29246 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 102 /Thursday, May 28, 1998 / Notices

SUMMARY: This notice is published in

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) and 41

CFR 101–6.1015(b). The Department of

the Interior hereby gives notice of a

public meeting of the Alaska Land

Managers Forum to be held from 9:00

a.m. to noon on Wednesday, June 3,

1998. The videoconference meeting will

take place in Room 528 of the Frontier

Building, 3601 C Street, Anchorage,

Alaska; and in the Governor’s

Conference Room, 3rd floor, State

Capitol Building, Juneau, Alaska. This

meeting will be held to receive and

discuss work group reports on

recreation and tourism. The agenda will

also include several briefing items.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald B. McCoy at (907) 271–5485 or

Sally Rue at (907) 465–4084.

Deborah L. Williams,

Special Assistant to the Secretary for Alaska.

[FR Doc. 98–14266 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RP–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Announcement of the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

Approval Number

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (FWS) announces that a

collection of information entitled

‘‘Evaluation of visitor responses to

recreation fee demonstration program’’

has been approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(the PRA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen R. Vehrs, Refuge Program

Specialist, Division of Refuges, 703/

358–2397; or Phadrea Ponds, Wildlife

Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort

Collins, CO, 970/226–9445.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Register of March 9, 1998 (63

FR 11449), the Service announced that

the proposed information collection had

been submitted to OMB for review and

clearance under section 3507 of the PRA

(44 U.S.C. 3507). The notice also listed

the title of the proposal, and description

of the need for the information and

proposed use. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

OMB has now approved the information

collection and has assigned OMB

control number 1018–0098. The OMB

approval expires on April 30, 1999.

Dated: May 22, 1998.

Carolyn A. Bohan,

Acting Assistant Director for Refuge and

Wildlife.

[FR Doc. 98–14111 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–08–1220–00: GP8–-0197]

Notice of Meeting of the Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center, Vale District,

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that a meeting

of the Advisory Board for the National

Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive

Center will be held on Thursday, June

11, 1998 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at

the National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center, Oregon Highway 86,

Flagstaff Hill, Baker City, Oregon 97814.

At an appropriate time, the Board will

recess for approximately one hour for

lunch. Public comments will be

received from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., on

June 11, 1998. Topics to be discussed

are how to measure successes of the

Pilot Fee Demonstration Program and

the facility, the developing of an Action

Plan, and reports from Coordinators of

Subcommittees.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:00

a.m. and run to 4:00 p.m. June 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David B. Hunsaker, Bureau of Land

Management, National Historic Oregon

Trail Interpretive Center, P.O. Box 987,

Baker City, OR 97814, (Telephone 541–

523–1845).

Edwin J. Singleton,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–14128 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–921–1430–01; WYW 136096]

Public Land Order No. 7337;

Withdrawal of Public Lands for the

Protection of Thelesperma pubescens

Plant Habitat; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 590

acres of reserved Federal mineral

interest from mining, and 3,646.51 acres

of public lands from surface entry and

mining for a period of 50 years to

protect Thelesperma pubescens (Uinta

greenthread) plant habitat. The lands

have been and will remain open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,

P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming

82003, 307–775–6124.

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. Subject to valid existing rights, the

reserved Federal mineral interest in the

following described lands is hereby

withdrawn from location and entry

under the United States mining laws (30

U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from

leasing under the mineral leasing laws,

for the Bureau of Land Management to

protect Thelesperma pubescens plant

habitat:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 111 W.,

Sec. 9, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 19, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

T. 13 N., R. 112 W.,

Sec. 23, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and

NE1⁄4SE1⁄2.

T. 14 N., R. 113 W.,

Sec. 35, W1⁄2SW1⁄4.

T. 13 N., R. 114 W.,

Sec. 13, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 23, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 24, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 590 acres in

Sweetwater and Uinta Counties.

2. Subject to valid existing rights, the

following described public lands are

hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale,

location, or entry under the general land

laws, including the United States

mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)),

but not from leasing under the mineral

leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land

Management to protect Thelesperma

pubescens plant habitat:
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Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 111 W.,

Sec. 5, lot 8 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 6, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 7, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 17, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 18, S1⁄2S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 19, lot 6 and E1⁄2NW1⁄4.

T. 14 N., R. 111 W.,

Sec. 19, E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 30, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4 and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 32, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 33, S1⁄2NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2SE1⁄2.

T. 13 N., R. 112 W.,

Sec. 2, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 3, E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 10, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 15, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 16, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 17, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 20, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 21, NW1⁄4;

Sec. 22, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, W1⁄2SW1⁄4.

T. 13 N., R. 113 W.,

Sec. 3, lots 6, 7, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and

W1⁄2W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

T. 14 N., R. 113 W.,

Sec. 34, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and W1⁄2SE1⁄4.

T. 13 N., R. 114 W.,

Sec. 13, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and

W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 24, E1⁄2W1⁄2 and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 33, E1⁄2NE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate

3,646.51 acres in Sweetwater and Uinta

Counties.

3. The withdrawal made by this order

does not alter the applicability of those

public land laws governing the use of

lands under lease, license, or permit, or

governing the disposal of their mineral

or vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.

4. This withdrawal will expire 50

years from the effective date of this

order unless, as a result of a review

conducted before the expiration date

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the

Secretary determines that the

withdrawal shall be extended.

Dated: May 20, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–14013 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–030–1430–01; NMNM99206]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action; R&PP

Act Classification.

SUMMARY: The following public land in

Dona Ana County, New Mexico has

been examined and found suitable for

classification for lease or conveyance to

Gadsden Independent School District

(GISD), New Mexico under the

provision of the R&PP Act, as amended

(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). GISD proposes

to use the land for a wastewater leach

field to serve their elementary and

middle schools.

T. 26 S., R. 5 E., NMPM

Sec. 14, part of the SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

Containing 6 acres, more or less.

DATES: Comments regarding the

proposed lease/conveyance or

classification must be submitted on or

before July 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the BLM, Las Cruces Field Office, 1800

Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico

88005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin M. James at the address above or

at (505) 525–4349.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lease or

conveyance will be subject to the

following terms, conditions, and

reservations:

1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to

all applicable regulations of the

Secretary of the Interior.

2. All valid existing rights

documented on the official public land

records at the time of lease/patent

issuance.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

4. Any other reservations that the

authorized officer determines

appropriate to ensure public access and

proper management of Federal lands

and interests therein.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the land will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the R&PP Act and leasing under the

mineral leasing laws. On or before July

13, 1998, interested persons may submit

comments regarding the proposed lease/

conveyance or classification of the land

to the District Manager, Las Cruces

District Office, 1800 Marquess, Las

Cruces, New Mexico 88005. Any

adverse comments will be reviewed by

the State Director. In the absence of any

adverse comments, the classification

will become effective 60 days from the

date of publication of this notice.

Classification Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments involving the suitability of

the land for a wastewater leach field.

Comments on the classification are

restricted to whether the land is

physically suited for the proposal,

whether the use will maximize the

future use or uses of the land, whether

the use is consistent with local planning

and zoning, or if the use is consistent

with State and Federal programs.

Application Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments regarding the specific use

proposed in the application and plan of

development, whether the BLM

followed proper administrative

procedures in reaching the decision, or

any other factor not directly related to

the suitability of the land for a

wastewater leach field.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Linda S. C. Randall,

Las Cruces Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–14084 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–VC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–985–0777–66; WY–142430]

Proposed Lease of Public Lands Under

the Recreation and Public Purposes

Act in Washakie County, Wyoming,

Bighorn Basin Resource Area

ACTION: Noticeof Realty Action;

correction.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

management, Worland District,

published a notice in the Federal

Register of April 27, 1998, regarding the

proposed lease of public lands under

the provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act, as amended. The

notice contained in incorrect U.S.C.

citation and an incorrect legal

description.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, Worland

District Office, Steven R. Till, Realty

Specialist, P.O. Box 119, Worland,