96-32297. Notice of Intent To Amend the Klamath Falls Resource Area Resource Management Plan

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67343-67344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32297]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-014-97-6350-00; G7-0035]


Notice of Intent To Amend the Klamath Falls Resource Area 
Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

SUMMARY: This Notice of Intent is to advise the public that the Klamath 
Falls Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to 
consider a proposal which would require amending an existing land use 
plan.

DATES: The comment period for this proposed plan amendment will

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commence on December 20, 1996 and must be submitted on or before 
January 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Barron Bail, Klamath Falls Resource 
Area Manager, 2795 Anderson Ave. Building 25, Klamath Falls, OR 97603. 
Existing planning documents and information are available at the above 
address or by phone at 541/883-6916. Comments on the proposed plan 
amendment should be sent to the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM is proposing to amend the Klamath 
Falls Resource Area Resource Management Plan which covers the 
management of public lands administered by the BLM in Klamath County, 
Oregon. The purpose of the amendment has two parts. The first is to 
include the following language in the Land Tenure Adjustments section 
of the plan: ``Where survey hiatuses and unintentional encroachments on 
public land are discovered in the future which meet the disposal 
criteria, the lands may automatically be assigned Zone 3 for 
disposal.'' Public lands in Zone 3 may be disposed of by sale or 
exchange. The second part of the amendment identifies approximately 1.5 
acres of public land, T. 40 S,. R. 6 E. Section 1 S\1/2\ (metes and 
bounds), as suitable for direct sale pursuant to Section 203 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The existing plan does 
not identify these lands for disposal nor does it allow BLM the option 
to resolve survey hiatuses and unintentional encroachments by selling 
public lands that meet disposal criteria.
    The public interest may be well served by sale of these lands. An 
environmental assessment will be prepared, along with the plan 
amendment, by an interdisciplinary team which will analyze the impacts 
of this proposal and a reasonable range of alternatives.

    Dated: December 6, 1996.
Joe Tague,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-32297 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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