Management framework plans, etc.: California,

[Federal Register: February 4, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 23)]

[Notices]

[Page 5814-5815]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-018-1430-00; CACA 37328]

Notice of Proposed Amendment, Sierra Planning Area Management Framework Plan and Notice of Exchange Proposal, Amador County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, proposes to amend the 1988 Sierra Planning Area Management Framework Plan Amendment (MFPA) to allow for a boundary adjustment of the Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), located in Amador County, CA. The boundary adjustment is necessary to allow for exchange of public land currently within the ACEC in order to acquire adjacent private land of higher resource value to be added to the ACEC. The lands are described as follows.

Public Land to be Disposed of

T. 5 N., R.10 E.,

Sec. 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/ 4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

The area described contains 6.875 acres in Amador County.

Private Land to be Acquired

T. 5 N., R. 10 E.

Sec. 17, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/ 4\NE\1/4\. In addition, as easement will also be acquired in order to secure access to the remaining public lands.

The area described contains 7.5 acres in Amador County.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ACEC was established to protect unique soil profiles. Intensely weathered soils were formed during the Eocene epoch when the area had a tropical climate. This soil has been exposed due to natural erosion of overlying strata revealing a soil with properties of oxisols, a soil order of the tropics. Adjustment of the ACEC boundary would allow for the inclusion of 7.5 acres of land to be acquired that is currently adjacent to the existing boundary. This land to be acquired contains exceptional examples of Oxisol soils. In exchange, BLM would also adjust the ACEC boundary to exclude the above described public land which would allow for disposal of this parcel because it poseses inferior soil examples than the land to be acquired. The exchange will be with TNH/Glenmoor ltd., an adjacent landowner to the ACEC. Disposal of the public land will also allow access by TNH/ Glenmoor to their land in the same area. This exchange meets the objectives of the MFPA and the Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area Management Plan (1992), protecting the area and preserving its intrinsic scientific and educational importance.

The public land parcel would be transferred subject to a reservation to the United States for a right-of-way for ditches and canals. All necessary clearances will be completed prior to any conveyance of title by the United States.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information concerning this action is available for review at the office of the Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630.

DATES: On or before March 23, 1998, interested persons may submit comments to the Field Manager, Folsom Field Office at the above address.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Beck, Realty Specialist, at the above address or by phone at (916) 985-4474.

Dated: January 27, 1998. D.K. Swickard, Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98-2728Filed2-3-98; 8:45 am]

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