Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Eastern States
The plat of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Eastern States Office, Falls Church, Virginia, 3...
The plat of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Eastern States Office, Falls Church, Virginia, 30 days from the date of this publication. The surveys, executed at the request of the National Park Service, are required for the management of these lands.
DATES:
Protests must be received by the BLM Eastern States Office prior to the
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scheduled date of official filing, October 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
A copy of the plat may be obtained from the Public Room at the BLM Eastern States, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, 22041, upon required payment. The plat may be viewed at this location at no cost.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank D. Radford, Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Eastern States; (703) 558-7759; email:
fradford@blm.gov;
or U.S. Postal Service: BLM-ES, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. Attn: Cadastral Survey. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunication relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The plat incorporating the field notes of the dependent resurvey of a portion of National Park Service Tract No. 101-55, of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, 8th Civil District, Morgan County, in the State of Tennessee, was accepted September 30, 2024.
The plat incorporating the field notes of the dependent resurvey of a portion of National Park Service Tract No. 103-08, of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, 8th Civil District, Morgan County, in the State of Tennessee, was accepted September 26, 2025.
The plat incorporating the field notes of the dependent resurvey of a portion of National Park Service Scenic Easement Tract No. 103-01, of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, 8th Civil District, Morgan County, in the State of Tennessee, was accepted September 30, 2025.
A person or party who wishes to protest an official filing of plat(s) identified above must file a written notice of protest with the BLM State Director for Eastern States, at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
The notice of protest must identify the specific plat that the person or party wishes to protest. The notice of protest must be received in the BLM Eastern Office no later than the scheduled date of the proposed official filing of plat being protested, see the
DATES
section above; if received after regular business hours, a notice of protest will be considered filed the next business day. Any notice of protest filed after the scheduled date of official filing will be untimely and will not be considered.
A written statement of reasons in support of the protest, if not filed with the notice of protest, must be filed with the BLM State Director for Eastern States within 30 days after the notice of protest is received.
If a notice of protest of the official filing of plat is received prior to the scheduled date of official filing, the official filing of the plat identified in the notice of protest will be stayed pending consideration of the protest. Plat will not be officially filed until the next business day after all timely protests have been dismissed or otherwise resolved.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in a notice of protest, you should be aware that the documents you submit, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available in their entirety at any time. 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.
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91 FR 57650
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“Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Eastern States,” thefederalregister.org (September 10, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-18486/notice-of-filing-of-plats-of-survey-eastern-states.
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