Notice of Intent To Prepare an Amendment to the Kingman Resource Management Plan; Arizona, 46513-46514 [E7-16337]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 160 (Monday, August 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46513-46514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16337]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-310-7122-ES-5793; AZA 32905]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Amendment to the Kingman Resource 
Management Plan; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office, Kingman, 
Arizona intends to prepare an amendment to the Kingman Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) to determine if a parcel of public lands 
(identified below) should be classified under Section 7 of the Taylor 
Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315f) and Executive Order No. 6910, for actions 
under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

DATES: In order to ensure consideration in the Environmental Analysis 
(EA) of the proposed plan amendment, comments must be received by 
September 19, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Wayne King, Field Manager, 
BLM Kingman Field Office, 2755 Mission Boulevard, Kingman, Arizona 
86401.
    Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the Kingman 
BLM Field Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Whitefield, Land Law Examiner, 
BLM Kingman Field Office, telephone 928-718-3746.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM 
Field Office, Kingman, Arizona, intends to prepare an environmental 
analysis to determine whether or not it should amend its RMP and 
initiates scoping for the proposed amendment. The purpose of the public 
scoping process is to determine relevant issues that will influence the 
scope of the environmental analysis concerning whether or not the BLM 
should be allowed to classify the following described public lands for 
actions under the R&PP Act:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 20 N., R. 16 W.,
    Sec. 1, lot 5.

    The area described contains 1.31 acres, more or less.

    These lands were acquired along with other lands pursuant to an 
exchange executed under the authority of section 206 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), as amended, 43 U.S.C. 1716. 
When acquired, these lands became ``public lands,'' pursuant to section 
205(c) of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1715(c), and thus made subject to BLM 
classification and planning requirements. One parcel was acquired 
subject to a lease made with the Pinion Pine Fire District for a fire 
station. The lease subsequently expired, prior to which the Fire 
District applied to the BLM for the conveyance of the same parcel, 
together with additional adjacent public land, pursuant to the R&PP 
Act. This parcel and the adjacent public lands are those described 
above and are included in the Fire District's R&PP Act application. 
Since it is the policy of the BLM not to convey lands under the 
authority of the R&PP Act that have been acquired by exchange under the 
authority of Section 206 of FLPMA, the BLM will only consider leasing 
the surface of the above described lands under the authority of the 
R&PP Act. 43 CFR 2740.0-6(e).
    The BLM Kingman RMP limits the public lands under its purview that 
may be leased or conveyed pursuant to the R&PP Act to those parcels 
specifically identified in the RMP for that use or that are designated 
for disposal. The above described lands are not so identified in the 
Kingman RMP. Therefore, the BLM

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is initiating scoping to determine if it should amend the Kingman RMP 
in accordance with 43 CFR 1610.5-5 to identify the above described 
lands as being eligible for actions under the authority of the R&PP 
Act. Planning criteria relevant to this proposal are found in the 
Kingman RMP.
    Comments: The public is invited to provide comments regarding any 
concerns, issues, or proposed alternatives to the proposed Kingman RMP 
amendment.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. 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.

    Dated: August 8, 2007.
Wayne King,
Kingman Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-16337 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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