Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Arizona, 973-974 [E7-82]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management
• Land Management Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 973-974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-82]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-931-1430-ET; AZA 33447]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Forest Service has filed an application 
requesting the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 62.08 acres of 
National Forest System land from mining to protect the Red Rock Ranger 
District Administrative Site, Coconino National Forest. This notice 
segregates the land for up to 2 years from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws. The land will remain open to all other uses 
which may by law be authorized on these National Forest System lands.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received on 
or before April 9, 2007.

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ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Bureau 
of Land Management, Attn: Lands Program Lead, Resources Division, One 
North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 and to the 
Forest Supervisor, Coconino National Forest, 1824 S. Thompson Street, 
Flagstaff, Arizona 86001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete Mourtsen, Coconino National 
Forest, at the above address or at (928) 527-3414.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Forest Service has filed 
an application with the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to Section 
204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 
1714, to withdraw the following-described National Forest System land 
within the Coconino National Forest for a period of 20 years from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to 
valid existing rights:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 16 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 25: S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and
T. 16 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 30, lot 2.

    The area described contains 62.08 acres in Yavapai County, 
Arizona.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the 
significant Federal investment in administrative facilities to be built 
at the Forest Service Red Rock Ranger District Administrative Site 
(Administrative Site) within the Coconino National Forest.
    The use of a right-of-way, an interagency agreement, or a 
cooperative agreement would not adequately constrain nondiscretionary 
mining locations and related uses and therefore would not provide 
adequate protection of the Federal investment in the Administrative 
Site.
    There are no suitable alternative sites that can be considered 
because the land proposed for withdrawal contains the Administrative 
Site.
    No additional water rights will be needed to fulfill the purpose of 
the requested withdrawal.
    Records relating to the application may be examined by interested 
parties at the address of the Bureau of Land Management office stated 
above.
    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 proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing, by the date specified above, to both the Bureau of 
Land Management, Attn: Lands Program Lead, Resources Division, and the 
Forest Supervisor, Coconino National Forest, at the addresses stated 
above.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request, by the date 
specified above, to both the Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Lands 
Program Lead, Resources Division, and the Forest Supervisor, Coconino 
National Forest, at the addresses stated above. Upon determination by 
the authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of 
time and place will be published in the Federal Register and in at 
least one newspaper having a general circulation in the vicinity of the 
lands involved at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the Coconino National Forest (address 
above), during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or address from 
public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. 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.
    On January 9, 2007 the above-described land will be segregated from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws. The segregative 
effect of the publication of this notice shall terminate upon denial or 
cancellation of the subject application, approval of the application, 
or January 8, 2009, whichever occurs first.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1(b)).

    Dated: November 6, 2006.
Michael A. Taylor,
Deputy State Director, Resources.
[FR Doc. E7-82 Filed 1-8-07; 8:45 am]
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