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important to their culture and religious
heritage.
• Evaluate cultural and
paleontological resources for possible
interpretation, preservation,
conservation and enhancement.
• Management decisions will
consider a reasonable range of
alternatives that focus on the relative
values of resources and ensure
responsiveness to the issues.
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multiple use resource principles.
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impacts of the alternatives.
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public lands managed by BLM.
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welfare.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8–30101 Filed 12–18–08; 8:45 am]
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Bureau of Land Management
[UTU 6443, UTU 012532, and UTU 0146037]
Opening of National Forest System
Lands; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 7708
partially revoked 3 Public Land Orders
and revoked 1 Public Land Order in its
entirety. This order opens part of those
previously withdrawn lands to mining
and opens the remainder to such forms
of disposition as may by law be made
of National Forest System lands and to
mining.
DATES: Effective Date: January 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rhonda Flynn, BLM Utah State Office,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84101–1345, 801–539–
4132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Public
Land Order No. 7708 (73 FR 31880
(2008)) revoked Public Land Order No.
1391 (22 FR 1003 (1957)) insofar as it
affected the lands described below. The
United States Forest Service has
decided that those previously
withdrawn lands, described below, can
be opened to such forms of disposition
as may by law be made of National
Forest System lands, including location
and entry under the United States
mining laws:
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Uinta Special Meridian
T. 1 N., R. 11 W.,
Sec. 29, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 and
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 32, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and
E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.
T. 1 S., R. 11 W.,
Sec. 23, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 and
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 26, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and
E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 140 acres in
Wasatch County.
2. Public Land Order No. 7708 (73 FR
31880 (2008)) revoked Public Land
Order Nos. 4060 (31 FR 10033 (1966)),
4567 (34 FR 1139 (1969)), and 4664 (34
FR 8915 (1969)) insofar as they affected
the lands described below. The United
States Forest Service has decided that
those previously withdrawn lands,
described below, can be opened to
location and entry under the United
States mining laws:
Uinta National Forest
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Uinta National Forest
Uinta Special Meridian
T. 3 S., R. 12 W.,
Sec. 23, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 26, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
and NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4.
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 4 S., R. 2 E.,
Sec. 1, all lands West of the 7,600 foot
elevation contour in lots 1 and 8 (lands
inside the Lone Peak Wilderness).
T. 10 S., R. 2 E.,
Sec. 3, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
T. 12 S., R. 2 E.,
Sec. 20, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
and SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
T. 7 S., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 24, E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
and NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
T. 8 S., R. 5 E.,
Sec. 11, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 287 acres in
Utah and Wasatch Counties.
3. At 10 a.m. on January 20, 2009, the
lands described in Paragraph 1 shall be
opened to such forms of disposition as
may by law be made of National Forest
System lands, including location and
entry under the United States mining
laws and the lands described in
Paragraph 2 shall be opened to location
and entry under the United States
mining laws, subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of
applicable law. Appropriation of lands
described in this order under the
general mining laws prior to the date
and time of restoration is unauthorized.
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Any such attempted appropriation,
including attempted adverse possession
under 30 U.S.C. 38 (2000), shall vest no
rights against the United States. Acts
required to establish a location and to
initiate a right of possession are
governed by State law where not in
conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of
Land Management will not intervene in
disputes between rival locators over
possessory rights since Congress has
provided for such determinations in
local courts.
Authority: 43 CFR 2091.6.
Dated: December 11, 2008.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8–29891 Filed 12–18–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UTU 42838]
Opening of National Forest System
Lands; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 7657
partially revoked the Secretarial Order
dated December 15, 1906 and revoked
the Secretarial Order dated July 27, 1907
in its entirety. This order opens those
previously withdrawn lands to such
forms of disposition as may by law be
made of National Forest System lands
and to mining.
DATES: Effective Date: January 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rhonda Flynn, BLM Utah State Office,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84101–1345, 801–539–
4132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Public
Land Order No. 7657 (71 FR 12712
(2006)) partially revoked the Secretarial
Order dated December 15, 1906 and
revoked the Secretarial Order dated July
27, 1907, in its entirety. The United
States Forest Service has decided that
those previously withdrawn lands,
described below, can be opened to such
forms of disposition as may by law be
made of National Forest System lands,
including location and entry under the
United States mining laws:
a. Secretarial Order dated December
15, 1906.
Dixie National Forest
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 36 S., R. 7 W.,
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sec. 7, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
T. 38 S., R. 8 W.,
sec. 12, lots 3 and 4 and W1⁄2SE1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate
approximately 200 acres in Garfield and
Kane Counties.
b. Secretarial Order dated July 27,
1907
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 36 S., R. 7 W.,
sec. 8, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4;
sec. 17, NW1⁄4.
The area described contains 360 acres
in Garfield County.
2. At 10 a.m. on January 20, 2009, the
lands described in Paragraph 1 shall be
opened to such forms of disposition as
may by law be made of National Forest
System lands, including location and
entry under the United States mining
laws, subject to valid existing rights, the
provisions of existing withdrawals,
other segregations of record, and the
requirements of applicable law.
Appropriation of lands described in this
order under the general mining laws
prior to the date and time of restoration
is unauthorized. Any such attempted
appropriation, including attempted
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38
(2000), shall vest no rights against the
United States. Acts required to establish
a location and to initiate a right of
possession are governed by State law
where not in conflict with Federal law.
The Bureau of Land Management will
not intervene in disputes between rival
locators over possessory rights since
Congress has provided for such
determinations in local courts.
Authority: 43 CFR 2091.6.
Dated: December 11, 2008.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8–29894 Filed 12–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea
Planning Areas Oil and Gas Lease
Sales 209, 212, 217, and 221
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
and announcement of Public Hearings.
SUMMARY: The purpose of the proposed
Federal actions addressed in this DEIS
(OCS EIS/EA MMS 2008–055) is to offer
for lease areas in the Beaufort Sea and
Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) that may contain economically
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recoverable oil and natural gas
resources. These lease sales would
provide qualified bidders the
opportunity to bid on certain blocks in
the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea OCS
to gain conditional rights to explore,
develop, and produce oil and natural
gas.
This DEIS is a draft of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
analysis that will enable the Minerals
Management Service (MMS) to make
informed decisions on the configuration
of the lease sales and the applicable
mitigation measures. In the DEIS, the
potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental impacts of
the proposed sales and alternatives,
including projected exploration and
development and production activities
on the physical, biological, and human
environments in the Beaufort Sea and
Chukchi Sea areas, are analyzed.
The DEIS integrates the biological
assessment elements required under
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
(per Section 402.06 of the Act) for
species under jurisdiction of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. The DEIS
reflects the information in the MMS
Biological Assessment and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Biological Opinion (dated July 17, 2008)
for the bowhead, fin, and humpback
whales.
In the
DEIS, the MMS has examined the
potential environmental effects of the
Proposed Actions and alternatives. The
Proposed Actions (Alternative 2 for each
planning area) are to conduct Beaufort
and Chukchi Sea OCS Lease Sales 209,
212, 217, and 221 in the years 2010,
2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. The
resource estimates and scenario
information included in the DEIS
analysis are presented as a range of
activities that could be associated with
each sale, including exploration seismic
surveying, on-lease ancillary activities,
exploration and delineation drilling,
development and production of OCS oil
and natural gas resources,
decommissioning, and lease
abandonment.
The Proposed Actions combined
would offer for lease approximately
13,449 whole and partial blocks (about
73.4 million acres) identified as the
program areas in the 2007–2012 5-Year
Program. The proposed Chukchi Sea
Sale area excludes a zone within 25
miles of the Chukchi Sea coast. Water
depths in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi
Sea sale areas vary from approximately
10 meters (33 feet) to approximately
3,800 meters (12,467 feet).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Alternative 1 (No Lease Sale) for each
sale area is equivalent to cancellation of
a Proposed Action as scheduled in the
approved 5-Year Program. The
opportunity to discover and develop the
estimated oil and gas resources that
could have resulted from a Proposed
Action would be precluded or
postponed, and any potential
environmental impacts resulting from a
Proposed Action would not occur or
would be postponed.
Beaufort Sea Alternative 3 (Barrow
Deferral) is the Proposed Action
excluding an area comprising
approximately 15 whole or partial
blocks along the Beaufort coastline east
of Barrow beginning at the three-mile
limit. This alternative was developed to
reduce potential impacts to bowhead
whale subsistence hunters as well as
various wildlife species and associated
habitats. Beaufort Sea Alternative 4
(Cross Island Deferral) is the Proposed
Action excluding an area comprising
approximately 41 whole or partial
blocks north and east of Cross Island.
This alternative was developed to
protect a portion of the Nuiqsut
Bowhead whale subsistence hunting
area. Beaufort Sea Alternative 5 (Eastern
Deferral) is the Proposed Action
excluding an area comprising
approximately 80 whole or partial
blocks along the coastline east of
Kaktovik. This alternative was
developed to provide protection for a
portion of the Kaktovik’s bowhead
whale subsistence hunting area.
Beaufort Sea Alternative 6 (Deepwater
Deferral) is the Proposed Action
excluding an area comprising
approximately 4,357 whole or partial
blocks in areas off the continental shelf.
This alternative defers areas that are
generally deeper than 100 meters.
Chukchi Sea Alternative 3 (Coastal
Deferral) is the Proposed Action
excluding an area comprising
approximately 882 whole or partial
blocks near the eastern or shoreward
edge of the program area. This
alternative was developed as the
Corridor II deferral for Sale 193 to
reduce potential impacts to subsistence
hunting. Chukchi Sea Alternative 4
(Ledyard Bay Deferral) is the Proposed
Action excluding the area comprising
approximately 191 whole or partial
blocks of the proposed sale area that is
within the Ledyard Bay Critical Habitat.
This alternative was developed to
protect the designated critical habitat
area for the federally listed threatened
spectacled eider. Chukchi Sea
Alternative 5 (Hanna Shoal Deferral) is
the Proposed Action excluding an area
comprising approximately 241 whole or
partial blocks at Hanna Shoal. This
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UTU 42838]
Opening of National Forest System Lands; Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
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SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 7657 partially revoked the Secretarial
Order dated December 15, 1906 and revoked the Secretarial Order dated
July 27, 1907 in its entirety. This order opens those previously
withdrawn lands to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of
National Forest System lands and to mining.
DATES: Effective Date: January 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Flynn, BLM Utah State Office,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345, 801-
539-4132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Public Land Order No. 7657 (71 FR 12712
(2006)) partially revoked the Secretarial Order dated December 15, 1906
and revoked the Secretarial Order dated July 27, 1907, in its entirety.
The United States Forest Service has decided that those previously
withdrawn lands, described below, can be opened to such forms of
disposition as may by law be made of National Forest System lands,
including location and entry under the United States mining laws:
a. Secretarial Order dated December 15, 1906.
Dixie National Forest
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 36 S., R. 7 W.,
[[Page 77835]]
sec. 7, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 38 S., R. 8 W.,
sec. 12, lots 3 and 4 and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate approximately 200 acres in Garfield
and Kane Counties.
b. Secretarial Order dated July 27, 1907
Salt Lake Meridian
T. 36 S., R. 7 W.,
sec. 8, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
sec. 17, NW\1/4\.
The area described contains 360 acres in Garfield County.
2. At 10 a.m. on January 20, 2009, the lands described in Paragraph
1 shall be opened to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of
National Forest System lands, including location and entry under the
United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, the
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and
the requirements of applicable law. Appropriation of lands described in
this order under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of
restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation,
including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (2000), shall
vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to establish a
location and to initiate a right of possession are governed by State
law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over
possessory rights since Congress has provided for such determinations
in local courts.
Authority: 43 CFR 2091.6.
Dated: December 11, 2008.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8-29894 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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