[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51093-51094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25481]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-180-1430-00; CACA 37328]
Notice of Plan Amendment and Notice of Decision for Land Exchange
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, is
amending the 1988 Sierra Planning Area Management Framework Plan
Amendment (MFPA) to allow for a boundary adjustment of the Ione
Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC),
located in Amador County, CA. The boundary adjustment is necessary to
allow for exchange of public land currently within the ACEC in order to
acquire adjacent private land of higher resource value to be added to
the ACEC. The plan amendment and exchange are made pursuant to Sections
202 and 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, as amended
(43 U.S.C. 1712 and 1716). The lands are described as follows:
Public land to be disposed of and excluded from the ACEC
T. 5 N., R.10 E.,
Sec. 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 6.875 acres in Amador County.
Private land to be acquired and added to the ACEC
T. 5 N., R. 10 E.
Sec. 17, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
The area described contains 7.5 acres in Amador County. In
addition, an easement will also be acquired in order to secure access
to the remaining public lands.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ACEC was established to protect unique
soil profiles. Intensely weathered soils were formed during the Eocene
epoch when the area had a tropical climate. This soil has been exposed
due to natural erosion of overlying strata revealing a soil with
properties of oxisols, a soil order of the tropics. Adjustment of the
ACEC boundary allows for the inclusion of 7.5 acres of land to be
acquired that is currently adjacent to the existing boundary. This land
to be acquired contains exceptional examples of Oxisol soils. In
exchange, BLM will also adjust the ACEC boundary to exclude the above
described public land which will allow for disposal of this parcel
because it possesses inferior soil examples than
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the land to be acquired. The exchange will be with TNH/Glenmoor ltd.,
an adjacent landowner to the ACEC. Disposal of the public land will
also allow access by TNH/Glenmoor to their land in the same area. This
exchange meets the objectives of the MFPA and the Ione Tertiary Oxisol
Soils Area Management Plan (1992), by protecting the area and
preserving its intrinsic scientific and educational importance.
The public land parcel would be transferred subject to a
reservation to the United States for a right-of-way for ditches and
canals and for a road to access the remaining public land.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck, Realty Specialist, Bureau
of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA
95630 or by phone at (916) 985-4474.
DATES: Planning Protest--Any party that participated in the plan
amendment and is adversely affected by the amendment may protest this
action only as it affects issues submitted for the record during the
planning process. The protest must be in writing and filed with the
Director, Bureau of Land Management, 1800 ``C'' Street, N.W.,
Washington D.C. 20240, on or before October 26, 1998.
Land Exchange Protests: On or before November 9, 1998, interested
parties may submit comments or protests regarding the land exchange to
the Field Manager, Folsom Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 63
Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630.
This notice will also serve to satisfy the requirement contained in
43 CFR 1610.7-2(b) regarding designation of areas of critical
environmental concern.
In the absence of any planning protest or objections regarding the
land exchange, the decision will become the final determination of the
Department of the Interior and the Planning amendment will be in
effect.
Dated: September 16, 1998.
James M. Eicher,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-25481 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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