Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 69 / Thursday, April 10, 1997 / Notices 17633

Office, 455 Emerson Street, Craig,

Colorado. Agenda items include general

council business and subcommittee

reports.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements at the meetings or submit

written statements following the

meetings. Per-person time limits for oral

statements may be set to allow all

interested persons an opportunity to

speak.

Summary minutes of Council

meetings are maintained in both the

Grand Junction and Craig District

Offices. They are available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Mark Morse,

Grand Junction/Craig District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–9221 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–020–07–2811–00]

Notice of Intent To Hold Public Meeting

Regarding the Draft BLM Phoenix Field

Office Fire Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Fire management plan, notice of

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting to discuss the

development of the Phoenix Field Office

Fire Management Plan. The meeting

will be held on Monday, April 28, 1997,

from 4 to 7 p.m., at the BLM’s Phoenix

Field Office, 2015 West Deer Valley

Road, Phoenix, Arizona.

This plan is required by the Federal

Wildland Fire Policy for every area with

burnable vegetation. Wildland fire

management decisions are based on

these approved fire management plans

in conjunction with land and resource

management plans. New fire

management plans must be developed

and in place by all BLM offices in fiscal

year 1998. The initial phase of this twophase process requires completion of

draft fire management direction by June

1, 1997. Final fire management direction

must be completed by November 1997.

Comments to the above address,

Attention: Glenn Joki, will be accepted

until May 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Glenn Joki, Fire Management Officer,

Phoenix Field Office, 2015 West Deer

Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027,

(602) 780–8090.

Dated: April 2, 1997.

David J. Miller,

Acting Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–9225 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–62–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–010–1430–01; CACA 7202]

Public Land Order No. 7252;

Revocation of the Executive Order

Dated February 21, 1913; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes an

Executive Order dated February 21,

1913, in its entirety, as it affects

59,752.64 acres of public land

withdrawn for Potash Reserve No. 2.

The withdrawal is no longer needed for

this purpose since potash was made a

leasable mineral with the passage of the

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. The

revocation is needed to permit partial

disposal of the land through exchange.

This action will open the land to

nonmetalliferous mining. The land has

been and will remain open to surface

entry, metalliferous mining, and mineral

leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Gary, BLM California State Office

(CA–931.5), 2135 Butano Drive,

Sacramento, CA 95825, 916–979–2858.

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

February 21, 1913, which withdrew

public land for Potash Reserve No. 2, is

hereby revoked in its entirety as it

affects the following described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 24 S., R. 43 E.,

Sec. 32, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 33, S1⁄2;

Sec. 34, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, S1⁄2SW1⁄4

An area bounded as follows:

Beginning at the southeast corner of

sec. 31, T. 24 S., R. 43 E.; thence west

2 miles; thence south 12 miles; thence

east 9 miles; thence north 12 miles;

thence west 21⁄2 miles, more or less to

the south quarter corner of sec. 36, T. 24

S., R. 43 E., thence west 41⁄2 miles more

or less, along the south line of T. 24 S.,

R. 43 E., to point of beginning.

The area described contains 59,752.64

acres in San Bernardino County.

2. At 10 a.m. on May 12, 1997, the

land will be opened to location and

entry for nonmetalliferous mining under

the United States mining laws, subject

to valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of record, and the requirements of

applicable law. Appropriation of any of

the land described in this order under

the general mining laws prior to the date

and time of restoration is unauthorized.

Any such attempted appropriation,

including attempted adverse possession

under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1988), shall vest no

rights against the United States. Acts

required to establish a location and to

initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in

conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of

Land Management will not intervene in

disputes between rival locators over

possessory rights since Congress has

provided for such determination in local

courts.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–9213 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–924–1430–01; MTM 82330]

Public Land Order No. 7254;

Withdrawal of Public Mineral Estate

Within the Sweet Grass Hills Area of

Critical Environmental Concern and

Surrounding Areas; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws

approximately 19,685 acres of public

mineral estate from location and entry

under the mining laws for a period of

20 years to protect the unique resources

within the Sweet Grass Hills Area of

Critical Environmental Concern and

surrounding areas. The lands have been

and will remain open to surface entry,

as identified in the Sweet Grass Hills

Resource Management Plan

Amendment, and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Hopkins, Great Falls Resource

Area Office, Great Falls, Montana 59401,

406–727–0503.