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delivered. The cashier will issue a

receipt for each hand-delivered bid.

Bids received after 10:00 a.m.,

Thursday, November 13, 1997, will not

be considered. The minimum bid is not

intended to represent fair market value.

The fair market value will be

determined by the authorized officer

after the sale.

If identical high bids are received, the

tieing high bidders will be requested to

submit follow-up sealed bids until a

high bid is received. All tie-breaking

sealed bids must be submitted within 15

minutes following the Sale Official’s

announcement at the sale that identical

high bids have been received.

A lease issued as a result of this

offering will provide for payment of an

annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction

thereof; and a royalty payable to the

United States of 12.5 percent of the

value of coal mined by surface methods

and 8.0 percent of the value of coal

mined by underground methods. The

value of the coal shall be determined in

accordance with 30 CFR 206.250.

Bidding instructions for the tract

offered and the terms and conditions of

the proposed coal lease are included in

the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale.

Copies of the statement and the

proposed coal lease are available at the

Montana State Office. Casefile MTM

83859 is also available for public

inspection at the Montana State Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bettie Schaff, Land Law Examiner or

Edward Hughes, Coal Coordinator at

(406) 255–2832 or 255–2830,

respectively.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

Randy D. Heuscher,

Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.

[FR Doc. 97–28209 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–08–1220–00: GP8–0019]

Call for Nominations for Oregon State

Agency Representative on the

Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory

Council

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to solicit public nominations for an

employee of an Oregon State agency

which deals with natural resources for

the Southeast Oregon Resource

Advisory Council, established and

authorized in 1995 by the Secretary of

the Interior to provide advice and

recommendations to the BLM and

Forest Service on management of public

lands. Public nominations will be

received through November 28, 1997.

The Council, which was established

in August, 1995, is made up of 15

members. The State Agency employee

has resigned from the Council, and we

are seeking nominees to replace this

position for the balance of the term

through August of 1999.

The Council, which covers

southeastern Oregon, has identified a

broad spectrum of resource-related

issues that they will work on with the

BLM and the Forest Service. In addition,

the Council will continue to advise the

BLM and Forest Service regarding

standards for rangeland health and

guidelines for grazing management, the

Southeastern Oregon Resource

Management Plan, and the Interior

Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management

Project.

This council is authorized under the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act (FLPMA), which directs the

Secretary of the Interior to involve the

public in planning and issues related to

management of lands administered by

BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the

Secretary to select 10 to 15 member

citizen-based advisory councils that are

established and authorized consistent

with the requirements of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As

required by the FACA, Resource

Advisory Council membership must be

balanced and representative of the

various interests concerned with the

management of public lands.

These include three categories:

Category One: holders of federal grazing

permits, representatives of energy and

mining development, timber industry,

transportation or rights-of-way, off-road

vehicle use and developed recreation.

Category Two: Representatives of

environmental and resource

conservation organizations, dispersed

recreation, archeological and historic

interests, and wild horse and burro

groups.

Category Three: Representatives of

State and local government, Native

American tribes, academicians involved

in natural sciences, employees of State

agencies responsible for the

management of natural resources, land,

or water, and the public at large.

Individuals may nominate themselves

or others. Nominees must be residents

of the State of Oregon. The Southeast

Oregon Council covers southeastern

Oregon. A nomination form may be

obtained from the Vale District, Bureau

of Land Management, 100 Oregon

Street, Vale, Oregon 97918 or by calling

(541) 473–3144. Nominations must be

received by November 28, 1997.

Nominees will be evaluated based on

their experience in working for the state

of Oregon in a natural resource capacity

and their knowledge of the geographic

area covered by the Council. Nominees

must also have demonstrated a

commitment to collaborative resource

decision making. All nominations must

be accompanied by letters of reference

from represented interests or

organizations, a completed background

information nomination form, as well as

any other information that speaks to the

nominee’s qualifications. The BLM

Oregon/Washington State Director, the

Forest Service Regional Forester, and

the Oregon Governor’s Office will

forward the nominations to the

Secretary of the Interior, who will make

the appointment to the Council. This

nomination period will also be

announced through press releases

issued by the BLM Oregon/Washington

State Office. Nominations for Resource

Advisory Councils should be sent to: Ed

Singleton, Bureau of Land Management,

Vale District Manager, 100 Oregon

Street, Vale, OR, 97918.

DATES: All nominations must be

received by the BLM Vale District on or

before November 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonne Hower, Bureau of Land

Management, Vale District, 100 Oregon

Street, Vale, OR 97918, (Telephone 541–

473–6218).

Edwin J. Singleton,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–28201 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–050–08–1430–01; AZA 30069, AZA

30123, AZA 22763]

Arizona: Notice of Realty Action:

Noncompetitive Sales of Public Lands

in Yuma County, Arizona; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management published a document in

the Federal Register of July 8, 1997,

concerning lands found suitable for

noncompetitive sale to three separate

parties. The document did not contain

a Bureau of Land Management case file

number and the holder’s name for one

of the proposed sale parties.