81 FR 60733 - Proposed Supplementary Rules for the Zortman Ranger Station and Buffington Day Use Area on Public Land in Phillips County Near Zortman, MT
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 171 (September 2, 2016)
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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 171 (September 2, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 60733-60736] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-21178] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLMTM01000.L12320000.FV0000.LVRDMT110000XXX MO#4500080126] Proposed Supplementary Rules for the Zortman Ranger Station and Buffington Day Use Area on Public Land in Phillips County Near Zortman, MT AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Proposed Supplementary Rules. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Malta Field Office is proposing additional supplementary rules for the Zortman Ranger Station, a historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station now administered by the BLM in Zortman, Montana, and Buffington Day Use Area at the Camp Creek Recreation Area. The supplementary rules are necessary to maintain the public health and safety and to protect the environment of the recreation areas. They will help reduce erosion, reduce fire hazards, provide for public safety, prevent damage to natural resources, reduce user conflicts, and increase visitor satisfaction. DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the proposed supplementary rules by November 1, 2016. In developing final supplementary rules, the BLM may not consider comments postmarked or received in person or by electronic mail after this date. ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or hand delivered to the BLM Malta Field Office, Attn: Field Manager, 501 South 2nd Street East, Malta, MT 59538. You may also submit comments via email to [email protected] or fax to 406-654-5150. Copies of the fee proposal are available at the BLM Malta Field Office, 501 South 2nd Street East, Malta, MT 59538 or on line at: http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/malta_field_office.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vinita Shea, Malta Field Manager, at the above address, or by calling 406-654-5131. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Comment Procedures You may mail, email, or hand-deliver comments to the Malta Field Office, at the addresses listed above (See ADDRESSES). Written comments on the proposed supplementary rules should be specific and confined to issues pertinent to the proposed rules, and should explain the reason for any recommended change. Where possible, comments should reference the specific section or paragraph of the proposal that the commenter is addressing. The BLM is not obligated to consider, or include in the Administrative Record for the final supplementary rules, comments delivered to an address other than those listed above (See ADDRESSES), or comments that the BLM receives after the close of the comment period (See DATES), unless they are postmarked or electronically dated before the deadline. Comments, including names, street addresses, and other contact information for respondents, will be available for public review at the Malta Field Office address listed in the section ADDRESSES during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays). Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Background The Zortman Ranger Station, built in 1905, was part of the Lewis and Clark National Forest until 1965, when management of public lands in the area was transferred to the BLM. The site includes the four-room main building, a storage shed, and amphitheater which was built for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial celebration. The main building is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2013, the BLM partnered with the Forest Service's historic preservation team to repair the outside of the main building and landscape the yard to divert runoff which was undermining the foundation. The interior of the building has been inventoried and abated for asbestos and lead paint. The site also features an amphitheater which is used for interpretive presentations. Buffington Day Use Area is located within the Camp Creek Recreation Area just northeast of Zortman, Montana. [[Page 60734]] Buffington Day Use Area is utilized by individuals and groups as a parking site for day hikes, family and group gatherings such as picnics, reunions, church group outings, and birthday parties. In September 1994, the BLM completed the Record of Decision and Approved Phillips Resource Area Resource Management Plan, which provide for the maintenance and enhancement of the recreational quality of BLM land and resources to ensure enjoyable recreation experiences. The proposed supplementary rules are authorized by 43 CFR 8365.1-6, which states, ``The State Director may establish such supplementary rules as he/she deems necessary. These rules may provide for the protection of persons, property, and public lands and resources. No person shall violate such supplementary rules.'' Discussion of Proposed Supplementary Rules The supplementary rules are necessary to maintain the public health and safety, and to protect the environment and facilities of the recreation areas. The rules will also help reduce erosion and fire hazards, prevent damage to natural resources, reduce user conflicts, and increase visitor satisfaction. The proposed rules would limit the number of days that a person or group could rent the Zortman Ranger Station allowing more people to access the facility and thereby increase visitor satisfaction and reduce user conflicts. Game carcasses would not be allowed to be stored and no fish or game would be allowed to be cleaned inside the Zortman Ranger Station. These rules would protect facilities, assist in ensuring visitor satisfaction, and protect public health. Pets would be required to be leashed if left unattended outside or kenneled if left unattended inside the Zortman Ranger Station. These rules would protect the Ranger Station. Pets would be required to be leashed and would not be allowed to be left unattended at the Buffington Day Use Area. This rule would protect public safety. No cutting of standing trees or any vegetation at the Zortman Ranger Station or the Buffington Day Use Area would be allowed. These rules would prevent damage to natural resources and reduce erosion. Campfires would only be allowed in BLM-provided fire rings to prevent fire hazards. Visitors would be prohibited from leaving any personal property or refuse after vacating the Zortman Ranger Station or the Buffington Day Use Area, even if that property is intended for other campers or occupants, in order to increase visitor satisfaction and safety. Quiet hours at the Zortman Ranger Station would be 10:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. and site usage at the Buffington Day Use Area would be 6:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. These rules would enhance visitor satisfaction. The proposed supplementary rules would apply to the Zortman Ranger Station, a historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station now administered by the BLM in Zortman, Montana, and Buffington Day Use Area at the Camp Creek Recreation Area. Both areas comprise approximately 3 acres of public lands within Phillips County, Montana. Procedural Matters Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review These supplementary rules are not significant regulatory actions and are not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866. The supplementary rules will result in an annual cost of less than $100 million or more on the economy. They will not adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities. These supplementary rules will not create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency. The rules do not alter the budgetary effects of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights or obligations of their recipients, nor do they raise novel legal or policy issues. These rules would merely impose rules of conduct within the recreation sites. Clarity of the Supplementary Rules Executive Order 12866 requires each agency to write regulations that are simple and easy to understand. The BLM invites your comments on how to make these proposed supplementary rules easier to understand, including answers to questions such as the following: (1) Are the requirements in the proposed supplementary rules clearly stated? (2) Do the proposed supplementary rules contain technical language or jargon interfering with their clarity? (3) Does the format of the proposed supplementary rules (grouping and order of sections, use of headings, paragraphing, etc.) aid or reduce their clarity? (4) Would the proposed supplementary rules be easier to understand if they were divided into more (but shorter) sections? (5) Is the description of the proposed supplementary rules in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this preamble helpful to your understanding of the proposed supplementary rules? How could this description be more helpful in making the proposed supplementary rules easier to understand? Please send any comments you have on the clarity of the proposed supplementary rules to the address specified in the ADDRESSES section. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Supplementary rules are made under the Visitor Services regulations of the Bureau of Land Management found at 43 CFR 8365.1-6. The BLM has determined that these proposed supplementary rules are administrative in nature, and are therefore categorically excluded from environmental review under Section 102(2)(C) of NEPA, 43 CFR 46.205, and 43 CFR 46.210(c) and (i). The BLM's Malta Field Office has prepared a Categorical Exclusion (CX) document to determine that these proposed supplementary rules do not meet any of the 12 criteria for exceptions to categorical exclusions listed at 43 CFR 46.215. Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1508.4) and the environmental regulations, policies, and procedures of the Department of the Interior, the term ``categorical exclusions'' means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and that have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency and for which neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required. The supplementary rules merely contain rules of conduct for certain recreational lands in Montana. These rules are designed to protect the environment and the public health and safety. The BLM has placed the CX and the Decision Record (DR) on file in the BLM Administrative Record at the address specified in the ADDRESSES section. Regulatory Flexibility Act Congress enacted the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, to ensure that government regulations do not unnecessarily or disproportionately burden small entities. The RFA requires a regulatory flexibility analysis if a rule would have a significant economic impact, either detrimental or beneficial, [[Page 60735]] on a substantial number of small entities. These supplementary rules pertain to recreational use of specific public lands, and do not affect commercial or governmental entities of any size. Therefore, the BLM has determined under the RFA that these supplementary rules will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, and do not necessitate preparation of a regulatory flexibility analysis. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act These fees and supplementary rules do not constitute a ``major rule'' as defined at 5 U.S.C. 804(2). They would not result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, in a major increase in costs or prices, or in significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign- based enterprises in domestic and export markets. They will merely impose reasonable restrictions on certain actions within the Malta Field Office fee campgrounds. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., requires an assessment of unfunded mandates on State, local or tribal governments. These supplementary rules do not impose any unfunded mandate on State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or the private sector, of more than $100 million per year. The rules also will not have a significant or unique effect on small governments. They restrict certain actions within the subject fee sites. Therefore, the BLM is not required to prepare a statement containing the information required by the UMRA. Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference With Constitutionally Protected Property Rights (Takings) These supplementary rules are not a government action capable of interfering with constitutionally protected property rights. The rules will have no effect on private lands or property. Therefore, the BLM has determined that these supplementary rules will not cause a taking of private property or require preparation of a takings assessment under this Executive Order. Executive Order 13132, Federalism These supplementary rules will not have a substantial direct effect on the states, on the relationship between the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. These supplementary rules will have little or no effect on State or local government. Therefore, in accordance with Executive Order 13132, the BLM has determined that these supplementary rules do not have sufficient Federalism implications to warrant preparation of a Federalism Assessment. Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform The BLM has determined that the supplementary rules will not unduly burden the judicial system and that they meet the requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the Order. Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments The proposed supplementary rules would merely establish rules of conduct for public use of a limited area of public land and would not affect land held for the benefit of Indians or Alaska Natives or impede their rights. The BLM has found that the supplementary rules do not include policies that have tribal implications. Executive Order 13352, Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation In accordance with Executive Order 13352, the BLM has determined that the proposed supplementary rules would not impede facilitating cooperative conservation; would take appropriate account of and consider the interests of persons with ownership or other legally recognized interests in land or other natural resources; would properly accommodate local participation in the Federal decision-making process; and would provide that the programs, projects, and activities are consistent with protecting public health and safety. Information Quality Act In developing these proposed supplementary rules, the BLM did not conduct or use a study, experiment, or survey requiring peer review under the Information Quality Act (Section 515 of Pub. L. 106-554). Paperwork Reduction Act These supplementary rules do not contain information collection requirements that the Office of Management and Budget must approve under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use The supplementary rules do not comprise a significant energy action. They will not have an adverse effect on energy supplies, production, or consumption. They address recreational use of specific public lands, and have no connection with energy policy. Proposed Supplementary Rules: For the reasons stated in this preamble, and under the authority of 43 CFR 8365.1-6, the State Director proposes to establish supplementary rules for public lands managed by the BLM, Malta Field Office. The proposed supplementary rules for the Zortman Ranger Station are: 1. Rental of the Zortman Ranger Station is limited to no more than 7 consecutive days and no more than 14 days per year per person or group. 2. Campfires are allowed only in BLM-provided fire rings. 3. Fish and game are not to be cleaned inside the building. 4. No game carcasses are allowed in the building. 5. Pets must be leashed and cannot be left unattended outside the building. 6. Pets must be kenneled if left unattended inside the building. 7. Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. 8. No cutting of standing trees or any vegetation is allowed at the site. 9. You must not leave any personal property or refuse after vacating the premises. This includes any property left for the purposes of use by another camper or occupant. The proposed supplementary rules for Buffington Day Use Area are: 1. Site occupancy is limited to day use from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 2. Campfires are allowed only in BLM-provided fire rings. 3. Pets must be leashed and must not be left unattended. 4. No cutting of standing trees or any vegetation is allowed at the site. 5. You must not leave any personal property or refuse after vacating the premises. This includes any property left for the purposes of use by another camper or occupant. Enforcement Any person who violates any of these supplementary rules may be tried before a United States Magistrate and fined in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more than 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 CFR 8560.0-7, or both. In accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1-7, State or local officials [[Page 60736]] may also impose penalties for violations of Montana law. Exemptions The following persons are exempt from these supplementary rules: Any Federal, State, local, and/or military employees acting within the scope of their duties; members of any organized rescue or fire-fighting force performing an official duty; and persons, agencies, municipalities or companies holding an existing special-use permit and operating within the scope of their permit. Jamie Connell, State Director, Bureau of Land Management, Montana/Dakotas. [FR Doc. 2016-21178 Filed 9-1-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-DN-P
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comment period will be offered from DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Public Comment Procedures
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. You may mail, email, or hand-deliver
Bureau of Land Management
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments to the Malta Field Office, at
Larry Moore, Public Affairs Specialist, [LLMTM01000.L12320000.FV0000. the addresses listed above (See
LVRDMT110000XXX MO#4500080126] ADDRESSES). Written comments on the
BLM Vale District Office, 100 Oregon
St., Vale, Oregon 97918, phone (541) proposed supplementary rules should
Proposed Supplementary Rules for the be specific and confined to issues
473–6218, or email l2moore@blm.gov. Zortman Ranger Station and
Persons who use a telecommunications pertinent to the proposed rules, and
Buffington Day Use Area on Public should explain the reason for any
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Land in Phillips County Near Zortman, recommended change. Where possible,
Federal Information Relay Service MT comments should reference the specific
(FIRS) at 1(800) 877–8339 to contact the
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, section or paragraph of the proposal that
above individual during normal
Interior. the commenter is addressing. The BLM
business hours. The FIRS is available 24 is not obligated to consider, or include
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a ACTION: Proposed Supplementary Rules.
in the Administrative Record for the
message or question with the above SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land final supplementary rules, comments
individual. You will receive a reply Management (BLM), Malta Field Office delivered to an address other than those
during normal business hours. is proposing additional supplementary listed above (See ADDRESSES), or
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The John rules for the Zortman Ranger Station, a comments that the BLM receives after
Day-Snake RAC consists of 15 members, historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger the close of the comment period (See
chartered and appointed by the Station now administered by the BLM DATES), unless they are postmarked or
Secretary of the Interior. Their diverse in Zortman, Montana, and Buffington electronically dated before the deadline.
Day Use Area at the Camp Creek Comments, including names, street
perspectives are represented in
Recreation Area. The supplementary addresses, and other contact
commodity, conservation, and general
rules are necessary to maintain the information for respondents, will be
interests. They provide advice to BLM
public health and safety and to protect available for public review at the Malta
and Forest Service resource managers Field Office address listed in the section
the environment of the recreation areas.
regarding management plans and They will help reduce erosion, reduce ADDRESSES during regular business
proposed resource actions on public fire hazards, provide for public safety, hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
land in central and eastern Oregon. prevent damage to natural resources, through Friday, except Federal
Agenda items for the meeting include reduce user conflicts, and increase holidays). Before including your
a discussion on fees associated with the visitor satisfaction. address, phone number, email address,
Snake and Deschutes Rivers. Other DATES: To ensure that comments will be or other personal identifying
topics will be posted along with the considered, the BLM must receive information in your comment, you
agenda on the John Day Snake RAC Web written comments on the proposed should be aware that your comment—
site at: http://www.blm.gov/or/rac/ supplementary rules by November 1, including your personal identifying
jdrac_meetingnotes.php. 2016. In developing final supplementary information—may be made publicly
rules, the BLM may not consider available at any time. While you can ask
All meetings are open to the public. us in your comment to withhold your
Information to be distributed to the John comments postmarked or received in
person or by electronic mail after this personal identifying information from
Day-Snake RAC is requested prior to the public review, we cannot guarantee that
date.
start of each meeting. A public comment we will be able to do so.
period will be offered on October 7, ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
2016, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Unless or hand delivered to the BLM Malta Background
otherwise approved by the John Day- Field Office, Attn: Field Manager, 501 The Zortman Ranger Station, built in
Snake RAC Chairs, the public comment South 2nd Street East, Malta, MT 59538. 1905, was part of the Lewis and Clark
period in each meeting will last no You may also submit comments via National Forest until 1965, when
longer than 30 minutes. Each speaker email to BLM_MT_Malta_FO@blm.gov management of public lands in the area
may address the John Day-Snake RAC or fax to 406–654–5150. Copies of the was transferred to the BLM. The site
fee proposal are available at the BLM includes the four-room main building, a
for a maximum of 5 minutes. A public
Malta Field Office, 501 South 2nd Street storage shed, and amphitheater which
call-in number for both meeting
East, Malta, MT 59538 or on line at: was built for the Lewis and Clark
locations is provided on the John Day- http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/malta_
Snake RAC Web site at http:// Bicentennial celebration. The main
field_office.html. building is eligible for listing on the
www.blm.gov/or/rac/jdrac.php.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Register of Historic Places. In
Meeting times and the duration Vinita Shea, Malta Field Manager, at the 2013, the BLM partnered with the Forest
scheduled for public comment periods above address, or by calling 406–654– Service’s historic preservation team to
may be extended or altered when the 5131. Persons who use a repair the outside of the main building
authorized representative considers it telecommunications device for the deaf and landscape the yard to divert runoff
necessary to accommodate business and may call the Federal Information Relay which was undermining the foundation.
all who seek to be heard regarding Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to The interior of the building has been
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matters before the John Day-Snake RAC. contact the above individual during inventoried and abated for asbestos and
normal business hours. The FIRS is lead paint. The site also features an
Don Gonzalez, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, amphitheater which is used for
Vale District Manager. to leave a message or question with the interpretive presentations.
[FR Doc. 2016–20819 Filed 9–1–16; 8:45 am] above individual. You will receive a Buffington Day Use Area is located
BILLING CODE 4310–33–P reply during normal business hours. within the Camp Creek Recreation Area
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: just northeast of Zortman, Montana.
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may also impose penalties for violations location of public meetings on both the of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2000,
of Montana law. extension and the expansion. which reserves these lands for defense-
DATES: Comments on the withdrawal related purposes for a period of 20
Exemptions
applications, including their years. Unless Congress extends the
The following persons are exempt environmental consequences, should be withdrawal, it will expire on November
from these supplementary rules: Any received on or before December 1, 2016. 5, 2021.
Federal, State, local, and/or military In addition, public meetings on the In addition to the DON’s request that
employees acting within the scope of withdrawal applications will be held the current withdrawal be extended, the
their duties; members of any organized jointly with the DON’s public meetings DON filed an application requesting the
rescue or fire-fighting force performing associated with the National withdrawal and reservation of
an official duty; and persons, agencies, Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as additional public lands for military
municipalities or companies holding an amended (NEPA) evaluation of the training exercises involving the NAS
existing special-use permit and withdrawals.. The dates and locations of Fallon at Fallon, Churchill County,
operating within the scope of their the public meetings are listed in the Nevada. The application to expand the
permit. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. acreage of lands withdrawn for the
Jamie Connell, ADDRESSES: Comments pertaining to the Navy’s use at Fallon seeks the
DON withdrawal extension proposal withdrawal of approximately 604,789
State Director, Bureau of Land Management,
Montana/Dakotas. and/or the DON withdrawal expansion additional acres of public lands from all
proposal should be sent to: Naval forms of appropriation under the public
[FR Doc. 2016–21178 Filed 9–1–16; 8:45 am]
Facilities Engineering Command land laws, including the mining laws,
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P
Southwest; Attention: Amy P. Kelley, the mineral leasing laws, and the
Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific Highway; geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, existing rights.
California 92132. Comments pertaining In addition, the application seeks to
Bureau of Land Management to this Notice should be submitted by extend the existing withdrawal of
any of the following methods: 68,804 acres in the Dixie Valley
[LLNVC01000.L19200000.ET0000; Training Area (DVTA). Pursuant to
LRORF1608600; MO# 4500096048] • Email: BLM_NV_FRTC@blm.gov
Section 3011 of the NDAA for Fiscal
• Fax: (775) 885–6147
Notice of Application for withdrawal • Mail: BLM Carson City District, Attn: Year 2000, the FRTC DVTA acres are
extension; Notice of Application for NAS Fallon FRTC, 5665 Morgan Mill currently withdrawn from all forms of
Withdrawal Expansion; and Road, Carson City, NV 89701 appropriation under the public land
Opportunity for Public Meeting; Naval laws, including the mining and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Air Station, Fallon, Nevada geothermal leasing laws, but not
Colleen Sievers, BLM, Carson City withdrawn from the mineral leasing
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, District Office, 775–885–6168; address: laws. This application seeks the
Interior. 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, withdrawal of these 68,804 acres of the
NV 89701; email: csievers@blm.gov. DVTA from the mineral leasing laws,
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal
Persons who use a telecommunications subject to valid existing rights. The
applications.
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the DON’s requested 604,789 expansion
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy Federal Information Relay Service acres do not include the 68,804 DVTA
(DON) has filed an application to extend (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the acres, as the DVTA acres are already
the current withdrawal of public lands above individual during normal withdrawn from the other public land
from all forms of appropriation under business hours. The FIRS is available 24 laws, and reserved for DON use.
the public land laws, including the hours a day, seven days a week, to leave As required by section 204(b)(1) of the
mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, a message or question with the above Federal Land Policy and Management
and the geothermal leasing laws, subject individual. You will receive a reply Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C.
to valid existing rights, for military use during normal business hours. 1714(b)(1), and the BLM regulations at
of the Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 43 CFR part 2300, the BLM is
Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC) to section 3016 of the National Defense publishing this Notice of the DON
in Churchill County, Nevada Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal applications. While the BLM and the
(withdrawal extension). The DON has Year 2000, Pub. L. 106–65, the Department of the Interior (DOI) assist
also requested the withdrawal of Department of the Navy (DON) has filed the DON with the processing of
approximately 604,789 additional acres an application to extend the current withdrawal applications, and the
of public lands from all forms of withdrawal of public lands from all Secretary of the Interior makes a
appropriation under the public land forms of appropriation under the public recommendation to Congress on
laws, including the mining laws, the land laws, including the mining laws, proposed withdrawals, it will be
mineral leasing laws, and the the mineral leasing laws (except for Congress, not the Secretary of the
geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid approximately 68,804 acres in the Dixie Interior, that will make the final
existing rights (withdrawal expansion). Valley Training Area which is currently decision on the requested extension and
This notice temporarily segregates the included in the overall withdrawal but expansion of the existing NAS Fallon
604,789 acres from all forms of not withdrawn from the mineral leasing withdrawal.
appropriation under the public land laws), and the geothermal leasing laws, Extention request. This application
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laws, including the mining laws, the subject to valid existing rights, for requests extension of the withdrawal of
mineral leasing laws, and the military use of the Naval Air Station the following area at the NAS FRTC,
geothermal leasing laws, for 2 years; (NAS) Fallon, Fallon Range Training Nevada, subject to valid existing rights
gives the public an opportunity to Complex (FRTC) in Churchill County, as described below: The areas B–16, B–
comment on the proposed withdrawal Nevada. The lands are currently 17, B–19, B–20, Shoal Site, and the
extension and withdrawal expansion; withdrawn under the Military Lands Dixie Valley Training Area aggregate
and announces the date, time, and Withdrawal Act of 1999, which is part 223,557 acres. Portions of these lands
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| Contact | Vinita Shea, Malta Field Manager, at | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 60733 |
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