Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 144 /Tuesday, July 28, 1998 / Notices 40307

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Notice of Availability of Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) and

Proposed Phoenix Resource

Management Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management in response to a land

exchange proposal, has prepared a

FONSI and a Proposed Plan

Amendment/Final Environmental

Assessment (Proposed Plan) to amend

the Phoenix Resource Management Plan

in compliance with the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as

amended, and Section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969. An analysis of potential

environmental impacts found that

impacts would not be significant

leading to a FONSI. Because of the

FONSI, an environmental impact

statement is not required to support the

Proposed Plan Amendment.

DATES: Protests on the Proposed Plan

must be postmarked on or before August

26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be sent to the

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Attention: Ms. Brenda Williams,

Protests Coordinator, WO–210/LS–1075,

Department of the Interior, Washington,

DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Gibson, Phoenix Field Office,

2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix,

Arizona 85027, or telephone (602) 580–

5500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description of the Proposed Action

Proposed Plan Amendment/Final

Environmental Assessment will make

320 acres of federal surface/mineral

estate acres available for considering an

exchange proposal by E Z Ranch. The

selected parcel would be reclassified

from retention land to disposal by

exchange. The Environmental

Assessment also analyzes the impacts of

the proposed exchange.

Alternatives Analyzed

Two alternatives, including the No

Action alternative were analyzed. The

Proposed Action would authorize the

Proposed Plan Amendment and

proposed exchange. Under the No

Action alternative, the selected federal

parcel would not be made available for

disposal, and no land exchange would

be consummated.

The Proposed Plan has a 30 day

protest period as required by Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) planning

regulations (43 CFR 1610.5–2). Any

person who participated in the process

and has an interest that may be

adversely affected by the proposed

decision may submit a protest.

Following the protest resolution and the

Governor’s consistency review, the

Proposed Plan will be approved and

implemented. A decision record which

documents BLM’s decision will become

available.

Public Reading copies may be

reviewed at the following BLM

locations:

Phoenix Field Office, Public Room,

2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix,

AZ 85027

Arizona State Office, Public Room, 222

North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

85004.

Dated: July 22, 1998.

Michael A. Taylor,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–20081 Filed 7–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(NV–931–1430–01; N–60594)

Public Land Order No. 7348;

Withdrawal of Public Lands in Carson

City; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws

18,594.68 acres of public lands from

surface entry and mining, but not from

exchanges, recreation and public

purposes, or mineral material sales, for

20 years to protect open space, visual,

recreation, watershed, and wildlife

values in the Carson City area. In

addition, 15,089 acres of non-Federal

lands, if acquired by the United States,

would also be withdrawn by this order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis Samuelson, BLM Nevada State

Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada

89520, 702–861–6532.

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

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 exchanges under Section

206 of Federal Land Policy and

Management Act, as amended,

conveyances under the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act, as amended, or

mineral sales under the Materials Act of

1947, for the protection of public lands

in Carson City:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 14 N., R. 20 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and N1⁄2S1⁄2;

Sec. 2, W1⁄2 lot 2 in NW1⁄2, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2 in NE1⁄4, lots 1 and 2

in NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 4, E1⁄2 lot 1 in NE1⁄4, E1⁄2 lot 2 in NE1⁄4,

and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 10, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

and S1⁄2;

Sec. 11;

Sec. 12.

T. 14 N., R. 21 E.,

Sec. 7.

T. 15 N., R. 20 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2 in NE1⁄4, lot 2 in NW1⁄4,

E1⁄2 lot 1 in NW1⁄4, N1⁄2W1⁄2 lot 1 in

NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4W1⁄2 lot 1 in NW1⁄4, and

SE1⁄4;

Sec. 4, W1⁄2 lot 2 in NW1⁄4;

Sec. 5, E1⁄2 lot 2 in NE1⁄4;

Sec. 8, (3 metes and bounds parcels within

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4);

Sec. 11, SE1⁄4;

Sec. 12, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and

SE1⁄4;

Sec. 14, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4,

and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 15, lots 1 and 2;

Sec. 21, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, lots 1 and 2, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,

W1⁄2SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4,

E1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,

and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 24;

Sec. 25;

Sec. 26, E1⁄2E1⁄2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, excepting therefrom that

portion of NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 conveyed to

Carson City by Quitclaim Deed and

excepting therefrom that portion thereof,

lying below the ordinary high water line

of the Carson River;

Sec. 27;

Sec. 28, lots 26, 27, 32 to 37, inclusive, lots

41 to 43, inclusive, E1⁄2E1⁄2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and

E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;