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Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Proposed Land Exchange With the Pueblo of Santo Domingo; Albuquerque Field Office, New Mexico

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 [Federal Register: November 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 231)]
[Notices]
[Page 71332-71333]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr30no00-76]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-010-1430-EU/1430-HN; NM 101521]


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for a Proposed Land Exchange With the Pueblo of Santo Domingo;
Albuquerque Field Office, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Albuquerque Field Office
has completed a DEIS. This document describes and analyzes three
alternatives for a land exchange. The exchange would involve public
land north of County Road 252 A (formerly State Road 22) and south of
the Santo Domingo Reservation, and private lands of equal value yet to
be identified, within high-priority acquisition areas (as identified in
the Rio Puerco and the Taos Resource Management Plans). The
alternatives are: (A) Proposed Action--exchange public lands with a
conservation easement, (B) Exchange

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public lands with no conservation easement, and (C) No Action.
    The following described public lands are being analyzed for
disposal through exchange to the Santo Domingo Pueblo by the United
States:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 5, 6, 7, and 13.
T. 14 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 9, lots 9, 10, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, lots 10 to 13, inclusive, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, lots 9, 10 and 11;
    sec. 13, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, lot 2, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
    Sec. 15;
    Sec. 22, lots 1, 5, and 6;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 24 and 25;
    Sec. 26, lots 1, 2, 6 to 9, inclusive, and lots 15, and 16,
NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1, 2, 5 to 8, inclusive, and lot 11.
T. 13 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 5 to 12, inclusive;
    Sec. 7, lots 5, 6, 7, and 11.
T. 14 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 17, lots 10 and 11;
    Sec. 18, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19;
    Sec. 20, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, N\1/2\N\1/2\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\
and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\W\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 7,376.34 acres.

    In this proposed exchange, the United States would acquire lands of
equal value that are yet to be identified within or adjacent to BLM
Wilderness Study Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern,
Special Management Areas and/or other BLM high-priority acquisition
areas.

DATES: Written comments must be postmarked no later than January 15,
2001. A public open house to discuss the alternatives will be held in
the main conference room at the BLM Albuquerque Field Office, 435
Montano Rd. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on
Monday, December 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Albuquerque Field
Manager, BLM Albuquerque Field Office, 435 Montano Rd. NE, Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87107-4935.
    Copies of the DEIS are available for review at the Albuquerque
Field Office and at the following address on the Internet:
www.nm.blm.gov. Additional copies are available at the following BLM
New Mexico offices: State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe; and Taos
Field Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debby Lucero, BLM Albuquerque Field
Office at the above address, or telephone (505) 761-8787, fax (505)
761-8911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following issues are addressed in the
environmental analysis: (1) Ecological Sites/Vegetation, (2)
Threatened, Endangered and Other Special Status Species, (3) Water
Resources, (4) Wildlife, (5) Geology/Paleontology, (6) Minerals, (7)
Land Uses, (8) Wilderness, (9) Recreation, (10) Visual Resources, (11)
Air Quality and Noise, (12) Hazardous Materials, (13) Cultural
Resources, (14) American Indian Uses, (15) Rangeland Management, and
(16) Socioeconomic Conditions.
    All public lands managed by the Albuquerque Field Office are
identified in a lower class retention zone, so they may be disposed of
only for lands in a higher class retention zone. The lands to be
acquired by the BLM through this exchange are in high class retention
areas, supporting their acquisition through exchange of lower class
retention lands to the Pueblo.

Edwin J. Singleton,
Albuquerque Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-30117 Filed 11-29-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-AG-M

 
 

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