use designations: Colorado,

[Federal Register: November 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 213)]

[Notices]

[Page 60222-60223]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-13000-00-1150-PC]

Additional 32 Acres to the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of land-use designation.

SUMMARY: Public lands within the Unaweep Seep area, heretofore outside the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area, are designated as a Research Natural Area coincident with the earlier designation (48 FR 23716, May 26, 1983) under the authority of 43 CFR part 8223. The designated area contains 32 acres located in Mesa County, Colorado and described as: T.15 S., R.103 W., 6th P.M., Sec. 10 NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ (portion of), NE\1/ 4\NW\1/4\ (portion of). The total area of the Unaweep Seep Natural Area becomes 80 acres.

DATES: This action is effective November 5, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following a transfer of property to public

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ownership in 1997 along the boundary of The Palisade Wilderness Study Area, at a site on the southern edge of the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area, a 32 acre portion of this property meeting the criteria of the Research Natural Area becomes available for inclusion into this land management designation. This action is compatible with the Grand Junction Resource Area Resource Management Plan (1987). Including the area in the Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area accomplishes a 24 year objective in the Whitewater Management Framework Plan. The addition completes the enclosure of the entire natural feature known as the Unaweep Seep in a protective designation. It extends the conditions contained in 48 FR 23716 (5-26-83) to these additional acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Lambeth (970) 244-3013 or in writing to the Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Catherine Robertson, Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 99-28784Filed11-3-99; 8:45 am]

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