Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 88 /Thursday, May 7, 1998 / Notices 25231

ACTION: Call for nominations for the San

Pedro Riparian National Conservation

Area Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to solicit public nominations to fill

seven positions on the San Pedro

Riparian National Conservation Area

Advisory Committee, which was

established pursuant to Section 104 of

the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of

1988, Pub. L. 100–696.

DATES: Nominations must be received

by June 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management, Tucson Field Office,

12661 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ

85748.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill

Childress, Program Manager, at (520)

458–3559.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee is comprised of seven

members. Nominees to fill some of these

positions will serve three-year terms

ending December 31, 2001. Other

members will serve shorter terms

consistent with the committee’s

staggered-term arrangement.

Nominations for two positions of the

seven positions will be submitted by the

Arizona Governor’s Office and the

Cochise County Board of Supervisors.

Anyone interested in filling either of

those two positions should submit their

name to those offices for consideration.

The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant

to this call, will ensure continued

representation of specific categories of

interest on the Committee. Nominees

must be persons with recognized

expertise in recreation, wildlife

conservation, archaeology,

paleontology, water resources, riparian

ecology or other disciplines directly

related to the primary purpose for

which the conservation area was

created.

The purpose of the Committee is to

provide informed advice to the BLM’s

Tucson Field Manager on the

management of the San Pedro Riparian

National Conservation Area, as required

by Section 103 of the Arizona-Idaho

Conservation Act of 1988, Pub. L. 10–

696.

Members will serve without salary,

but will be reimbursed for travel and per

diem expenses at current rates for

government employees. The Committee

normally meets at least twice yearly.

Additional meetings may be called by

the Field Manager or representative in

connection with special needs for

advice.

Persons wishing to serve on the

Committee, or to nominate individuals

to serve, must do so in writing. Each

nomination must include the name,

address, and phone number of the

nominee along with biographical

information such as education,

profession, experience, and interests

related to management of the

Conservation Area. Nominations should

be addressed to the Bureau of Land

Management, Tucson Field Office,

Tucson Field Manager, 12661 E.

Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85748.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Jesse J. Juen,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–12088 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–050–1120–00: GP8–0180]

Notice of availability Northeast Oregon

assembled land exchange Final

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Prineville District Office,

Central Oregon Resource Area.

ACTION: Notice of availability, Northeast

Oregon assembled land exchange Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

102(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act, the Prineville and Vale

Districts have prepared a FEIS analyzing

the potential environmental impacts of

a proposed land exchange in Grant,

Umatilla, Morrow, Wheeler and Union

counties. The FEIS is expected to be

available for review on or about May 20,

1998.

Clearwater Land Exchange has

proposed to trade lands within and

adjacent to both the North and South

Forks of the John Day River for scattered

tracts of public land located in the

above mentioned counties. Other tracts

yet to be identified would be acquired

within the Vale District in future phases

of the exchange.

DATES: This notice announces the

beginning of the 30 day comment

period. The comment period will

officially close 30 days from the date the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

publishes its notice of availability of the

FEIS.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FEIS

should be sent to James Hancock,

Prineville District Manager, BLM, P.O.

Box 550, Prineville, OR. 97754.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To obtain additional information or to

get a copy of the FEIS, contact Steve

Davidson at (541)–523–1349 or Ron

Lane at (541)–416–6752.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those

individuals, organizations, Native

American tribes, agencies and other

governments with a known interest in

the proposal have been sent a copy of

the FEIS.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

James L. Hancock,

District Manager,

[FR Doc. 98–12162 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–1430–01; GP7–0070; OR–22155

(WA)]

Public Land Order No. 7328;

Revocation of Executive Order Dated

October 29, 1910; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes an

Executive order in its entirety, as it

affects the remaining 20.36 acres of

public lands withdrawn for Bureau of

Land Management Powersite Reserve

No. 158. The lands are no longer needed

for the purpose for which they were

withdrawn. This action will open 11.38

acres to surface entry. The remaining

8.98 acres are included in an

overlapping withdrawal and will remain

closed to surface entry. All of the lands

have been and will remain open to

mining and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, 503–952–

6155.

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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Executive Order dated October

29, 1910, which established Powersite

Reserve No. 158, is hereby revoked in its

entirety:

Willamette Meridian

T. 32 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 24, lots 15 to 19, inclusive, and those

portions of lots 9 and 12 lying in the

W1⁄2NE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 20.36 acres in Snohomish

County.

2. The following described lands are

included in the Skagit Wild and Scenic

River withdrawal, and will remain

closed to surface entry:
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Willamette Meridian

T. 32 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 24, lots 16 to 19, inclusive, and a

portion of lot 12.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 8.98 acres in Snohomish

County.

3. At 8:30 a.m. on August 6, 1998, the

lands described in paragraph 1, except

as provided by paragraph 2, 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 8:30 a.m., on

August 6, 1998, shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

4. The State of Washington has a

preference right for public highway

rights-of-way or material sites for a

period of 90 days from the date of

publication of this order and any

location, entry, selection, or subsequent

patent shall be subject to any rights

granted the State as provided by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as

amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

Dated: April 17, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–12159 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–926–08–1420–00]

Montana: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Montana State Office, Interior

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described land are scheduled

to be officially filed in the Montana

State Office, Billings, Montana, thirty

(30) days from the date of this

publication.

The plat, representing the survey of

an island in the Missouri River,

Township 2 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, in two sheets, representing

the dependent resurvey of a portion of

the south and east boundaries, a portion

of the subdivisional lines, the adjusted

original meanders of the right and left

banks of the Missouri River through

sections 12, 22, and 34, the subdivision

of sections 12, 22, and 34, and the

survey of certain islands in the Missouri

River, Township 3 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, in two sheets, representing

the dependent resurvey of a portion of

the east boundary, a portion of the

subdivisional lines, the adjusted

original meanders of the right and left

banks of the Missouri River through

sections 2, 12, and 24, the subdivision

of sections 2, 12, and 24, and the survey

of certain islands in the Missouri River,

Township 4 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana. This same

plat, in two sheets, also representing the

dependent resurvey of a portion of the

subdivisional lines, the adjusted

original meanders of the right and left

banks of the Missouri River through

sections 6 and 18, the subdivision of

sections 6 and 18, and the survey of

certain islands in the Missouri River,

Township 4 North, Range 3 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, representing the survey of

certain islands in the Missouri River,

Township 5 North, Range 2 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the First

Standard Parallel North, the west

boundary, the subdivisional lines, the

adjusted original meanders of the right

and left banks of the Missouri River, and

the subdivision of section 31, Township

5 North, Range 3 East, Principal

Meridian, Montana, was accepted April

16, 1998.

The plat, representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the north

boundary, subdivisional lines, and

certain boundaries of Amended Mineral

Survey Nos. 5090A and 5090B, Placers,

Township 6 North, Range 1 East,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was

accepted April 16, 1998.

The plat, in two sheets, representing

the dependent resurvey of portions of

the west boundary, subdivisional lines,

the adjusted original meanders of the

right and left banks of the Missouri

River through sections 7, 8, 17, 18, 20,

and 28, the subdivision of sections 7,

17, 20, and 28, and the survey of certain

islands in the Missouri River, Township

6 North, Range 2 East, Principal

Meridian, Montana, was accepted April

16, 1998.

This survey was executed at the

request of the Bureau of Land

Management, Headwaters Resource

Area and was necessary to identify

omitted islands. Copies of the preceding

described plats will be immediately

placed in the open files and will be

available to the public as a matter of

information.

If a protest against this survey, as

shown on these plats, is received prior

to the date of the official filing, the filing

will be stayed pending consideration of

the protest. This particular plat will not

be officially filed until the day after all

protests have been accepted or

dismissed and become final or appeals

from the dismissal affirmed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, 222 North

32nd Street, P.O. Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107–6800.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Steven G. Schey,

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of

Resources.

[FR Doc. 98–12185 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Preparation of an Environmental

Assessment for Proposed Outer

Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease

Sale 172 in the Central Gulf of Mexico

(March 1999)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service.

ACTION: Preparation of an environmental

assessment (EA).

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) is beginning preparation

of an environmental assessment (EA) for

proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 172 (scheduled

for March 1999) in the Central Gulf of

Mexico Planning Area (CPA). In August

1996, the MMS issued a Call for

Information and Nominations/Notice of

Intent to Prepare an EIS (Call/NOI) for

all five proposed Central Gulf of Mexico

oil and gas sales in the current 5-year

leasing program. In 1997, MMS

prepared a single EIS for all five sales.

The multisale final EIS, filed in

November 1997, included an analysis of

a single, ‘‘typical’’ oil and gas sale and

a cumulative analysis that included the

effects of holding all five sales, as well

as the cumulative effects of the longterm development of the planning area.

The MMS stated in the EIS that an EA

would be prepared for each lease sale

after the first sale covered in the EIS

(Sale 169).

The preparation of this EA is the first

step in the prelease decision process for

Sale 172. The proposed action and

alternatives for Sale 172 were identified

by the Director of MMS in November

1996 following the Call/NOI and were

analyzed in the Central Gulf multisale