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1. Reservation to the United States of

a right-of-way for ditches and canals in

accordance with 43 U.S.C. 945.

2. Reservation to the United States of

all minerals.

3. All valid existing rights, e.g. rightsof-way and leases of record.

4. Provisions that if the patentee or its

successor attempts to transfer title to or

control over the land to another or the

land is devoted to a use other than that

for which the land was conveyed,

without the consent of the Secretary of

the Interior or his delegate, or prohibits

or restricts, directly or indirectly, or

permits its agents, employees,

contractors, or subcontractors, including

without limitation, lessees, sublessees

and permittees, to prohibit or restrict,

directly or indirectly, the use of any part

of the patented lands or any of the

facilities whereon by any person

because of such person’s race, creed,

color, or national origin, title shall

revert to the United States.

The lands are not needed for Federal

purposes. Lease/conveyance is

consistent with current BLM land use

planning and would be in the public

interest.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Joel E. Farrell,

Assistant Field Manager for Resources.

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BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–030–1610–00]

Intent To Prepare a Resource

Management Plan Amendment (RMPA)

and Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) for McGregor Range in Otero

County, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a

Resource Management Plan Amendment

(RMPA) and Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for McGregor Range,

New Mexico and Notice of Scoping

Meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102 (2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, Council on

Environmental Quality (CEQ)

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), and the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the BLM, Las

Cruces Field Office will direct

preparation of an RMPA/EIS by URS

Corporation, a qualified consultant. The

RMPA/EIS will address BLM’s

management of the withdrawn public

land within McGregor Range in Otero

County, New Mexico. The RMPA/EIS

shall identify areas for limited,

restricted, or exclusive uses; levels of

resource production; allowable resource

uses; resource condition objectives;

program constraints; and general

management direction.

The BLM will conduct two public

scoping meetings to solicit input from

the public. The dates, times, and

locations for these meetings are as

follows:

Date Location

Wednesday,

June 20,

2001, 6:30

p.m. to 8:30

p.m.

Otero County Courthouse,

Commission Chambers,

Room 253, 1000 New

York Ave., Alamogordo,

New Mexico.

Thursday,

June 21,

2001, 6:30

p.m. to 8:30

p.m.

BLM—Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 Marquess Las

Cruces, New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted through July 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Tom Phillips, BLM, Las Cruces Field

Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, NM

88005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Phillips, Team Leader, at (505) 525–

4377 or Amy Lueders, Field Manager at

(505) 525–4300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999

Congress passed the Military Lands

Withdrawal Act (PL 106–65) which

withdrew large tracts of public land for

military purposes. PL 106–65 included

the withdrawal of approximately

608,000 acres on McGregor Range in

Southern New Mexico. The legislation

directed the Secretary of the Interior to

manage the natural resources on

McGregor Range under FLPMA and to

develop a management plan within two

years of the law’s enactment. The

planning area will include withdrawn

public land on McGregor Range in Otero

County, encompassing approximately

608,000 acres administered by BLM.

The BLM, will work in concert with the

U.S. Army, Ft. Bliss, which will

participate as a cooperating agency for

the development of the RMPA/EIS.

It is anticipated that the RMPA/EIS

process will require 18 months to

complete and will include public and

agency scoping, coordination and

consultation with Federal, State, tribal,

and local agencies, public review and

public hearings on the published draft

RMPA/draft EIS, a published proposed

RMPA/final EIS, published Record of

Decision, and Plan Amendment.

Publication of the Record of Decision is

anticipated in November, 2002.

The BLM Interdisciplinary team that

will be developing this RMPA/EIS will

include specialists with expertise in:

soils, geology, vegetation, wildlife,

livestock grazing, recreation, cultural/

paleontology, and fire ecology.

BLM public information and scoping

will include notification to the public

and Federal, state, tribal, and local

agencies of the proposed action;

identification by the public of the range

of issues and concerns to be considered

in the EIS; development of planning

criteria; and the solicitation of

assistance from the public to identify

reasonable alternatives. In addition, the

public will have the opportunity to ask

questions regarding the proposed

project at scheduled public scoping

meetings (see SUMMARY section of this

notice).

Written comments should address: (1)

Issues to be considered, (2) if the

planning criteria are adequate for the

issues, (3) feasible and reasonable

alternatives to examine, and (4) relevant

information having a bearing on the

RMPA/EIS. BLM will maintain a

mailing list of parties and persons

interested in being kept informed about

the progress of the RMPA/EIS.

Documents relevant to this planning

effort will be available for public review

at the BLM Las Cruces Field Office

located at 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces,

New Mexico.

A range of reasonable alternatives,

including an alternative considering no

action as required by NEPA, will be

developed and analyzed in the EIS.

Through scoping, the public will assist

in developing alternatives. The results

of scoping will be sent to all those on

the mailing list for this project in a

newsletter or scoping report. Following

an in-depth analysis of the impacts

associated with the alternatives

analyzed, one alternative will be

selected as the agency-preferred

alternative. The agency-preferred

alternative will be identified in a draft

RMPA/draft EIS scheduled to be

released in the fall of 2001. Once the

draft is released additional public

review will be announced through the

media and a Federal Register notice.

Anticipated Issues and Concerns

The anticipated Issues/Concerns

include the following:

1. Soil and Water: Stream Channel

Conditions; Water Quality; Water

Quantity/Supply.

2. Vegegation: Management of

Grassland Habitat; Noxious/Invasive

Weeds.

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3. Visual Resources: VRM

classifications.

4. Special Status Species: Aplomado

Falcon, Mountain Plover, and Blacktailed Prairie Dog.

5. Fire Management: Fire Control;

Prescribed Fire.

6. Livestock Grazing.

7. Recreation: Public Access; Off

Highway Vehicle management.

8. Minerals: Fluid Minerals; Solid

Minerals.

9. Unexploded Ordinance (UXO)/

Hazardous Materials.

Preliminary planning criteria for

guiding the development of the RMPA/

EIS include the following:

1. BLM resource management actions

shall be compatible and consistent with

military use in accordance with the

Withdrawal Act, and must comply with

all applicable laws, executive orders

and regulations.

2. Clarify BLM and Fort Bliss

management responsibilities on

McGregor Range.

3. In each action, the resource outputs

must be reasonable and achievable with

available technology and budget

constraints.

4. All BLM resource management

actions on these withdrawn lands must

be compatible with the principles of

multiple-use and sustained yield.

5. Provide for public access to and

across McGregor Range.

6. Provide for mineral development.

7. Identify water use needs and any

impacts on existing water resources.

8. Identify the Sub-basins for

McGregor Range and use it as the

organization framework for the water

resources discussion.

9. Maintain or improve vegetation

conditions.

10. Identify any infestations of

noxious/invasive weeds and provide for

management alternatives to deal with

existing and potential problems.

11. Provide for the harvesting of

vegetation products.

12. Provide for the protection and

management of the sensitive, Statelisted, and Federally-listed plant and

animal species.

13. Provide for livestock grazing.

14. Provide for the protection and

management of wildlife habitat.

15. Identify any impacts of predator

management.

16. Provide for hunting in concert

with biological cycles.

17. Provide for recreational uses.

18. Establish off-highway vehicle

designations.

19. Maintain or enhance visual

quality.

20. Provide for the management of

cultural and paleontological resources.

21. Continue to provide for the

management of the Culp Canyon

Wilderness Study Area under Interim

Management Policy procedures pending

Congressional determination.

In addition to the scoping taking place

now, public participation will include

consultation with affected users, and

other agencies, meeting with interested

groups and individuals, media notices,

Federal Register notices, public

meetings, and distribution of the draft

RMPA/draft EIS and the proposed

RMPA/final EIS.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

M. J. Cha ́vez,

State Director.

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BILLING CODE 4310–VC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–030–1910–00; NMNM35829]

Legal Description for McGregor Range

Withdrawal; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides official

publication of the legal description for

the McGregor Range Withdrawal in New

Mexico, as required by Section

3012(a)(1) of the Military Lands

Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law

106–65), enacted October 5, 1999. This

withdrawal covers the same public land

as was withdrawn previously under

Public Law 99–606, which was enacted

on November 6, 1986.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Phillips, Team Leader, at (505) 525–

4377 or Amy Lueders, Field Manager at

(505) 525–4311, BLM Las Cruces Field

Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New

Mexico 88005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

public land withdrawn under Public

Law 106–65 encompasses

approximately 608,385 acres in Otero

County, New Mexico. This land is

accurately described under a previous

Federal Register dated Wednesday, May

20, 1987 (Vol. 52, No. 97, pages 18960

through 18963) and Federal Register

Correction Notices dated Friday, June

12, 1987 (Vol. 52, No. 113, page 22577)

and Monday, July 13, 1987 (Vol. 52, No.

133, pages 26188 through 26189).

Dated: April 23, 2001.

Amy L. Lueders,

Field Manager, Las Cruces.

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BILLING CODE 4310–VC–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention

[OJP(OJJDP)–1315]

Missing and Exploited Children’s

Program Proposed Program Plan for

Fiscal Year (FY) 2001

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of proposed program

plan for Missing and Exploited

Children’s Program for FY 2001.

SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is

publishing its Missing and Exploited

Children’s Program Proposed Program

Plan for FY 2001 and soliciting public

comment on the overall plan and

priorities. After analyzing the public

comments on this Proposed Program

Plan, OJJDP will issue its final FY 2001

Missing and Exploited Children’s

Program Plan.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to John J. Wilson, Acting

Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention, 810

Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC

20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald C. Laney, Director, Child

Protection Division, 202–616–3637.

(This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Missing and Exploited Children’s

Program is administered by the Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention (OJJDP). Pursuant to the

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974, as

amended, section 406(a)(2), 42 U.S.C.

5776, the Administrator of OJJDP is

publishing for public comment a

Proposed Program Plan for activities

authorized by Title IV of the JJDP Act,

the Missing Children’s Assistance Act,

42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq., that OJJDP

proposes to initiate or continue funding

in FY 2001. Taking into consideration

comments received on this Proposed

Program Plan, the Administrator will

develop and publish a Final Program

Plan describing the program activities

OJJDP intends to fund during FY 2001

using Title IV funds.

Other than solicitations for programs

specified by Congress, notices of

solicitations for competitive grant

applications described in the Final

Program Plan will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date. No