[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22615]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ID-065-07-1430-00; IDI-32323]


Proposed State in Lieu Selection in Clearwater and Benewah 
Counties, Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the BLM has examined certain 
public lands and hereby classifies them suitable for transfer to the 
State of Idaho via Indemnity School Land Selection. this action is 
required to provide the state with public lands to settle an 
entitlement resulting from the origination of statehood. The public 
land, upon transfer to the state, would be managed by the Idaho 
Department of Lands for long-term timber management in support of the 
state's school endowment fund.

DATES: For a period of 45 days from the publication of this notice, 
interested parties may submit comments regarding the indemnity 
selection and disposal of the selected public lands to the Area 
Manager, Cottonwood Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, Rt. 3, 
Box 181, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522-9498. Objections will be reviewed by 
the State Director who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty 
action. In the absence of any comments, this realty action will become 
the final determination of the Department of the Interior.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The following described lands have been 
examined, have been found suitable, and are hereby classified for 
disposal via indemnity selection by the State of Idaho pursuant to 
Sections 2275 and 2276, Revised Statutes, as amended (43 U.S.C. 851 and 
852). This action is in conformance with the Emerald Empire and Chief 
Joseph Management Framework Plans, approved November 18, 1981. The land 
will not be transferred until at least 60 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Boise Meridian, Idaho

T. 45 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 39 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 18, lot 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ (less MS 2731).
    Sec. 19, lots 1-4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ (less MS 2731), SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ (less MS 2731), SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    Sec. 29, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
    Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The land described above contains approximately 1,301.22 acres 
in Clearwater and Benewah Counties, Idaho.

    These lands are to be conveyed subject to the following:
    Excepting and reserving to the United States:

A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890 
(26 Stat. 291; 43 U.S.C. 945).

    This action is in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (P.L. 93-205, 87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531), E.O. 11593, National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915, 16 U.S.C. 470 et 
seq.), as amended, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-
190, 83 Stat. 852; 42 U.S.C. 4321), Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of October 21, 1976 (P.L. 94-579, 90 Stat. 2743 Section 102(8)), 
and Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315, 315a-315r). 
This land classification meets the criteria in, and is made pursuant 
to, 43 CFR 2410.1(a)-(d), and 2450.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ron L. Grant, Realty Specialist, Cottonwood Resource Area, Rte 3, Box 
181, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522-9498, (208) 962-3245.

    Dated: August 19, 1997.
Greg M. Yuncevich,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-22615 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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