[Federal Register: March 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 61)]
[Notices]
[Page 15157]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-921-07-5870-HN]
Call for Nominations of Lands or Interest in Lands for Potential
Purchase by the Federal Government in the State of Utah; Identification
of Procedures for Identifying and Prioritizing Acquisition of Lands or
Interest in Lands
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation
Act of 2000 (43 U.S.C. 2303) (FLTFA), this notice seeks the nomination
of property for possible acquisition by Federal agencies. The notice
also provides information on the procedures established for (1) the
identification of lands or interests in lands for which a landowner has
indicated a desire to sell the lands or interest therein to the United
States; and (2) the prioritization for acquisition of the in-holdings.
DATES: Nominations may be submitted at any time following the
publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be mailed to the agency listed below
having jurisdiction over the federally designated area where the
property is located. The nominations should be sent to the attention of
the FLTFA Program Coordinator.
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake
City, UT 84145-0155.
National Park Service, Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, NM
87504-0728.
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT
84401.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain Prairie Region, Division of
Realty, P.O. Box 25486, DFC, Lakewood, CO 80225-04868.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Wehking, FLTFA Program
Coordinator, BLM Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, UT 84101; Phone: 801-539-4114; E-mail: joy_wehking@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with FLTFA, the four Federal
agencies noted above are offering to the public an opportunity to
nominate lands in the State of Utah for possible Federal acquisition.
Under the provisions of FLTFA, only the following non-Federal lands are
eligible for nomination: (1) Inholdings within a federally designated
area; or (2) Lands or interests in lands adjacent to federally
designated areas that contain exceptional resources. The term
inholdings in lands means any right, title, or interest held by a non-
Federal entity, in a tract of land that lies within the boundary of a
federally designated area. A federally designated area is an area set
aside for special management on or before July 25, 2000, including
national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, national
monuments, national conservation areas, national riparian conservation
areas, national recreation areas, national scenic areas, areas of
critical environmental concern, national outstanding natural areas,
national natural landmarks, research natural areas, wilderness or
wilderness study areas, and units of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System
or National Trails System. The term exceptional resource refers to a
resource of scientific, natural, historic, cultural or recreational
value that has been documented by a Federal, state, or local government
authority, and for which there is a compelling need for conservation
and protection under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency in order to
maintain the resource for the benefit of the public. Nominations
meeting the above criteria may be submitted by any individual, group or
governmental body. If submitted by a party other than the landowner,
the nomination must be accompanied with a written confirmation from the
landowner of their desire to sell. Nominations will only be considered
eligible by the agencies if: (1) The nomination package is complete;
(2) a Federal land use plan calls for acquisition of the land or
interest in land being nominated; (3) the land does not contain a
hazardous substance or is not otherwise contaminated; (4) the land
would not be difficult or uneconomic to manage as Federal land; and (5)
acceptable title can be conveyed in accordance with Federal title
standards. The agencies will assess the nominations for public benefits
in accordance with a jointly prepared State level Interagency
Implementation Agreement for FLTFA and a National level Interagency
Memorandum of Understanding among the agencies and will rank the
nominations. The nomination and identification of an inholding does not
obligate the landowner to convey the property nor does it obligate the
United States to acquire the property. All Federal land acquisitions
must be at fair market value consistent with applicable provisions of
the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
Further information, including the required contents for a
nomination package, and details of the Statewide Interagency
Implementation Agreement, may be obtained by contacting Joy Wehking at
the address noted above.
Authority: Sec. 204, Pub. L. 106-248 (43 U.S.C. 2301).
Selma Sierra,
State Director, Utah.
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