[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2682-2683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1206]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-038-1100-00; NMNM95104]
Notice of Public Meeting: Proposed Withdrawal; Devil's Backbone
Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area, NM
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with 43 CFR 2310.3-1, notice is hereby given
that a public meeting will be held to provide the public an opportunity
to obtain information and to identify issues related to the BLM's
proposed withdrawal of 5,607.52 acres of public land in Socorro County,
New Mexico to protect State endangered desert bighorn
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sheep habitat in the Devil's Backbone Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on February 24, 1997 at 2 p.m.
in the Socorro Resource Area Office, 198 Neel Avenue NW, Socorro, New
Mexico 87801.
ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the scheduled public
meeting may be obtained at the Socorro Resource Area Office, 198 Neel
Avenue NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Bell, BLM, Socorro Resource Area
Office, 198 Neel Ave, NW, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, or telephone (505)
835-0412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 22, 1996, a petition was
approved allowing the BLM to file an application to withdraw the
subject public land from settlement, sale, location and entry under the
general land laws, including the mining laws, subject to valid existing
rights.
Dated: January 10, 1997.
Richard T. Watts,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-1206 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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