Notice of Addition of Lands to Proposed Withdrawal; Idaho

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[ID-930-1920-00-4373; IDI-31741]

Notice of Addition of Lands to Proposed Withdrawal; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Air Force has filed a request to add

10,766.60 acres to their withdrawal application for the Enhanced

Training in Idaho (ETI) site. The original Notice of Proposed

Withdrawal was published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 68, April 8,

1996.

DATE: Comments and requests for a meeting should be received on or

before December 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Idaho

State Director, BLM, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, Idaho 83706-2500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jon Foster, BLM Idaho State Office, 208-384-3195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 22, 1996, the Department of Air

Force filed a request to add certain lands to their existing withdrawal

application. These lands are in addition to those published in the

Federal Register, 61 FR 68, April 8, 1996. The following described

public lands are withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry

under the general land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing

laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Boise Idaho

T. 12 S., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 35, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\.

T. 12 S., R. 10 E.,

Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;

Sec. 32, S\1/2\.

T. 13 S., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 1;

Sec. 2, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;

Sec. 11, E\1/2\E\1/2\;

Sec. 12;

Sec. 13;

Sec. 14, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;

Sec. 23, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\;

Sec. 24.

T. 13 S., R. 10 E.,

Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;

Secs. 5 to 9 inclusive;

Secs. 17 to 21 inclusive.

The areas described aggregate 10,766.60 acres in Owyhee County.

The additional lands are being added as an alternative to the

Enhanced Training in Idaho (ETI) proposal based on the results of

public scoping.

This withdrawal will be authorized under the Act of February 28,

1958, 43 U.S.C. 155-158, and requires legislative action by Congress.

For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this

notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or

objections in connection with the addition of lands to the proposed

withdrawal may present their views in writing to the Idaho State

Director at the address shown above.

If a public meeting is required a notice of time and place will be

published in the Federal Register and newspapers in the general

vicinity at lest 30 days before the scheduled date of a meeting.

Nine public meetings were held in June and July 1996 for the

purpose of scoping the environmental documentation to meet National

Environmental Policy Act requirements for the proposed withdrawal. The

draft environmental impact statement currently under preparation

includes the addition of the 10,766.60 acres described in this notice.

This application will be processed in accordance with the

regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.

For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice

in the Federal Register, the additional described lands will be

segregated, as specified above unless the application is denied or

canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. The

temporary uses that will be permitted during this segregative period

are rights-of-way, leases, permits, licenses or discretionary land use

authorizations that do not significantly disturb the surface of the

land or impair values of the resources, but will be coordinated with

the Installation Commander, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.

The temporary segregation of the additional land in connection with

the withdrawal application shall not affect

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administrative jurisdiction over the land, and segregation shall not

have the effect of authorizing any use of the land by the Department of

the Air Force.

Dated: September 9, 1996.

J. David Brunner,

Deputy State Director for Resource Services.

[FR Doc. 96-24001 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]

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