98-17745. Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, OR; Jurisdictional Land Exchange

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 128 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17745]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
[OR-015-98-1610-00: GP8-0236]


Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, OR; Jurisdictional Land 
Exchange

AGENCY: Lakeview District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Hart 
Mountain National Antelope Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(USFWS), DOI.

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Environmental Assessment (EA#OR-010-97-
05) and Draft Warner Lakes Management Framework Plan Amendment--
Proposed Jurisdictional Land Exchange Between the Hart Mountain 
National Antelope Refuge and the Lakeview District, BLM.

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SUMMARY: The USFWS and BLM have jointly prepared this document in 
accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The USFWS is the lead 
agency. The transfer has been proposed to improve the management 
efficiency of federal lands and to improve management of upland and 
riparian wildlife habitats. The document analyzes the potential 
environmental impacts of transferring management jurisdiction of about 
12,880 acres of BLM-managed lands to the USFWS and about 7,870 acres of 
USFWS-managed lands to the BLM. In addition, a change of management 
direction would occur on about 11,020 acres of BLM-managed lands.
    This notice announces that the document is, or soon will be 
available for a 45-day public comment period. It is very important that 
you participate during this review opportunity, so that any substantive 
comments are provided at a time when we can meaningfully consider them. 
If you require additional information concerning this analysis, or 
desire a copy of the document, please contact Paul Whitman at (541) 
947-6110 (e-mail address: [e-mail]) or Tori Roberts at (541) 
947-3315.

DATES: You are encouraged to provide written comments to the address 
below, by August 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Michael Nunn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sheldon/
Hart Mountain Refuges, Post Office Building, Lakeview, OR 97630.

    Dated: June 22, 1998.
Michael L. Nunn,
Project Leader, Sheldon/Hart Mountain Refuges.
Scott R. Florence,
Area Manager, Lakeview Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 98-17745 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]
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