[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33672-33673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16155]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-985-0777-66; WYW-38232/WYW-37337]
Realty Action: Availability of Lands Under the R&PP Act in Big
Horn and Washakie Counties, Wyoming, Worland District
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) Bighorn Basin Resource
Area office has examined the following BLM-administered public lands in
Big Horn County and Washakie County, Wyoming and found them suitable
for classification for conveyance to Big Horn County and the Ten Sleep
Solid Waste Disposal District (located in Washakie County),
respectively, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public
Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Big Horn County and
the Ten Sleep Solid Waste Disposal District propose to continue to use
the lands for sanitary landfills.
Sixth Principal Meridian
WYW-38232--South Big Horn County Landfill, T. 52N. R.93 W.
section 31;
SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\; containing 130 acres;
WYW-37337--Ten Sleep Landfill, T. 47 N. R. 88 W. section 21,
lots 5, 8, NE\1/4\ NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\; section 22, lots 10, 11, 14;
containing 53.64 acres.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The described public lands are not needed
for Federal purposes. Conveyance is consistent with current BLM land
use planning and would be in the public interest.
The patents, when issued, will be subject to the following terms,
conditions and reservations:
1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
2. A right-of-way for ditches and canals constructed by the
authority of the United States.
3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
4. Those rights for power lines granted to Big Horn Rural Electric
Cooperative, under rights-of-way WYW-0150311 and WYW-38266 (South Big
Horn County site only).
5. Those rights for a road/stock driveway reserved to the United
States, under reservation WYW-141762 (Washakie County site only).
Detailed information concerning this action is available for review
at the Bureau of Land Management, Bighorn Basin Resource Area Office,
101 South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming.
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including the general mining laws, except for
conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing
under the mineral leasing laws. For a period of 45 days from the date
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested
persons may submit comments regarding the proposed conveyance or
classification of the public lands to the District Manager, Worland
District Office, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 82401-0119.
Classification Comments
Interested parties may submit comments involving the suitability of
the land for sanitary landfills. Comments on the classification are
restricted to whether the land is physically suited for the proposals,
whether the use will maximize the future use or uses of the land,
whether the use is consistent with local planning and zoning, or if the
use is consistent with State and Federal programs.
Application Comments
Interested parties may submit comments regarding the specific uses
proposed in the application and plans of development, whether the BLM
followed proper administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or
any other factor not directly related to the suitability of the land
for sanitary landfills.
Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the State Director. In the
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become
effective 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents will
be available for public review at the Worland District Office, 101
South 23rd Street, Worland, Wyoming during regular business hours (7:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to
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withhold your name or address from public review or from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently
at the beginning of your comments. Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: June 10, 1997.
Darrell Barnes,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-16155 Filed 6-19-97; 8:45 am]
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