Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 100 /Tuesday, May 26, 1998 / Notices 28515

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act

(16 U.S.C. 669) and the Federal Aid in

Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.

777) make funds available to states for

qualifying grants on a three-to-onematching basis. Provisions of both Acts

authorize the Secretary to utilize a

certain percentage of the funds available

for each program for expenses in

administering the Federal Aid program.

Specifically, the Secretary is authorized

to utilize up to 8 percent of funds

available under the Wildlife Restoration

Act for necessary administration of the

program while the Sport Fish

Restoration Act allows the Secretary to

utilize up to 6 percent of available funds

for administrative purposes. The Service

has utilized much of this authorized

funding by awarding grants for projects

that have been identified by states

collectively as national priorities.

The Service has identified specific

focus areas in soliciting proposals for

this year’s funding. (63 FR 17882

published April 10, 1998). Grants will

be awarded by the Service after

reviewing proposals for eligibility and

receiving priority rankings by the

Grants-in-Aid Committee of the

International Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies, an organization

representing state fish and wildlife

agencies.

This notice advises the public that the

Service will develop a full range of

options for funding future national

conservation priorities pursuant to the

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act

and Federal Aid in Sport Fish

Restoration Act. The Service intends to

publish these options in the Federal

Register on or about September 1, 1998,

for a 60-day period of public review and

comment. Interested persons contacting

the Service will be put on a mailing list

to receive a copy of the options which

will be developed for the

aforementioned public review and

comment.

Each request should include a

complete mailing address to which the

proposed options will be sent.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Jamie Rappaport Clark,

Director.

[FR Doc. 98–13923 Filed 5–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–030–1990–00]

Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

finding of no significant impact (FONSI)

and proposed decision for the Shirley

Mountain Planning Review Travel

Management Environmental Assessment

(EA), Carbon County, Wyoming, and

amendment of the Great Divide

Resource Management Plan.

SUMMARY: The Shirley Mountain

Planning Review Area contains

approximately 69,590 acres of

intermingled public, private, and State

lands located approximately 40 miles

northwest of the town of Medicine Bow,

all in Carbon County, Wyoming. The

planning review was conducted to

determine the impacts to the BLM

administered public lands, adjacent

non-Federal lands, and associated

resource uses resulting from a proposed

amendment to the Great Divide

Resource Management Plan (RMP). The

proposed RMP decision amendment

would change the current Off Road

Vehicle (ORV) designation in the area

from ‘‘limited to existing roads and

trails’’ to ‘‘limited to designated roads

and trails’’ and includes several

requirements and stipulations for

implementing the changed decision.

DATES: A 30-day protest period for the

proposed planning decision will begin

the day following the publication of this

notice.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed

in writing to the Director (210), Bureau

of Land Management, Attention Brenda

Williams, 1849 C Street NW,

Washington, D.C. 20240. Protests must

be postmarked within 30 days following

the date that this notice of availability

(NOA) of the proposed decision is

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested parties may direct questions,

concerns, or obtain further information

by contacting Karla Swanson, Great

Divide Resource Area Manager, Sarah

Crocker, Project Leader, or John Spehar,

Planning and Environmental

Coordinator, at the Bureau of Land

Management Office, 1300 N. Third

Street, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301, or by

telephone at 307–328–4200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The need

for an ORV designation change within

the planning review area is based upon

recommendations made by the ad hoc

Shirley Mountain Technical Committee

and previously completed studies and

activity plans. In 1985, the BLM

completed a Habitat Management Plan

(HMP) for Shirley Mountain. The HMP

recommended that several two-track

trails be closed to motorized vehicle

travel because they were fragmenting

wildlife habitat, were unnecessary for

adequate public access to public lands,

and had associated erosion problems. In

1994, the Wyoming Game and Fish

Department completed a habitat

analysis for the Shirley Mountain area

identifying habitat problems impacting

wildlife populations and potential

solutions. The study found that the

majority of hiding cover for large game

animals was heavily dissected by a

system of roads and trails. Security

areas for these animals during hunting

season were very limited. The study

recommended that future BLM

management restrict the construction of

new roads and that a plan be developed

to manage recreational road and trail

use and to reduce road and trail

proliferation. A change in ORV

designation for the Shirley Mountain

Planning Review Area will allow the

BLM to implement a travel management

plan in the future. Included in the

decision to change the ORV designation

for the review area are requirements and

stipulations for implementing the ORV

designation decision. These include the

development of a travel activity or

implementation plan. As provided in 43

Code of Federal Regulations, Part

1610.5–2, any person who participated

in the planning review process and has

an interest which is or may be adversely

affected by the approval or amendment

of a resource management plan may

protest such approval or amendment. A

protest may concern only those issues

which were raised and submitted for the

record during the planning review

process and by only the party(ies) who

raised the issue(s). All parts of the

proposed decision may be protested.

Protests must be in writing and must be

postmarked within 30 days following

the date this notice of availability of the

decision record is published in the

Federal Register. Protests must include

(a) the name, mailing address, telephone

number, and interest of the person filing

the protest; (b) a statement of the issue

or issues submitted during the planning

process by the protesting party; (c) a

statement of the part, or parts, of the

proposed decision being protested; (d) a

copy of all documents addressing the

issue or issues that were submitted

during the planning review process by

the protesting party or an indication of

the date the issue or issues were
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discussed for the record; and (e) a

concise statement explaining why the

State Director’s proposed decision is

believed to be wrong.

If no protests are received, the

proposed decision will become final at

the end of the 30-day protest period. If

protests are received, the decision will

not become final until the protests are

resolved.

Dated: May 19, 1998.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–13855 Filed 5–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(AK–932–1410–00; AA–65185)

Public Land Order No. 7331; Partial

Revocation of Public Land Order No.

725, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes a public

land order insofar as it affects

approximately 200 acres of National

Forest System land withdrawn for use

by the Forest Service, Department of

Agriculture, for the Lower Summit Lake

Recreation Area. The land is no longer

needed for the purpose for which it was

withdrawn. This action also allows the

conveyance of the land to the State of

Alaska, if such land is otherwise

available. Any land described herein

that is not conveyed to the State is

opened and will be subject to the terms

and conditions of the national forest

reservation and any other withdrawal of

record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robbie J. Havens, BLM Alaska State

Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13,

Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599, 907–

271–5049.

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. Public Land Order No. 725, which

withdrew National Forest System land

for recreational purposes, is hereby

revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

Seward Meridian

Chugach National Forest

T. 7 N., R. 1 W., partly unsurveyed.

All land within 1⁄4 mile of the mean high

water line of Lower Summit Lake within:

Sec. 28, W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 29, E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

The area described contains approximately

200 acres.

2. The State of Alaska applications for

selection made under Section 6(a) of the

Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48

U.S.C. note prec. 21 (1994), and under

Section 906(e) of the Alaska National

Interest Lands Conservation Act, 43

U.S.C. 1635(e) (1994), become effective

without further action by the State upon

publication of this public land order in

the Federal Register, if such land is

otherwise available. Land not conveyed

to the State is opened and will be

subject to the terms and conditions of

the Chugach National Forest reservation

and any other withdrawal of record.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–13891 Filed 5–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–960–1420–00, ES–046131, Group 60

Louisiana]

Notice of Filing of Plat of Dependent

Resurvey, Suspension Lifted

On Thursday, December 22, 1994,

there was published in the Federal

Register, Volume 59, Number 245, on

page 66046, a notice entitled, ‘‘Filing of

Plat of Dependent Resurvey,

Suspended,’’ Said notice referenced the

suspension of the plat of the dependent

resurvey of the west boundary of

Township 7 South, Range 9 East,

Louisiana Meridian, Louisiana, accepted

on May 24, 1993.

The decision of the Bureau of Land

Management dismissing the protest of

the dependent resurvey, Group 60,

Louisiana was affirmed by the Interior

Board of Land Appeals in a decision

dated March 17, 1998. The plat of

survey accepted May 24, 1993, was

officially refiled in Eastern States,

Springfield, Virginia, at 7:30 a.m., on

May 18, 1998.

Copies will be furnished upon request

and prepayment of the appropriate fee.

Dated: May 18, 1998.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 98–13893 Filed 5–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–6–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–1430–11; WYW 4471–C]

Public Land Order No. 7330;

Modification and Partial Revocation of

9 Executive Orders, 17 Secretarial

Orders, and 8 Bureau of Land

Management Orders; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order modifies 9

Executive orders, 17 Secretarial orders,

and 8 Bureau of Land Management

Orders to establish a 20-year term as to

15,503.70 acres of public lands

withdrawn for Bureau of Land

Management public water reserves.

These withdrawals are also modified to

allow for nonmetalliferous mining

location on all but 170 acres of the

15,503.70 acres. This order also partially

revokes the above orders insofar as they

affect 30,023.80 acres of public lands

withdrawn for Bureau of Land

Management public water reserves.

These lands do not meet the criteria for

a public water reserve. This action will

open the 30,023.80 acres to surface

entry and nonmetalliferous mining. All

of the lands have been and will remain

open to metalliferous mining location

and to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Paugh, BLM Wyoming State Office, P.O.

Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003,

307–775–6306.

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 Orders dated April

19, 1912, as modified July 24, 1913,

March 3, 1933, and November 16, 1933;

March 21, 1914; February 19, 1916;

August 2, 1916; February 25, 1919;

October 27, 1920; March 9, 1927;

February 14, 1933; June 15, 1934; March

9, 1927, and the Secretarial Orders

dated December 29, 1926; March 15,

1929; January 18, 1930; April 15, 1931;

September 23, 1931; April 8, 1932;

September 27, 1932; February 15, 1933;

June 16, 1933; May 26, 1934; November

19, 1934; March 28, 1935; January 18,

1935; June 21, 1935; June 22, 1935;

September 11, 1935, and the BLM

Orders of August 12, 1955; September

24, 1957; January 16, 1958; September

23, 1958; August 21, 1959; February 17,

1960; March 27, 1962, and January 25,

1971, creating Public Water Reserves