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allocated for hearing public comments.

The public comment period for the

council meeting is listed below.

Depending on the number of persons

wishing to comment, and time available,

the time for individual oral comments

may be limited. Individuals who plan to

attend and need further information

about the meetings, or need special

assistance such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact Joan

Sweetland, Carson City District Office,

1535 Hot Springs Road, Carson City, NV

89706 (702) 885–6107 or 5665 Morgan

Mill Road, Carson City 89701 after

September 15, 1997 (702) 885–6107.

DATES: The date is September 26, 1997.

The council will meet at the Carson City

District Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road,

Carson City, Nevada at 8 a.m. on

September 26. The Agenda will include

a business meeting, approval of the

Minutes of the previous meeting, a

review of scoping comments proposed

for the Black Rock Desert Management

Plan, discussion of management

alternatives for the proposed plan, and

discussion of the role of the Council in

developing the Black Rock Desert

Management Plan. The public comment

period will be at 4:30 p.m. and

adjournment at 5 p.m. There will be an

option tour of the BLM new office and

wareyard after adjournment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Singlaub, Carson City District

Manager, 1535 Hot Springs Road,

Carson City, Nevada 89706–0638 (702)

885–6000.

Dated: August 18, 1997.

Kelly Madigan,

Associate District Manager for Support

Services.

[FR Doc. 97–22999 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–050–1220–00]

Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next meeting of

the Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) will be held on

September 18, 1997 in Canon City,

Colorado.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at

9:15 a.m. at the Bureau of Land

Management’s (BLM) Canon City

District Office, 3170 East Main Street,

Canon City, Colorado. The meeting will

be a continuation of the last meeting

and will focus on developing recreation

guidelines and will include a

presentation on the Cochetopa Hills

Travel Management Plan.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council at 9:30 a.m. or

written statements may be submitted for

the Council’s consideration. The District

Manager may limit the length of oral

presentations depending on the number

of people wishing to speak.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, September 18, 1997 from 9:15

a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact Ken Smith, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Canon City District

Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon

City Colorado 81212; Telephone (719)

269–8500; TDD (719) 269–8597.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary

minutes for the Council meeting will be

maintained in the Canon City District

Office and will be available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Donnie R. Sparks,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–23078 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–060–1010–00 (0005)]

Southwest New Mexico Playa Lakes

Coordinating Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Southeast New Mexico Playa

Lakes coordinating committee meeting.

DATES: September 24, 1997, beginning at

9:00 am.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edwin L. Roberson, District Manager,

Bureau of Land Management, 2909 W.

2nd Street, Roswell, NM 88201, (505)

627–0242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee is responsible for

coordinating investigations and

mitigation measures needed to resolve

the issue of wildlife mortality on the

playas in southeastern New Mexico. The

agenda will include review and

discussion of the final ‘‘Investigation of

Avian Mortality on Playa Lakes in SE

New Mexico’’ report and what direction

the Committee should take to address

issues and concerns contained in this

report. The meeting will be held at the

Carlsbad Resource Area Office, 620 E.

Green, Carlsbad, NM, beginning at 9:00

a.m. Summary minutes will be

maintained in the Roswell District

Office and will be available for public

inspection during regular business

hours (7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.) within 30

days following the meeting. Copies will

be available for the cost of duplication.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Edwin L. Roberson,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–23081 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–VA–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–985–0777–66]

Seasonal Road Closure to Motorized

Vehicles on the Outlaw Cave Road,

Johnson County, WY

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

pursuant to the provisions of Title 43

Code of Federal Regulations 8364.1, the

Outlaw Cave Road (BLM Road No.

6217), as listed below, is hereby closed

to motorized vehicles from November

16th until April 15th or until conditions

permit.

Outlaw Cave Road (BLM No. 6217)

Johnson County, Wyoming, 6th Principal

Meridian

T. 42N., R. 84W.

Section 21

Section 22

Section 23, NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This seasonal closure

will remain in effect between November

16 through April 15 of each year until

further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil

O. Schiche, Casper District (Buffalo

Resource Area), 1425 Fort Street,

Buffalo, Wyoming 82834, (307–684–

1100).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action was analyzed in environmental

assessment No. WY–061–5–52. The

decision record was signed on March

28, 1996. This seasonal road closure was

implemented between November 16,

1996 through April 15, 1997 for a trial

basis. The seasonal closure will now

become permanent until further notice.

The seasonal road closure was

established to help prevent damage to
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the road and adjacent areas; and to help

prevent the public from becoming stuck

and stranded during the winter months.

The seasonal road closure does not

restrict any Federal, State or local law

enforcement officers, BLM or Wyoming

Game and Fish Department employees

in performance of their duties, or any

person authorized by the BLM through

permit, lease or contract.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

James Murkin,

Acting Casper District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–23060 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–930–1310–01); (NMNM 89026)]

New Mexico: Proposed Reinstatement

of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease NMNM 89026 for lands

in San Juan County, New Mexico, was

timely filed and was accompanied by all

required rentals and royalties accruing

from June 1, 1997, the date of

termination.

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to new lease terms for rentals

and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre

or fraction thereof and 162⁄3 percent,

respectively. The lessee has paid the

required $500 administrative fee and

has reimbursed the Bureau of Land

Management for the cost of this Federal

Register notice.

The Lessee has met all the

requirements for reinstatement of the

lease as set out in Sections 31 (d) and

(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920

(30 USC 188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

the lease effective June 1, 1997, subject

to the original terms and conditions of

the lease and the increased rental and

royalty rates cited above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lourdes B. Ortiz, Bureau of Land

Management, New Mexico State Office,

(505) 438–7586.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Lourdes B. Ortiz,

Land Law Examiner.

[FR Doc. 97–23082 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–070–5101–00–GO19; NMNM97487]

Notice of Right-of-Way Application

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of right-of-way

application; New Mexico.

SUMMARY: An application, serialized as

NMNM97487, was received for a

pipeline.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant

to Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act

of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 185), El

Paso Field Services Company applied

for a 30 inch diameter pipeline right-ofway, 3.2 miles in length with an

additional 1.6 miles located on State or

private land in New Mexico. The project

is associated with 15 other pipeline

segments of various diameters (looping

existing lines to relieve pressure and

increase the volume of natural gas being

produced) and five compressor stations.

The proposed line crosses the following

lands in Rio Arriba and San Juan

Counties.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 8 W.,

Sec. 3, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4.

T. 30 N. R. 8 W.,

Sec. 30, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 34, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4.

The purpose of this notice is to inform

the public that the Bureau will make a

decision on approving the right-of-way,

and if so, the terms and conditions.

Interested persons desiring to express

their views should promptly send their

name and address to the Assistant

District Manager for Lands and

Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land

Management, 1235 La Plata Highway,

Suite A, Farmington, New Mexico

87401.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Ilyse K. Auringer,

Land Resources Team Leader.

[FR Doc. 97–23047 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–0777–63; GP7–0065; OR–19164]

Public Land Order No. 7279;

Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated

March 23, 1935; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes in its

entirety a Secretarial order which

withdrew 120 acres of public land for

the Bureau of Land Management’s

Powersite Classification No. 287. The

land is no longer needed for the purpose

for which it was withdrawn. This action

will open the land to surface entry. The

land has been and will remain open to

mining and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, 503–952–

6155.

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 Secretarial Order dated March

23, 1935, which established Powersite

Classification No. 287, is hereby

revoked in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Revested Oregon and California Railroad

Grant Land

T. 18 S., R. 6 W.,

Sec. 5, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4.

The area described contains 120 acres in

Lane County.

2. The State of Oregon has a

preference right 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).

3. At 8:30 a.m. on November 28, 1997,

the land described in paragraph 1 will

be opened to such forms of disposition

as may by law be made of Revested

Oregon and California Railroad Grant

Land, subject to valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable law. All

valid applications received at or prior to

8:30 a.m., on November 28, 1997, will

be considered as simultaneously filed at