98-1629. Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1629]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT080-08-1020 00 241A]


Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend plan.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the public that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) is proposing to do a plan amendment for the Book 
Cliffs Resource Management Plan (RMP) located in Uintah County, Utah.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed plan amendment will commence 
with publication of this notice. Comments must be submitted on or 
before February 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane De Paepe, Planning and 
Environmental Coordinator, Vernal Field Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078. Existing planning 
documents and information are available at the above address or 
telephone [phone]. Comments on the proposed plan amendment 
should be sent to the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM is proposing to amend the Book 
Cliffs RMP, which includes public and Ute Indian tribal lands in Uintah 
County, Utah. The proposed amendment would authorize oil and gas 
leasing and development in the Hill Creek Federal Oil and Gas Unit 
located approximately 35 miles south of Vernal, Utah, encompassing 
approximately eight square miles (or 5,350 acres) within Sections 27 
through 34 of Township 10 South, Range 20 East. Approximately 78 
percent (4,150 acres) of the project area is located on lands belonging 
to the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. Approximately 18 percent 
(960 acres) is located on public lands administered by the BLM, and the 
remaining approximately 4 percent (240 acres) is located on private 
lands. An environmental assessment is being prepared to analyze the 
impacts of this proposal and alternatives.

    Dated: January 9, 1998.
G. William Lamb,
Utah State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-1629 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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