[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17764]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-930-1992-01; N-59336]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to withdraw 
9,422.82 acres of public lands for an addition to the Ash Meadows 
National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada. This notice closes the 
lands for up to 2 years from settlement, sale, location, and entry 
under the general land laws, including the mining laws.

DATES: Comments and requests for meeting should be received on or 
before October 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Nevada 
State Director, BLM, 850 Harvard Way, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 
89520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, 702-785-6507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 24, 1996, a petition was approved 
allowing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to file an application to 
withdraw the following described public lands from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 17 S., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 9, lots 7 and 8;
    Sec. 10, lot 12;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 14;
    Sec. 21, lots 5 and 6;
    Sec. 22, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 17 S., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 31, lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 1;
    Sec. 6, lots 2 to 6, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 2, NE\1/4\ (excluding patent #27-70-009), and E\1/
2\NW\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate 9,422.82 acres in Nye County.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is for an addition to the 
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the Nevada State Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    Notice is hereby given that a public meeting in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal will be held at a later date. A notice of the time 
and place will be published in the Federal Register and a newspaper in 
the general vicinity of the lands to be withdrawn at least 30 days 
before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR Part 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated as specified 
above unless the application is denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date. The temporary uses which will be permitted 
during this segregative period are rights-of-way, leases, and permits.
    The temporary segregation of the lands in connection with a 
withdrawal application or proposal shall not affect administrative 
jurisdiction over the lands, and the segregation shall not have the 
effect of authorizing any use of the lands by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.

    Dated: July 1, 1996.
William K. Stowers,
Lands Team Lead.
[FR Doc. 96-17764 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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