14942 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 60 / Friday, March 28, 1997 / Notices

5. Pacificorp’s power transmission

line authorized under R/W grant, serial

number UTU–54580.

6. City of St. George’s water pipeline

authorized under R/W grant, serial

number UTU–65448.

7. U.S. West Communication’s

telephone line authorized under R/W

grant, serial number UTU–60037.

Detailed information concerning this

action is available at the office of the

Bureau of Land Management, Dixie

Resource Area Office, 345 E. Riverside

Drive, St. George, Utah 84790.

This notice terminates, in its entirety,

the proposed R&PP Act classification

published on May 16, 23 and 30, 1984

in the Spectrum.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the land will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for leasing or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws. For a period of 45 days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested persons

may submit comments regarding the

proposed classification, leasing or

conveyance of the land to the Area

Manager, Dixie Resource Area Office.

Classification Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments involving

the suitability of the lands for a

recreation area. Comments on the

classification are restricted to whether

the land is physically suited for the

proposal, whether the use will

maximize the future use or uses of the

land, whether the use is consistent with

local planning and zoning, or if the use

is consistent with State and Federal

programs.

Application Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments regarding

the specific use proposed in the

Washington County Water Conservancy

District’s application and plan of

development, whether the BLM

followed proper administrative

procedures in reaching the decision, or

any other factor not directly related to

the suitability of the land for recreation

and public purposes.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the State Director. In the

absence of any adverse comments, the

classification will become effective 60

days from the date of publication of this

notice.

Dated: March 17, 1997.

James D. Crisp,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–7899 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–M

[ES–960–1910–00–4041] ES–48650, Group

99, Arkansas

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey;

Arkansas

The plat of the dependent resurvey of

the north boundary, a portion of the east

boundary, a portion of the subdivisional

lines, and the subdivision of certain

sections of Township 15 North, Range

19 West, Fifth Principal Meridian

Arkansas, will be officially filed in

Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia at

7:30 a.m., on April 28, 1997.

The survey was requested by the

National Park Service.

All inquiries or protests concerning

the technical aspects of the survey must

be sent to the Chief Cadastral Surveyor,

Eastern States, Bureau of Land

Management, 7450 Boston Boulevard,

Springfield, Virginia 22153, prior to

7:30 a.m., April 28, 1997.

Copies of the plat will be made

available upon request and prepayment

of the reproduction fee of $2.75 per

copy.

Date: March 14, 1997.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 97–7895 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–65–M

Bureau of Reclamation

Review of Existing Coordinated LongRange Operating Criteria for Colorado

River Reservoirs

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

will be conducting a public meeting for

a preliminary review of the comments

received on the review of the 1970

Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range

Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs

(Criteria). Members of the Reclamation

review team will be available to discuss

the comments and Reclamation’s

analyses and responses to the key

issues, and to receive any additional

input from the public regarding the

analyses and responses. In addition to

the public meeting, Reclamation will

extend a final comment period through

May 16, 1997.

As part of the Criteria review,

Reclamation has incorporated an active

public involvement process that

includes all interested stakeholders.

This public process is designed to

solicit comments on Criteria provisions

that may need revision as the result of

actual operating experience, and to

disclose the results of the analysis.

Reclamation published a notice in the

Federal Register on October 31, 1996,

asking for written comments and

announcing two public meetings to be

held in November and December 1996.

Detailed written comments were

received from 17 interested agencies

and the two public meetings provided

Reclamation with numerous issues,

comments, and concerns regarding

possible changes to the Criteria.

DATE AND LOCATION: The public meeting

will be held at the following time and

location:

Las Vegas, Nevada—Tuesday, April

22, 1997, at 12 noon at McCarran

Airport, Commissioners Meeting Room,

5th Floor, Main Terminal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce Moore, Bureau of Reclamation,

125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt

Lake City, Utah 84138–1102 telephone

(801) 524–3702, or Jayne Harkins,

Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470,

Boulder City, Nevada 89005, telephone

(702) 293–8190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1970

Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range

Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs,

promulgated pursuant to Public Law

90–537, were published in the Federal

Register on June 10, 1970. The Criteria

provided for the coordinated long-range

operation of the reservoirs constructed

and operated under the authority of the

Colorado River Storage Project Act, the

Boulder Canyon Project Act, and the

Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act

for the purposes of complying with and

carrying out the provisions of the

Colorado River Compact, the Upper

Colorado River Basin Compact, and the

Mexican Water Treaty.

The 1970 Criteria specified that a

formal review take place at least once

every five years with participation by

such Colorado River Basin state

representatives as each Governor may

designate, and other parties and

agencies as the Secretary of the Interior

may deem appropriate. Public Law 90–

537 allows the Secretary, as a result of

actual operating experience or

unforeseen circumstances, to modify the

Criteria to better accomplish the

purposes of the two basin compacts and

the Mexican Water Treaty. The

Commissioner of Reclamation is the

authorized agent of the Secretary for the

purpose of conducting and coordinating

this review.

This is the fifth review of the Criteria

conducted since its initial promulgation

in 1970. Previous reviews of the Criteria

were initiated in 1975, 1980, 1985, and

1990. They resulted in no changes to the

operating Criteria.