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anticipated that the gather operation

will take approximately two weeks

depending on the weather. Upon

initiation, gather efforts will focus first

on Sykes Ridge, then the Bighorn

Canyon National Recreation Area

‘‘Dryhead’’ area, and finally Burnt

Timber Ridge. As such, it will be

necessary to individually close,

including road access, either Burnt

Timber Ridge or Sykes Ridge for a 3–4

day period during helicopter operation.

Only one area will be affected at a time.

Gather efforts within the ‘‘Dryhead’’

area will be coordinated through the

National Park Service. This area will not

be closed, but some traffic control may

be in effect during actual days of

helicopter operation. The public land

affected by this rotating closure is

located at:

SYKES RIDGE

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 8 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 4: M&B

Sec. 5: M&B

Sec. 8: All

Sec. 9: M&B

Sec. 15: M&B

Sec. 16: All

Sec. 17: All

Sec. 20: All

Sec. 21: W2E2, W2

Sec. 28: W2

Sec. 29: All

Sec. 32: All

Sec. 33: W2, W2SE

T. 9 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 4: NWNE, S2NE, W2, SE

Sec. 5: All

Sec. 8: All

Sec. 9: All

Sec. 10: W2SW

Sec. 15: NWNW, S2NW, SW

Sec. 16: All

Sec. 17: All

Sec. 20: All

Sec. 21: All

Sec. 22: W2

Sec. 27: W2

Sec. 28: All

Sec. 29: All

Sec. 32: All

Sec. 33: All

Sec. 34: All

6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 58 N., R. 95 W.,

Sec. 17: M&B

Sec. 18: All

Sec. 19: All

Sec. 26: M&B

Sec. 27: M&B

Sec. 28: M&B

Sec. 33: M&B

Sec. 34: M&B

BURNT TIMBER RIDGE

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 8 S., R. 27 E.,

Sec. 12: M&B

Sec. 13: M&B

Sec. 24: M&B

Sec. 25: M&B

Sec. 26: M&B

Sec. 35: M&B

Sec. 36: M&B

T. 9 S., R. 27 E.,

Sec. 1: All

Sec. 2: M&B

Sec. 11: M&B

Sec. 12: All

Sec. 13: All

Sec. 14: M&B

Sec. 23: M&B

Sec. 24: All

Sec. 25: M&B

Sec. 36: M&B

T. 8 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 6: E2E2

Sec. 7: M&B

Sec. 18: All

Sec. 19: All

Sec. 30: All

Sec. 31: All

T. 9 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 6: All

Sec. 7: All

Sec. 18: All

Sec. 19: All

Sec. 30: All

Sec. 31: All

6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 58 N., R. 95 W.,

Sec. 18: M&B

Sec. 19: M&B

Sec. 29: M&B

This closure is necessary to ensure the

safety and welfare of all participants

and observers for this gather, and to

protect the wild horses as a natural

resource on public lands. Efforts will be

made to avoid time periods, such as

weekends, of heavier anticipated public

use of the range. The helicopter

contractor is available to work on

weekends, however, and this may be

necessary due to temporary weather

shut-downs or other unforeseen

circumstances.

DATES: Rotating closures will be in effect

from on or about October 20, 1997

through the conclusion of the gather

operation, anticipated to conclude

November 1, 1997 depending on

weather conditions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Burton D. Williams, Area Manager,

BLM, Billings Resource Area Office, 810

E. Main, Billings, Montana 59105 or call

(406) 238–1540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority

for this action is outlined in Title 43

Code of Federal Regulations, Subparts

8364 (43 CFR 8364.1). Any person who

fails to comply with this closure is

subject to arrest and a fine up to $1000

or imprisonment not to exceed 12

months, or both. This closure applies to

all persons except persons authorized

by the Bureau of Land Management and

involved in the gather process.

For the first time, helicopters will be

used as the primary tool to gather horses

into the Britton Springs Corral Facility

at the south end of the Pryor Mountain

Wild Horse Range. In order to use the

helicopter in a safe and effective

manner, it is necessary to close the

affected area while the helicopter

operation is underway. The wild horses

are separated into social groups that

occupy three fairly distinct geographic

areas of the range including Sykes

Ridge, Burnt Timber Ridge and the

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation

Area ‘‘Dryhead’’ area. Gather efforts will

be selective and will focus on one

subpopulation of horses at a time. It is

estimated that use of a helicopter will

facilitate the timeliness, such that an

average of 3–4 days will be necessary to

gather horses from each geographic area.

Dated: September 24, 1997.

Timothy M. Murphy,

District Manager.

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BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–930–07–1320–00]

Notice of Public Hearing and Call for

Public Comment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Utah; Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and

call for public comment on fair market

value and maximum economic recovery;

coal lease application UTU–71307.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces a public

hearing on the Environmental

Assessment (EA) for a proposed coal

lease sale and requests public comment

on the fair market value of certain coal

resources it proposes to offer for

competitive lease sale. The lands

included in coal lease application UTU–

71307 are located in Emery County,

Utah, approximately 15 miles northwest

of Huntington, Utah on public land

located in the Manti-LaSal National

Forest and are described as follows:

T. 16 S., R. 6 E., SLM

Section 1: SE1⁄4;

Section 10: E1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Section 11: All;

Section 12: All;

Section 13: All;

Section 14: All;

Section 15: E1⁄2E1⁄2;

Section 22: Lots 1, 2, 4–7, E1⁄2NE1⁄4;

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Section 23: N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1⁄2;

Section 24: N1⁄2;

T. 16 S., R. 7 E., SLM
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Section 6: Lots 5–8, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Section 7: All;

Section 8: NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Section 18: Lots 1–2, NE1⁄4.

Containing 5,563 acres more or less.

The Tract has two potentially minable

coal seams including, the Hiawatha and

the Blind Canyon. The minable portions

of the seams in this area are from 6 to

12 feet in thickness. This tract contains

an estimated 60–65 million tons of

recoverable high-volatile bituminous

coal. The range of coal quality in the

seams on an as received basis is as

follows: 12,800–13,300 Btu/lb., 4–5.25

percent moisture, 4.7–8.8 percent ash,

42–44 percent volatile matter, 45–46

percent fixed carbon, and 0.6–0.65

percent sulfur. The public is invited to

the hearing to make public or written

comments on the Environmental

Analysis concerning the proposal to

lease the Mill Fork Tract, and also to

submit comments on the fair market

value (FMV) and the maximum

economic recovery (MER) of the tract.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with Federal coal

management regulations 43 CFR 4322

and 4325, a public hearing shall be held

on the proposed sale to allow public

comment on and discussion of the

potential effects of mining and proposed

lease. Not less than 30 days prior to the

publication of the notice of sale, the

Secretary shall solicit public comments

on fair market value appraisal and

maximum economic recovery and on

factors that may affect these two

determinations. Proprietary data marked

as confidential may be submitted to the

Bureau of Land Management in

response to this solicitation of public

comments. Data so marked shall be

treated in accordance with the laws and

regulations governing the

confidentiality of such information. A

copy of the comments submitted by the

public on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery, except

those portions identified as proprietary

by the author and meeting exemptions

stated in the Freedom of Information

Act, will be available for public

inspection at the Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office during

regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.) Monday through Friday.

Comments on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery should be

sent to the Bureau of Land Management

and should address, but not necessarily

be limited to, the following information:

1. The quality and quantity of the coal

resource.

2. The mining method or methods

which would achieve maximum

economic recovery of the coal,

including specifications of seams to be

mined and the most desirable timing

and rate of production.

3. The quantity of coal.

4. If this tract is likely to be mined as

part of an existing mine and therefore be

evaluated on a realistic incremental

basis, in relation to the existing mine to

which it has the greatest value.

5. If this tract should be evaluated as

part of a potential larger mining unit

and evaluated as a portion of a new

potential mine (i.e., a tract which does

not in itself form a logical mining unit).

6. The configuration of any larger

mining unit of which the tract may be

a part.

7. Restrictions to mining which may

affect coal recovery.

8. The price that the mined coal

would bring when sold.

9. Costs, including mining and

reclamation, of producing the coal and

the time of production.

10. The percentage rate at which

anticipated income streams should be

discounted, either in the absence of

inflation or with inflation, in which case

the anticipated rate of inflation should

be given.

11. Depreciation and other tax

accounting factors.

12. The value of any surface estate

where held privately.

13. Documented information on the

terms and conditions of recent and

similar coal land transactions in the

lease sale area.

14. Any comparable sales data of

similar coal lands.

Coal quantities and the FMV of the

coal developed by BLM may or may not

change as a result of comments received

from the public and changes in market

conditions between now and when final

economic evaluations are completed.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

in the conference room at the Museum

of the San Rafael (64 North 100 East)

Castle Dale, Utah, at 7:00 p.m., on

November 4, 1997. Written comments

on fair market value and maximum

economic recovery must be received at

the Bureau of Land Management, Utah

State Office, by November 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max

Nielson, 801–539–4038, Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office,

Division of Natural Resources, P.O. Box

45155, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84145–

0155. Copies of the Mill Fork EA may

be obtained by contacting Janette Kaiser,

Forest Supervisor at the Manti-LaSal

National Forest, 599 West Price River

Dr. in Price, Utah (801–637–2817).

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Douglas M. Koza,

DSD, Natural Resources, Utah.

[FR Doc. 97–26241 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Oil and Gas Leasing Analysis; Helena

& Deerlodge National Forests, MT

Counties: Lewis and Clark, Powell,

Jefferson, Broadwater, and Meagher.

State: Montana

AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA &

Bureau of Land Management, USDI.

ACTION: Notice; extension of public

review period for the draft supplement

to the Final Environmental Impact

Statement (FEIS) for the Helena

National Forest and Elkhorn Portion of

the Deerlodge National Forest Oil and

Gas Leasing Analysis.

SUMMARY: The period of public review

for the draft supplement to the FEIS for

the Helena National Forest and Elkhorn

Portion of the Deerlodge National Forest

Oil and Gas Leasing Analysis has been

extended to October 29, 1997. The

USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau

of Land Management as joint lead

agencies agree to extend the public

review an additional 30 days from

September 29, 1997 to October 29, 1997.

DATES: This action is effective October

3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Thomas J. Clifford, Forest

Supervisor, Helena National Forest,

2880 Skyway Drive, Helena, Mt. 59601;

and Larry E. Hamilton, State Director,

USDA—Bureau of Land Management,

Montana State Office, 222 North 32nd

Street, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, MT

59107–6800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tom Andersen, Helena National Forest,

2880 Skyway Drive, Helena, Mt. 59601;

phone (406) 449–5201, ext 277.

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Dwight Chambers,

Acting Forest Supervisor, Helena National

Forest.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Janet Singer,

Acting State Director, Montana State Office.

[FR Doc. 97–26242 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

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