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persons may instead comment via the

Internet to AmyHeuslein@bia.gov or to

ChuckO’Rourke@bia.gov. Please submit

Internet comments as an ASCII file,

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. If you do

not receive confirmation from the

system that your Internet message was

received, contact Amy Heuslein at (602)

379–6750, or Chuck O’Rourke at (775)

887–3550.

Comments, including names and

home addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the

mailing addresses shown in the

ADDRESSES section, during regular

business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except

holidays. Individual respondents may

request confidentiality. If you wish us to

withhold your name and/or address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. We will not,

however, consider anonymous

comments. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

Authority

This notice is published in

accordance with section 1503.1 of the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through

1508), implementing the procedural

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and

the Department of the Interior Manual

(516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of

authority delegated to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM

8.1.

Dated: April 12, 2001.

James H. McDivitt,

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

(Management).

[FR Doc. 01–12371 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–HY–P; F–19557]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

Authority: 43 CFR 2650.7(d)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of decision approving

lands for conveyance.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

appealable decision approving lands for

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska

Native Claims Settlement Act will be

issued to the Heirs, Devisees, and/or

Assigns of Evans Egowa for lands in T.

1 S., R. 1 W., Fairbanks Meridian,

located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Notice of

the decision will also be published four

times in the Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner.

DATES: The time limits for filing an

appeal are:

1. Any party claiming a property

interest which is adversely affected by

the decision shall have until June 15,

2001 to file an appeal.

2. Parties receiving service of the

decision by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal.

Parties who do not file an appeal in

accordance with the requirements of 43

CFR part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed

to have waived their rights.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may

be obtained from: Bureau of Land

Management, Alaska State Office, 222

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,

Alaska 99513–7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerri

Sansone (907) 271–3231.

Jerri Sansone,

Land Law Examiner.

[FR Doc. 01–12257 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–700–01–1220–AL–1784]

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Southwest Resource

Advisory Council meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Resource Advisory

Council (Southwest RAC) will meet in

July, 2001 in Montrose, Colorado.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, July 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: For additional information,

contact Roger Alexander, Bureau of

Land Management, 2465 South

Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado

81401; phone 970.240.5335; e-mail

roger_alexander@co.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The July

12, 2001 meeting will be held at the

Delta-Montrose Electric Association

building, 11925 6300 Road, in

Montrose, Colorado. The meeting will

begin at 9 a.m. and end no later than

4:30 p.m. The agenda will include an

update on BLM Colorado’s travel

management planning process, a

presentation on the land health

assessment process, and discussions on

off-highway vehicle issues and oil and

gas issues. General public comment is

scheduled for 9:15 a.m.

Summary minutes for Council

meetings are maintained at BLM’s

Western Slope Center office in Montrose

and on the internet at www.co.blm.gov/

swrac/swrac.htm and are available for

public inspection and reproduction

within thirty (30) days following each

meeting.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Roger Alexander,

Public Affairs Specialist.

[FR Doc. 01–12258 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–1610–DU]

Notice of Availability, Public Meeting,

and Protest Period for the Proposed

Bureau of Land Management and U.S.

Navy Natural Resource Management

Plan for Federal Lands in Churchill

County, NV

AGENCIES: Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office in partnership with the

Department of Defense, U.S. Naval Air

Station Fallon, Nevada.

ACTION: Notice of availability, public

meeting, and protest period for a

proposed amendment to the Lahontan

Resource Management Plan (RMPA) for

the Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office (BLM) based on

specific direction within Public Law

106–65, section 3014 (Military Lands

Withdrawal Act of 1999). In addition, as

a personnel and cost-saving stratagem,

the RMPA was prepared jointly with the

Naval Air Station Fallon (Navy) to

comply with Department of Defense

requirements for an Integrated Natural

Resource Management Plan (INRMP) in

accordance with the Sikes Act

Amendment Act (1997), Public Law

105–85.

SUMMARY: The BLM and Navy

determined that combining the two

agencies’ planning processes is the

appropriate means to serve as the

analysis and basis for decisions on lands

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identified in the Military Lands

Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Act), for

withdrawn public lands, Navy-owned

lands, and the NAS Fallon Main Station.

Public scoping was initiated with a

Notice of Intent published in the

Federal Register on May 26, 2000 and

two public open houses were held in

Fallon and Reno, Nevada in June 2000.

The following resource-related issues

were identified in the Act and through

public scoping: Off Highway Vehicle

(OHV) use; public access (hunting,

ranching, mining, etc.); livestock

grazing; sage grouse habitat

preservation; Pony Express Trail

protection; wildfire prevention and

suppression; noxious weeds; cultural

resources; water resources and water

rights; and sensitive species.

DATES: The document is available for

public and agency review and a public

open house is scheduled in accordance

with 43 CFR 1610.2 and 2310.3–1 to

discuss the proposed RMPA/draft

INRMP. Personnel from the BLM and

Navy will be available to answer

questions and take comments at the

following public open house: June 6,

2001 (5–7 p.m.), Fallon Convention

Center, 100 Campus Way, Fallon,

Nevada. Comments will be accepted

until June 15, 2001. After the review

and protest period ends for the

Proposed Natural Resource Management

Plan for Federal Lands in Churchill

County, comments will be analyzed and

considered jointly by the BLM and Navy

in preparing the final document.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill

Road, Carson City, NV 89701, Attn: Gary

Ryan, Project Manager. Comments may

also be sent via electronic mail to the

following address:

ryang@nsawc.navy.mil or via fax: (775)

885–6147.

Comments, including names and

addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the above

address during regular business hours

(7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.), Monday through

Friday, except holidays, and may be

published as part of the document.

Individual respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. However, we

will not consider anonymous

comments. Such requests will be

honored to the extent allowed by law.

All submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives of organizations or

businesses, will be made available for

public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary

Ryan, BLM Military Liaison at (775)

426–4011, or Ester Hutchison, NAS

Fallon Environmental Office at (775)

426–2912.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

John Singlaub,

Manager, Carson City Field Office.

[FR Doc. 01–11874 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–950–1420–00–P]

Filing of Plats of Survey; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

The plats of the following described

lands were officially filed in the

Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, Cheyenne, Wyoming,

effective 10 a.m., April 23, 2001.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of a portion of the

subdivisional lines, portions of Mineral

Surveys 85, 92, 96, 157 and 264, and

Mineral Surveys 117, 146, 147, 150, 152,

and 441, T. 16 N., R. 80 W., Sixth

Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group

No. 493, was accepted April 23, 2001.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of a portion of the Fourteenth

Guide Meridian West, through

Township 30 North, between Ranges

112 and 113 West, and a portion of the

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision

of section 18, T. 30 N., R. 112 W., Sixth

Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group

No. 658, was accepted April 23, 2001.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the Twelfth

Standard Parallel North, through Range

102 West, Tract 38, and portions of the

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision

of sections 4 and 5, T. 48 N., R. 102 W.,

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming,

Group No. 666, was accepted April 23,

2001.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

John P. Lee,

Chief, Cadastral Survey Group.

[FR Doc. 01–12273 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–950–1420–00–P]

Filing of Plats of Survey; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plat of survey of the

following described land is scheduled to

be officially filed in the Wyoming State

Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30)

calendar days from the date of this

publication.

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 44 N., R. 118 W., Metes and Bounds

Survey of Tract 39, accepted April 23,

2001

This plat will be placed in the open

files of the Wyoming State Office,

Bureau of Land Management, 5353

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne,

Wyoming, and will be available to the

public as a matter of information only.

Copies of the plat will be made available

upon request and prepayment of the

reproduction fee of $1.10 per copy.

A person or party who wishes to

protest this survey must file with the

State Director, Bureau of Land

Management, Cheyenne, Wyoming, a

notice of protest within thirty (30)

calendar days from the date of this

publication. If the protest notice did not

include a statement of reasons for the

protest, the protestant shall file such a

statement with the State Director within

thirty (30) calendar days after the notice

of protest was filed.

If protests against this survey are

received prior to the official filing, the

filing will be stayed pending

consideration of the protest(s) and or

appeal(s). A plat will not be officially

filed until after disposition of protest(s)

and or appeal(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

P. Lee, (307) 775–6216, Bureau of Land

Management, P.O. Box 1828, 5353

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming

82003.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

John P. Lee,

Chief, Cadastral Survey Group.

[FR Doc. 01–12274 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

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