Nominations must include the name

of the nominees; work and home

addresses and telephone numbers, fax

number, and E-mail addresses; a

biographical sketch that includes the

nominee’s work and public service

record; any applicable outside interests

or other information that demonstrates

the nominee qualifications for the

position; and the specific category of

interest in which the nominee is best

qualified to offer advice and council.

Nominees may contact the BLM

California Desert District External

Affairs staff at (909) 697–5220 or write

to the address below and request a copy

of the nomination form.

All nominations must be

accompanied by letters of reference

from represented interests,

organizations, or elected officials

supporting the nomination. Individuals

nominating themselves must provide at

least one letter of recommendation.

Advisory Council members are

appointed by the Secretary of the

Interior, generally in late January or

early February.

Nominations should be sent to the

District Manager, Bureau of Land

Management, California Desert District,

6221 Box Spring Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

BLM California Desert District External

Affairs: Doran Sanchez, (909) 697–5220.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Tim Salt,

District Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–034–00–1040–DB: GPO–0254]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the North Folk Malheur River

Landscape Area Management Project

in Malheur, Harney and Grant

Counties, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on the North Fork River Landscape Area

Management Project in Malheur, Harney

and Grant Counties, Oregon and notice

of scoping.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land

Management, Vale District, Malheur

Resource Area, will be preparing an EIS

on the impacts of various management

activities and associated projects in the

North Fork Malheur River geographic

area. Resource values and management

activities include: livestock grazing,

recreation, forest management, special

status and Threatened and Endangered

species, wildlife habitat, Wilderness

Study Areas, Areas of Critical

Environmental Concern, Wild and

Scenic Study River, Native America

concerns and cultural resources.

DATES: Written comments on the initial

scoping process will be accepted until

September 1, 2000. A public scoping

meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.

on June 29, 2000 at the Juntura Grade

School, W 6th Street, Juntura, Oregon.

Additional meetings will be considered

as appropriate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

project area includes the drainages of

the Little Malheur and North Fork

Malheur Rivers. The area consists of

approximately 126,000 acres of public

lands located between Juntura and

Ironside, Oregon. The southern

boundary is U.S. Highway 20 between

Jonesburo, Oregon and the Harney

County line. The northwest boundary is

the boundary between BLM lands and

the Malheur National Forest. The

Malheur Resource Area will be

examining this area, assessing current

management activities, developing

recommendations for future

management activities and analyzing

the potential for projects. Projects may

include, but are not limited to, range

improvements, vegetation manipulation,

recreational developments, forest health

enhancement, watershed restoration and

wildlife habitat enhancement. The no

action alternative will also be analyzed

in this document.

The Tentative Project Schedule Is as

Follows:

File Draft EIS—February 2001,

File Final EIS—July 2001,

Record of Decision—September 2001.

The Bureau of Land Management’s

scoping process for the EIS will include:

(1) Identification of issues to be

addressed,

(2) Identification of viable

alternatives,

(3) Notifying interested groups,

individual and agencies to determine

level of participation and obtain

additional information concerning

issues to be addressed in the EIS.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Roy Masinton, Field Manager, Malheur

Resource Area, Vale District, Bureau of

Land Management, 100 Oregon Street,

Vale, OR 97918.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Dabbs, Bureau of Land Management,

100 Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon 97918,

(541) 473–3144.

Roy L. Masinton,

Field Manager, Malheur Resource Area.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–610–1430–ET; CARI 02685]

Opening of Land; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Public Land Order number

5043 expired on April 19, 1981.

However, the lands, withdrawn by that

order, were never opened pursuant to 43

CFR 2091.6.

EFFECTIVE DATES: June 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Marti, BLM California State

Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W–

1834, Sacramento, California 95825–

1886, 916–978–4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Public Land Order number 5043, as

revoked in part by Public Land Order

number 5656, withdrew approximately

6,757 acres from all forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the mining laws. Public

Land Order number 5043 terminated on

April 19, 1981, under its own terms.

Under the authority of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43

U.S.C. 1701), the following lands are

hereby opened to the operation of the

public land laws, including the mining

laws, subject to valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable laws:

(a). San Bernardino Meridian

T. 11 S., R. 11 E.,

Secs. 2, 4, 10, 12, and 14;

Sec. 16, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Secs. 22, 24, and 26.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 5,477 acres of federally owned

lands.

(b). San Bernardino Meridian

T. 11 S., R. 11 E.,

Secs. 23 and 25.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 1,280 acres of non-federally

owned lands.

2. The lands described above in

paragraph 1(a) are federally owned

lands that are withdrawn from both

surface entry and mining by two

overlapping withdrawals and those

lands will not be opened to either

surface entry or mining. Consequently,

the opening, insofar as it affects those

lands, is a record clearing action only.

3. The lands described above in

paragraph 1(b) are non-federally owned

lands that were conveyed out of public

ownership on August 11, 1919 by a

railroad patent. Consequently, the

opening, insofar as it affects those lands,

is a record clearing action only.

Dated: June 15, 2000.

David McIlnay,

Chief, Branch of Lands.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–200–1430–EU; COC–44105, COC–

57166, COC–35470]

Notice of Realty Action

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

SUMMARY: COC–44105—Recreation and

Public Purpose Classification. The

following public lands are classified as

suitable for lease under the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) of July

14, 1926, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 869 et.

seq., and the regulations thereunder 43

CFR 2740 and 2912. The public lands

involved are segregated from the public

land laws including the general mining

laws, except for the R&PP Act. The

purpose of the classification is to

segregate the DeWeese Reservoir

recreation site managed by the Colorado

Division of Wildlife in conjunction with

the DeWeese State Wildlife Area, from

conflicting applications and proposals.

Sixth Principal Meridian, Custer County,

Colorado

T. 21 S., R. 72 W.,

Sec. 20, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

Sec. 21, W1⁄2SW1⁄4

Sec. 28, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4

Sec. 29, Lots 1, 2

Consisting of approximately 241.44 acres.

COC–57166—The following lands

were segregated from all 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,

on February 29, 1996. Upon publication

of this notice in the Federal Register,

this segregation, as it affects these lands

only, will be amended to allow for

exchange under Section 206 of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act (FLPMA), as amended by the

Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act

(FLEFA) or sale under section 203 of

FLPMA. This amendment affects lands

in the area of the City of Longmont’s

water transmission line and will allow

for conveyance to the City of Longmont.

Sixth Principal Meridian, Boulder County,

Colorado

T. 3 N., R. 71 W.,

Sec. 11: S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

N1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

Sec. 13: S1⁄2NE1⁄4 of lot 1, NW1⁄4 of lot 1,

S1⁄2N1⁄2NE1⁄4 of lot 1

Sec. 14: N1⁄2N1⁄2 of lot 1, S1⁄2NE1⁄4 of lot 1

Consisting of approximately 49.85 acres.

COC–35470—The following lands

were segregated from all 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,

on September 6, 1985. Upon publication

of this notice in the Federal Register,

this segregation, as it affects these lands

only, will be amended to allow for

exchange to the City and County of

Denver acting by and through its Board

of Water Commissioners under Section

206 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act (FLPMA), as amended

by the Federal Land Exchange

Facilitation Act (FLEFA).

Sixth Principal Meridian, Boulder County,

Colorado

T. 1 S., R. 71 W.,

Tracts 49, 54, 60, 61, 65, 143, 144

Consisting of approximately 283.72 acres.

The lands are not needed for Federal

purposes. These actions are consistent

with current BLM land use planning

and would be in the public interest.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

comments on this action on or before

August 3, 2000. Please reference the

applicable serial number in all

correspondence. Objections will be

reviewed and this realty action may be

sustained, vacated, or modified. Unless

vacated or modified, this realty action

will become final.

ADDRESSES: Royal Gorge Field Office

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

3170 E. Main St., Canon City, CO 81212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

COC–44105, David Hallock, Realty

Specialist BLM, 719–269–8536; COC–

57166, Jan Fackrell, Realty Specialist

BLM, 719–269–8525; COC–35470, Stu

Parker, Realty Specialist BLM, 719–269–