98-16992. Notice of Intent To Amend the Grand Junction Resource Management Plan

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16992]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-076-1492-00-241A]


Notice of Intent To Amend the Grand Junction Resource Management 
Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Grand Junction Resource Area 
Resource Management Plan, 1987.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 and section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Resource 
Area, is proposing to amend the Grand Junction Resource Management 
Plan, approved in January 1987. The amendment will consider a mineral 
withdrawal in the Unaweep Seep/West Creek area. The effect of this 
change will be analyzed in an environmental assessment (EA). The 
amendment is being developed in concert with a revision of the Unaweep 
Seep Natural Area Management Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Fowler, Grand Junction Resource 
Area, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The affected area includes approximately 
1440 acres of public land in Mesa County located about 6 miles 
northeast of Gateway, Colorado. The lands include the Unaweep Seep 
Research Natural Area and portions of West Creek and the North Fork of 
West Creek.
Mark Morse,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-16992 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]
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