[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55346-55347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22608]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[SDM 99842]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
South Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest 
Service has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw 50 acres 
of National Forest System land from mining to protect the recreational 
uses and improvements within this portion of the Steamboat Rock Picnic 
Grounds. This notice also gives an opportunity to comment on the 
proposed action and to request a public meeting.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
December 9, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Forest 
Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest, 1019 North 5th Street, Custer, 
South Dakota 57730 or the BLM Montana State Director, 5001 Southgate 
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Hunt, Forest Service, Rocky 
Mountain Region, 303-275-5071 or Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State Office, 
406-896-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USDA Forest Service has filed an 
application with the BLM pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714, to withdraw the 
following-described National Forest System land within the Black Hills 
National Forest from location or entry under the United States mining 
laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2) for a period of 20 years, subject to valid 
existing rights:

Black Hills National Forest

Black Hills Meridian

Steamboat Picnic Grounds

T. 2 N., R. 5 E.,
Sec. 1, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\.


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    The area described contains 50 acres in Lawrence County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the 
recreational uses and improvements within this portion of the Steamboat 
Rock Picnic Grounds.
    The use of a right-of-way or cooperative agreement would not 
provide adequate protection of the Federal investment in improvements 
and current uses in this area due to the broad scope and 
nondiscretionary nature of the general mining laws.
    No alternative sites are feasible due to the specific uses and 
improvements already in place.
    No water will be needed to fulfill the purpose of the requested 
withdrawal.
    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 Forest Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest, 
P.O. Box 948, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.
    Records related to the application, as well as comments, including 
names and street addresses of respondents, will be available for public 
review at the Forest Supervisor's Office, Black Hills National Forest, 
P.O. Box 948, 900 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602, 
during regular business hours.
    Individual respondents may request confidentiality. Before 
including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to 
withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you wish to withhold 
your name or address from public review or from disclosure under the 
Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organization or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.
    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 Forest 
Supervisor's Office 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 the time and place will be published 
in the Federal Register and in at least one local newspaper no less 
than 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated from location or 
entry under the United States mining laws, unless the application is 
denied or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. 
The land will remain open to other uses within the statutory authority 
pertinent to National Forest System lands and subject to discretionary 
approval.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1(b))

Cynthia Staszak,
Chief, Branch of Land Resources.
[FR Doc. 2010-22608 Filed 9-9-10; 8:45 am]
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