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[FR Doc No: 94-19044]


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[Federal Register: August 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43-CFR Public Land Order 7070

[NV-930-4210-06; N-54955]

 

Withdrawal of Public Mineral Estate Within the Desert National 
Wildlife Range; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 769,543 acres of public mineral estate 
from location and entry under the mining laws to protect the Desert 
National Wildlife Range. The land has been and will remain open to 
mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 702-785-6507.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1988), it is hereby ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the public mineral estate in 
the following described lands, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of the Interior, is hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)) for protection of 
the Desert National Wildlife Range:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 15 S., R. 54 E., unsurveyed,
    Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive, excluding area covered by Executive 
Order No. 8578;
    Sec. 4, E\1/2\, excluding area covered by Executive Order No. 
8578;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 16, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.
T. 15 S., R. 55 E., unsurveyed.
T. 16 S., R. 57 E., partially surveyed,
    Sec. 7, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\.
T. 16 S., R. 58 E., unsurveyed,
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 15 S., R. 59 E., unsurveyed,
    Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 14 to 23, inclusive;
    Secs. 26 to 35, inclusive.
T. 16 S., R. 59 E., unsurveyed,
    Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 14 to 23, inclusive;
    Secs. 26 to 35, inclusive.
T. 17 S., R. 59 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 8 to 18, inclusive;
    Secs. 21 to 26, inclusive;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 28 and 33;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\S\1/2\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
Tps. 9, 10, 11, 12, 12\1/2\, 13, 14, 15, and 16 S., R. 60 E., 
unsurveyed.
T. 17 S., R. 60 E.
T. 18 S., R. 60 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 18, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 to 24, inclusive;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\.
Tps. 9, 10, 11, 12, 12\1/2\, 13, 14, 15, and 16 S., R. 61 E., 
unsurveyed.
Tps. 17 and 18 S., R. 61 E.
T. 9 S., R. 62 E.,
    Sec. 4, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 7, 8, and 9;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 16 to 21, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 10 S., R. 62 E.,
    Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 15 to 22, inclusive;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 26 to 35, inclusive;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\W\1/2\.
T. 11 S., R. 62 E., partially surveyed,
    Sec. 1, W\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Secs. 2 to 12, inclusive;
    Sec. 13, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Secs. 14 to 36, inclusive.
T. 12 S., R. 62 E., partially surveyed.
Tps. 12\1/2\, 13, 14, 15, and 16 S., R. 62 E., unsurveyed.
Tps. 17 and 18 S., R. 62 E.

    The areas described aggregate 769,543 acres in Clark and Lincoln 
Counties, Nevada.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
    Dated: July 18, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-19044 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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