[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47833-47834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24143]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Land Use Plan Amendment, Jefferson
County, ID
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a plan amendment for the medicine
lodge Resource Management Plan (RMP), approved in April of 1985, to
provide for the adjustment of the Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area
(WSA) Boundary and a proposed direct land sale.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the regulations found at 43 CFR 1600, the Idaho
Falls District Office of the Bureau of Land Management proposes to
amend the Medicine Lodge Resource Management Plan in order to adjust a
Wilderness Study Area boundary. The amendment would also provide for
the direct sale of approximately 10 acres of public land.
DATES: Comments regarding the proposed plan amendment must be received
by October 27, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Joe Kraayenbrink, BLM
Area Manager, Medicine Lodge Resource Area, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho
Falls, Idaho 83401.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Additional information concerning the proposed
plan amendment may be obtained by contacting Bruce Bash, Realty
Specialist, at the above address or by calling (208) 524-7521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed plan amendment would adjust the
boundary of the Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area to exclude existing
developments which were included in error within the WSA boundary.
These developments consist of powerlines, roads and trails, numerous
dispersed recreational sites, and a parcel of privately-owned land. The
developments impair the naturalness of the WSA and should not have been
included within the WSA boundary during the original inventory process.
The amendment would also allow the BLM to sell approximately 10 acres
of public land to resolve an encroachment problem.
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The following resources will be considered in preparation of the
amendment: lands, wildlife, recreation, wilderness, range, minerals,
cultural resources, watershed/soils, threatened/endangered species, and
hazardous materials. Staff specialists representing each resource will
make up the planning team. Planning issues will include the same
planning criteria originally considered for the Medicine Lodge RMP;
however, issues for this amendment are expected to primarily involve
the proposed WSA boundary adjustment and the minor change in land
ownership. This action is not expected to be controversial.
No public meetings are scheduled.
Current land use planning information is available at the Idaho
Falls BLM office. Office hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday except holidays.
Dated: September 3, 1997.
Joe Kraayenbrink,
Area Manager, Medicine Lodge Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 97-24143 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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