81_FR_91430 81 FR 91188 - Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 1144, as Modified by PLO 7325, and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Miller Lake Recreational Area, Oregon

81 FR 91188 - Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 1144, as Modified by PLO 7325, and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Miller Lake Recreational Area, Oregon

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 242 (December 16, 2016)

Page Range91188-91189
FR Document2016-30317

The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 1144, as modified by PLO No. 7325, for an additional 20-year term subject to valid existing rights. PLO No. 1144, as modified by PLO 7325, withdrew 949.43 acres of Forest System Lands in the Fremont- Winema National Forest from location and entry under United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws. The purpose of the proposed withdrawal extension is to protect the Miller Lake Recreational Area. PLO No. 1144, as modified by PLO No. 7325 will expire on May 20, 2018, unless extended. This notice also gives the public an opportunity to comment on the application and to request a public meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91188-91189]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30317]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLOR936000.L14400000.ET0000.16XL1109AF; HAG 16-0075 ORE-03587]


Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 
1144, as Modified by PLO 7325, and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Miller Lake Recreational Area, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an 
application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that 
the Secretary of the Interior extend the duration of Public Land Order 
(PLO) No. 1144, as modified by PLO No. 7325, for an additional 20-year 
term subject to valid existing rights. PLO No. 1144, as modified by PLO 
7325, withdrew 949.43 acres of Forest System Lands in the Fremont-
Winema National Forest from location and entry under United States 
mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws. The 
purpose of the proposed withdrawal extension is to protect the Miller 
Lake Recreational Area. PLO No. 1144, as modified by PLO No. 7325 will 
expire on May 20, 2018, unless extended. This notice also gives the 
public an opportunity to comment on the application and to request a 
public meeting.

DATES: Comments and public meeting requests must be received by March 
16, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments and public meeting requests should be sent to the 
BLM Oregon/Washington State Director, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, OR 
97208-2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Childers, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-808-6225 or Candice Polisky, USFS Pacific Northwest 
Region, 503-808-2479. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to 
contact either of the above individuals. The Service is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USFS has filed an application requesting 
that the Secretary of the Interior extend PLO No. 1144, as modified by 
PLO No. 7325, for an additional 20-year term, subject to valid existing 
rights. PLO No. 1144 (20 FR 3151 (1955)), as modified by PLO No. 7325 
(63 FR 19744 (1998)), withdrew 949.43 acres of National Forest System 
Lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, but 
not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Miller 
Lake Recreational Area. The withdrawal encompasses Digit Point 
Campground and Miller Lake Trail. The USFS would not need to acquire 
water rights to fulfill the purpose of the requested withdrawal 
extension.

Willamette Meridian

Fremont-Winema National Forest

T. 27 S., R. 6\1/2\ E.,
    Sec. 11, those portions of Lots 1, 2, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ lying 
outside the Mt. Thielsen Wilderness Area boundary, Lots 3 through 7, 
SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and all of unsurveyed Miller Lake lying within the 
section;
    PB 37, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying outside the Mt. Thielsen 
Wilderness area boundary, and all of unsurveyed Miller Lake lying 
within aforementioned parts of PB 37;
    Sec. 13, Lots 1 through 7, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    PB 38.

    The area described contains 949.43 acres in Klamath County.

    This legal description is identical in size, shape, and location as 
the description in PLO No. 7325, as published in the Federal Register 
(63 FR 19745 (1998)).
    Records related to the application may be examined by contacting 
Jacob Childers, Bureau of Land Management, at the address or phone 
number listed above.
    For a period until March 16, 2017, all persons who wish to submit 
comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the proposed 
withdrawal extension may present their views in writing to the BLM 
Oregon/Washington State Office State Director at the address indicated 
above.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the address indicated above during 
regular business hours. Be advised that your entire comment, including 
your personal identifying information may be made publicly available. 
While you can ask us to withhold your personal identifying information 
from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is

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afforded in connection with the withdrawal extension application. All 
interested parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being 
heard on the withdrawal extension application must submit a written 
request to the BLM State Director at the address indicated above by 
March 16, 2017. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a 
public meeting will be held, a notice of the time and place will be 
published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper at least 30 
days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    This extension will be processed in accordance with 43 CFR 2310.4.

Steve Storo,
Acting Chief, Branch of Land, Mineral, and Energy Resources.
[FR Doc. 2016-30317 Filed 12-15-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3411-15-P

91188 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 242 / Friday, December 16, 2016 / Notices • Little Snake RMP (Colorado)— Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USFS modifies 18 acres of VRM Class III to Mary Jo Rugwell, has filed an application requesting that Class IV; the Secretary of the Interior extend PLO Wyoming State Director. • Pony Express RMP (Salt Lake Field No. 1144, as modified by PLO No. 7325, Office, Utah)—establishes the 1.3 miles [FR Doc. 2016–30346 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] for an additional 20-year term, subject to of the Project right-of-way as a 250 foot BILLING CODE 4310–22–P valid existing rights. PLO No. 1144 (20 wide utility corridor; FR 3151 (1955)), as modified by PLO • Price Field Office, Utah—widens a No. 7325 (63 FR 19744 (1998)), portion of a utility corridor designated DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR withdrew 949.43 acres of National in a land use plan from 1 mile to 1.5 Forest System Lands from location and Bureau of Land Management miles in width, to include the Project entry under the United States mining right-of-way; and [LLOR936000.L14400000.ET0000. laws, but not from leasing under the • Vernal Field Office, Utah—modifies 16XL1109AF; HAG 16–0075 ORE–03587] mineral leasing laws, to protect the 58 acres of VRM Class II to Class III. Miller Lake Recreational Area. The The approved land use plan Notice of Application for Extension of withdrawal encompasses Digit Point amendments specifically amend the Public Land Order No. 1144, as Campground and Miller Lake Trail. The RMPs to allow for the development of Modified by PLO 7325, and USFS would not need to acquire water the Project and ancillary facilities on Opportunity for Public Meeting; Miller rights to fulfill the purpose of the land managed by the BLM. NEPA Lake Recreational Area, Oregon requested withdrawal extension. disclosure of these plan amendments has been integrated with the EIS process AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Willamette Meridian for the Project, including the scoping Interior. Fremont-Winema National Forest and public availability periods for the ACTION: Notice. T. 27 S., R. 61⁄2 E., EIS. With these amendments, the Sec. 11, those portions of Lots 1, 2, Selected Alternative will conform with SUMMARY: The United States Forest NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 lying outside the Mt. the applicable the BLM land use plan Service (USFS) has filed an application Thielsen Wilderness Area boundary, along the project’s route (43 CFR with the Bureau of Land Management Lots 3 through 7, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and all of 1610.5–3). (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of unsurveyed Miller Lake lying within the On May 13, 2016, the Notice of the Interior extend the duration of section; Availability (NOA) for the Final EIS and Public Land Order (PLO) No. 1144, as PB 37, SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 lying outside the Proposed Land use Plan Amendments modified by PLO No. 7325, for an Mt. Thielsen Wilderness area boundary, additional 20-year term subject to valid and all of unsurveyed Miller Lake lying for the Project was published in the within aforementioned parts of PB 37; Federal Register (81 FR 29912). The existing rights. PLO No. 1144, as Sec. 13, Lots 1 through 7, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; publication of the NOA initiated a 30- modified by PLO 7325, withdrew 949.43 PB 38. day protest period for the proposed land acres of Forest System Lands in the The area described contains 949.43 acres in use planning decisions and a 60-day Fremont-Winema National Forest from Klamath County. Governors’ consistency review. At the location and entry under United States close of the 30-day protest period, five mining laws, but not from leasing under This legal description is identical in protests were received and subsequently the mineral leasing laws. The purpose of size, shape, and location as the resolved as explained in the Director’s the proposed withdrawal extension is to description in PLO No. 7325, as Protest Resolution Report, available protect the Miller Lake Recreational published in the Federal Register (63 online at http://bit.ly/2eErxWA. The Area. PLO No. 1144, as modified by FR 19745 (1998)). proposed land use plan amendments PLO No. 7325 will expire on May 20, Records related to the application were not modified as a result of the 2018, unless extended. This notice also may be examined by contacting Jacob protests. Individual protest response gives the public an opportunity to Childers, Bureau of Land Management, letters were sent to the protesting comment on the application and to at the address or phone number listed parties. request a public meeting. above. Copies of the ROD are available for DATES: Comments and public meeting For a period until March 16, 2017, all public inspection during normal requests must be received by March 16, persons who wish to submit comments, business hours at the following 2017. suggestions, or objections in connection locations. with the proposed withdrawal extension ADDRESSES: Comments and public • BLM, Wyoming State Office, Public meeting requests should be sent to the may present their views in writing to Reading Room, 5353 Yellowstone Road, the BLM Oregon/Washington State BLM Oregon/Washington State Director, Office State Director at the address Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; P.O. Box 2965, Portland, OR 97208– • BLM, Colorado State Office, Public 2965. indicated above. Reading Room, 2850 Youngfield Street, Comments, including names and Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7093; and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: street addresses of respondents, will be • BLM, Utah State Office, Public Jacob Childers, BLM Oregon/ available for public review at the Reading Room, 440 West 200 South, Washington State Office, 503–808–6225 address indicated above during regular Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101– or Candice Polisky, USFS Pacific business hours. Be advised that your 1345. Northwest Region, 503–808–2479. entire comment, including your Simultaneous with the protest period, Persons who use a telecommunications personal identifying information may be mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES the Governors of Wyoming, Colorado, device for the deaf (TDD) may call the made publicly available. While you can and Utah conducted consistency Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– ask us to withhold your personal reviews for the proposed land use plan 8339 to contact either of the above identifying information from public amendments to identify any individuals. The Service is available 24 review, we cannot guarantee that we inconsistencies with State or local hours a day, 7 days a week. You will will be able to do so. plans, policies, or programs. No receive a reply during normal business Notice is hereby given that an inconsistencies were identified. hours. opportunity for a public meeting is VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Dec 15, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 242 / Friday, December 16, 2016 / Notices 91189 afforded in connection with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: compliance with the requirements of the withdrawal extension application. All Sharon Knowlton, Project Manager, Federal Land Policy and Management interested parties who desire a public BLM Wyoming State Office, P.O. Box Act (FLPMA) and the National meeting for the purpose of being heard 20879, Cheyenne, WY 82003, by Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). To on the withdrawal extension application telephone at 307–775–6124, or by email allow the public an opportunity to must submit a written request to the at sknowlto@blm.gov. Any persons review information associated with the BLM State Director at the address wishing to be added to a mailing list of proposed Project, the BLM held public indicated above by March 16, 2017. interested parties may write or call the scoping meetings from January through Upon determination by the authorized Project Manager at this address or phone March 2011 in Baggs, Rawlins, and Rock officer that a public meeting will be number. Persons who use a Springs, Wyoming; Craig, Grand held, a notice of the time and place will telecommunications device for the deaf Junction, and Rangely, Colorado; be published in the Federal Register (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Castledale, Cedar City, Central, Delta, and a local newspaper at least 30 days Service at 1–800–877–8339. The Service Duchesne, Enterprise, Milford, Moab, before the scheduled date of the is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a Nephi, Pine Valley, Richfield, and St. meeting. week, to leave a message or question George, Utah; and Caliente, Henderson, This extension will be processed in with the above individual. You will Las Vegas, and Overton, Nevada. Issues accordance with 43 CFR 2310.4. receive a reply during normal business and potential impacts to specific hours. resources were identified during the Steve Storo, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In scoping period and the preparation of Acting Chief, Branch of Land, Mineral, and the Draft EIS. Energy Resources. November 2007, National Grid filed a ROW application with the BLM to The BLM and Western, in [FR Doc. 2016–30317 Filed 12–15–16; 8:45 am] construct and operate an extra high coordination with the USFS and other BILLING CODE 3411–15–P voltage transmission line between federal, state, and local governments Wyoming and delivery points in the and agencies, considered all public Southwestern United States. An scoping comments received, as well as DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR amended application was filed on TransWest’s refinements to the Bureau of Land Management September 2, 2008, and the Project Proposed Action, when they identified application was transferred to the Agency Preferred Alternative in the [LLWY920000/L51010000.ER0000.16X/ TransWest Express LLC (TransWest), a Draft EIS. The Agency Preferred LVRWK09K1160/241A; WYW–177893, subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation. Alternative was developed through a WYW–177893–01; COC–72929, COC–72929– TransWest submitted additional comparative evaluation of routing 01; UTU–87238, UTU–87238–01; NVN– opportunities and constraints and the amended applications to the BLM in 86732, NVN–86732–01] relative impacts among the various 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015 Notice of Availability of the Record of to reflect minor changes and alternative segments. Decision for the TransWest Express refinements to the proposed Project. The Environmental Protection Agency Transmission Project in Wyoming, In April 2010, the BLM and Western published a Notice of Availability Colorado, Utah and Nevada Area Power Administration (Western) (NOA) for the Draft EIS/Draft RMP entered into a Memorandum of Amendments on June 28, 2013 in the AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Understanding (MOU) in which the Federal Register (78 FR 38975), which Department of the Interior. BLM and Western agreed to act as joint began a 90-day public comment period. ACTION: Notice. lead agencies in the preparation of an The BLM and Western published their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) NOA for the Draft EIS/Draft RMP SUMMARY: The Department of the for the Project. The BLM’s status as a Amendments on July 3, 2013 in the Interior, Bureau of Land Management joint lead agency is based on the BLM’s Federal Register (78 FR 40163). To help (BLM) announces the availability of the potential Federal action to grant a ROW facilitate the public review of and Record of Decision (ROD) approving the across BLM lands. Western’s status as a comment on the Draft EIS, the agencies TransWest Express 600-kilovolt (kV) joint lead agency is based on its held public meetings in July, August, Direct Current Transmission Project potential Federal action to provide and September 2013 in Baggs and (Project) right-of-way in Wyoming, Federal funds for the proposed Project. Rawlins, Wyoming; Craig, Colorado; Colorado, Utah, and Nevada and Western and TransWest entered into a Cedar City, Delta, Duchesne, Fort associated amendments to the Rawlins development agreement (executed in Duchesne, Nephi, Price, St. George, and Field Office (FO) Resource Management September 2011, amended in June 2014) Vernal, Utah; and Henderson and Plan (RMP) in Wyoming, the Little wherein Western agreed to support Panaca, Nevada. Snake FO RMP in Colorado, the Vernal Project development by providing On December 6, 2013, the USFS FO and Pony Express RMPs in Utah, technical assistance and/or financing. published an additional NOA in the and the Ely District RMP in Nevada. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Federal Register (78 FR 73524) to ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are being Bureau of Reclamation, and Utah initiate an additional 30-day public sent to Federal, State and local Reclamation Mitigation Conservation comment period specific to the USFS governments, public libraries in the Commission are cooperating agencies in decision whether to authorize the Project area, and interested parties who the proposed Project, based on their Project across USFS-managed lands. previously requested a copy. Copies of potential issuance of permits Similarly, the USFS will publish their mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES the ROD and support documents are authorizing the use of lands under their own NOA to notify the public of their also available for public inspection at management. Additional cooperating decision whether to authorize the the locations identified in the agencies include Federal, State, tribal, Project. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of and local agencies. On January 4, 2011, The agencies received over 1,800 this notice and electronically on the the BLM and Western jointly published comments, contained in 457 following Web site: http://bit.ly/ in the Federal Register (76 FR 379) a submissions, during the Draft EIS public TransWestExpress. Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS in comment periods. All submitted VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Dec 15, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1


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DatesComments and public meeting requests must be received by March 16, 2017.
ContactJacob Childers, BLM Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-808-6225 or Candice Polisky, USFS Pacific Northwest Region, 503-808-2479. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to contact either of the above individuals. The Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
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