Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification and Segregation for Philipsburg Park and Trails, Granite County, MT, 19976-19977 [2023-06994]
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ask that you contact the person listed in
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CONTACT) section of this notice at least
7 business days prior to the meeting to
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sufficient time to process your request.
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Dereck Wilson,
Northern California District Manager.
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 7 N., R. 13 W.,
sec. 30, lots 10 and 15.
T. 7 N., R. 14 W.,
sec. 24, lots 5 and 13;
sec. 25, lots 15, 16, 20, and 24.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_MT_FRN_MO#4500161776]
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation
and Public Purposes Act Classification
and Segregation for Philipsburg Park
and Trails, Granite County, MT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has examined 15.59
acres of public lands in Granite County,
Montana, and has found them suitable
for classification for conveyance to the
town of Philipsburg under the
provisions of the Recreation and Public
Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended. The
town of Philipsburg applied for
conveyance under the R&PP Act and
proposes to use the lands for a park and
walking trails that will increase public
recreation opportunities in the area.
DATES: Submit written comments
regarding this classification and R&PP
application on or before May 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
mailed, or hand delivered to the BLM,
Missoula Field Office, 3255 Fort
Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59808.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically at BLM_MT_Missoula_
FO@blm.gov. The BLM will not consider
comments received by telephone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lonna Sandau, Realty Specialist,
telephone: (406) 329–3914, email:
lsandau@blm.gov.
Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services for
contacting Lonna Sandau. Individuals
outside the United States should use the
relay services offered within their
country to make international calls to
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the point-of-contact in the United
States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands
have been examined as described in an
environmental assessment (DOI–BLM–
MT–B010–2020–0007–EA) and
identified as suitable for conveyance
under the R&PP Act. Conveyance would
be in conformance with the 2020
Missoula Field Office Resource
Management Plan. The lands are legally
described as:
The areas described aggregate 15.59
acres.
The town of Philipsburg lies in a
scenic valley surrounded by mountains
and great views but with limited
opportunities for hiking or walking
trails close to town. The proposal for a
park and walking trails would be
adjacent to the town, providing access
and recreational opportunity. While
much of the land would remain open,
the town proposes to construct walking
trails, including improvement of an
existing trail to reduce grades and
improve drainage and tread width,
install signs, and construct a parking lot,
with picnic tables and other amenities
as funds become available. The walking
trails proposed for the public lands
requested for conveyance under the
R&PP Act would connect with trails that
cross Philipsburg streets, public roads,
and Philipsburg property to make an
integrated recreational network.
When public lands are conveyed
under the R&PP Act, the United States
retains a reversionary interest, and any
future development would not be
allowed without written pre-approval
by the BLM. The BLM monitors
reversionary interests in perpetuity to
ensure R&PP patent holders use their
conveyed lands for the purposes for
which they received them. The lands
are not needed for any Federal
purposes, and this conveyance would be
in the local and regional interest.
All interested parties will receive a
copy of this notice once it is published
in the Federal Register. A copy of the
notice will also be published in the
newspaper of local circulation once a
week for 3 consecutive weeks.
Upon publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, the lands will be
segregated from all other forms of
appropriation under the public land
laws, including location under the
mining laws, except for lease or
conveyance under the R&PP Act and
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leasing under the mineral leasing laws.
The segregation will terminate upon
issuance of a patent, upon final rejection
of the application, or 18 months from
the date of this notice, whichever occurs
first.
The conveyance of the lands, if it
occurs, will be subject to the following
terms, conditions, and reservations:
1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches
and canals constructed by the authority
of the United States pursuant to the Act
of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).
2. Provisions of the R&PP Act and all
applicable regulations of the Secretary
of the Interior.
3. All mineral deposits in the lands so
patented and the right to prospect for,
mine, and remove such deposits from
the same under applicable law and
regulations as established by the
Secretary of the Interior are reserved to
the United States, together with all
necessary access and exit rights.
4. Conveyance of the parcels is subject
to valid existing rights.
5. An appropriate indemnification
clause protecting the United States from
claims arising out of the patentee’s use,
occupancy, or operations on the
patented lands.
6. Any other reservations that the
authorized officer determines
appropriate to ensure public access and
proper management of Federal lands
and interests therein.
7. A reversionary provision stating
that title shall revert to the United States
upon a finding, after notice and
opportunity for a hearing, that, without
the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior or her delegate, the patentee or
its approved successor attempted to
convey title to or control over the lands
to another, the lands have been devoted
to a use other than that for which the
lands were conveyed, the lands have not
been used for the purpose for which the
lands were conveyed for a 5-year period,
or the patentee has failed to follow the
approved development plan or
management plan. No portion of the
lands shall, under any circumstance,
revert to the United States if any such
portion has been used for solid waste
disposal or for any other purpose which
may result in the disposal, placement,
or release of any hazardous substance.
Classification Comments: Interested
persons may submit comments
involving the suitability of the lands for
development of a park and walking
trails. Comments on the classification
are restricted to whether the lands are
physically suited for the proposal,
whether the use will maximize the
future use or uses of the lands, whether
the use is consistent with local planning
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and zoning, or if the use is consistent
with State and Federal programs.
Application Comments: Interested
persons may submit comments
regarding the specific use proposed in
the application and plan of
development and management, whether
the BLM followed proper administrative
procedures in reaching the decision, or
any other factor not directly relating to
the suitability of the lands for use as a
park or walking trails.
Any adverse comments will be
reviewed by the BLM Montana/Dakotas
State Director or other authorized
official of the Department of the Interior,
who may sustain, vacate, or modify this
realty action. In the absence of any
adverse comments, the classification
will become effective on June 5, 2023.
The lands will not be offered for
conveyance until after the classification
becomes effective.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in any
comment, 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.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5).
Erin Carey,
Field Manager, Missoula Field Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_OR_FRN_MO4500169318]
Public Meetings for the John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council,
Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM), John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council (RAC)
and the Planning Subcommittee will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The John Day-Snake RAC
Planning Subcommittee will meet from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time
(PDT) Wednesday, May 10, 2023; and
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the full John Day-Snake RAC will meet
Thursday, June 22, from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. and reconvene Friday, June 23 at
8 a.m. and conclude at noon. The
Subcommittee meeting will be held
virtually via the Zoom for Government
platform. The full John Day-Snake RAC
meeting will be held in-person in Baker
City, Oregon, at the BLM Baker Field
Office and a virtual participation option
will be available. A 30-minute public
comment period will be offered at 7:20
p.m. PDT Wednesday, May 10; at 4 p.m.
PDT Thursday, June 22; and at 11:30
a.m. PDT Friday, June 23.
ADDRESSES: The BLM Baker Field Office
is located at 3100 H Street, Baker, OR
97814.
Final agendas for each meeting and
contact information regarding Zoom
meeting details will be published on the
RAC web page at least 10 days in
advance at https://www.blm.gov/getinvolved/resource-advisory-council/
near-you/oregon-washington/john-dayrac.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kaitlyn Webb, Public Affairs Officer,
3050 N 3rd Street, Prineville, OR 97754;
telephone: 541–416–6700; email:
kwebb@blm.gov. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, blind, hard
of hearing, or have a speech disability
may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille)
to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member RAC was chartered and
appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. Its diverse perspectives are
represented in commodity,
conservation, and general interests. The
RAC provides advice to the BLM and, as
needed, to U.S. Forest Service resource
managers regarding management plans
and proposed resource actions on public
lands in the John Day-Snake area. All
meetings are open to the public in their
entirety. Information to be distributed to
the RAC must be provided to its
members prior to the start of each
meeting.
Standing agenda items include
management of energy and minerals,
timber, rangeland and grazing,
commercial and dispersed recreation,
wildland fire and fuels, and wild horses
and burros; review of recommendations
regarding proposed actions by Vale or
Prineville BLM districts and the
Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, Malheur,
Ochoco, and Deschutes National
Forests; and any other business that may
reasonably come before the RAC. A final
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agenda will be posted online at https://
www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/oregonwashington/john-day-rac at least 10
days prior to the meeting.
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attend the meeting, take minutes, and
publish the minutes on the RAC web
page at https://www.blm.gov/getinvolved/resource-advisory-council/
near-you/oregon-washington/john-dayrac.
All calls/meetings are open to the
public in their entirety. The public may
send written comments to the
Subcommittee and RAC in response to
material presented to: BLM Prineville
District; Attn. Amanda Roberts; 3050 NE
3rd St., Prineville, OR 97754.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please 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 we will be able to do
so.
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Accommodations: Please make requests
in advance for sign language interpreter
services, assistive listening devices, or
other reasonable accommodations. We
ask that you contact the person listed in
the (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) section of this notice at least
7 business days prior to the meeting to
give the Department of the Interior
sufficient time to process your request.
All reasonable accommodation requests
are managed on a case-by-case basis.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2)
Amanda Roberts,
Prineville District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_MT_FRN_MO#4500161776]
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act
Classification and Segregation for Philipsburg Park and Trails, Granite
County, MT
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined 15.59 acres
of public lands in Granite County, Montana, and has found them suitable
for classification for conveyance to the town of Philipsburg under the
provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as
amended. The town of Philipsburg applied for conveyance under the R&PP
Act and proposes to use the lands for a park and walking trails that
will increase public recreation opportunities in the area.
DATES: Submit written comments regarding this classification and R&PP
application on or before May 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed, or hand delivered to the
BLM, Missoula Field Office, 3255 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT
59808. Comments may also be submitted electronically at
[email protected]. The BLM will not consider comments received
by telephone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lonna Sandau, Realty Specialist,
telephone: (406) 329-3914, email: [email protected].
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Lonna Sandau. Individuals outside the United States should use the
relay services offered within their country to make international calls
to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands have been examined as described in
an environmental assessment (DOI-BLM-MT-B010-2020-0007-EA) and
identified as suitable for conveyance under the R&PP Act. Conveyance
would be in conformance with the 2020 Missoula Field Office Resource
Management Plan. The lands are legally described as:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 7 N., R. 13 W.,
sec. 30, lots 10 and 15.
T. 7 N., R. 14 W.,
sec. 24, lots 5 and 13;
sec. 25, lots 15, 16, 20, and 24.
The areas described aggregate 15.59 acres.
The town of Philipsburg lies in a scenic valley surrounded by
mountains and great views but with limited opportunities for hiking or
walking trails close to town. The proposal for a park and walking
trails would be adjacent to the town, providing access and recreational
opportunity. While much of the land would remain open, the town
proposes to construct walking trails, including improvement of an
existing trail to reduce grades and improve drainage and tread width,
install signs, and construct a parking lot, with picnic tables and
other amenities as funds become available. The walking trails proposed
for the public lands requested for conveyance under the R&PP Act would
connect with trails that cross Philipsburg streets, public roads, and
Philipsburg property to make an integrated recreational network.
When public lands are conveyed under the R&PP Act, the United
States retains a reversionary interest, and any future development
would not be allowed without written pre-approval by the BLM. The BLM
monitors reversionary interests in perpetuity to ensure R&PP patent
holders use their conveyed lands for the purposes for which they
received them. The lands are not needed for any Federal purposes, and
this conveyance would be in the local and regional interest.
All interested parties will receive a copy of this notice once it
is published in the Federal Register. A copy of the notice will also be
published in the newspaper of local circulation once a week for 3
consecutive weeks.
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands
will be segregated from all other forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including location under the mining laws, except for
lease or conveyance under the R&PP Act and leasing under the mineral
leasing laws. The segregation will terminate upon issuance of a patent,
upon final rejection of the application, or 18 months from the date of
this notice, whichever occurs first.
The conveyance of the lands, if it occurs, will be subject to the
following terms, conditions, and reservations:
1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the
authority of the United States pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890
(43 U.S.C. 945).
2. Provisions of the R&PP Act and all applicable regulations of the
Secretary of the Interior.
3. All mineral deposits in the lands so patented and the right to
prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the same under
applicable law and regulations as established by the Secretary of the
Interior are reserved to the United States, together with all necessary
access and exit rights.
4. Conveyance of the parcels is subject to valid existing rights.
5. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United
States from claims arising out of the patentee's use, occupancy, or
operations on the patented lands.
6. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal
lands and interests therein.
7. A reversionary provision stating that title shall revert to the
United States upon a finding, after notice and opportunity for a
hearing, that, without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior or
her delegate, the patentee or its approved successor attempted to
convey title to or control over the lands to another, the lands have
been devoted to a use other than that for which the lands were
conveyed, the lands have not been used for the purpose for which the
lands were conveyed for a 5-year period, or the patentee has failed to
follow the approved development plan or management plan. No portion of
the lands shall, under any circumstance, revert to the United States if
any such portion has been used for solid waste disposal or for any
other purpose which may result in the disposal, placement, or release
of any hazardous substance.
Classification Comments: Interested persons may submit comments
involving the suitability of the lands for development of a park and
walking trails. Comments on the classification are restricted to
whether the lands are physically suited for the proposal, whether the
use will maximize the future use or uses of the lands, whether the use
is consistent with local planning
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and zoning, or if the use is consistent with State and Federal
programs.
Application Comments: Interested persons may submit comments
regarding the specific use proposed in the application and plan of
development and management, whether the BLM followed proper
administrative procedures in reaching the decision, or any other factor
not directly relating to the suitability of the lands for use as a park
or walking trails.
Any adverse comments will be reviewed by the BLM Montana/Dakotas
State Director or other authorized official of the Department of the
Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the
absence of any adverse comments, the classification will become
effective on June 5, 2023. The lands will not be offered for conveyance
until after the classification becomes effective.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in any comment, 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.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5).
Erin Carey,
Field Manager, Missoula Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-06994 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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