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Show LOCATION OF LANDS PETITIONED FOR DESIGNATION Petitioners: Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Sylvan Johnson, Leon Lippincott, Caroline Lippincott, Jet Mackelprang, Cynthia Myers, Susan Hittson and Larry Little State: Utah Counties: Kane and Garfield Township, Range, Section: The federal lands within Salt Lake Meridian, Utah T.40S, R.6W, S.L.M. T.40S, R.5W, S.L.M. T.40S, R.4-&W, S.L.M. T.40S, R.4W, S.L.M. T.39S, R.6W, S.L.M. T.39S, R.5W, S.L.M. T.39S, R.4-&W, S.L.M. T.39S, R.4W, S.L.M. T.38S, R.4W, S.L.M. T.38S, R.3W, S.L.M. T.37S, R.4W, S.L.M. T.37S, R.3W, S.L.M. T.37S, R.2W, S.L.M. T.36S, R.3W, S.L.M. T.36S, R.2W, S.L.M. Office of Surface Mining Reference Number: 79-5-001 The petition, filed under Section 522 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, seeks to have specified Federal lands in the area of Bryce Canyon National Park and the Dixie National Forest declared as unsuitable for mining. The petition was submitted to the Office of Surface Mining on November 28, 1979 and was found to be complete on December 27, 1979. A review of the area's suitability for mining has been u n ertaken by this office. In addition, the Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office and the Utah Regional Forester United States Forest Service as the surface managing agencies for the petitioned area will make recommendations on the petition. A public hearing is planned for late September 1980, notice of which will be given prior to the hearing. A decision on the petition will be made by November 28, 1980. This notice is issued at this time for the convenience of the public. The public file on the petition is available for public review during normal working hours at the Division of State and Federal Programs, Office of Surface Mining, Region V, second floor, Brooks Towers, 1020 15th Street, Denver, Colorado and at the Kanab Resource Area Headquarters, Bureau of Land Management, 320 North 1st East, Kanab, Utah. Copies of the petition are available to the public from the Office of Surface Mining, Region V. Relevant information and comments on the issues raised in the petition are solicited. |