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the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

Applicant: The Seattle Aquarium,

Seattle, WA, PRT–799991

Type of Permit: Import for public

display

Name and Number of Animals:

Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris

lutris), 1

Summary of Activity to be

Authorized: Applicant requests a permit

to import one female sea otter for public

display. The animal was taken as a

beached and stranded pup as a result of

the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, deemed

non-releasable, and subsequently

transferred to the Vancouver Aquarium

for public display.

Source of Marine Mammals for

Research/Public Display: Vancouver

Aquarium, British Columbia, Canada.

Period of Activity: Period in which to

import is 1 year Concurrent with the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, the Office of Management

Authority is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and the Committee of

Scientific Advisors for their review.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: March 17, 1995.

Caroline Anderson,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 95–7076 Filed 3–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Approval

The following applicants have

applied for approval to conduct certain

activities with birds that are protected

in accordance with the Wild Bird

Conservation Act of 1992. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 112(4) of

the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992,

50 CFR 15.26(c).

Applicant: Dan L. Pike, Edmonds,

WA. The applicant wishes to amend his

approved cooperative breeding program

to include two additional subspecies of

peregrine falcon: Falco peregrinus

babylonicus, and Falco peregrinus

peregrinator. Two private individuals

will be an actively participating in this

program. The Washington Falconers

Association maintains responsibility for

the oversight of the program.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 420C, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 420C, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Carol Lee Carson,

Acting Chief, Branch of Operations, Office

of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 95–7077 Filed 3–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–080–1430–01; UTU–71261]

Notice of Realty Action

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, Serial

Number UTU–71261; Modified

Competitive Sale of Public Lands

located in Uintah County, Utah.

SUMMARY: The public lands described

below on the table entitled Land Sale

Matrix have been examined and found

suitable for disposal pursuant to

Sections 203 and 209 of the Act of

October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2750–51; 43

U.S.C. 1713 and 90 Stat. 2757–58; 43

U.S.C. 1719, respectively) at not less

than appraised market value.

The purpose of the proposed sale is to

dispose of parcels of public land that

have been committed to either single

purpose use or are too scattered and

isolated for effective federal

management by the BLM or any other

federal agency. The proposed sale is

consistent with the BLM’s Book Cliffs

and Diamond Mountain Resource

Management Plans and amendments

thereto and the public interest will be

served by offering these parcels of

public land for sale.

LAND SALE MATRIX

Parcel No.

Serial

No.

UTU

Legal description *3rd party rights and

Federal reservations Acres

Minimum

acceptable

bid

Legal

access

1 ............................. 73550 T. 1 N., R. 23 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 $5,000.00 No.

Sec. 1: SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

2 ............................. 73551 T. 1 N., R. 23 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 5,000.00 No.

Sec. 1: SW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

3 ............................. 73552 T. 1 N., R. 23 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 39.75 3,975.00 No.

Sec. 12: Lot 4.

4 ............................. 73553 T. 1 N., R. 24 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 5,600.00 No.

Sec. 6: Lot 1.

5 ............................. 73554 T. 1 N., R. 24 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 5,600.00 No.

Sec. 7: SE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

6 ............................. 73555 T. 1 S., R. 24 E., ................................................... A–1; C–1 ........................ 40.00 10,000.00 No.

Sec. 35: SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

7 ............................. 73556 T. 2 S., R. 24 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 80.00 12,000.00 No.

Sec. 4: SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

8 ............................. 73557 T. 3 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... B–1; C–1 ........................ 12.50 2,190.00 No.
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LAND SALE MATRIX—Continued

Parcel No.

Serial

No.

UTU

Legal description *3rd party rights and

Federal reservations Acres

Minimum

acceptable

bid

Legal

access

Sec. 7: SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

9 ............................. 73558 T. 3 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 5,000.00 No.

Sec. 9: SW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

10 ........................... 73559 T. 3 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... A–21; C–1 ...................... 347.50 43,440.00 Yes.

Sec. 12: S1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4.

Sec. 13: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

11 ........................... 73560 T. 3 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 7.50 5,625.00 No.

Sec. 19: S1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4

12 ........................... 73561 T. 3 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... B–2; C–1 ........................ 2.50 2,500.00 No.

Sec. 19: SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

13 ........................... 73562 T. 3 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 37.75 5,665.00 No.

Sec. 18: Lot 2.

14 ........................... 73563 T. 3 S., R. 30 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 149.51 18,690.00 No.

Sec. 18: Lot 4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;.

Sec. 19: Lots 3 and 4.

15 ........................... 73564 T. 3 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 6,000.00 No.

Sec. 18: SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

16 ........................... 73565 T. 3 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 6,000.00 No.

Sec. 19: SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

17 ........................... 73566 T. 3 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... A–2; B–3; C–1 ............... 30.00 7,500.00 No.

Sec. 11: NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

18 ........................... 73567 T. 4 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... A–3; C–1 ........................ 240.00 60,000.00 No.

Sec. 12: NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2W1⁄2,

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

19 ........................... 73568 T. 4 S., R. 21 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 200.10 50,000.00 No.

Sec. 1: Lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

20 ........................... 73569 T. 4 S., R. 21 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 10,000.00 No.

Sec. 30: SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

21 ........................... 73570 T. 4 S., R. 21 E., ................................................... A–4; C–1 ........................ 10.00 2,500.00 No.

Sec. 30: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

22 ........................... 73571 T. 4 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... Privately-owned Min- .. 4.13 6,195.00 Yes.

Sec. 31: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 (within) ........................ erals. .

23 ........................... 73572 T. 4 S., R. 23 E., ................................................... A–5 & A–6; C–1 & C–2 . 40.00 8,000.00 Yes.

Sec. 33: NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

24 ........................... 73573 T. 5 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... A–7 & A–20; C–1 .......... 110.00 22,000.00 No.

Sec. 12: E1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

25 ........................... 73574 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... A–8 & A–9; C–1 & C–2 . 400.00 40,000.00 No.

Sec. 11: W1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4.

26 ........................... 73575 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 80.00 16,000.00 No.

Sec. 22: W1⁄2SE1⁄4.

27 ........................... 73576 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... A–10; C–1 ...................... 35.00 8,750.00 No.

Sec. 22: N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

28 ........................... 73577 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 10,000.00 No.

Sec. 23: SW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

29 ........................... 73578 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... A–7; C–1 ........................ 80.00 16,000.00 No.

Sec. 26: NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;.

Sec. 27: NE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

30 ........................... 73579 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... A–7 & A–11; C–1 .......... 240.00 36,000.00 Yes.

Sec. 26: NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4.

31 ........................... 73580 T. 5 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 40.00 10,000.00 No.

Sec. 25: SW1⁄4NW1⁄4.

32 ........................... 73581 T. 5 S., R. 23 E., ................................................... A–9; C–1 ........................ 120.00 18,000.00 No.

Sec. 5: S1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

33 ........................... 73582 T. 6 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... C–1 ................................ 46.94 7,000.00 No.

Sec. 3: Lot 1, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

34 ........................... 73583 T. 6 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... C–1 & C–2 ..................... 3.38 250.00 No.

Sec. 12: Lot 11.

35 ........................... 73584 T. 6 S., R. 22 E., ................................................... A–12 & A–13; C–1 & .. 40.00 18,000.00 Yes.

Sec. 12: SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 .............................................. C–2.

36 ........................... 73585 T. 7 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... C–1 & C–2 ..................... 203.66 30,550.00 No.

Sec. 1: Lots 2 through 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4.
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LAND SALE MATRIX—Continued

Parcel No.

Serial

No.

UTU

Legal description *3rd party rights and

Federal reservations Acres

Minimum

acceptable

bid

Legal

access

37 ........................... 73586 T. 7 S., R. 19 E., ................................................... C–1 & C–2 ..................... 80.00 12,000.00 No.

Sec. 1: SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

38 ........................... 73587 T. 7 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... A–14, A–15, A–16 & ...... 364.47 63,785.00 No.

Sec. 5: Lots 3 and 4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4; ............ A–17; C–1 & C–2.

Sec. 6: Lots 1 and 2.

39 ........................... 73588 T. 7 S., R. 20 E., ................................................... A–18; C–1 & C–2 .......... 40.00 12,000.00 No.

Sec. 15: SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

40 ........................... 73589 T. 11 S., R. 20 E., ................................................. A–19; C–1 ...................... 25.00 1,000.00 Yes.

Sec. 3: W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

41 ........................... 73590 T. 12 S., R. 20 E., ................................................. A–19; B–4; C–1 ............. 62.42 3,100.00 Yes.

Sec. 12: Lot 2, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

* Those rights and reservations listed by letter and number are described in the narrative portion of this document.

SALE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION: The BLM

will offer for sale the parcels of public

land described on the Land Sale Matrix

from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Mountain

Daylight Time (MDT) on Friday, May

26, 1995, in Room #2 of the Western

Park Convention Center located at 300

East 200 South, Vernal, Utah.

SALE PROCEDURES: The sale will be

conducted using modified competitive

bidding procedures described in this

notice. Those who wish to participate in

the land sale must submit a sealed bid

for not less than the minimum bid

amount specified in this notice with a

separate bid submitted for each sale

parcel. Each sealed bid shall be

accompanied by a certified check, postal

money order, bank draft, or cashier’s

check made payable to the United States

Department of the Interior, BLM for not

less than 10% of the amount bid. All

sealed bids must be submitted to the

BLM’s Vernal District Office at 170

South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078, no

later than 4:00 p.m. MDT, May 25, 1995.

The sealed bid envelope containing the

bid and required down payment must

be clearly marked on the lower, lefthand corner as described below:

‘‘Bid for Public Land Sale’’

Parcel No. ll; Serial No. UTU–

lllll

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

On the day of the sale, the authorized

officer shall publicly declare the highest

qualifying sealed bid for each of the sale

parcels. Designated bidders (i.e.,

adjoining land owners, grazing

permittees, and holders of land use

permits) who submitted a sealed bid for

a specific sale parcel will be afforded an

opportunity to present oral bids on that

sale parcel. Oral bidding shall begin at

not less than the announced highest

sealed bid. Those designated bidders

who choose to present oral bids shall do

so in increments of $100.00 or more per

sale parcel. The highest oral bid will

determine who will be the successful

bidder. The person declared to have

entered the highest qualifying oral bid

shall submit payment by cash, personal

check, bank draft, money order, or any

combination for not less than 20% of

the amount bid immediately following

the close of the sale.

In the absence of oral bids, the party

submitting the highest sealed bid will be

declared the successful bidder. If two or

more envelopes containing valid, sealed

bids of the same amount are received,

the determination of who is to be

considered the successful bidder shall

be by drawing on the day of the sale.

The successful bidder, whether such

bid is oral or sealed, shall pay the

remainder of the full price bid within

180 days of the sale date. Failure to pay

the full price within the allotted time

shall disqualify the successful bidder

and cause the bid deposit to be forfeited

to the BLM. The next highest bid,

whether sealed or oral bid, will then be

honored.

The successful bidder will be required

to submit an application for those

mineral interests offered for conveyance

in the sale. The mineral interests being

conveyed have no known mineral value.

Some of the sale parcels do have

prospectively valuable leasable minerals

and/or saleable minerals which will be

reserved to the United States. Only

those mineral interests specified in this

notice will be reserved to the United

States. All other mineral interests will

be conveyed with the surface estate. The

successful bidder will be required to

deposit, within 30 days of the sale date,

a $50.00 non-refundable application fee

for conveyance of the mineral estate, in

accordance with Section 209(b) of the

Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2757;

43 U.S.C. 1719). Failure to deposit the

required application fee will result in

disqualification as the high bidder.

All sealed bids will be either

returned, accepted, or rejected within 30

days of the sale date. In the event the

Authorized Officer rejects the highest

qualified bid for any of the above sale

parcels, or releases the successful bidder

from it, the Authorized Officer shall

determine whether the public land shall

be withdrawn from disposal by sale or

offered to the next highest bidder.

All bidders must be United States

citizens, 18 years of age or older, and

corporations must be subject to the laws

of any State or of the United States.

Successful bidders must submit proof of

meeting these requirements within 15

days after the sale date. Proof forms may

be obtained from the Vernal District

Office.

Water Rights: Those water rights

acquired by the United States from the

State of Utah affecting Sale Parcels #6,

#18, #30, #40 and #41 will transfer to the

patentee upon conveyance of title.

These water rights are based on

incidental use of water available in

streams or impounded in reservoirs for

livestock watering.

Terms and Conditions: Disposal of the

sale parcels would be subject to valid

existing rights including the federal

reservations and third party rights

shown on the Land Sale Matrix. A

description of these reservations and

third party rights is provided below:

Federal Reservations: Patents, when

and if issued, will contain mineral

reservations to the United States for the

minerals indicated in the Land Sale

Matrix. This may include leasable

minerals (C–1) and/or sand and gravel

(C–2), together with the right to prospect

for, mine, and remove the minerals. A

more detailed description of this

reservation which will be incorporated

in the patent document is available for

review at the Vernal District office.

The United States will reserve title to

all cultural resources, including

archeological, historical, and

paleontological resources, within or

from the NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 of Section

13, T. 3 S., R. 19 E., Salt Lake Meridian
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(Sale Parcel No. 10), together with such

right of ingress, egress, and temporary

occupancy as is necessary to identify,

inventory, monitor, preserve, protect,

mitigate, and remove any cultural

resources from the above described

property. A more detailed description of

this reservation which will be

incorporated in the patent document is

available for review at the Vernal

District Office.

All patents, when and if issued, will

reserve a right-of-way (R/W) for ditches

and canals constructed by the authority

of the United States pursuant to the Act

of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391; 43

U.S.C. 945).

A–5. Those rights for State Highway 149

granted to the Utah Department of

Transportation (UDOT) under the Act

of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 212); R/

W Grant No. U–029221.

A–8. Those rights for a 138 kV

powerline granted to Western Area

Power Administration under the Act

of December 6, 1924 (43 U.S.C. 417);

R/W Grant No. U–0144547.

A–12. Those rights for State Highway

264 granted to UDOT under the Act

of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 885); R/

W Grant No. U–0124784.

A–20. Those rights for a public road

granted to the Bureau of Land

Management under the Act of October

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1767); R/W Grant

No. U–71296.

Third Party Rights: Patents, when and

if issued, will be subject to the following

third party rights:

Rights-of-Way:

A–1. Those rights for a buried water

pipeline granted to Randy Searle

under the Act of October 21, 1976 (43

U.S.C. 1761); R/W Grant No. U–

61947.

A–2. Those rights for a 7.2 kV powerline

granted to Moon Lake Electric

Association (MLEA) under the Act of

March 4, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 961); R/W

Grant No. U–870.

A–3. Those rights for a water well and

access road granted to Maeser Water

Company under the Act of October

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/W Grant

No. U–59120.

A–4. Those rights for a power/

communication line granted to Insight

Communications Company under the

Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.

1761); R/W Grant No. U–018475.

A–6. Those rights for an access road

granted to Wayne Wilkins under the

Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.

1761); R/W Grant No. U–61943.

A–7. Those rights for a 69 kV powerline

granted to MLEA under the Act of

October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/

W Grant No. U–05579.

A–9. Those rights for a buried gas

pipeline granted to Utah Gas Service

Company under the Act of February

25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185); R/W Grant

No. U–23779.

A–10. Those rights for an irrigation

ditch granted to K.C. Ivers Estate

under the Act of March 3, 1891 (43

U.S.C. 946–949); R/W Grant No. U–

036553.

A–11. Those rights for a road granted to

Uintah County under the Act of

October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/

W Grant No. U–71236.

A–12. Those rights for a buried water

pipeline granted to Jensen Water

District under the Act of October 21,

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/W Grant No.

U–53937.

A–14. Those rights for a buried water

pipeline and reservoir site granted to

Ouray Park Water Improvement

District under the Act of February 15,

1901 (43 U.S.C. 959); R/W Grant No.

U–29706.

A–15. Those rights for a 7.2 kV

powerline granted to MLEA under the

Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.

1761); R/W Grant No. U–49246.

A–16. Those rights for a buried water

pipeline granted to Ronald Dudley

under the Act of March 3, 1891 (43

U.S.C. 946–949); R/W Grant No. U–

31557.

A–17. Those rights for a buried water

pipeline granted to Willard Wall

under the Act of October 21, 1976 (43

U.S.C. 1761); R/W Grant No. U–

47495.

A–18. Those rights for a road granted to

Dale Barratt under the Act of October

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/W Grant

No. U–52134.

A–19. Those rights for a road granted to

Uintah County under the Act of

October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/

W Grant No. U–69125–14.

A–21. Those rights for a road granted to

Uintah County under the Act of

October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); R/

W Grant No. U–73594.

Land Use Permits:

B–1. A land use permit issued to Chad

Wilkerson for agricultural production

under the Act of October 21, 1976 (43

U.S.C. 1732); Permit No. U–65100.

B–2. A land use permit issued to Tom

Murphy and Art Reichle for a portion

of a house, swimming pool and

associated outbuildings under the Act

of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732);

Permit No. U–65188.

B–3. A land use permit issued to

Maughan Colton for agricultural

production under the Act of October

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732); Permit No.

U–63998.

B–4. A land use permit issued to Shon

and Tamra Massey for agricultural

production under the Act of October

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732); Permit No.

U–71239.

Water Rights: Those water rights

acquired by Rondle Rogers from the

State of Utah affecting Sale Parcel #39.

The water right granted to Mr. Rogers is

for irrigation and stockwatering use.

Oil & Gas Leases: Those rights granted

to the holders of oil and gas leases

issued pursuant to the Act of February

25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C. 181, as

amended).

Grazing Permits: The authorization of

existing grazing permittees to graze their

livestock on public lands encumbered

by such permits would expire two years

from the date of publication of the

Notice of Realty Action in the Federal

Register, unless the permittees choose

to waive their grazing privileges earlier.

Flood Plain Covenant: Conveyance of

these lands by the Secretary of the

Interior shall not exempt the patent

holder or subsequent owners of title

from compliance with applicable

Federal or State law and compliance

with State or local land use plans,

including floodplain management

restrictions.

DATES: For a period of 45 days from the

publication date of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments concerning the

proposed public land sale to the Vernal

District Manager.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the proposed public land

sale should be sent to the Bureau of

Land Management, Vernal District

Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah

84078.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information concerning the

land sale, including relevant planning

and environmental documentation, may

be obtained from the Vernal District

Office at the above address. Telephone

calls may be directed to Peter A.

Kempenich at (801) 781–4432.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments

must refer to specific sale parcel

numbers. Adverse comments received

on specific sale parcels will not affect

the sale of any other parcels. Objections

will be reviewed by the State Director

who may sustain, vacate, or modify this

realty action. In the absence of any

objections, this proposal will become

the final determination of the

Department of the Interior.

Publication of this notice in the

Federal Register will segregate the

public lands from appropriation under

the public land laws, including the

mining laws, pending disposition of this

action, or 270 days from the date of

publication of this notice, whichever
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occurs first, and terminates in its

entirety the notice published in the

Federal Register on January 14, 1994, in

Vol. 59, No. 10, Pages 2433 through

2435 under serial number UTU–65199.

The BLM may accept or reject any

offer to purchase or withdraw any of the

sale parcels at any time, if, in the

opinion of the authorized officer,

consummation of the sale would not be

in the interest of the United States.

Dated: March 13, 1995.

Paul Andrews,

Acting District Manager.

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Bureau of Mines

Public Meeting of Bureau of Mines

Advisory Board

AGENCY: Bureau of Mines, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the first public

meeting of the Bureau of Mines

Advisory Board.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463, notice is hereby given that

a public meeting of the Bureau of Mines

Advisory Board will be held. The

Bureau of Mines Advisory Board was

established by the Secretary of the

Interior on July 8, 1994. The purpose of

the Board shall be to provide the

Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

with expert advice on policy and

program direction. The purpose of the

public meeting is to review the mission

of the Board; to gain a better

understanding of the new organization

and program priorities of the Bureau of

Mines and its relationship with

customers in government and the

private sector; and to begin to scope the

work of the Board and its products.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on April 17 and 18, 1995 beginning at

8:30 a.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held in Room 324 at the U.S. Bureau of

Mines, 810 Seventh Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20241. Due to limited

space, seating at the meeting will be on

a first-come basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George White, U.S. Bureau of Mines,

810 Seventh Street, NW., Mailstop 1000,

Washington, DC 20241; telephone (202)

501–9305, or Fax (202) 501–9960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members

of the public who wish to submit

written comments should do so by

mailing at least 20 copies to Mr. White

at the address above by April 7, 1995.

Comments received on or before that

date will be mailed to Board members

prior to the public meeting. Comments

received after that date will be made

available to Board members at the

public meeting. Members of the public

who wish to make a brief oral statement

should contact Mr. White at the

telephone number above no later than

April 7, 1995. Oral statements should be

limited to 5 minutes and should not be

restatements of previously submitted

written comments.

Dated: March 17, 1995.

George White,

Special Assistant to the Director.

[FR Doc. 95–7039 Filed 3–21–95; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural

Items in the Possession of the USDA

Forest Service

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under

provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

of the intent to repatriate cultural items

in the possession of the Cibola National

Forest, USDA Forest Service, that meet

the definition of ‘‘sacred object’’ under

Section 2 of the Act.

The items consist of 138 bundles of

feathers, several loose fragments of

feathers and two corn husk bundle ties.

Each feather bundle contains either two

or three feathers tied with cotton twine

on the lower shaft. With approximately

one half of the bundles, the twine and

some feathers are stained with red

ochre. A few of the bundles are made up

entirely of small feathers but most

consist of one large feather and either

one or two small feathers. The large

feathers are turkey or hawk. With few

exceptions, each bundle contains one

small blue feather from a Stellar’s or

other jay.

The feather bundles were collected by

a hiker from a shrine on the Sandia

Mountains (New Mexico) in the late

summer/early fall of 1984 and were

brought to the Sandia Ranger District,

Cibola National Forest several weeks

later. A review of published and

unpublished ethnographic information

identified 27 Indian tribes and pueblos

that traditionally used the Sandia

Mountains. All 27 Indian tribes and

pueblos were notified of the feather

bundles.

Representatives of the Pueblo of

Jemez have inspected the items and

have identified them as prayer feather

bundles. The representatives of the

Pueblo of Jemez indicated that the

prayer feather bundles are left as

offerings at a shrine on the Sandia

Mountains as part of their traditional

religious practice. Once left as a

offering, Jemez Pueblo religion requires

that such prayer feather bundles not be

disturbed.

The Pueblo of Jemez has identified

the prayer feather bundles and

associated materials as sacred objects of

the Pueblo of Jemez and requested their

repatriation. The Pueblo of Sandia, the

Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Isleta

and the Pueblo of Zuni have been

consulted following their expressions of

interest in the feather bundles. The

Pueblos of Sandia, Acoma, Isleta and

Zuni support the claim of the Pueblo of

Jemez to this particular collection of

feather bundles from the Sandia

Mountains.

Based on the above mentioned

information officials of the USDA Forest

Service have determined, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), that these feather

bundles are specific ceremonial objects

needed by the traditional religious

leaders of the Pueblo of Jemez for the

practice of their traditional religion by

its present day adherents. Officials of

the USDA Forest Service have further

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001

(2), that there is a relationship of shared

group identity which can be reasonably

traced between these prayer feather

bundles and the Pueblo of Jemez.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Pueblos of Jemez, Acoma, Isleta,

Sandia, and Zuni. Representatives of

any other Indian tribe which believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with

these cultural items should contact Dr.

Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA

Coordinator, Southwestern Region,

USDA Forest Service, 517 Gold Avenue,

SW., Albuquerque, NM 87102,

telephone: (505) 842–3238, before April

21, 1995. Repatriation of these sacred

objects to the Pueblo of Jemez may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Ruthann Knudson,

Acting, Departmental Consulting

Archeologist, Acting Chief, Archeological

Assistance Division.

[FR Doc. 95–6976 Filed 3–21–95; 8:45 am]

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