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the Plan (IV 62) and it is expected that

50 percent of the seasonal streams (Type

5) will be protected as a result of the

mass-wasting protection provisions. The

other 50 percent of Type 5 streams

receive interim protections as necessary

and will be addressed within the Type

5 research and adaptive-management

component to be completed within the

first 10 years of the Plan. Watershed

Analysis can only increase, not

decrease, the level of protection these

streams receive. Road management is

another critical component of the

Department of Natural Resources’ Plan

(IV 62–68).

Provisions for the Olympic

Experimental State Forest are described

in the Plan on pages IV 81–86, 106–121.

In general, the strategy for the Olympic

Experimental State Forest provides

conservation very similar to the

remainder of the Department of Natural

Resources Plan, but a higher emphasis

is placed on research, landscape

assessments, and validation monitoring.

These minimization and mitigation

measures described above represent the

minimum level of riparian conservation

the Department of Natural Resources

will provide under the Plan. Several

aspects of the Plan, including riparian

protection, are subject to adaptive

management. To ensure that the

mitigation and minimization strategies

are effective, the Plan incorporates a

variety of aquatic monitoring

components that will provide feedback

for adaptive management and, if

needed, increase riparian protection.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

Ronald E. Lambertson,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 98–16056 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–924–1430–01; MTM 41504]

Public Land Order No. 7340; Opening

of Lands Under Section 24 of the

Federal Power Act; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order opens 1,278.84

acres of public lands in Bureau of Land

Management Powersite Classification

No. 334, subject to the provisions of

Section 24 of the Federal Power Act.

This action will permit disposal of the

lands through a pending exchange and

retain the waterpower rights to the

United States. The lands are temporarily

closed to surface entry and mining due

to the pending exchange. The lands

have been and will remain open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State

Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107–6800, 406–255–2949, or

Susie Williams, BLM Headwaters

Resource Area, P.O. Box 3388, Butte,

Montana 59702–3388, 406–494–5059.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by the Act

of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as

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

pursuant to the determination by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

in DVMT–243 and DVMT–247, it is

ordered as follows:

1. At 9:00 a.m. on June 17, 1998, the

following described public lands

withdrawn by the Secretarial Order

dated February 18, 1943, which

established Powersite Classification No.

334, will be opened to disposal by

exchange, subject to the provisions of

Section 24 of the Federal Power Act,

and subject to valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable law:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 2 S., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 34, W1⁄2SE1⁄4.

T. 3 S., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 2, lot 2, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4;

Sec. 10, all.

T. 4 S., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 20, W1⁄2SE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 30, lots 3 and 4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 32, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 1,278.84

acres in Park County.

2. The State of Montana was afforded

timely notice to file an application for

a reservation to the State for any lands

required as a right-of-way for a highway,

or as a source of materials for the

construction and maintenance of such

highways in accordance with the

provisions of Section 24 of the Federal

Power Act of June 10, 1920, as

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

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Keweenaw National Historical Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: Availability of Final General

Management Plan/Final Environmental

Impact Statement for the Keweenaw

National Historical Park in Houghton

County, Michigan.

Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, the National Park

Service (NPS) announces the

availability of the final General

Management Plan/Final Environmental

Impact Statement (GMP/FEIS) for

Keweenaw National Historical Park. The

draft General Management Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for the

park was on a 60-day public review

from August 29, 1997, to October 31,

1997.

The NPS will manage resources it

owns in the Quincy and Calumet Units

and provide interpretive and other

services in conjunction with the

programs of Keweenaw National

Historical Park as described in the GMP/

FEIS. The action is in response to a

mandate by Congress in Public Law

102–543, an Act to establish Keweenaw

National Historical Park (16 U.S.C.

410yy et seq.). The GMP/FEIS was

prepared by the NPS.

The NPS’s preferred alternative for

Keweenaw National Historical Park is

identified in the GMP/FEIS as

Alternative 4 (The Proposed Action).

Under the preferred alternative, the NPS

would manage NPS-owned resources

and work cooperatively with

landowners, local and state government

agencies, and others to protect cultural

and historical resources associated with

the copper-mining heritage of the park.

Alternative 4 includes a combination of

technical and financial assistance, and a

traditional park concept. The goal is to

create a dynamic national park area

where the NPS has a strong public

presence and, through community

assistance, is a contributing member of

a very organized and active partnership

of local government and community

groups. The park boundary will remain

unchanged. Any recommendations to

revise the park’s boundary would be

developed through a future boundary

study process that would include public

involvement. Congressional approval

would be required for any boundary

changes.

Three other alternatives are also

considered: Alternative 1—No Action,

projects a scenario of static or reduced

fiscal resources available for the

management of the park resulting in a

caretaker mode of operation. Alternative

2—Community Assistance, emphasizes

community assistance and partnership

cooperation to manage and protect