Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 149 /Tuesday, August 4, 1998 / Notices 41587

Monday, August 17, 1998, on the

environmental assessment, the proposed

lease sale, the fair market value, and

maximum economic recovery of the

proposed lease tract.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 17, 1998. The public

hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m. on the

same date, at the Dickinson Field Office,

2933 Third Avenue West, Dickinson,

North Dakota.

ADDRESSES: For more complete data on

this tract, please contact Rebecca Good

(telephone 406–255–2828), Bureau of

Land Management, Montana State

Office, 222 North 32nd Street, P.O. Box

36800, Billings, Montana 59107 or Gene

Campbell (telephone 701–225–9148),

Bureau of Land Management, Dickinson

Field Office, 2933 Third Avenue West,

Dickinson, North Dakota 58601-2619.

Copies of the environmental assessment

are available at both addresses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the Federal Coal

Management Regulations 43 CFR 3422

and 3425, not less than 30 days prior to

publication of a notice of sale, the

Secretary shall solicit public comments

on the environmental assessment, the

proposed sale, fair market value, and

maximum economic recovery on the

proposed lease tract. Proprietary data

marked as confidential may be

submitted to the Bureau of Land

Management in response to this

solicitation of public comments. Data so

marked shall be treated in accordance

with the laws and regulations governing

the confidentiality of such information.

A copy of the comments submitted by

the 3 public on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery, except

those portions identified as proprietary

by the author and meeting exemptions

stated in the Freedom of Information

Act, will be available for public

inspection at the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 North 32nd Street,

Billings, Montana, during regular

business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Monday through Friday.

Comments should be sent to the

Bureau of Land Management P.O. Box

36800, Billings, Montana 59107 and

should include, but not necessarily be

limited to, the following:

1. The quality and quantity of the coal

resources.

2. The mining method or methods

which would achieve maximum

economic recovery of the coal including

specification of the seams to be mined,

timing and rate of production,

restriction to mining, and inclusion of

the tract in an existing mining

operation.

3. The fair market value appraisal

including but not limited to the

evaluation of the tract as an incremental

unit of an existing mine, selling price of

the coal, mining and reclamation costs,

net present value discount factors,

depreciation and other tax accounting

factors, value of the surface estate, and

any comparable sales data of similar

coal lands.

The values given above may or may

not change as a result of comments

received from the public and changes in

market conditions between now and

when final economic evaluations are

completed.

Dated: July 29, 1998.

Janet Singer,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–20721 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–00; GP8–0275]

Notice of Meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory

Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.

NOTICE: Notice of Meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council.

ACTION: Meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council;

August 27, 1998, in Spokane

Washington.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council

will be held on August 27, 1998. The

meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m., at the

Spokane District Office of the Bureau of

Land Management, 1103 N. Fancher,

Spokane, Washington, 99212–1275. The

meeting will adjourn upon conclusion

of business, but no later than 4:00 p.m..

Public comments will be heard from

10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.. If necessary

to accommodate all wishing to make

public comments, a time limit may be

placed upon each speaker. At an

appropriate time, the meeting will

adjourn for approximately one hour for

lunch. Topics to be discussed include:

the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project and

implementation of Standards for

Rangeland Health and Guidelines for

Livestock Grazing Management.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Hubbard, Bureau of Land

Management, Spokane District Office,

1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane,

Washington, 99212–1275; or call 509–

536–1200.

Dated: July 29, 1998.

Gary J. Yeager,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–20720 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–1430–01; GP7–0139; OR–19111]

Public Land Order No. 7350;

Revocation of Executive Order Dated

August 16, 1917; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes an

Executive order in its entirety as to the

remaining 98 acres of lands withdrawn

for Bureau of Land Management

Powersite Reserve No. 653. The lands

are no longer needed for the purpose for

which they were withdrawn. Of the

lands being revoked, 59 acres will be

opened to surface entry, except to the

agricultural land laws. Of the remaining

lands, 21 acres will remain closed to

surface entry and mining due to other

overlapping withdrawals, 6 acres have

been conveyed out of Federal ownership

with a reservation of all minerals to the

United States, and 12 acres have been

conveyed out of Federal ownership and

have no remaining reservations to the

United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth St. Mary, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, 503–952–

6168.

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 Executive Order dated August

16, 1917, which established Powersite

Reserve No. 653, is hereby revoked in its

entirety.

Willamette Meridian

(a) Public Lands

All portions of the following described

lands lying within 50 feet of the center line

of the transmission line:

T. 34 S., R. 5 W.,

Sec. 4, unnumbered lot in the NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 20, E1⁄2W1⁄2;

Sec. 29, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

T. 35 S., R. 5 W.,

Sec. 4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

T. 33 S., R. 6 W.,