10104 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 1995 / Notices

[CO–017–1610–00]

Notice of Extension of Public

Comment Period and List of Proposed

Areas of Critical Environmental

Concern

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public

comment period and list of proposed

areas of critical environmental concern.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management, White River Resource

Area, Meeker, Colorado, is extending its

public comment period for the Draft

White River Resource Management Plan

and Environmental Impact Statement

(RMP/EIS). The comment period for the

draft RMP/EIS will now end on March

31, 1995, instead of February 10, 1995.

Thirteen new areas of critical

environmental concern (ACECs) are

being considered for designation in the

draft RMP/EIS under one or more of the

alternatives. The time period for

commenting on the thirteen proposed

ACECs will end on April 24, 1995.

DATES: Comments on the draft RMP/EIS

will be accepted until March 31, 1995.

Comments on the eleven proposed

ACECs will be accepted until April 24,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Address for written

comments: Bureau of Land

Management, White River Resource

Area, P.O. Box 928, Meeker, CO 81641;

FAX 303–878–5757.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joann Graham, RMP Team Leader,

Bureau of Land Management, White

River Resource Area, Meeker, CO 81641;

Telephone 303–878–3601; Fax 303–

878–5717.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following

is a description of the thirteen ACECs

being considered for designation in the

draft RMP/EIS under one or more

alternatives.

1. South Cathedral Bluffs—Addition

(1,010 acres). Contains sensitive plants

and remnant vegetation associations. No

surface occupancy (NSO) stipulation

area for surface-disturbing activities.

Stipulation could be exempted,

modified, or waived by the Area

Manager under certain conditions.

Motorized vehicle travel limited to

designated roads and trails. Roads and

trails would be designated in the

approved RMP and record of decision

(ROD).

2. Raven Ridge-Addition (1,890 areas).

Contains candidates threatened and

endangered (T/E) plants, sensitive

plants, paleontological values, fragile

soils. No surface occupancy (NSO)

stipulation area for surface-disturbing

activities. Stipulation could be

exempted, modified, or waived by the

Area Manager under certain conditions.

Motorized vehicle travel limited to

designated roads and trails. Roads and

trails would be designated in the

approved RMP and ROD.

3. Ryan Gulch (1,440 acres). Contains

T/E plants. Controlled surface use (CSU)

stipulation area for surface-disturbing

activities. Stipulation could be

exempted, modified, or waived by the

Area Manager under certain conditions.

Motorized vehicle travel limited to

designated roads and trails. Roads and

trails would be designated in the

approved RMP and ROD.

4. White River Riparian (950 acres).

Contains important biologically diverse

plant communities. Bald eagle roosts,

federally-listed Colorado River

squawfish below Taylor Draw Dam.

CSU stipulation area for surfacedisturbing activities. Stipulation could

be exempted, modified, or waived by

the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

a travel management plan prepared

following publication of the approved

RMP and ROD. Pending publication of

a travel management plan, motorized

vehicle travel is limited to existing

roads and trails.

5. Coal Oil Rim (3,210 acres). Small

aspen clones and other biologically

diverse plant communities, riparian

habitats. CSU stipulation area for

surface-disturbing activities. Stipulation

could be exempted, modified, or waived

by the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

the approved RMP and ROD.

6. Moosehead Mountain (8,940 acres).

Contains important biologically diverse

plant communities, riparian habitats,

and cultural resources. No surface

occupancy (NSO) stipulation area for

surface-disturbing activities. Stipulation

could be exempted, modified, or waived

by the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

the approved RMP and ROD.

7. Oil Spring Mountain (18,260 acres).

Contains spruce-fir and important

biologically diverse plant communities.

CSU stipulation area for surfacedisturbing activities. Stipulation could

be exempted, modified, or waived by

the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

a travel management plan prepared

following publication of the approved

RMP and ROD. Pending publication of

a travel management plan, motorized

vehicle travel is limited to existing

roads and trails.

8. Black’s Gulch (800 acres). Contains

paleontological values. No surface

occupancy (NSO) stipulation area for

surface-disturbing activities. Stipulation

could be exempted, modified, or waived

by the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

the approved RMP and ROD.

9. Coal Draw (1,840 acres). Contains

paleontological values. No surface

occupancy (NSO) stipulation area for

surface-disturbing activities. Stipulation

could be exempted, modified, or waived

by the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

the approved RMP and record of

decision.

10. East Douglas Creek (47,610 acres).

Contains important biologically diverse

plant communities, riparian habitat, and

federal candidate Colorado River

cutthroat trout habitat. CSU stipulation

area for surface-disturbing activities.

Stipulation could be exempted,

modified, or waived by the Area

Manager under certain conditions.

Motorized vehicle travel limited to

designated roads and trails. Roads and

trails would be designated in travel

management plan(s) prepared after

publication of the approved RMP and

ROD. Pending publication of a travel

management plan(s), motorized vehicle

travel is limited to existing roads and

trails.

11. Duck Creek (3,430 acres) Contains

T/E plants and cultural resources. Duck

Creek wickiup site (3 acres) within Duck

Creek ACEC NSO for surface-disturbing

activities. The remainder of the ACEC

proposed for CSU stipulation.

Stipulations could be exempted,

modified, or waived by the Area

Manager under certain conditions.

Motorized vehicle travel limited to

designated roads and trails. Motorized

vehicle travel limited to designated

roads and trails. Roads and trails would

be designated in the approved RMP and

ROD.

12. North Cathedral Bluffs (5,730

acres). Contains sensitive plants, scenic

values. CSU stipulation area for surfacedisturbing activities. Stipulation could

be exempted, modified, or waived by

the Area Manager under certain

conditions. Motorized vehicle travel

limited to designated roads and trails.

Roads and trails would be designated in

travel management plan(s) prepared
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following publication of the approved

RMP and ROD. Pending publication of

a travel management plan(s), motorized

vehicle travel is limited to existing

roads and trails.

13. Texas-Missouri-Evacuation Creek

(22,510 acres). Contains abundant

cultural resources. CSU stipulation area

for surface-disturbing activities.

Stipulation could be exempted,

modified, or waived by the Area

Manager under certain conditions.

Motorized vehicle travel limited to

designated roads and trails. Roads and

trails would be designated in a travel

management plan prepared following

publication of the approved RMP and

ROD. Pending publication of a travel

management plan, motorized vehicle

travel is limited to existing roads and

trails.

Scott Wintemute,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–4452 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–SB–M

[AZ-026–05–1430–10; AZA–29011; 5–00162]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

Maricopa County, Arizona have been

examined and found suitable for

classification for lease or conveyance to

the State of Arizona, Department of

Administration, under the provisions of

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The

State of Arizona proposes to use the

lands for a correctional facility.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 2 S., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1⁄2, E1⁄2W1⁄2;

Sec. 8, all;

Sec. 17, all;

Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1⁄2, E1⁄2W1⁄2.

T. 2 S., R. 4 W.,

Sec. 11, lots 1, 4, 5 and 8;

Sec. 12, lot 1, E1⁄2, SW1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 13, all;

Sec. 14, lots 1, 4, 5 and 8.

Containing 3,958.96 acres.

The lease and conveyance will be

processed if found to be in the public

interest and in compliance with current

and ongoing BLM land use planning.

The State of Arizona will be required to

submit an environmental impact

statement which the BLM will review

and then make a final determination as

to the suitability of the lease and

conveyance.

The lease/patent, when issued, will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and to all

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

2. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine and remove

the minerals.

4. Those rights for transmission line

purposes granted to Arizona Public

Service Company by Right-of-Way

Numbers AZAR–004861 and AZA–

9002.

5. Those rights the grazing permittee,

Art Arnold, may have to continue his

current grazing use for two years from

receipt of a cancellation notice. (Grazing

Record No. 022304)

For detailed information concerning

this action, contact Hector Abrego or

Angela Mogel, at the office of the

Bureau of Land Management, Lower

Gila Resource Area, 2015 West Deer

Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona, (602)

780–8090.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws. For a period of 45 days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested persons

may submit comments regarding the

proposed lease/conveyance or

classification of the lands to the District

Manager, Phoenix District Office, 2015

West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix,

Arizona 85027.

Classification Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments involving

the suitability of the land for a

correctional facility. Comments on the

classification are restricted to whether

the land is physically suited for the

proposal, whether the use will

maximize the future use or uses of the

land, whether the use is consistent with

local planning and zoning or if the use

is consistent with State and Federal

programs.

Application Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments regarding

the specific use proposed in the

application and plan of development,

whether the BLM followed proper

administrative procedures in reaching

the decision or any other factor not

directly related to the suitability of the

land for a correctional facility.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the State Director. In the

absence of any adverse comments, the

classification will become effective 60

days from the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.

Dated: February 15, 1995.

David J. Miller,

Associate District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–4372 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

[CA–066–1430–01; CACA–13781]

Realty Actions; Sales; Leases; Etc.:

California; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Correction to Notice of Realty

Action; Recreation and Public Purposes

(R&PP) Act Classification for Lease and

Conveyance, California—Correction to

Volume 49 of the Federal Register, pages

19418 and 19419, dated Monday, May 7,

1994. Partial Termination of

Classification.

SUMMARY: This notice will correct the

legal description from San Bernardino

Meridian, San Diego County, California,

T. 12 S., R. 1 E., Sec. 29: NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, to:

San Bernardino Meridian, San Diego

County, California

T. 12 S., R. 1 E.,

Sec. 29: NW1⁄4NW1⁄4

This parcel of public land was

classified but not included in the above

notice in the Federal Register, and is

included at this time:

San Bernardino Meridian, San Diego,

County, California

T. 12 S., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 25: SE1⁄4

BLM made the decision to issue the

R&PP lease under CACA–13781;

however, the application was for

conveyance. All the lands in this R&PP

were classified as suitable for lease and

conveyance. The conveyance was not

addressed in the above-mentioned

Federal Register Notice, and is included

at this time.

1. This action partially terminates the

above-mentioned Notice which

classified these public lands as suitable

for recreation and public purposes—San

Bernardino Meridian, San Diego

County, California, T. 12 S., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 27: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, containing 40 acres,

more or less.

2. At 10:00 a.m. on March 27, 1995,

the lands described in paragraph 1 will

be opened to operation of the public

land laws subject to valid existing rights

and the provisions of applicable law.