[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65473-65474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29001]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 80808]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy has filed an application to 
withdraw approximately 11,985 acres of public land managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management for two alternative disposal cell sites, for 
the Moab Mill Site uranium mill tailings, and four alternative borrow 
material areas in Grand County, Utah. The Department of Energy is 
preparing an environmental impact statement to determine whether the 
uranium mill tailings will be left in place or moved to one of the two 
disposal sites identified on public lands,

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and which, if any, of the borrow areas will be needed. Should 
relocation be the chosen alternative, the actual amount of land to be 
withdrawn for the repository would be approximately two to three 
sections (1,280 to 1,920 acres.)
    This notice segregates the lands for up to two years from location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, including the mineral 
leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. In accordance with the 
regulations contained in 43 CFR 4110.4-2(b), this notice serves as the 
two-years' prior notification to grazing permittees should the public 
lands below be selected for the Moab Mill Site Remediation Project and 
become unavailable for livestock grazing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 18, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Moab Field Manager, 82 East 
Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary von Koch, Realty Specialist, Moab 
Field Office, 82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532, at (435) 259-
2128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 5, 2003, an application was 
received from the Department of Energy to withdraw the following 
described public lands from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, including the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid 
existing rights:

Salt Lake Meridian

Crescent Junction Disposal Site and Borrow Area

T. 21 S., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 22, those lands south of the Bookcliffs;
    Sec. 23, those lands south of the Bookcliffs;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, lot 4, those lands north of the 
railroad right-of-way (R/W), those lands in the W\1/2\ south of the 
Bookcliffs, and those lands in the W\1/2\E\1/2\ north of the 
railroad R/W;
    Sec. 25, those lands in the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ north of the railroad 
R/W;
    Sec. 26, those lands in the N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ north of 
the railroad R/W.
    Sec. 27, N1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, those lands in the S1/2 SW1/4 and SE 
\1/4\ north of the railroad R/W.

    The area described contains approximately 2,241 acres in Grand 
County.

Klondike Flats Disposal Site and Borrow Area

T. 23 S., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\, and those lands in the E\1/2\ lying west of the 
U.S. Highway 191 R/W;
    Secs. 25, 26, and 35.

    The area described contains approximately 2,819 acres in Grand 
County.

Floy Wash Borrow Area

T. 22 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 4, lot 5, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, excluding the Interstate Highway 
70 and railroad R/W;
    Sec. 9, lots 3, 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 374 acres in Grand 
County.

Courthouse Syncline Borrow Area

T. 23 S., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1-4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1-4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1-12, inclusive, and E\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, All.

    The area described contains approximately 2,730 acres in Grand 
County.

Tenmile Borrow Area

T. 23 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\, and SW\1/4\.
T. 24 S., R. 18 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 1-4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1-4, inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\.

    The area described contains approximately 2,062 acres in Grand 
County.

Blue Hills Road Borrow Area

T. 24 S., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, All;
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\.

    The area described contains approximately 1,760 acres in Grand 
County.

    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 the Moab Field Manager.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period until November 20, 2005, the lands will be segregated 
as specified above unless the application is canceled or the withdrawal 
is approved prior to that date.
    Public meetings will be held in connection with the proposed 
withdrawal during the preparation of the environmental impact statement 
that will analyze options for disposal of the uranium tailings. A 
notice of the time and place will be published by the U.S. Department 
of Energy in the Federal Register at least 30 days before the scheduled 
date of the meetings.

    Dated: October 2, 2003.
Margaret Wyatt,
Moab Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-29001 Filed 11-19-03; 8:45 am]
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