Intent To Prepare a Planning Amendment to the Lahontan and Walker Resource Management Plans, Lyon County, Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-930-1430-01; N-60673]

Intent To Prepare a Planning Amendment to the Lahontan and Walker

Resource Management Plans, Lyon County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a plan amendment and environmental

document addressing the proposed exchange of federal land for private

land.

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SUMMARY: The following described land within Lyon County has been

proposed for transfer from federal ownership as part of Land Exchange

N-60673:

Mt. Diablo Meridian

T. 20 N., R. 25 E.,

Sec. 4, Lots 5-12, S\1/2\, (excluding lands within Churchill

County)

This land is currently withdrawn as part of the Newlands

Reclamation Project and is not included in any existing resource

management decisions. The land is no longer needed for reclamation

project purposes. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will

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consider amending the Lahontan Resource Management Plan (RMP) to

address transfer of this land. BLM will also consider amending the

Walker RMP to remove the disposal designation from public land

within:

Mt. Diablo Meridian

T. 10 N., R. 23 E., in the vicinity of Wellington, Nevada.

This public land is surrounded by private land proposed for

acquisition in Land Exchange N-60673. If the exchange is completed,

disposal of the public land through sale or exchange would no longer

be appropriate.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: For a period of 30 days from the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested persons

may submit comments regarding the proposed plan amendment to the

District Manager, Carson City District Office, 1535 Hot Springs Road,

Carson City, Nevada 89706. Comments, including names and street

addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the

above address during regular business hours. Individual respondents may

request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or street

address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of

your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent

allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and

from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials

of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public

inspection in their entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The federal land located near Fernley,

Nevada, if transferred to private ownership, would likely be used for

industrial park purposes. The private land in the Hoye Canyon area near

Wellington, Nevada, has values for recreation, public access, riparian

wildlife habitat and key deer winter range and would be managed by the

BLM for multiple uses. The following resources will be considered in

preparation of the amendment: lands, recreation, wildlife, range,

minerals, cultural and historic resources, visual resources, soil,

water, air, and threatened and endangered species. Staff members

representing each resource will be consulted during preparation of the

environmental document. The public is invited to participate in the

identification of issues related to the proposed plan amendment and

associated proposed land exchange. Anticipated issues include:

(1) Adequate protection of cultural and historic resources on

federal land proposed for exchange

(2) Concerns related to water, water rights and the Walker River

(3) Change in character of federal lands upon transfer to private

ownership

Planning documents and other pertinent materials may be examined at

the Carson City Office between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through

Friday.

Dated this 9th day of June, 1997.

John O. Singlaub,

Carson City District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97-15890 Filed 6-17-97; 8:45 am]

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