ZLC controller reported observing an aircraft at 10;000 feet in a MVA area designated 11;000 feet.

Attributes
ACN	1392986
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZLC.ARTCC
State Reference	UT
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 6
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I took the sector over and didn't notice an aircraft level at 10000 feet that indicated in the data block a climb to 17000 feet and there was a loss of separation with terrain. The previous controller released aircraft X to 10;000 feet. They removed the interim altitude of 10000 feet removed from the radar data block. Aircraft X checked on climbing to 10;000 feet. I plugged in for a position briefing. I took over the sector.aircraft X leveled at 10;000 feet while I was still 'nesting' after signing on to position. The MSAW alert went off and the aircraft requested a higher altitude. I asked him what altitude he would like and then I realized he wasn't climbing and issued a climb to 17;000 feet as the aircraft entered an 11000 foot minimum vectoring altitude. A low altitude alert was issued and pilot responded he had the terrain in sight. Don't remove interim altitude before issuing new altitude. Scan faster.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZLC Controller reported observing an aircraft at 10;000 feet in a MVA area designated 11;000 feet.

Narrative: I took the sector over and didn't notice an aircraft level at 10000 feet that indicated in the data block a climb to 17000 feet and there was a loss of separation with terrain. The previous controller released Aircraft X to 10;000 feet. They removed the interim altitude of 10000 feet removed from the radar data block. Aircraft X checked on climbing to 10;000 feet. I plugged in for a position briefing. I took over the sector.Aircraft X leveled at 10;000 feet while I was still 'nesting' after signing on to position. The MSAW alert went off and the aircraft requested a higher altitude. I asked him what altitude he would like and then I realized he wasn't climbing and issued a climb to 17;000 feet as the aircraft entered an 11000 foot Minimum Vectoring Altitude. A low altitude alert was issued and pilot responded he had the terrain in sight. Don't remove interim altitude before issuing new altitude. Scan faster.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.