2690 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Lower Snake River

District Resource Advisory Council will

meet in Boise to discuss management of

redband trout and sage grouse in

southwest Idaho, as well as

implementation of new grazing

management plans in the Bruneau and

Owyhee Resource Areas.

DATES: February 26, 1997. The meeting

will begin at 9:00 a.m. Public comment

periods will be held beginning at 9:30

a.m. And 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: The Lower Snake River

District Office is located at 3948

Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Rose, Lower Snake River District

Office (208–384–3393).

Dated: January 9, 1998.

Howard Hedrick,

Resource Coordinator.

[FR Doc. 98–1088 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–050–1020–00: GP8–0076]

Notice of Meeting of John Day-Snake

Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Prineville District, Interior.

ACTION: Meeting of John Day-Snake

Resource Advisory Council: Pendleton,

Oregon; February 19 & 20, 1998.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council will

be held on February 19, 1998 from 1:00

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on February 20

from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the Doubletree

Inn, 304 SE Nye Ave., Pendleton,

Oregon. The meeting is open to the

public. Public comments will be

received at 3:00 p.m. on February 19.

Topics to be discussed by the Council

will include the Interior Columbia Basin

Ecosystem Management Project,

implementation of Standards for

Rangeland Health and Guidelines for

Livestock Grazing on public lands, an

update on the Oregon Governor’s Forest

Health Advisory Committee and a

discussion of operating agreements for

future Council meetings. There will be

a satellite video conference with the

Secretary of the Interior and BLM

Director on February 20.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James L. Hancock, Bureau of Land

Management, Prineville District Office,

3050 NE Third Street, P.O. Box 550,

Prineville, Oregon 97754, or call 541–

416–6700.

Dated: January 7, 1998.

James L. Hancock,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–1123 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–990–1020–00]

Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Upper Columbia—Salmon Clearwater

Districts, Idaho.

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory

Council meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

Appendix, the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

meeting of the Upper Columbia—

Salmon Clearwater Districts Resource

Advisory Council (RAC) on Friday,

February 20, 1998, in Coeur d’Alene,

Idaho.

Agenda items include: a video

conference featuring Secretary of the

Interior Bruce Babbitt and BLM Director

Pat Shea, reports from the weeds and

recreation subgroups, discussion of

future issues to consider, and other

Council business. The meeting will

begin at 8:00 a.m. (PST) and be held at

the BLM Coeur d’Alene Field Office,

1808 North Third Street, Coeur d’Alene,

Idaho. The public may address the

Council during the public comment

period from 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Depending on the

number of persons wishing to make oral

statements, a per-person time limit may

be established by the District Manager.

The Council’s responsibilities include

providing long-range planning and

establishing resource management

priorities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted

Graff (208) 769–5004.

Dated: January 8, 1998.

Fritz U. Rennebaum,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–1148 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR 53130; OR–080–08–7122–00–8977; G8–

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Realty Action; Proposed

Noncompetitive Lease

The following described parcel of

public land is being considered for a

noncompetitive lease under the

authority of Section 302 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1732), at

not less than the appraised fair market

value:

Williamette Meridian, Oregon

T. 5 S., R. 4 E.,

Sec. 19, a portion of the SW1⁄4NE1⁄4

The above-described parcel contains

approximately 40 acres in Clackamas County.

The external boundary of the area will be

surveyed and a metes and bounds

description used for the lease.

The purpose of the lease would be to

accommodate a proposed shooting range

with three firing lanes and appurtenant

facilities. Since there is no known

interest to develop the shooting range by

anyone else, the land would be offered

for lease without competition.

The above-described parcel is being

considered for lease to the Molalla Rifle

Club, an Oregon non-profit corporation.

The lease would be issued for a term of

10 years, with a right to renewal the

lease for additional years.

Detailed information concerning this

proposal, including the environmental

assessment, is available for review at the

Salem District Office, 1717 Fabry Road

SE, Salem, Oregon 97306.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of this notice, interested parties may

submit comments regarding the

proposed exchange to the Cascades Area

Manager at the above address. Any

adverse comments will be reviewed by

the Salem District Manager, who may

sustain, vacate, or modify this decision.

Richard C. Prather,

Cascades Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–1146 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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