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leased from the Bureau of Land

Management be patented to the County

under the authority of the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act of June 14,

1926, as amended. Pending the

completion of the Environmental

Assessment (EA) and the Landfill

Transfer Audit (LTA), it is the intent of

the Bureau of Land Management to

convey the lands to the County of

Modoc. The Intent to Convey involves

the following lands located in the

County of Modoc, California:

Federal Lands to be conveyed to the

County of Modoc:

Mount Diablo Meridian, California

1. Cedarville: T 43 N, R 17 E,

Sec. 34, Lot 3, 6, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4; CA 15801

containing 60.00 acres.

2. Eagleville: T 40 N, R 17 E,

Sec. 21, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 (within); CAS 308

3. Lake City: T 43 N, R 16 E,

Sec. 3, N1⁄2NW1⁄4 (within); CAS 309

4. Likely: T 39 N, R 13 E,

Sec. 11, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 (within); CAS 310

5. Davis Creek: T 45 N, R 14 E,

Sec. 29, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 (within); CA 6549

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Conveyance is consistent with current

BLM land use planning and is in the

public interest. The County of Modoc is

a qualified applicant for conveyance.

Final determination of the Intent to

Convey will be made using public

comments, an Environmental

Assessment (EA) and a Landfill Transfer

Audit (LTA). The conveyance document

(patent) for the Federal public lands will

include the following terms, conditions

or reservations to the United States:

1. ‘‘A right-of-way thereon for ditches

or canals constructed by the authority of

the United States. Act of August 30,

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).’’

2. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes (R&PP) Act and

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

3. All valid and existing rights

documented on the official public land

records at the time of patent issuance.

4. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

Upon publication of this Notice in the

Federal Register, the public lands

described above are segregated from all

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws, including the mineral laws

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws for a period of five years from the

date of publication. The segregative

effect shall terminate as provided by 43

CFR 2741.5(h)(2).

Detailed information concerning the

Intent to Convey is available at the

Alturas Resource Area Office, 708 West

12th Street, Alturas, CA, 96101 and

Surprise Resource Area Office, 602

Cressler Street, CA 96104 or by

contacting Jerry Wheeler at 530–233–

4666 or Joe McFarlan at 530–279–6101.

For a period of 45 days after the initial

publication of this Notice in the Federal

Register, interested parties may submit

comments to the Alturas Field Manager,

Alturas Field Office at the above

address. Send comments to the Surprise

Field Manager, Surprise Field Office at

P.O. Box 460, Cedarville, CA 96104.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the California State

Director. In the absence of any adverse

comments, the classification will

become effective 60 days from the date

of publication of this Notice in the

Federal Register.

Susan T. Stokke,

Manager, BLM Surprise Field Office.

[FR Doc. 98–12282 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–060–08–1610–00, 1617P]

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Land

Disposal Plan Amendment for the

Judith-Valley-Phillips and West HiLine

Resource Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

will amend the Judith-Valley-Phillips

and West HiLine Resource Management

Plans (RMPs). The Bureau of Land

Management is amending the RMPs to

allow the disposal of small isolated

tracts which were not specifically

identified and listed in the RMPs. The

public land being considered is located

in Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier,

Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Petroleum,

Phillips, Toole, and Valley Counties,

Montana. An environmental assessment

will be prepared by the Lewistown

District Office to analyze the impacts of

this proposal and any alternatives.

DATES: Comments and

recommendations on this notice to

amend the Judith-Valley-Phillips and

West HiLine RMPs should be received

on or before June 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to David L. Mari,

District Manager, Lewistown District

Office, P.O. Box 1160, Lewistown, MT

59457–1160.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

Majerus, 406–538–7461.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The West

HiLine (1988) and Judith-Valley-Phillips

(1994) Resource Management Plans

(RMP) identified specific parcels of

public land for disposal. Under these

RMPs, a plan amendment is required for

any land exchange, or sale, that involves

public land not specifically identified

for disposal and listed in the RMPs no

matter how small and insignificant the

sale or exchange. Over the past seven

years this has required six plan

amendments to complete eight minor

land sales exchanges which ranged in

size from 20 to 382 acres. The purpose

of each amendment was to dispose of

small isolated tracts that were not

identified in the RMPs, but upon closer

examination did meet disposal criteria.

Completing this plan amendment would

allow the BLM the option, and

flexibility, to identify additional

disposal tracts in the future, provided

they meet the disposal criteria and the

management objectives in the RMPs.

Under the plan amendment, additional

disposal tracts would not be identified

for major land exchanges that do not

meet RMP objectives.

(Authority: Sec. 202, Pub. L. 94–579, 90 Stat.

2747 (43 U.S.C. 1712))

Dated: April 29, 1998.

M. James Feist,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–12272 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft General Management Plan / Draft

Environmental Impact Statement,

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park,

Vermont

AGENCY: National Park Service Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft

General Management Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on

Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service policy, this notice

announces the availability for public

review of a Draft General Management

Plan/Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for Marsh-Billings National

Historical Park, Windsor County,

Vermont. In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

102(2)(C) of 1969, the environmental

impact statement was prepared to assess

the impacts of implementing the general

management plan.
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The Draft General Management Plan/

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

presents a Proposal and a Management

Alternative, then assesses the potential

environmental and socioeconomic

effects of the actions presented on site

resources, visitor experience, and the

surrounding area. The Proposal and the

Alternative differ in their approaches to

management. The Proposal calls for a

strong partnership between the

Woodstock Foundation, Inc. (which

operates Billings Farm & Museum,

located on private property within the

park boundary), and the National Park

Service to manage the park. The

Alternative describes how the park

could operate if these two organizations

worked independently.

DATES: The formal public review period

is to start on or about May 8, 1998, for

60 days (watch for Environmental

Protection Agency Federal Register

Notice on May 8). Two public forums

will be held during the month of May.

The dates, times, and location of the two

public forums will be advertised in local

media outlets.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the document will be available for

review at the following locations:

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park,

54 Elm Street, Woodstock, VT 05091

Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock,

Vermont

Norman Williams Public Library,

Woodstock, Vermont

To request copies of the document,

please call (802) 457–3368 ext. 14, fax

(802) 457–3405, or write to the

Superintendent, Marsh-Billings

National Historical Park, PO Box 178,

Woodstock, VT 05091.

Comments on the Draft General

Management Plan/Draft Environmental

Impact Statement should be submitted

to Rolf Diamant, Superintendent,

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park,

PO Box 178, Woodstock, VT 05091. You

can also fax your comments to the

Superintendent at (802) 457–3405.

Dated: April 23, 1998.

Rolf Diamant,

Superintendent, Marsh-Billings National

Historical Park.

[FR Doc. 98–12243 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, Etc: Natchez Trace

Parkway, MS Southern Terminus

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for the Southern Terminus of the

Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of a draft environmental

impact statement (EIS) for the Southern

Terminus (Section 3X) of the Natchez

Trace Parkway.This notice also

announces the intention to hold public

meetings for the purpose of receiving

comments about the draft EIS.

DATES: Comments on the draft EIS

should be received no later than July 7,

1998. Public meetings will be held in

Natchez, MS, and Jackson, MS. The

dates and times of the public meetings

will be announced in local media in

those cities, but they will be held no

sooner than 30 days following the

publication of this announcement in the

Fedeal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft EIS

shall be submitted to: Superintendent

Wendell A. Simpson, Natchez Trace

Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway,

Tupelo, MS 38801, (601) 680–4004.

The locations of the public meetings

will be announced in the local media in

the cities where they will be held.

Public reading copies of the EIS will

be available for review at the following

locations:

1. Natchez Trace Parkway Headquarters,

2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo,

Mississippi 38801, (601) 680–4005

2. Natchez National Historical Park, 504

S. Canal Street, Natchez, Mississippi

39120, (601) 442–7047

3. Judge George W. Armstrong Library,

220 South Commerce Street, Natchez,

Mississippi 39120, (601) 445–8862

4. Jackson/Hinds Library System,

Eudora Wetly Library, 300 North State

Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201,

(601) 968–5809. (This is the

Headquarters or main library in

Jackson.)

A limited number of copies of the

draft EIS are also available from the

office of the Superintendent, Natchez

Trace Parkway.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Southern Terminus (Section 3X) of the

Natchez Trace Parkway presents a

proposal and two alternative locations

for the Southern Terminus of the

Natchez Trace Parkway. The parkway in

this region currently ends at U.S.

Highway 61, about 7.5 miles east of the

city of Natchez. An unopened section of

the parkway has been partially

constructed from U.S. Highway 61 to

U.S. Highway 84/98, about 3.6 miles

east of the Natchez city limits.

Alternative 1, the no action

alternative, would construct an

interchange at U.S. 84/98 and make that

point the southern terminus of the

parkway. The proposal, alternative 2,

would extend the parkway another 4.2

miles from U.S. 84/98 toward Natchez

to terminate at Liberty Road, where an

interchange would be constructed.

Alternative 3 would expend the

parkway about 4.3 miles from U.S. 84/

98 to terminate with an interchange at

Seargent Prentiss Drive. Alternative 3 is

the only alternative which would not

require the acquisition of some

additional property. In every alternative,

parkway users would exit the parkway

and utilizing existing city streets to

reach the city center or other locations

in Natchez. The EIS evaluates the

potential environmental impacts

associated with the three terminus

locations and their associated parkway

routing alternatives.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Daniel W. Brown,

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.

[FR Doc. 98–12241 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Joshua Tree National Park Advisory

Commission; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act that a meeting of the Joshua Tree

National Park Advisory Commission

(Commission) will be held from 9:00

a.m. (PDT) until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday,

June 13, 1998, at the Helen Gray Center,

on Whitefeather Drive in the village of

Joshua Tree, California. The

Commission will hear presentations on

issues related to the Backcountry and

Wilderness Management Plan, which

serves as an amendment to the General

Management Plan for Joshua Tree

National Park, and will develop

Commission by-laws.

The Advisory Commission was

established by Pub. L. 103–433, section

107 to advise the Secretary concerning

the development and implementation of

a new or revised comprehensive

management plan for Joshua Tree

National Park.

Members of the Commission include:

Mr. Chuck Bell—Planner

Ms. Diane Benson—Town of Yucca

Valley

Ms. Cyndie Bransford—Recreational

Climbing

Mr. Gary Daigneault—Property Owner

Hon. Kathy Davis—County of San

Bernadino

Mr. Brian Huse—Conservation