2013-10189. Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; South Dakota

AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of filing of plats of survey.

SUMMARY:

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on May 31, 2013.

DATES:

Protests of the survey must be filed before May 31, 2013 to be considered.

ADDRESSES:

Protests of the survey should be sent to the Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor, Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, telephone [phone] or [phone], [e-mail]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS 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:

This survey was executed at the request of the Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region, Aberdeen, South Dakota and was necessary to determine trust and tribal lands.

The lands we surveyed are:

Sixth Principal Meridian, South Dakota

T. 45 N., R. 31 W.

The plat, in one sheet, representing the dependent resurvey of a portion of the subdivisional lines, the adjusted original meanders of the former right bank of the White River, downstream, through sections 20, 28, and 29, and the subdivision of sections 20, 28, and 29, and the survey of the meanders of the present right bank of the White River, downstream, through portions of sections 28 and 29, the limits of erosion in sections 28 and 29, the right bank of an abandoned channel, through sections 20 and 29, the medial line of an abandoned channel of the White River, through sections 20 and 29, certain division of accretion lines and certain partition lines, Township 45 North, Range 31 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, South Dakota, was accepted April 18, 2013.

We will place a copy of the plat, in one sheet, and related field notes we described in the open files. They will be available to the public as a matter of information. If the BLM receives a protest against this survey, as shown on this plat, in one sheet, prior to the date of the official filing, we will stay the filing pending our consideration of the protest. We will not officially file this plat, in one sheet, until the day after we have accepted or dismissed all protests and they have become final, including decisions or appeals.

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.

James D. Claflin,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Resources.