28408 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–100–6334–00; GP8–0192]

Notice of Emergency Closure of Public

Lands: Douglas County, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Roseburg District Office, South River

Resource Area.

ACTION: Emergency temporary closure of

public lands in Douglas County, Oregon.

SUMMARY: Notice is served that the

public lands located along Mitchell

Creek, approximately 3 miles southwest

of Canyonville, Oregon, are closed to all

public uses, including vehicle

operation, camping, open fires,

shooting, hiking, sightseeing, mining,

erecting structures and storing personal

property, until July 15, 1998. The

purpose of this closure is to minimize

disturbance to threatened and

endangered species, to protect wildlife

and fishery resources and habitats, and

to protect soil and water resources.

The lands affected by this closure are

more specifically described as:

Willamette Principal Meridian, Douglas

County, Oregon

T. 31 S., R. 5 W.,

Sec. 6, Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, those portions of Lot

3, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4 lying

west and south of BLM road 30–5–31.0;

except those portions of BLM roads 31–

5–6.0 and 31–6–2.0.

Containing approximately 560 acres.

Personnel that are exempt from this

closure include any Federal, State, or

local officer, or member of any

organized rescue or fire-fighting force in

the performance of an official duty.

BLM roads may also be used under

terms of existing easements of record.

Additional persons authorized by the

BLM South River Area Manager, may be

allowed but must be approved in

advance in writing.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The closure will

become effective immediately and will

remain in effect until July 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan R. Wood, Area Manager, South

River Resource Area, 777 NW Garden

Valley Blvd., Roseburg, Oregon 97470,

(541) 440–4930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maps

showing the above described area are

available at the BLM’s Roseburg District

Office for public review. The public

lands closed under this order will be

posted with signs at points of access.

This closure is consistent with the

Roseburg District Record of Decision

and Resource Management Plan (June

1995), which allows for the closure of

areas where problems occur.

This temporary closure is to prevent

further damage to wildlife and fishery

habitats and resources, soil and water

resources, and disturbance of threatened

and endangered species.

This closure authorized under 43 CFR

8364.1. Any person who fails to comply

with the provisions of this closure may

be subject to, but not limited to, the

penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.0–7,

which include a fine not to exceed

$1,000 and/or imprisonment of not to

exceed 12 months, as well as the

penalties provided under Oregon State

law.

Dated: May 13, 1998.

Alan R. Wood,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–13681 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–040–96–003; AA–76879, AA–77643,

AA–77776, AA–76936, AA–76935, AA–

77839]

Management Framework Plans, Etc:

Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; proposed

amendment to the Southwest and

Southcentral Management Framework

Plans (MFP) in Southwest and

Southcentral Alaska.

SUMMARY: The BLM has amended the

Southwest and Southcentral MFPs to

allow for the sale of public lands needed

for church-group related development

and to resolve several land occupancy

problems. The following described

public lands have been examined

through the land use planning process

and have been found suitable for

disposal pursuant to Section 203 of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713. Parcel Two

of the following described lands is also

classified as suitable for lease and sale

under the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C.

969.

Parcel One (AA–76879): Seward Meridian,

Alaska, T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Sections 23 and

26, containing approximately 80 acres.

Parcel Two (AA–77643): Seward Meridian,

Alaska, T. 15 N., R. 1 W., Lot 53, Section

19, containing approximately 1.42 acres.

Parcel Three (AA–77776): Seward Meridian,

Alaska, T. 17 N., R. 2 E., Section 26, Lot

22, containing approximately 0.94 acre.

Parcel Four (AA–76396): Kateel River

Meridian, Alaska, T. 27 S., R. 22 E., Section

32, containing approximately 45 acres

Parcel Five (AA–76935): Kateel River

Meridian, Alaska, T. 27 S., R. 22 E., Section

32, containing approximately 1 acre.

Parcel Six (AA–77839): Seward Meridian,

Alaska, T. 2 N., R. 12 W., Sections 21 and

22, containing approximately .72 acre

The above lands contain approximately

129 acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert P. Rinehart, Anchorage Field

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

6881 Abbott Loop Rd., Anchorage,

Alaska, 99507–2599, (907) 267–1272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For a

period of 30 days from the date this

notice is published in the Federal

Register, any party that participated in

the plan amendment and is adversely

affected by the amendment, may protest

this action in accordance with 43 CFR

1610.5–5 only as it effects issues

submitted for the record during the

planning process.

Nick Douglas,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–13677 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[OR–010–1430–00; GP8–0185]

Bureau of Land Management

AGENCY: Lakeview District, Bureau of

Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The South Steens

Subcommittee of the Southeast Oregon

Resource Advisory Council will meet at

the Burns District BLM Office, HC 74–

12533 Hwy 20 West, Hines, Oregon

97738, on June 25, 1998, at 8 am and

proceed to the South Steens allotment

for a field trip. They will reconvene on

June 26, 1998, at 8 am at the Burns

District BLM Office on June 26, 1998.

The purpose of this meeting is to gather

information on the proposed projects

associated with the Catlow Conservation

Agreement.

DATES: June 25, 1998, and June 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sonya Hickman, Bureau of Land

Management, Lakeview District Office,

P.O. Box 151, Lakeview, OR 97630

(Telephone 541–947–2177).

Steve Ellis,

Lakeview District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–13754 Filed 5–2–98; 8:45 am]

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