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U.S.C. 1713). The BLM is also providing

notice of the proposed sale of the same

public land in Phillips County involving

the surface estate to Phillips County.

SUMMARY: Phillips County will use the

purchased land as part of a new

proposed Malta Airport. The BLM

advised state and local officials about

the proposed sale. The estimated fair

market value is $12,400. Sale of the

public land will occur in May 1997. The

80 acres of described public land is

suitable for sale under criterion 2 of

section 203 of FLPMA of 1976 (43

U.S.C. 1713); T. 30 N., R. 29 E., P.M.M.

sec 11, S1⁄2SE1⁄4.

DATES, COMMENTS AND PROTESTS: The

effective date of this plan amendment

decision and proposed sale notice is the

publication date of this notice in the

Federal Register.

Any person who participated in the

Judith Valley Phillips Resource

Management Plan amendment process

having an interest or adversely affected

by the approval or amendment of a

resource management plan may protest

such approval or amendment as stated

in 43 CFR 1610.5–2. The protest shall be

in writing and filed within 30 days of

the effective date of this notice. Send

protests to the: Director (WO–210),

Bureau of Land Management, Attn:

Brenda Williams 1849 ‘‘C’’ Street NW,

Washington, DC 20240.

The protest must contain:

1. The name, mailing address,

telephone number and interest of the

person filing the protest.

2. A statement of the issue or issues

being protested.

3. A statement of the part or parts of

the plan amendment being protested.

4. A copy of all documents addressing

the issue or issues submitted during the

planning process by the protesting party

or an indication of the discussion date

of the issue(s) for the record.

5. A concise statement explaining

why the State Director’s decision is

believed to be incorrect.

Comments on the proposed sale may

occur for 45 days from the date of this

notice. Send comments to: Bureau of

Land Management, Phillips Resource

Area Office, HC 65 Box 5000, Malta,

Montana. 59538–0047.

The State Director will weigh adverse

comments on the proposed sale and

may vacate or change this notice

concerning the proposed sale. Without

any objections this notice will become

the final determination of the

Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information related to the plan

amendment, proposed sale and

environmental assessment are available

from Richard M. Hotaling, Area

Manager, Phillips Resource Area, HC 65

Box 5000, Malta, MT 59538–0047, 406–

654–1240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

publication of this notice segregates the

public land described above from

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the mining laws but not

from sale under Section 203 of the

FLPMA of 1976. The segregation will

end upon issuance of the conveyance

document or 270 days from the date of

publication of this notice, whichever

occurs first. The conveyance of public

land is subject to a reservation of a rightof-way for ditches and canals under 43

U. S. C. 945 and a reservation of all

federal minerals.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Richard M. Hotaling,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–4525 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

[UT–942–1430–00]

Notice of Intent to Amend Resource

Management Plans (RMPs) and

Management Framework Plans (MFPS).

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare plan

amendments for the following plans

located in said Field Office; Richfield

District; Henry Mountain MFP and

Parker Mountain MFP, Fillmore District;

House Range RMP and Warm Springs

RMP, Cedar City District; Pinyon MFP,

Vermillion MFP, Zion MFP and

portions of the Paria MFP and Cedar

Beaver Garfield Antiomony RMP.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the

public that the Bureau of Land

Management is preparing an

Environmental Assessment to consider

proposed amendments to the above

stated land use plans that guide

management of the public lands within

the Fillmore District and portions of

Richfield and Cedar City Districts

located within the State of Utah. The

proposed amendments would consider

additional disposal criteria providing

opportunities for land tenure

adjustments (excluding sales pursuant

to the Federal Land Policy and

Managment Act, Section 203).

DATES: The comment period for the

preliminary issues and planning criteria

identified for the proposed plan

amendments will commence with

publication of this notice. Comments

must be submitted on or before March

27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the Cedar City District, Beaver River

Resource Area, contact Craig Zufelt or

Ervin Larson at 176 East D.L. Sargent

Dr., Cedar City, Utah 84720 @ 801–586-

2401. For the Cedar City District, Kanab

Resource Area contact Mike Noel at 318

North First East, Kanab, Utah 84741 @

801–644–2672. For the Richfield

District, Henry Mountain Resource Area

contact Rod Lee at 150 East 900 North,

Richfield, Utah 84701 @ 801–896–1524.

For the Fillmore District, House Range

and Warm Springs Resource Areas

contact Nancy DeMille at 35 East 500

North, Richfield, Utah 84631 @ 801–

896–6811. Existing planning documents

describing current management of the

above-stated areas are available at the

above addresses. Comments on the

proposed plan amendments should be

sent to the respective addresses listed

above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Richfield District; Henry Mountain

Resource Area, Fillmore District; House

Range and Warm Springs Resource

Areas, and Cedar City District, Beaver

River and Kanab Resource Area, BLM,

are proposing to amend the above

mentioned planning documents, to

allow opportunities for land tenure

adjustments not previously identified in

the current planning documents by

adding five new land tenure adjustment

criteria.

Preliminary planning issues have

been identified and consist of possible

adverse impacts to public lands that

could be removed from public

ownership, socio-economic impacts,

and impacts on known sensitive natural

resources.

The following preliminary disposal

criteria have been identified and would

set the parameters under which land

tenure adjustments (including

acquisitions) may take place:

Public lands, in order to be

considered for disposal or exchange

within the above-mentioned plans, must

meet one or more of the following

criteria. The land tenure adjustment;

(1) Is in the public interest and

accommodates the needs of State, local

or private entities, including needs for

the economy, community growth and

expansion and are in accordance with

other land use goals and objectives and

RMP/MFP planning decisions;

(2) Results in a net gain of important

and manageable resource values on

public lands such as crucial wildlife

habitat, significant cultural sites, high

quality riparian areas, live water,

recreation, threatened & endangered

species habitat, or areas key to the

maintenance of productive ecosystems;
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(3) Ensures the accessibility of public

lands in areas where access is needed

and cannot otherwise reasonably be

obtained;

(4) Is essential to allow effective

management of public lands in areas

where consolidation of ownership is

necessary to meet resource management

objectives;

(5) Results in the acquisition of lands

which serve a national priority as

identified in national policy that cannot

otherwise be obtained.

All subsequent land tenure

adjustments processed in accordance

with the above criteria would require

additonal site specific analysis as

required by the National Environmental

Policy Act. Further, land tenure

adjustments would be subject to valid

existing rights and must be in

conformance with other objectives

stated in the current planning

documents, some of which may

preclude disposal.

The following disciplines will be

utilized for interdisciplinary input

throughout the NEPA process:

Archeologist, Lands and Realty

Specialist, Wildlife Biologist, Range

Conservationist, Botanist, Mineral

Specialist and Geologist, Planning

Specialist, Soils Scientist, Recreation

Specialist and Hydrologist.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

G. William Lamb,

State Director, Utah.

[FR Doc. 97–4526 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731–TA–760

(Preliminary)]

Needle Bearing Wire From Japan

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of antidumping

investigation and scheduling of a

preliminary phase investigation.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice of the institution of an

investigation and commencement of

preliminary phase antidumping

investigation No. 731–TA–760

(Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1673b(a))

(the Act) to determine whether there is

a reasonable indication that an industry

in the United States is materially

injured or threatened with material

injury, or the establishment of an

industry in the United States is

materially retarded, by reason of

imports from Japan of needle bearing

wire, having a diameter of 1.0 mm or

more, provided for in subheading

7229.90.50 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States, that are

alleged to be sold in the United States

at less than fair value. Unless the

Department of Commerce extends the

time for initiation pursuant to section

732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

§ 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must

reach a preliminary determination in

antidumping investigations in 45 days,

or in this case by March 31, 1997. The

Commission’s views are due at the

Department of Commerce within five

business days thereafter, or by April 7,

1997.

For further information concerning

the conduct of this investigation and

rules of general application, consult the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207), as

amended in 61 FR 37818 (July 22, 1996).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred

Fischer (202–205–3179), Office of

Investigations, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain

information on this matter by contacting

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility

impairments who will need special

assistance in gaining access to the

Commission should contact the Office

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.

General information concerning the

Commission may also be obtained by

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov or ftp://ftp.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background.—This investigation is

being instituted in response to a petition

filed on February 14, 1997, by E.C.D.,

Inc., Hillside, NJ.

Participation in the investigation and

public service list.—Persons (other than

petitioners) wishing to participate in the

investigation as parties must file an

entry of appearance with the Secretary

to the Commission, as provided in

sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the

Commission’s rules, not later than seven

days after publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. Industrial users

and (if the merchandise under

investigation is sold at the retail level)

representative consumer organizations

have the right to appear as parties in

Commission antidumping

investigations. The Secretary will

prepare a public service list containing

the names and addresses of all persons,

or their representatives, who are parties

to this investigation upon the expiration

of the period for filing entries of

appearance.

Limited disclosure of business

proprietary information (BPI) under an

administrative protective order (APO)

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s

rules, the Secretary will make BPI

gathered in this investigation available

to authorized applicants representing

interested parties (as defined in 19

U.S.C. § 1677(9)) who are parties to the

investigation under the APO issued in

the investigation, provided that the

application is made not later than seven

days after the publication of this notice

in the Federal Register. A separate

service list will be maintained by the

Secretary for those parties authorized to

receive BPI under the APO.

Conference.—The Commission’s

Director of Operations has scheduled a

conference in connection with this

investigation for 9:30 a.m. on March 7,

1997, at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC. Parties wishing to

participate in the conference should

contact Fred Fischer (202–205–3179)

not later than March 4, 1997, to arrange

for their appearance. Parties in support

of the imposition of antidumping duties

in this investigation and parties in

opposition to the imposition of such

duties will each be collectively

allocated one hour within which to

make an oral presentation at the

conference. A nonparty who has

testimony that may aid the

Commission’s deliberations may request

permission to present a short statement

at the conference.

Written submissions.—As provided in

sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the

Commission’s rules, any person may

submit to the Commission on or before

March 12, 1997, a written brief

containing information and arguments

pertinent to the subject matter of the

investigation. Parties may file written

testimony in connection with their

presentation at the conference no later

than three days before the conference. If

briefs or written testimony contain BPI,

they must conform with the

requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3,

and 207.7 of the Commission’s rules.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c)

and 207.3 of the rules, each document

filed by a party to the investigation must

be served on all other parties to the

investigation (as identified by either the

public or BPI service list), and a

certificate of service must be timely

filed. The Secretary will not accept a

document for filing without a certificate

of service.