45268 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 165 / Tuesday, August 26, 1997 / Notices

Southeast quarter of the Southwest

quarter of said Section 1; and

The Southerly 660.00 feet of the

Easterly 660.00 feet of the Southeast

quarter of said Section 2; and

The Easterly 660.00 feet of the

Northeast quarter and the Easterly

660.00 feet of the Northeast quarter of

the Southeast quarter and the Northerly

660.00 feet of the Easterly 660.00 feet of

the Southeast quarter of said Section 11;

and

The Northerly 660.00 feet of the

Southwest quarter of the Southwest

quarter and the Northerly 660.00 feet of

the Westerly 660.00 feet of the

Southeast quarter of the Southwest

quarter and Westerly 660.00 feet of the

Northeast quarter of the Southwest

quarter and the Westerly 660.00 feet of

the East half of quarter of said Section

12.

Containing 200 acres, more or less.

Total acreage of proposed disposal is

320 acres, more or less.

In accordance with Section 206(i)(1)

of FLPMA, said land is hereby

segregated from appropriation under

mining and public laws for a period of

five years. This segregation of the public

land involved in this disposal shall have

no effect on valid existing rights as of

the date of such segregation.

Anyone wishing more detailed

information concerning the proposed

disposal may contact Peter G. Graves,

Realty Specialist, Ridgecrest Resource

Area, 300 South Richmond Road,

Ridgecrest, CA 93555, (760) 384–5429.

Individuals wishing to submit formal

comments concerning the proposed

disposal must submit those comments

to the Area Manager, Ridgecrest

Resource Area, at the above address. In

order to be considered in the

environmental assessment of the

proposed disposal, comments must be

in writing to the Area Manager and be

postmarked or delivered 45 days after

initial publication.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Greg Thomsen,

Acting Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–22572 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

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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.

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, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

Sec. 14, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

T. 39 N., R. 2 E.,

Sec. 18, lot 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 (less

MS 2731).

Sec. 19, lots 1–4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 (less MS

2731), SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 (less MS

2731), SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

Sec. 29, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

E1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4.

Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SE1⁄4.

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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Availability of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement, Nez

Perce National Historical Park and Big

Hole National Battlefield

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

for the General Management Plan for

Nez Perce National Historical Park and

Big Hole National Battlefield.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as

amended), the National Park Service,

Department of the Interior, has prepared

an abbreviated Final Environmental

Impact Statement that responds to

comments received on the Draft General

Management Plan/Environmental

Impact Statement.

The Draft General Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/

DEIS) was released for public review on

October 15, 1996 (61 FR 200), and the

public comment period closed

December 11, 1996. During this

comment period, seventeen public

hearings were held and numerous

written comments were also received.

The FEIS contains responses to the

comments received and modifications to

the document as needed in response to

the comments. Modifications pertain

primarily to proposed site boundaries,