Notice of Intent

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69293-69294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31995]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[Montana; MT-924-00-1430-HN-003E]


Notice of Intent

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Amend the Judith-Valley-Phillips and the 
West HiLine Resource Management Plans; Blaine and Fergus Counties, 
Montana.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) will amend the Judith-Valley-Phillips Resource Management Plan 
(RMP) and the West HiLine RMP with respect to management of public 
lands in Blaine and Fergus Counties. The BLM proposes exchanging 
6595.68 acres of Federal surface estate in Blaine and Fergus Counties 
for State trust land within the Crow Indian Reservation in Big Horn and 
Yellowstone Counties as a part of Phase 3 of the Crow Boundary 
Settlement Act Land Exchange. The Federal land is legally described as:

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                                                                  Acres
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                              Fergus County
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T.20N., R.19E., PMM:
  Sec. 8: W\1/2\W\1/2\........................................    160
  Sec. 9: S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\..............................    240
  Sec. 15: N\1/2\.............................................    320
T.21N, R.19E., PMM:
  Sec. 27: S\1/2\SW\1/4\......................................     80
  Sec. 29: S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\.............................    240
  Sec. 30: SE\1/4\............................................    160
  Sec. 31: N\1/2\NE\1/4\......................................     80
  Sec. 32: N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\...............    480
  Sec. 33: NW\1/4\............................................    160
  Sec. 34: E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\.............................    240
T.22N., R.19E., PMM:
  Sec. 18: NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/    320
   4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\...................................
  Sec. 19: NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ S\1/2\SW\1/     360
   4\,........................................................
  Sec. 20: NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\......................    120
T.22N., R.20E., PMM:
  Sec. 3: S\1/2\S\1/2\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\........................    200
  Sec. 10: NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\......................    120
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                              Blaine County
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T.29N., R.21E., PMM:
  Sec. 8: S\1/2\NE\1/4\.......................................     80
T.35N., R.22E., PMM:
  Sec. 1: SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\..............    280

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  Sec. 2: S\1/2\..............................................    320
  Sec. 11: W\1/2\.............................................    320
  Sec. 12: N\1/2\N\1/2\, SE\1/4\..............................    320
T.35N., R.23E., PMM:
  Sec. 7: Lot 1...............................................     36.88
  Sec. 29: E\1/2\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\.......................    160
  Sec. 31: NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.....................................     40
  Sec. 32: N\1/2\N\1/2\.......................................    160
T.35N., R.25E., PMM:
  Sec. 32: E\1/2\NE\1/4\......................................     80
  Sec. 33: N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\....................    520
T.36N., R.24E., PMM:
  Sec. 3: Lots 3 and 4........................................     38.80
  Sec. 10: N\1/2\, SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\....................    520
  Sec. 14: N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\......................    120
  Sec. 15: N\1/2\.............................................    320
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    Disposal of the Federal land described above was not analyzed in 
the Judith-Valley-Phillips and West HiLine Resource Management Plans 
(RMP) and their associated Environmental Impact Statements. Disposal of 
the Federal land requires that the specific tracts be identified in the 
land use plan with the criteria to be met for exchange and discussion 
of how the criteria have been satisfied. This will be part of the plan 
amendment and an Environmental Assessment will be prepared to analyze 
the effects of disposal.

DATES: Comments and recommendations on this notice to amend the Judith-
Valley-Phillips RMP and the West HiLine RMP should be received on or 
before January 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to David L. Mari, Field Manager, 
Lewistown Field Office, P.O. Box 1160, Lewistown, MT 59457-1160.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loretta Park, Realty Specialist, 406/
538-1910.

    Dated: November 18, 1999.
David L. Mari,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-31995 Filed 12-9-99; 8:45 am]
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