Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2001 / Notices 28759

T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Sec. 2: Lots 5–20;

Sec. 11: Lots 1–16;

Sec. 12: Lots 2 (NW1⁄4 & S1⁄2), 3–16;

Sec. 13: Lots 1–16;

Sec. 14: NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, Lots 1–15;

Sec. 24: Lots 1–16;

Sec. 25: Lots 1–16; T. 44 N., R. 71 W., 6th

P.M., Wyoming

Sec. 35: Lots 1–16.

Containing 5,063.6875 acres, more or less.

All of the coal in the above-described

land consists of unleased Federal coal

within the Powder River Basin Known

Coal Leasing Area. The purpose of the

exploration program is to obtain data on

the Wyodak coal seam.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration

program is fully described and will be

conducted pursuant to an exploration

plan to be approved by the Bureau of

Land Management. Copies of the

exploration plan are available for review

during normal business hours in the

following offices (serialized under

number WYW153411): Bureau of Land

Management, Wyoming State Office,

5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828,

Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, Bureau of

Land Management, Casper Field Office,

2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, WY

82604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice of invitation will be published in

The News-Record of Gillette, WY, once

each week for two consecutive weeks

beginning the week of May 28, 2001,

and in the Federal Register. Any party

electing to participate in this

exploration program must send written

notice to both the Bureau of Land

Management and Ark Land Company no

later than thirty days after publication of

this invitation in the Federal Register.

The written notice should be sent to the

following addresses: Ark Land

Company, Attn: Michael Lincoln, P.O.

Box 460, Hanna, WY 82327, and the

Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming

State Office, Branch of Solid Minerals,

Attn: Julie Weaver, P.O. Box 1828,

Cheyenne, WY 82003.

The foregoing is published in the

Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR

3410.2–1(c)(1).

Dated: May 14, 2001.

Phillip C. Perlewitz,

Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.

[FR Doc. 01–13124 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–014–01–1430–EU; HAG–01–0177]

Notice of Direct Sale of Public Land

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of direct sale of public

lands in Klamath County, Oregon (OR

56099).

SUMMARY: The following land has been

found suitable and is classified for

direct sale under Section 203 and 209 of

the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1713 and 43 U.S.C. 1719, and Section 7

of the Taylor Grazing (43 U.S.C. 315f).

The land will be sold at no less than the

fair market value of $18,200 .00. The

land will not be offered for sale until at

least 60 days after this notice.

Willamette Meridian,

T. 38 S., R. 10 E.

Section 6 Lot 7

Section 7 NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

Containing approximately 120.12 acres.

The above described land is hereby

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws, including the mining

laws, but not from sale under the above

cited statutes, for 270 days or until title

transfer is completed or the segregation

is terminated by publication in the

Federal Register, which ever occurs

first.

This land is difficult and uneconomic

to manage as part of the public lands

and is not suitable for management by

another Federal agency. No significant

resource values will be affected by this

disposal. The sale is consistent with

BLM’s planning for the land involved

and the public interest will be served by

the sale.

Purchasers must be U.S. citizens, 18

years of age or older, a state or state

instrumentality authorized to hold

property, or a corporation authorized to

own real estate in the state in which the

land is located.

The lands are being offered to

Meadow Lake Incorporated using the

direct sale procedures authorized under

43 CFR 2743.3–3. Direct sale is

appropriate because there is no public

access to the public lands and lands

owned Meadow Lake Inc. surround the

public lands.

The terms, conditions, and

reservations applicable to this sale are

as follows:

1. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals will be reserved to the United

States in under 43 U.S.C. 945.

2. All oil and gas and geothermal

resources in the land will be reserved to

the United States in accordance with

Section 209 of the Federal Land Policy

and Management Act of 1976.

3. The mineral interests being offered

for conveyance have no known mineral

value. The acceptance of a direct sale

offer will constitute an application for

conveyance of the mineral estate, with

the exception of the oil and gas and

geothermal interests which will be

reserved to the United States in

accordance with Section 209 of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976.

4. Patents will be issued subject to all

valid existing rights and reservations of

record.

If land identified in this notice is not

sold it will be offered competitively on

a continuing basis until sold.

Detailed information concerning the

sale, including the reservations, sale

procedures, and planning and

environmental documents, is available

at the Klamath Falls Field Office 2795

Anderson Ave. Building 25 Klamath

Falls, OR 97603.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments to the Field Manager,

Klamath Falls Resource Area Office at

the above address. Objections will be

reviewed by the District Manager who

may sustain, vacate, or modify this

realty action. In absence of any

objections, this realty action will

become the final action of the

Department of the Interior. Questions

should be directed to Tom Cottingham

at the above address or by phone at 541/

885–4141.

Dated: April 27, 2001.

Teresa A. Raml,

Manager, Klamath Falls Resource Area.

[FR Doc. 01–13121 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–14000–01–1610–DU]

Resource Management Plan

Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Glenwood Springs Field Office,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Fire

Management Plan and Environmental

Assessment (EA) and Amend the

Glenwood Springs Field Office Resource

Management Plan (RMP).

28760 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2001 / Notices

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) Glenwood Springs

Field Office (GSFO) has fire protection

responsibility on more than 550,000

acres of public land in Eagle, Garfield,

Pitkin, Routt, Mesa and Rio Blanco

Counties in Colorado. A fire

management plan (FMP) plan will

provide managers and the public a

framework for managing wildland fire

and prescribing vegetation treatments.

The Environmental Assessment (EA)

will serve as the analysis for

implementing wildland fire

management. Public lands will be

managed under one of four management

catagories for purposes of wildland fire

management. The description of these

categories follows:

A. The values in these areas are

threatened by all types of fire. Fires will

be aggressively suppressed and no

prescribed fire management would be

planned. Mechanical and/or chemical

fuel treatments would be utilized to

reduce hazard fuel loadings in this zone.

B. These areas also have values that

are threatened by wildfires, but might

benefit from the careful application of

fire. Wildfires will be aggressively

suppressed, but prescribed fire with

other fuel treatment reduction methods

(mechanical or chemical) will be

considered as a management alternative

in certain situations.

C. The natural resource values in

these areas are not significantly

threatened or benefitted by wildfires.

Wildfires will be managed by an

appropriate management response

(AMR) as provided for in the FMP.

Suppression options will range from

aggressive suppression, to a

nonaggressive containment action that

considers least cost as a primary

consideration. Predetermined

constraints (ecological, air quality,

political, fire load, time of year, etc.)

will be included in a wildfire situation

analysis (WFSA) to help the line officer

in decision making. These areas do

contain values that may benefit from the

application of fire, so prescribed fires

will be an option for natural resource

management. Mechanical and/or

chemical fuel treatments could also be

utilized to reduce hazard fuel loadings

in this zone.

D. These areas have no natural

resource values that are threatened by

wildfires, and contain some natural

resources that would benefit from fire,

both wildfire and prescribed fire. If preexisting conditions are met (ecological,

air quality, political, fire load, time of

year, etc.) wildfires may be allowed to

burn without suppression actions to

benefit natural resources. Fires that are

suppressed will be managed with the

AMR range of alternatives. A WFSA will

be conducted on all fires where

aggressive suppression does not take

place, the line officer’s decision will be

documented. Prescribed fire will also be

a management alternative to meet

resource objectives. Mechanical and/or

chemical fuel treatments could also be

utilized to reduce hazard fuel loadings.

DATES: The BLM can best utilize your

input if you submit comments

pertaining to important values, wildland

fire management and prescribed (fire,

mechanical and chemical) vegetation

treatments before June 30, 2001. Public

meetings (dates to be announced) are

tentatively planned for Eagle, Glenwood

Springs and Rifle, Colorado.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the Field Manager—Fire Management

Plan, Glenwood Springs Field Office,

Bureau of Land Management, 50629

Highway 6 & 24, P.O. Box 1009,

Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests to be placed on a mailing list

and notified of public meetings should

be mailed to the address above. You can

also telephone Brian Hopkins at (970)

947–2840 or e-mail him at

bhopkins@co.blm.gov. Documents and

maps relevant to the planning process

will be available for public review at the

Glenwood Springs Field Office and, as

feasible, available on the Glenwood

Springs Field Office website at http://

www.co.blm.gov/gsra/gshome.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMPs are

being updated to comply with the 1995

Federal Wildland Fire Management

Policy and the 2001 Review and Update

of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire

Management Policy. The Policy directs

Field Offices to have an approved FMP

for every area with burnable vegetation.

In addition, land uses, land issues and

vegetation (fuels) have changed since

the completion of the 1984 RMP,

especially along the private land—

public land interface. The GSFO FMP

will update fire and vegetation

management in light of these changes.

The goals of the FMP are to address

issues including: (1) Human safety; (2)

Protection of improvements, property,

cultural resources, threatened or

endangered species and high value

resources; (3) Return fire to its natural

role in the ecosystem; (4) Protection and

enhancement of other natural resources;

(5) Hazardous fuel reduction; and (6)

Fiscal efficiency of fire management

operations.

We will provide opportunities for

local governments, state agencies and

the public to participate in the planning

process. Individuals will have the

opportunity to attend public meetings,

write letters, telephone and meet

directly with the interdisciplinary

planning team.

Anne Huebner,

Glenwood Springs Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–13120 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–200–1040–PH]

Notice of Intent To Prepare the Cache

Creek Travel Management Plan and

Amend the Royal Gorge Resource

Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

amendment to the Royal Gorge Resource

Management Plan, and prepare an

Environmental Assessment (EA).

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

initiation of a Resource Management

Plan (RMP) amendment for the Cache

Creek Travel Management Plan,

pursuant to the BLM planning

regulations in 43 CFR 1600. The

proposed Travel Management Plan will

convert BLM’s current Off-Highway

Vehicle (OHV) designation of ‘‘limited

to existing roads and trails’’ to one of

‘‘limited to designated roads and trails’’,

to implement a decision in the Royal

Gore Resource Management Plan,

approved in May 1996. The EA will

analyze and compare the impacts of the

change in OHV designation and

management with continuing current

management, and other alternatives that

may be identified. The Travel

Management Plan is being prepared

through coordination with other federal,

state and local agencies, and affected

public land users.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

written comments to the Field Office

Manager at the address listed below.

Comments will be accepted until June

15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

request additional information or

request to be put on the mailing list, you

may do so by any of several methods.

You may mail or hand deliver your

comments or requests to: Field Office

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

Royal Gorge Field Office, 3170 East

Main Street, Canon City, CO 81212,

(719) 269–8500. You may also comment

via email to: RGFOWEB@blm.gov.

Please submit email comments as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special