96-33319. Resource Management Plan Amendment; Missoula County, Montana

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33319]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-070-97-1430-01]


Resource Management Plan Amendment; Missoula County, Montana

AGENCY: Butte District Office, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Resource Management Plan 
Amendment.

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SUMMARY: A Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment 
will be prepared to allocate resources and to designate management 
goals and guidelines for 11,730 acres of land along the lower Blackfoot 
River in Missoula County, Montana which are proposed for acquisition by 
exchange. The Garnet Resource Area Resource Management Plan (Garnet 
RMP), approved in 1986, provide for the disposal and acquisition of 
lands by exchange based on a specific set of criteria and further, 
identified public lands for disposal based on this criteria.
    Future management of the lands proposed for acquisition has been 
identified as an issue to be addressed in the Environmental Assessment 
for the proposed land exchange. Management Areas consistent with the 
Garnet RMP would be assigned to the lands proposed for acquisition. 
Thirteen Management Areas were described in the Garnet RMP and all 
public lands in the Resource Area were placed in one of these 
categories. Each Management Area places a specific emphasis on future 
land use and each provides broad direction for future management of the 
lands in each category.

DATES: A public scoping period will run until February 3, 1997. 
Comments may be submitted to the address listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the Bureau of Land Management, 
Attention: James Ledger, 3255 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Montana, 
59804. Phone: [phone].

    Dated: December 20, 1996.
Darrell C. Sall,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-33319 Filed 12-31-96; 8:45 am]
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