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radio-telemetry work conducted to

determine movement and habitat use.

Unrestricted access to the area may

compromise or jeopardize prairie

chicken research efforts in this portion

of the Caprock Wildlife Habitat Area.

Vehicle access for administrative

purposes, and those activities

authorized by the BLM, will continue to

be allowed. Only the road and general

area serviced by the road is affected by

this action.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Edwin L. Roberson,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–4392 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–VA–M

[CA–060–07–1990–00]

Meeting of the California Desert

District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in

accordance with Public Laws 92–463

and 94–579, that the California Desert

District Advisory Council to the Bureau

of Land Management, U.S. Department

of the Interior, will meet in formal

session on Thursday, March 20 from

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, March

21, 1996, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Thursday session will be held in

the Needles City hall Council Chambers

located at 111 Baily Avenue, Needles,

California.

Council members will participate in a

field tour on Friday. The tour will

assemble at the Travelers Inn parking lot

at 7:15 a.m., and depart at 7:30 a.m. The

hotel is located at 1195 3rd Street. The

public is welcome to participate in the

field tour, but should dress

appropriately and plan on providing

their own transportation, food, and

beverage. Anyone interested in

participating in the field tour should

contact BLM at (909) 697–5215 for more

information.

The Thursday meeting will begin at 8

a.m. All Desert District Advisory

Council meetings are open to the public.

Time for public comment may be made

available by the Council Chairman

during the presentation of various

agenda items, and is scheduled at the

end of the meeting for topics not on the

agenda.

Written comments may be filed in

advance of the meeting for the

California Desert District Advisory

Council, c/o Bureau of Land

Management, Public Affairs Office, 6221

Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507–0714. Written

comments also are accepted at the time

of the meeting and, if copies are

provided to the recorder, will be

incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND MEETING

CONFIRMATION: Contact the Bureau of

Land Management, California Desert

District, Public Affairs Office, 6221 Box

Springs Boulevard, Riverside, California

92507–0714; (909) 697–5215.

Dated: February 14, 1997.

Jo Simpson,

Assistant District Manager, External Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–4454 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

(CO–935–1430–01; COC–28582, COC–

0123470)

Public Land Order No. 7244; Partial

Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated

March 25, 1910, Which Established

Power Site Reserve No. 133; Opening

of Land Under Section 24 of the

Federal Power Act in the Secretarial

Order Dated July 12, 1957, Which

Established Power Project No. 2204;

Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes a

Secretarial order insofar as it affects 600

acres of public lands withdrawn for

Powersite Reserve No. 133. The

waterpower potential in these lands has

been fully developed. These lands have

been open to mineral leasing and, under

the provisions of the Mining Claims

Rights Restoration Act of 1955, to

mining. These provisions are no longer

required. This order also opens 359.57

acres of lands withdrawn for Power

Project No. 2204, subject to Section 24

of the Federal Power Act, to disposal to

the Project licensee. The revocation and

opening actions will allow for

consummation of a pending land

exchange with the Denver Water Board.

All of the lands continue to be

segregated by an exchange application.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State

Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7076, 303–

239–3706.

1. 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 (1988) it is ordered as follows:

The Secretarial Order dated March 25,

1910, which established Power Site

Reserve No. 133, is hereby revoked

insofar as it affects the following

described public lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 79 W.,

Sec. 14, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 25, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 26, NE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 600 acres in

Grand County.

At 9:00 a.m. on March 26, 1997, the

lands described above are relieved of

the segregative effects of Power Site

Reserve No. 133. The lands remain

segregated by an exchange application.

2. By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as

amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1988), and

pursuant to the determination by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

in DVCO–546, it is ordered as follows:

At 9:00 a.m. on March 26, 1997, the

following described public lands

withdrawn by Secretarial Order dated

July 12, 1957, which established Power

Project No. 2204, will be opened to

disposal by land exchange to the Denver

Water Board only, subject to the

provisions of Section 24 of the Federal

Power Act, valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable law:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 78 W.,

Sec. 19, lot 2 lying West of County Road

3.

T. 1 N., R. 79 W.,

Sec. 27, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 lying East of County Road 33;

Sec. 34, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 lying

East of County Road 33;

Sec. 35, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 359.57 acres in Grand County.

3. The State of Colorado, with respect

to the lands described in paragraphs 1

and 2, has waived its preference right to

file for the public highway rights-of-way

or material sites, as provided by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24 as

amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1988).

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–4391 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

[WY–989–1050–00–P]

Filing of Plats of Survey; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described lands are scheduled