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Watershed presentation and discussion,

presentation and discussion on

Standard and Guidelines EIS, DEIS

hearings, and allotment assessment

process, select next meeting location,

dates and develop draft agenda items,

RAC assessment of the meeting and a

presentation and discussion on

McGregor Range DEIS and other items

as appropriate. The RAC meetings is

open to the public.

The time for the public to address the

RAC is on the Thursday, October 1,

1998, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The

RAC may reduce or extend the end time

of 5:00 p.m. depending on the number

of people wishing to address the RAC.

The length of time available for each

person to address the RAC will be

established at the start of the public

comment period and will depend on

how many people there are that wish to

address the RAC. At the completion of

the public comments the RAC may

continue discussion on its Agenda

items. The meeting on October 2, 1998,

will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The

end time of 4:00 p.m. for the meeting

may be changed depending on the work

remaining for the RAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State

Office, Planning and Policy Team,

Bureau of Land Management, 1474

Rodeo Road, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe,

New Mexico 87502–0115, telephone

(505) 438–7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Resource Advisory

Council is to advise the Secretary of the

Interior, through the BLM, on a variety

of planning and management issues

associated with the management of

public lands. The Council’s

responsibilities include providing

advice on long-range planning,

establishing resource management

priorities and assisting the BLM to

identify State and regional standards for

rangeland health and guidelines for

grazing management.

Dated: August 21, 1998.

M.J. Cha ́vez,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–22972 Filed 8–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–930–08–1310–00–241A; MSES 48204]

Mississippi; Proposed Reinstatement

of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease MSES 48204, Greene

County, Mississippi, was timely filed

and accompanied by all required rentals

and royalties accruing from December 1,

1997, the date of termination.

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to new lease terms for rentals

and royalties at rates of $10 per acre and

162⁄3 percent. Payment of $500 in

administrative fees and a $125

publication fee has been made.

The Bureau of Land Management is

proposing to reinstate the lease effective

December 1, 1997, subject to the original

terms and conditions of the lease and

the increased rental and royalty rates

cited above. This is in accordance with

section 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral

Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gina Goodwin at (703) 440–1534.

Dated: August 19, 1998.

Gwen W. Mason,

Associate State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–23043 Filed 8–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–010–1430–01; CACA 28617]

Termination of Classification of Public

Land for Recreation and Public

Purposes and Opening Order;

California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice terminates, in its

entirety, the classification, dated March

15, 1994, which classified public land

for lease for recreation and public

purposes pursuant to the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act of June 14, 1926, as

amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The

land will be opened to the operation of

the public land laws including the

mining laws, subject to valid existing

rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of

applicable law. The land has been and

remains open to the operation of the

mineral leasing laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rosalinda Estrada, BLM Bakersfield

Field Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive,

Bakersfield, California 93308; telephone

number (805) 391–6126.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

15, 1994, the lands described below

were classified as suitable for lease

pursuant to the Recreation and Public

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

869, 869–1 to 869–4) and the land was

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws and the general mining

laws:

All that land located in Section 7

encompassing a portion of Lots 7 and 10, and

a portion of NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

Township 27 South, Range 33 East, M.D.M.,

Kern County, California, described as

follows:

Beginning at the BLM BC marked for the

West 1⁄16 corner of Sections 6 and 7 of said

Township 27 South, said BLM BC also being

the POINT OF BEGINNING, thence the

following nine courses:

1. North 89°41′00′′ East along the North

line of said Section 7 39.33 feet;

2. South 03°05′49′′ East 193.16 feet;

3. South 73°47′28′′ West 215.26 feet;

4. South 70°08′42′′ West 48.36 feet;

5. South 53°39′35′′ West 60.09 feet;

6. South 49°07′04′′ West 92.21 feet;

7. North 01°02′08′′ West 32.75 feet to a

BLM BC property corner;

8. Continuing North 01°02′08′′ West 330.63

feet to the North line of said Section 7 and

a BLM BC;

9. North 89°41′00′′ East 327.12 feet to the

POINT OF BEGINNING.

Kern County, California

Containing Approximately 2.18 acres a

portion of AP #348–060–03.

By letter dated December 28, 1994,

the Kern County Sheriff’s Search and

Rescue voluntarily withdrew their

application submitted August 15, 1991

for Recreation and Public Purposes lease

of the above described public lands.

Purpose to the Federal Land Policy

and Management Act of 1976, as

amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and

the regulations contained in 43 CFR

2091.7–1(b)(1)(iii), the classification,

dated March 15, 1994, which classified

the above described public land for

lease for recreation and public purposes,

is hereby terminated in its entirety.

At 10 a.m. on August 27, 1998, the

public land, as described above, will be

opened to the operation of the public

land laws generally, subject to valid

existing rights, the provision of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirement of

applicable law. All valid applications

received at or prior to 10 a.m. on August

27, 1998 shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

At 10 a.m. on August 27, 1998, the

public land, as described above, will be

opened to location and entry under the

United States mining laws, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of record, and the requirements of

applicable law. Appropriation of any of
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the land described in this notice under

the general mining laws prior to the date

and time of restoration is unauthorized.

Any such attempted appropriation,

including attempted adverse possession

under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall vest no

rights against the United States. Acts

required to establish a location and to

initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in

conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of

Land Management will not intervene in

disputes between rival locators over

possessory rights since Congress has

provided for such determination in local

courts.

Dated: July 10, 1998.

Ron Fellows,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–19383 Filed 8–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–932–1410–00; F–030972]

Public Land Order No. 7357; Partial

Revocation of Air Navigation Site No.

140; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes a

Secretarial order insofar as it affects

approximately 30.15 acres of public

land withdrawn for Air Navigation Site

No. 140 at Petersville, Alaska. 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

will be subject to the terms and

conditions of Public Land Order No.

5180, as amended, and any other

withdrawal or segregation of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 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. The Secretarial Order dated April

17, 1940, as amended, which withdrew

public land for Air Navigation Site No.

140, is hereby revoked insofar as it

affects the following described land:

Seward Meridian

A parcel of land located within T. 28 N.,

R. 8 W., more particularly described as:

Beginning at Corner No. 1, approximate

latitude 62°29′ N., longitude 150°48′ W., from

which the center of the bridge over the first

small creek crossing the Peters Creek Road,

approximately 100 feet north of the camp of

the Peters Creek Mining Company (locally

known as Petersville), in the Talkeetna

Recording Precinct, Alaska, bears

approximately N. 10°30′ W., 885 feet; Thence

from said beginning corner S. 5°45′ W. 3,000

feet to Corner No. 2; Thence N. 84°15′ W.

575.7 feet to Corner No. 3; Thence N. 11°E.

3,012.6 feet to Corner No. 4; Thence S. 84°15′

E. 300 feet to Corner No. 1, the place of

beginning.

The area described contains approximately

30.15 acres.

2. The State of Alaska application for

selection made under Section 6(b) 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), becomes effective

without further action by the State upon

publication of this public land order in

the Federal Register, if such land is

otherwise available. Any land not

conveyed to the State will be subject to

the terms and conditions of Public Land

Order No. 5180, as amended, and any

other withdrawal or segregation of

record.

Dated: August 13, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–23055 Filed 8–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–930–1430–01; AZA 30707]

Public Land Order No. 7356;

Revocation of Public Land Order No.

776; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes a public

land order which withdrew 640 acres of

land for Rittenhouse Air Force Auxiliary

Field, Williams Air Force Base. The

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Act of 1990 closed Williams Air Force

Base and its Rittenhouse Auxiliary

Field, so the withdrawal is no longer

needed. The mineral estate for the entire

parcel and the surface estate for 160

acres have been conveyed to the State of

Arizona. The surface estate for the

remaining 480 acres has been leased to

the State of Arizona for use by the

Arizona National Guard. This is a

record-clearing action only.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff

Yardley, BLM Arizona State Office, 222

North Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona

85004–2203, 602–417–9437.

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. 776, which

withdrew the following described land

for Rittenhouse Auxiliary Field, is

hereby revoked in its entirety:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 2 S., R. 8 E.,

Sec. 15.

The area described contains 640 acres in

Pinal County.

2. Since all of the land has either been

leased or conveyed out of Federal

ownership and the mineral estate is no

longer in Federal ownership, the land

will not be opened at this time.

Dated: August 13, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–23053 Filed 8–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–924–1430–01; MTM 40730, MTM 40731,

MTM 40733]

Public Land Order No. 7354; Partial

Revocation of Secretarial Orders Dated

May 21, 1906, May 13, 1907, and

February 16, 1909; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes

three Secretarial orders insofar as they

affect 6.62 acres of public land

withdrawn for the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Lower Yellowstone and

Huntley Reclamation Projects and the

Huntley Townsite. The land is no longer

needed for these purposes and the

revocations are needed to permit

disposal of the land through direct sale.

This action will open the land to surface

entry subject to temporary segregations

of record. The land is temporarily

closed to mining due to the pending sale

proposal. The land has been and will

remain open to mineral leasing. The

minerals are held in trust for the Crow

Tribe by the United States in accordance

with the Act of August 14, 1958 (72 Stat.

575).