[Federal Register: October 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 199)] [Notices] [Page 55402-55403] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr15oc98-100] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [MT-930-1820-00] Notice of Office Reorganization and Name Change for the BLM Montana/Dakotas Organization AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice provides information about the BLM Montana/Dakotas reorganization approved by the BLM Director on April 2, 1998, and the subsequent Montana/Dakotas State Director implementation and decision memorandum of May 20, 1998, that changes the 3-tier structure (State Office-District Office-Resource Area Office)to a 2-tier structure (State Office-Field Office). This change is operationally in effect now and will become ``officially'' in effect on October 11, 1998. None of the offices will be closed. However, office name and jurisdiction for some offices will change. The District Offices as Described Below are Removed From the Organizational Structure Butte District Office Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line between Flathead and Glacier Counties; thence southeasterly along the county line; thence southeasterly along the Flathead-Pondera County line; thence southerly along the Flathead-Lewis and Clark County line; thence southerly along the Powell-Lewis and Clark County line to a point at the southeast corner on Township 15 North, Range 9 West: thence easterly along the township line to the Cascade County line; thence south and east along the Lewis and Clark-Cascade County line; thence southeast along the Lewis and Clark-Meager County line; thence southeast along the Broadwater-Meager County line; thence easterly along the southern line of Meager County; thence south and east along the Park-Sweetgrass County line; thence east along the Park-Stillwater County line; thence south along the Park-Carbon County line to the Wyoming state line; thence west and south along the Wyoming state line to the Idaho state line; thence westerly and northerly along the Idaho state line to the Canadian border; thence east to the point of beginning. Lewistown District Office Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line between [[Page 55403]] Flathead and Glacier Counties; thence east along the Canadian border to the county line between Valley and Daniels Counties; thence southerly along the Valley-Daniels County line; to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation; thence westerly and southerly between Valley Count and Fort Peck Indian Reservation to the Missouri River; thence southwesterly along the Valley-McCone county line; thence southwesterly along the Valley-Garfield county line; thence southwesterly along the Phillips-Garfield county line; thence southerly along the Petroleum- Garfield county line; thence southerly along the Petroleum-Rosebud county line; thence westerly along the Petroleum-Musselshell county line; thence westerly along the Fergus-Musselshell county line; thence westerly along the Fergus-Golden Valley county line; thence westerly along the Fergus-Wheatland county line; thence westerly along the Judith Basin-Wheatland county line; thence southerly along the Meager- Wheatland county line to a point on the eastern boundary of the Butte District; thence west and northerly along the east boundary of the Butte District to the point of beginning. Miles City District Office Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line between Valley and Daniels county; thence east along the Canadian border to the Montana-North Dakota state line; thence south along the Montana-North Dakota border; thence south along the Montana-South Dakota border to the southeast corner of Montana; thence west along the Montana-Wyoming border to the Park-Carbon county line; thence west and north along the east boundary of the Butte District; thence north, west and northerly along the Lewistown District southern and eastern boundaries to the point of beginning. Dickinson District Office All of North and South Dakota. The Office Name Change and Area of Administration Are Listed Below 1. The Dillon Resource Area Office is now called the Dillon Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same. 2. The Garnet Resource Area Office is now called the Missoula Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same. 3. The Headwaters Resource Area Office is now called the Butte Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same. 4. The Great Falls Resource Area Office is now called the Great Falls Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same. 5. The Judith and Havre Resource Area Offices are combined and are called the Lewistown Field Office with the boundary (area) of jurisdiction the combination of the two former resource areas. 6. The Havre Resource Area Office is now called the Havre Field Station and is attached to and under the supervision of the Lewistown Field Office. 7. The Phillips and Valley Resource Area Offices are combined and are called the Malta Field Office with the boundary (area) of jurisdiction the combination of the two former resources areas. 8. The Valley Resource Area Office is now called the Glasgow Field Station and is attached to and under the supervision of the Malta Field Office. 9. The Big Dry and Powder River Resource Area Offices are combined and now are called the Miles City Field Office with the boundary (area) of jurisdiction the combined resources areas. 10. The Billings Resource Area Office is now called the Billings Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction remains the same. 11. The Dickinson District Office is now called the North Dakota Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction is the State of North Dakota. 12. The Belle Fourche Resource Area Office is now called the South Dakota Field Office and the boundary (area) of jurisdiction is the State of South Dakota. The management officer (Field Manager) of each field office is a ``line'' official and reports to the Montana/Dakotas State Director. A supervisor will be in each of the field stations and will report to a Field Manager. Business with BLM should be conducted at the above locations as was done in the past as the ``new'' field offices will, from a non-BLM (external customer) view, operate like the ``old'' district offices. This reorganization merely renames offices, adjusts some jurisdictional boundaries, as outlined above, and removes a layer of the organizational structure between the identified ``old'' Resource Areas which are now Field Offices or Field Stations and the Montana State Office. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Singer, Deputy State Director, Division of Support Services, 406-255-2742. Larry E. Hamilton, State Director. [FR Doc. 98-27699 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-DN-P