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[NM–930–06–1020–00]

Scoping Meetings on the Development

of Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Grazing Management in

New Mexico, Modify Land Use Plans,

and Prepare National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) Analysis Pursuant

to the Planning Regulations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) in New Mexico

intends to develop statewide Standards

for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for

Grazing Management as provided in the

BLM’s new grazing regulations (43 CFR

Part 4100) and modify all existing Land

Use Plans (LUP) in the State. Draft

Standards and Guidelines were

prepared by the New Mexico Resource

Advisory Council, formed last year, and

assigned the task of developing

Standards and Guidelines for New

Mexico. The appropriate National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

analysis will be prepared in accordance

with the Planning Regulations (43 CFR

Part 1600) for the adoption of statewide

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Grazing management.

This notice invites public input on the

development of Standards and

Guidelines for New Mexico, on issues to

be addressed and on alternatives to be

considered in the NEPA analysis. To

assist the public in making comments,

a scoping packet for this project has

been prepared. A packet can now be

obtained at any Bureau of Land

Management Office in New Mexico.

Scoping packets will also be given out

at the Scoping Meetings to be held

throughout New Mexico.

DATES: Comments will be accepted at

the Public Scoping Meetings listed

below. In addition written comments

will be accepted through June 28, 1996.

This will end the comment period that

was announced in the Vol. 61, No 21,

Wednesday January 31, 1996, page

3457, Federal Register Notice of Intent.

ADDRESSES: Any comments or requests

to be placed on the mailing list should

be sent to Rangeland Health Project

(93100), Bureau of Land Management,

P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM, 87502–

0115. If you attend and sign in at a

Scoping Meeting or send in comments

you will be placed on the mailing list.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

J.W. Whitney at (505) 438–7438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of

sixteen public Scoping Meetings (open

houses) will be held. Location and

schedule for the meetings are:

June 10, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the

County Commission Chamber, 300

Shakespeare, Lordsburg, NM.

June 12, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the Sierra

County Civic Center, 400 West 4th

Street, Truth or Consequences, NM.

June 12, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the BLM

Albuquerque District Office, 435

Montano Road NE, Albuquerque, NM.

June 13, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the Cuba

High School Cafetorium, 50 County

Road 13, Cuba, NM.

June 13, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the BLM

Socorro Resource Area Office, 198 Neel

Ave, Socorro, NM.

June 17, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the BLM

New Mexico State Office, 1474 Rodeo

Road, Santa Fe, NM.

June 18, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the BLM

Taos Resource Area Office, 226 Cruz

Alta Road, Taos, NM.

June 18, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at Morgan

Hall, 109 E. Pine, Deming, NM.

June 18, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the

Crownpoint Institute of Technology,

Multi-Purpose Room, Lower Point Road,

Crownpoint, NM.

June 19, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the

Alamogordo City Civic Center, Rooms A

& B, 800 First Street, Alamogordo, NM.

June 19, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the

Antonito Chamber of Commerce, 112

Main Street, Antonito, CO.

June 19, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the BLM

Farmington District Office, 1235 La

Plata Highway, Farmington, NM.

June 20, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the BLM

Las Cruces District Office, 1800

Marquess Street Las Cruces, NM.

June 24, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the Rural

Events Center, Glencoe, NM.

June 25, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at the

Carlsbad Library Annex, 101 S.

Halaguena, Carlsbad, NM.

June 26, 1996 at 7:00 pm, at Pearson

Auditorium, New Mexico Military

Institute, Roswell, NM.

Public Input Requested

This notice invites public input on

the development of Standards and

Guidelines for New Mexico, on issues to

be addressed and on alternatives to be

considered in the NEPA analysis. Refer

to the Vol. 61, No 21, Wednesday

January 31, 1996, page 3457, Federal

Register Notice of Intent for additional

supplementary information including a

description of possible alternatives and

anticipated issues.

Dated: May 16, 1996.

Gil Lucero,

Associate State Director

[FR Doc. 96–12934 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

[CO–030–06–1610–00–1784]

Southwest Colorado Resource

Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Resource Advisory

Council meetings.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

USC), notice is hereby given that the

Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory

Council (SW RAC) will meet on

Thursday, June 13, 1996, at the

Gunnison County Electric Association

conference room, 37250 US Highway

50, Gunnison, Colorado, and on

Thursday, July 11, 1996, at the Silverton

Visitor Center, 414 Greene, Silverton,

Colorado.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

Thursday, June 13, 1996, and on

Thursday, July 11, 1996. Both meetings

will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact Roger Alexander, Bureau of

Land Management, Montrose District

Office, 2465 South Townsend Avenue,

Montrose, Colorado 81401; Telephone

970–249–7791; TDD 970–249–4639.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The June

13, 1996, meeting is scheduled to begin

at 9:00 a.m. in the Gunnison County

Electric Association conference room,

37250 US Highway 50, approximately

two and one-half miles west of

Gunnison, Colorado. The agenda will

focus on internal resource advisory

council business, including future

meeting schedules, issue identification,

and overall RAC direction, and an

evaluation of the past year’s meetings.

Time will be provided for public

comments.

The Thursday, July 11, 1996, is

scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. at the

Silverton Visitors Center, 414 Greene,

Silverton, Colorado. The agenda will

focus on off-highway vehicle and other

recreational use, historical resources,

and the clean-up of the Animas River.

Time will be provided for public

comments.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council, or written

statements may be submitted for the

Council’s consideration. Depending on

the number of persons wishing to make

oral statements, a per-person time limit

may be established by the Montrose

District Manager.

Summary minutes for the Council

meeting will be maintained in the

Montrose District Office and will be
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available for public inspection and

reproduction during regular business

hours within thirty (30) days following

the meeting.

Dated: May 13, 1996.

Mark W. Stiles,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–12896 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

[Ut–050–1430–01–24–1A]

Realty Action; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

Sanpete County, Utah have been

examined and found suitable for sale

utilizing non-competitive procedures, at

not less than the fair market value.

Authority for the sale is Section 203 of

the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). The

land will not be offered for sale until at

least 60 days after the date of this

notice. Salt Lake Meridian, Utah. T. 19

S., R. 2 E. Section 19, Lot 8 and Section

30, Lots 5 and 8, containing 10.2 acres.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, the lands described above will

be segregated from all forms of

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 occurs first.

The land is being offered to Mr. A.C.

Robertson and Mr. Douglas Bjerregaard

of Mayfield, Utah, at not less than the

appraised fair market value. All

minerals in the lands would be reserved

to the United States. Detailed

information concerning the sale will be

available to interested parties from the

Richfield District Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 150 East 900 North,

Richfield, Utah 84701.

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

sale of the lands to the District Manager,

Richfield District at the above address.

In the absence of timely objections, this

proposal shall become the final

determination of the Department of the

Interior.

Jerry W. Goodman,

District Manager, Richfield District.

[FR Doc. 96–12898 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

[WY–060–06–1430–01; WYW–106581]

Realty Action; Direct Sale of Public

Lands; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, direct

sale of public lands in Crook County.

SUMMARY: The following public surface

estate has been determined to be

suitable for disposal by direct sale under

Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy

and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976,

(90 STAT. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1713). The

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is

required to receive fair market value for

the land sold and any bid for less than

fair market value will be rejected. The

BLM may accept or reject any and all

offers, or withdraw any land or interest

in the land for sale if the sale would not

be consistent with FLPMA or other

applicable law.

Sixth Principal Meridian

Parcel Number 1

T. 56 N., R. 62 W.,

Sec. 6, lot 16.

49.26 acres.

Parcel Number 2

T. 56 N., R. 63 W.,

Sec. 1, lot 17

44.83 acres.

Parcel Number 3

T. 57 N., R. 62 W.,

Sec. 30, lots 15, 16, 17;

Sec. 31, lot 8.

161.97 acres.

Parcel Number 4

T. 57 N., R. 63 W.,

Sec. 13, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

40.00 acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gary Johnson, Area Manager, Bureau of

Land Management, Newcastle Resource

Area, 1101 Washington Blvd.,

Newcastle, Wyoming 82701, 307–746–

4453.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale

is consistent with Bureau of Land

Management policies and the Newcastle

Management Framework Plan. The

purpose of this sale is to dispose of four

isolated parcels of public lands. The fair

market values, planning document, and

environmental assessment covering the

proposed sale will be available for

review at the Bureau of Land

Management, Newcastle Resource Area,

Newcastle, Wyoming.

The parcels will be offered by direct

sale to the adjoining private landowner.

The adjoining landowner will be

required to submit proof of adjoining

land ownership before a bid can be

accepted. The publication of this Notice

of Realty Action in the Federal Register

shall segregate the above public lands

from appropriation under the public

land laws, including the mining laws.

Any subsequent application shall not be

accepted, shall not be considered as

filed and shall be returned to the

applicant if the Notice segregates the

land from the use applied for in the

application. The segregative effect of

this Notice will terminate upon issuance

of a conveyance document, 270 days, or

when a cancellation Notice is

published, whichever occurs first.

Sale Procedures

1. All bidders must be U.S. citizens,

18 years of age or older, corporations

authorized to own real estate in the

State of Wyoming, a state, state

instrumentality or political subdivision

authorized to hold property, or an entity

legally capable of conveying and

holding land or interests in Wyoming.

2. Sealed bidding is the only

acceptable method of bidding. A bid

must be received in the Newcastle

Resource Area Office by 11:00 a.m., July

24, 1996, at which time the sealed bid

envelopes will be opened and the high

bid announced. The bidder will be

notified in writing within 30 days

whether or not the BLM can accept the

bid. The sealed bid envelope must be

marked on the front lower left-hand

corner with the words ‘‘Public Land

Sale (W–106581), Sale held July 24,

1996.’’

3. All sealed bids must be

accompanied by a payment of not less

than 10 percent of the total bid. Each

bid and final payment must be

accompanied by certified check, money

order, bank draft, or cashier’s check

made payable to: Department of the

Interior—BLM.

4. Failure to pay the remainder of the

full bid price within 180 days of the sale

will disqualify the bidder and the

deposit shall be forfeited and disposed

of as other receipts of the sale.

Patent Terms and Conditions

Any patent issued will be subject to

all valid existing rights. Specific patent

reservations include:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

or canals constructed by the authority of

the United States pursuant to the Act of

August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All minerals will be reserved to the

United States, together with the right to

prospect for, mine, and remove the

minerals. A more detailed description of

this reservation, which will be

incorporated into the patent document,

is available for review at the BLM

Newcastle Resource Area Office.