Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 52 / Tuesday, March 18, 1997 / Notices 12837

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed

Ruda, BLM Eastern States Office, 7450

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia

22153, 703–440–1671.

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:

1. The Executive Order dated July 24,

1875, which withdrew public land for

use as lighthouse purposes, is hereby

revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

Michigan Meridian

Point Betsie Lighthouse

T. 26 N., R. 16 W.,

Sec. 4, lot 10.

The area described contains 1.70 acres in

Benzie County.

2. At 10:00 a.m. on April 17, 1997 the

land will be opened to the operation of

the public land laws generally, 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 10 a.m. on April

17, 1997 shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

Dated: February 19, 1997

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–6790 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

[OR–957–00–1420–00: G7–0117]

Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described lands are scheduled

to be officially filed in the Oregon State

Office, Portland, Oregon, thirty (30)

calendar days from the date of this

publication.

Willamette Meridian

Oregon

T. 9 S., R. 4 E., accepted January 31, 1997

T. 21 S., R. 1 W., accepted January 31, 1997

T. 16 S., R. 3 W., accepted January 24, 1997

T. 38 S., R. 4 W., accepted January 31, 1997

T. 32 S., R. 5 W., accepted January 31, 1997

T. 21 S., R. 9 W., accepted January 24, 1997

T. 23 S., R. 9 W., accepted January 24, 1997

T. 25 S., R. 13 W., accepted February 28,

1997

If protests against a survey, as shown

on any of the above plat(s), are received

prior to the date of official filing, the

filing will be stayed pending

consideration of the protest(s). A plat

will not be officially filed until the day

after all protests have been dismissed

and become final or appeals from the

dismissal affirmed.

The plat(s) will be placed in the open

files of the Oregon State Office, Bureau

of Land Management, 1515 S.W. 5th

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, and

will be available to the public as a

matter of information only. Copies of

the plat(s) may be obtained from the

above office upon required payment. A

person or party who wishes to protest

against a survey must file with the State

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Portland, Oregon, a notice that they

wish to protest prior to the proposed

official filing date given above. A

statement of reasons for a protest may be

filed with the notice of protest to the

State Director, or the statement of

reasons must be filed with the State

Director within thirty (30) days after the

proposed official filing date.

The above-listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, survey and

subdivision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, (1515

S.W. 5th Avenue) P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 97–6712 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

National Park Service

Public Notice

SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given

that the National Park Service proposes

to award a concession contract

authorizing continued operation of

commercially guided horse rides, for the

public at Bryce Canyon National Park

for a period of five (5) years from

January 1, 1998 through December 31,

2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Offers will be accepted

for sixty (60) days under the terms

described in the Prospectus. The sixty

(60) day application period will begin

with the release of the Prospectus,

which will occur on or before April 17,

1997. The actual release date of the

Prospectus shall be the date of

publication in the ‘‘Commerce Business

Daily’’.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

contact the Superintendent; Bryce

Canyon National Park; P.O. Box 170001;

Bryce Canyon, Utah 84717; to obtain a

copy of the Prospectus describing the

requirements of the proposed contacts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

contract renewal has been determined to

be categorically excluded from the

procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act and no

environmental document will be

prepared.

The existing concessioner has

performed its obligation to the

satisfaction of the Secretary under an

existing contract which expires by

limitation of time on December 31,

1997. Therefore pursuant to the

provisions of Section 5 of the Act of

October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C.

20), the concessioner is entitled to be

given preference in the renewal of the

contract and in the award of a new

contract providing that the existing

concessioner submits a responsive offer

(a timely offer which meets the terms

and conditions of the Prospectus). This

means that the contract will be awarded

to the party submitting the best offer,

provided that if the best offer was not

submitted by the existing concessioner,

then the existing concessioner will be

afforded the opportunity to match the

best offer. If the existing concessioner

agrees to match the best offer, then the

contract will be awarded to the existing

concessioner.

If the existing concessioner does not

submit a responsive offer, the right of

preference in renewal shall be

considered to have been waived, and

the contract will then be awarded to the

party that has submitted the best

responsive offer.

The Secretary will consider and

evaluate all offers received as a result of

this notice. Any offer, including that of

the existing concessioner, must be

received by the Superintendent, Bryce

Canyon National Park; P.O. Box 170001;

Bryce Canyon, Utah 84717; not later

than sixty (60) days following release of

the Prospectus to be considered and

evaluated.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

John T. Crowley.

Acting Director, Intermountain Region.

[FR Doc. 97–6824 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

National Preservation Technology and

Training Board: Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the

National Preservation Technology and

Training Board.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee