20424 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 79 / Friday, April 24, 1998 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in

the Federal Advisory Committees Act

(Pub. L. 92–463) and the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act (Pub. L.

94–579), the U.S. Bureau of Land

Management’s Northeast California

Resource Advisory Council will meet

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9 and 10,

1998, at the Bureau of Land

Management’s Alturas Field Office, 708

West 12th St., Alturas, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Tuesday, June 9, the council will

convene at 10 a.m. at the parking area

for the Lassen National Forest’s Hat

Creek Ranger District, 43225 East

Highway 299, Fall River Mills, CA, then

depart for a field tour to the Beaver

Creek and Pit River areas. Field

discussions will include

implementation of Standards for

Healthy Rangelands and Guidelines for

Livestock Grazing; and land tenure

adjustments in the Alturas Field Office’s

area of responsibility. On Wednesday,

June 10, the council will convene at 8

a.m. for a business meeting at the BLM’s

Alturas Field Office, 708 West 12th St.,

Alturas, CA.

Agenda items include wild horse and

burro management, an update on the

Automated Lands and Minerals Records

System, a fire planning update, an

update on recreation fees, and reports

from the BLM’s Eagle Lake, Alturas and

Surprise field managers. The meeting is

open to the public. Public comments

will be taken at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Members of the public are also welcome

on the field tour, but they must provide

their own transportation and lunch.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact

Jeff Fontana, public affairs officer, at

(530) 257–5381.

Linda D. Hansen,

Eagle Lake Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–10915 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–010–07–1020–00–241A]

Northwest Colorado Resource

Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The next meeting of the

Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory

Council will be held on Thursday, May

7, 1998, at the Colorado Northwestern

Community College in Rangely,

Colorado.

DATES: Thursday, May 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact Joann Graham, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Grand Junction

District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand

Junction, Colorado 81506; Telephone

(970) 244–3037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Northwest Resource Advisory Council

will meet on May 7, 1998, at the

Colorado Northwestern Community

College, 500 Kennedy Drive, Rangely,

Colorado. The meeting will be held in

the Weise Conference Center and will

begin at 9 a.m. Agenda items include an

update of the roadless inventory review,

a discussion about proposed statewide

recreation guidelines, and subcommittee

reports on fire, land exchanges, and

recreation.

The meeting is open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements at the meetings or submit

written statements following the

meeting. 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: April 15, 1998.

Mark T. Morse,

District Manager, Craig and Grand Junction

Districts.

[FR Doc. 98–10952 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–030–08–1010–00–1784]

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Resource Advisory

Council meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

USC), notice is hereby given that the

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

(Southwest RAC) will meet in Cortez,

Colorado.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, May 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: For additional information,

contact Roger Alexander, Bureau of

Land Management (BLM), Montrose

District Office, 2465 South Townsend

Avenue, Montrose, Colorado 81401;

telephone 970–240–5335; TDD 970–

240–5366; e-mail r2alexan@co.blm.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The May

14, 1998, meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.

in the Johnson Building Conference

Room, 925 South Broadway, Suite 101,

Cortez, Colorado. The agenda will focus

on recreation guidelines and

management of cultural resources. Time

will be provided for public comments at

9:15 a.m. A field trip to view cultural

resource sites is planned for the

afternoon; the public is invited to attend

the field trip, but will have to provide

their own transportation.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council, or written

statements may be submitted for the

Council’s consideration. If necessary, a

per-person time limit may be

established by the Montrose District

Manager.

Summary minutes for Council

meetings are maintained in the

Montrose District Office and on the

World Wide Web at http://

www.co.blm.gov/mdo/

mdolswlrac.htm and are available for

public inspection and reproduction

within thirty (30) days following each

meeting.

Dated: April 17, 1998.

Mark W. Stiles,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–10953 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–933–1430–00; IDI–31786]

Opening of Land in a Proposed

Withdrawal; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year

segregation of a proposed withdrawal of

5.03 acres of National Forest System

land for the Forest Service’s Salmon

Canyon Copper Boating Site Recreation

Area expires May 20, 1998, after which

the land will be open to mining. The

land has been and will remain open to

surface entry and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State
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Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise,

Idaho 83709, 208–373–3864.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Proposed Withdrawal has been

published in the Federal Register (61

FR 25501, May 21, 1996), which

segregated the land described therein for

up to 2 years from the mining laws,

subject to valid existing rights, but not

from the general land laws and the

mineral leasing laws. The 2-year

segregation expires May 20, 1998. The

withdrawal application will continue to

be processed unless it is canceled or

denied. The land is described as

follows:

Boise Meridian

T. 23 N., R. 16 E.,

A tract of land being that part of the SE1⁄4

of unsurveyed sec. 26, more particularly

described as follows: Beginning at Salmon

River Road GPS control point No. 9, a 31⁄2

inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch aluminum

drive-in rod with NAD 83 latitude

45°18′00.9169′′ North and longitude

114°33′33.7864′′ West; thence North

75°15′58′′ East, 2148.09 feet to the ordinary

high water mark of the right bank of the

Salmon River and AP–1, a 31⁄2 inch

aluminum cap on a 1-inch aluminum drivein rod, the Point of Beginning; thence North

5°50′23′′ West, 755.08 feet to AP–2, a 31⁄2

inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch aluminum

drive-in rod; thence North 89°54′35′′ East,

640.79 feet to the ordinary high water mark

of the right bank of the Salmon River and

AP–3, a 31⁄2 inch aluminum cap on a 1-inch

aluminum drive-in rod; thence southwesterly

along the ordinary high water line of the right

bank of the Salmon River to AP–1 the Point

of Beginning.

The area described contains 5.03 acres in

Lemhi County.

At 9 a.m. on May 20, 1998, the land shall

be opened to location and entry 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 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. The Bureau of

Land Management will not intervene in

disputes between rival locators over

possessory rights since Congress has

provided for such determinations in local

courts.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Jimmie Buxton,

Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals.

[FR Doc. 98–10835 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–040–1430–01; AZA 30323]

Notice of Proposed Exchange of Lands

in Navajo County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management is

considering a proposal to exchange land

pursuant to Section 206 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), as amended. The

exchange has been proposed by Arizona

Public Service (APS) and is referred to

as the APS Exchange Project. The

following described public land is being

considered for disposal by the United

States:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 18 N., T. 19 E.,

Sec. 14, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

The area described contains approximately

10 acres.

Subject to valid existing rights, the

public land identified above has been

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws, mineral laws, and

mineral leasing laws for a period of one

year beginning on January 19, 1998.

In exchange the United States will

acquire a tract of Arizona Public Service

private land having unique natural

resources and located within the Tanner

Wash ACEC (Area of Environmental

Concern). The offered land is described

as follows:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 18 N., R. 19 E.,

Sec. 13, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The area described contains approximately

10 acres.

More detailed information concerning

the proposed exchange may be obtained

from Darlene Haegele, Project Manager,

Safford Field Office, 711 14th Avenue,

Safford, Arizona 85546, (520) 348–4400.

Interested parties may submit written

comments concerning the proposed

exchange to the Field Office Manager,

Stafford Field Office at the above

Safford address. Comments must be in

writing and be postmarked within 45

days from the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.

It has been determined that the

subject public land parcel contains no

known mineral values; therefore,

mineral interests may be conveyed

simultaneously.

In accordance with section 7 of the

Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. 315f, and

Executive Order No. 6910, the described

lands are hereby classified for disposal

by exchange.

Dated: April 8, 1998.

Frank L. Rowley,

Acting Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–10913 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–020–08–1430–01; AZA–6318 and AZA–

17792]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following public lands,

are located in Maricopa County,

Arizona, have been examined and found

suitable for conveyance under the

provisions of the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.

869, et seq.). The lands are not needed

for federal purposes. Conveyance is

consistent with current Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) land use planning

and would be in the public interest.

(1) AZA–6318. Maricopa County

Solid Waste Management Department is

currently leasing the following

described lands, located near the Town

of New River, Maricopa County, for

landfill purposes.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 6 N., R. 2 E.

Sec. 17, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4

Containing 20 acres.

(2) AZA–17792. Maricopa County

Solid Waste Management Department is

currently leasing the following

described lands, located near the Town

of New River, Maricopa County, for

landfill purposes.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 6 N., R. 2 E.,

Sec. 17, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.E1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4

Containing 40 acres.

The patents, when issued, will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and to all

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

2. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine and remove

the minerals.