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ADDRESSES: Additional information 

pertaining to this application can be 

reviewed in case file TXNM136311 

located in the BLM Oklahoma Field 

Office, 201 Stephenson Parkway, Room 

1200, Norman, OK 73072–2037. Written 

comments must be sent to the Deputy 

State Director, Lands and Resources, 

BLM, New Mexico State Office, P.O. 

Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502–0115. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Ledbetter, Realty Specialist, BLM 

Oklahoma Field Office, (405) 579–7172, 

jledbetter@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The Service is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RKE–2 

Real Estate, LLC, submitted an 

application for a Disclaimer of Interest 

pursuant to Section 315 of the FLPMA, 

as amended, and the implementing 

regulations in 43 CFR subpart 1864. The 

purpose of this Disclaimer is to remove 

a cloud on the title of the surface estate 

of a parcel of land situated in Harris 

County, Texas. 

By deed dated October 6, 1936, the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

obtained multiple tracts of land in 

Harris County, Texas. In describing the 

acquired land, the acquisition deed first 

cited the legal description as ‘‘Lots 1 to 

16 inclusive of Block 18 of Highland 

Farms,’’ as well as multiple other tracts. 

Following this initial description of the 

lots and blocks, the deed continued by 

restating the description of the same 

area as ‘‘more particularly described by 

metes and bounds,’’ and went on to cite 

a lengthy metes and bounds description. 

On January 1, 1944, the United States 

disposed of these acquired properties, 

except and reserving to the United 

States three-quarters of the oil, gas, coal, 

and other mineral rights. The resulting 

quitclaim deed cited the same metes 

and bounds description that was used in 

the 1936 acquisition deed, omitting the 

lots and blocks description. Thereafter, 

certain subsequent deeds, purporting to 

convey this same property, cited the lots 

and blocks descriptions included in the 

1936 deed. It was apparently unknown 

at the time and did not become known 

until sometime later that these two 

descriptions of the same land from the 

1936 deed did not match exactly. Due 

to the 1936 deed legal description 

inconsistency, the 1944 deed and other 

subsequent deeds were plagued with the 

same inconsistency in the description. 

The historical evidence provided by the 

applicant in the form of deeds and 

correctional documents demonstrate 

and support that the two descriptions 

used in the 1936 acquisition deed were 

not identical. This inconsistency 

remains to date and causes a cloud on 

the title. 

The BLM New Mexico State Office 

Cadastral Survey Program has reviewed 

and compared the legal land 

descriptions of the 1936 and 1944 

deeds. According to the Land Surveyor 

Report dated September 26, 2016, the 

land description in the two deeds do not 

appear to be identical. However, since 

the subdivision plat is lacking in detail, 

and the two descriptions purport to 

describe the same property, the metes 

and bounds description must be either 

based on a survey the BLM does not 

have access to, or is the wrong 

interpretation of the plat. The 

discrepancy in descriptions manifests 

itself as a 0.2813-acre triangular parcel 

within Lot 16, Block 18, Highland 

Farms, and creates a cloud on the title. 

The BLM believes that the intent of the 

1944 disposition deed was to dispose of 

the entire surface estate of the lot 

acquired in 1936, and not to reserve this 

triangular parcel. Therefore, in order to 

remove the cloud on the title to the lot, 

the BLM intends to disclaim the land 

described as: 

Harris, Texas 

All of Lot 16, Block 18, Highland 

Farms according to the plat or map 

recorded in Volume 7, Page 60 of the 

Map Records of Harris County, Texas 

(surface estate only). 

This proposed RDI does not address 

any mineral interest that may still be 

vested with the United States of 

America. 

The public is hereby notified that 

comments may be submitted to the 

Deputy State Director, Lands and 

Resources at the address shown above 

within the comment period identified in 

the notice. Any adverse comments will 

be evaluated by the State Director who 

may modify or vacate this action and 

issue a final determination. 

In the absence of any valid objection, 

this Notice will become the final 

determination of the Department of the 

Interior and a RDI may be issued 90 

days from publication of this Notice. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of commenters, will be 

available for public review at the BLM 

New Mexico State Office (see address 

above), during regular business hours, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware 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 your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a). 

Melanie Barnes, 

Deputy State Director, Lands and Resources. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYR01000 L14400000.ER0000 17X; 

WYW–165353] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Alkali Creek Reservoir Project, Big 

Horn County, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), through the 

Worland Field Office, Worland, 

Wyoming, intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Alkali Creek Reservoir 

Project (Project). The BLM, through this 

Notice, is announcing the beginning of 

the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted in 

writing until November 13, 2017. In 

order to be included in the analysis, all 

comments must be received prior to the 

close of the 30-day scoping period or 15 

days after the last public meeting, 

whichever is later. The BLM will 

provide additional opportunities for 

public participation, as appropriate. The 

dates and locations of any scoping 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through the local news 

media, newspapers, and the BLM 

ePlanning Web site at: http://rebrand.ly/ 

AlkaliCreekReservoirEIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: BLM_WY_

AlkaliCreekReservoirEIS@blm.gov. 

• Fax: 307–347–5128. 


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• Mail: NEPA Coordinator, BLM 

Worland Field Office, 101 S 23rd Street, 

Worland, Wyoming 82401. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

are available for public review at the 

BLM Worland Field Office and on the 

BLM ePlanning Web site at: http://

rebrand.ly/AlkaliCreekReservoirEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Holly Elliott, Planning & Environmental 

Coordinator, telephone: 307–347–5100; 

address: 101 S 23rd Street, Worland, 

Wyoming 82401; email: helliott@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact Mrs. Elliott during normal 

business hours. The FRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. You may 

call either of these numbers to have 

your name added to the project mailing 

list. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice initiates the public scoping 

process for the EIS. The BLM intends to 

prepare an EIS to support the decision 

making for the proposed Project and 

conduct a public scoping period to seek 

input on the preliminary issues 

identified regarding this proposal. The 

proposed Project is located in the Sixth 

Principal Meridian, Wyoming. 

T. 49 N., R. 90 W., 

Sec. 3, lot 5; 

Sec. 4, lot 15; 

tracts 39, 40, 41, 42E, 42F, 76, 91. 

T. 50 N., R. 89 W., 

tracts 37, 40, 42, 43. 

T. 50 N., R. 90 W., 

sec. 26, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, lots 1, 4 thru 8, and NE1/4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 33, lot 1, and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, lots 1 thru 9; 

Sec. 35, lots 5, 6, and SW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

tracts 37, 39, 40, 41, 42A thru 42D, 43A 

thru 43D. 

The areas described, including both 

Federal and nonpublic lands, aggregate 640 

acres. 

The proposed action may require an 

amendment to the Worland Field Office 

Resource Management Plan (RMP), 

approved September 2015. 

By this Notice, the BLM is complying 

with requirements in 43 CFR 1610.2(c)to 

notify the public of potential 

amendments to land use plans. If a land 

use plan amendment is necessary, the 

BLM will integrate the land use 

planning process with the NEPA 

process for this project. 

The Wyoming Water Development 

Office (WWDO) proposes to fund and 

construct a reservoir near Hyattville, 

Wyoming. The proposed construction 

would create a 294-acre reservoir on 

Alkali Creek. The reservoir would 

impound approximately 7,994 acre-feet 

of water under normal conditions and 

9,872 acre-feet when under flood 

conditions. The reservoir would provide 

late-season irrigation water for portions 

of the Nowood River Watershed. The 

irrigation pool would be available either 

directly or through exchange for 

irrigation water. 

The proposed Project construction 

would disturb approximately 78 acres in 

the immediate vicinity of the proposed 

project location, which includes the 

embankment, spillways, Anita Ditch 

and Anita Supplemental Ditch 

improvements, access road, and parking 

area. 

Preliminary issues include: Impacts to 

wetlands and cultural sites (properties), 

visual resources, Greater sage-grouse 

habitat, public health and safety, 

recreation, ground and surface waters, 

mineral development, and wildlife 

habitat. 

The BLM seeks resource information 

and data for public land values (e.g., air 

quality, cultural and historic resources, 

fire/fuels, fisheries, forestry, lands and 

realty, non-energy minerals and geology, 

oil and gas, paleontology, rangeland 

management, recreation, soil, water, and 

wildlife) in the project area. Preliminary 

planning criteria for the potential RMP 

amendment include: The amendment 

will recognize valid existing rights; 

planning decisions will cover public 

land and split-estate lands that the BLM 

administers; the planning process will 

be collaborative and multi-jurisdictional 

in nature; the environmental analysis 

will consider a reasonable range of 

alternatives; the BLM will consider 

current and potential future uses of 

public lands through the development 

of reasonably foreseeable future 

development and activity scenarios 

based on technical analysis of historical, 

existing, and projected levels of use; and 

decisions in the amendment will 

comply as appropriate with all 

applicable laws, regulations, policy, and 

guidance. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing to the 

BLM at any public scoping meeting, or 

you may submit them to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. To be most 

helpful, you should submit comments 

by the close of the 30-day scoping 

period or within 15 days after the last 

public meeting, whichever is later. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill 

the public involvement process under 

the National Historic Preservation Act 

(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources. 

The BLM will consult with Indian 

tribes on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Indian 

trust assets and potential impacts to 

cultural resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State, and local 

agencies, along with tribes and other 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action that the 

BLM is evaluating, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be requested 

by the BLM to participate in the 

development of the environmental 

analysis as a cooperating agency. 

The BLM will evaluate any 

authorizations and actions proposed in 

the EIS to determine if they conform to 

the decisions in the current and 

proposed land use plans. Any proposed 

actions that would change the scope of 

resource uses, terms and conditions, 

and decisions of these plans may 

require an amendment of an affected 

plan. 

To provide the public with an 

opportunity to review the proposal and 

associated information, as well as any 

proposed plan amendments, the BLM 

will host meetings before November 13, 

2017. The BLM will notify the public of 

meetings and any other opportunities 

for the public to be involved in the 

process for this proposal at least 15 days 

prior to the event. Meeting dates, 

locations and times will be announced 

by a news release to the media, 

individual emailings, and postings on 

the project Web site. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the process for 

developing the EIS. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 


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Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Mary Jo Rugwell, 

BLM Wyoming State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21965 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV912000 L13400000.PQ0000 

LXSS006F0000; MO#] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Sierra 

Front-Northwestern Great Basin 

Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 

1972, the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management’s 

(BLM) Sierra Front-Northwestern Great 

Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) 

will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The RAC will hold a public 

meeting on Thursday, October 12 and a 

field trip on Friday, October 13, to the 

Porter Springs Recreation Area within 

the BLM Winnemucca District. The 

meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end 

at 5:00 p.m. However, the meeting could 

end earlier if discussions and 

presentations conclude before 4:30 p.m. 

On October 13, the field trip will begin 

at 7:30 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the BLM Winnemucca District Office, 

5100 East Winnemucca Blvd., 

Winnemucca, NV and the field trip will 

depart from the BLM Winnemucca 

District Office. Comments may be 

submitted by email to lross@blm.gov 

with the words ‘‘SFNWGB RAC Oct. 

2017 Comment’’ in the subject line. 

Written comments should be sent to the 

following address and be received no 

later than October 11, 2017 in order to 

be discussed at meeting; SFNWGB RAC 

Oct. 2017 Comment, Attention: Lisa 

Ross, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson 

City, Nevada 89703. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Ross by telephone at (775) 885–6107, or 

by email at lross@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to leave a message or question 

with the above individual. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member RAC advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM Nevada 

State Director, on a variety of planning 

and management issues associated with 

public land management in Nevada. 

Meeting agenda topics include updates 

on Wildfire, Burning Man, Wild Horses 

and Burros, Jordan Meadows 

Collaborative process, Mining, RAC 

subcommittee reports, and District 

manager’s updates. Both the meeting 

and field trip are open to the public. 

However, the public is required to 

provide its own transportation for the 

field trip. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need further information about the 

meeting or need special assistance such 

as sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, may 

contact Lisa Ross at the phone number 

or email address above. A Public 

comment period will be available on 

October 12 from 8:10–8:30 a.m. and 

4:30–5:00 p.m. during the meeting. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask the BLM in your 

comment to withhold your personalidentifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. 

Chris Rose, 

Acting Deputy Chief, Office of 

Communications. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORV00000.L10200000. 

DF0000.LXSSH1050000. 17X.HAG 17–0148] 

Notice of Public Meetings for the 

Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Southeast 

Oregon Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Southeast Oregon RAC will 

hold a public meeting on Monday and 

Tuesday, October 16 and 17, 2017. The 

October 16 meeting will consist of a 

field trip to view the Beaty Butte Wild 

Horse Training Facility and a local 

mining claim, departing at 8 a.m. and 

returning at 5 p.m. The October 17 

meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 

1 p.m. A public comment period will be 

available from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

The final agenda will be posted online 

at http://www.blm.gov/or/rac/ 

seorrac.php on or before October 3, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: The Southeast Oregon RAC 

will meet at the BLM Lakeview 

Interagency Center, 1301 S. G St., 

Lakeview, OR 97630, for both the 

Monday, October 16, field trip and the 

RAC business meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs Officer, 

1301 South G Street, Lakeview, Oregon 

97630; 541–947–6237; lbogardus@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Southeast Oregon RAC was 

chartered and appointed by the 

Secretary of the Interior. The members 

represent commodity, conservation, and 

general interests. They provide advice to 

BLM and Forest Service resource 

managers regarding management plans 

and proposed resource actions on public 

land in southeast Oregon. All meetings 

are open to the public in their entirety. 

Information to be distributed to the the 

Southeast Oregon RAC is requested 

prior to the start of each meeting. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware 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 your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 


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