[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32855-32856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16143]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-933-1430-01; IDI-31824]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
has filed an application to withdraw 20.00 acres of National Forest 
System land for protection of the Nez Perce Indian Chinook Salmon 
Rearing Ponds. Publication of this notice in the Federal Register will 
close the land for up to two years from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws. The land will remain open to all uses, other 
than the mining laws.

DATE: Comments and requests for a meeting should be received on or 
before September 23, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Idaho 
State Director, BLM Idaho State Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, 
Idaho 83706-2500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, 
Boise, Idaho 83706-2500, 208-384-3166.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 28, 1996, the United States 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, filed an application to 
withdraw the following described National Forest System land from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 
(1988)), subject to valid existing rights:

Boise Meridian

T. 35 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 1, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The area described above contains 20.00 acres in Idaho County.

    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the Idaho State Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the Idaho 
State Director within 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a public 
meeting will be held, a notice of time and place will be published in 
the Federal Register and a newspaper in the general vicinity of the 
land to be withdrawn at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated as specified above 
unless the application is denied or canceled or the

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withdrawal is approved prior to this date. The temporary uses which may 
be permitted during this segregation period are leases, licenses, 
permits, rights-of-way, etc.
    The temporary segregation of the lands in connection with this 
withdrawal application shall not affect administrative jurisdiction 
over the land, and the segregation shall not have the effect of 
authorizing any use of the land by the Department of Agriculture.

    Dated: June 13, 1996.
Jimmie Buxton,
Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 96-16143 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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