[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31959]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-930-1430-01; N-62765]


Public Land Order No. 7419; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
United States Air Force; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 2,252 acres of public lands 
from surface entry and mining, for a period of 20 years, for the United 
States Air Force to provide safety buffers from potentially hazardous 
areas, protect populated areas, and to comply with Department of 
Defense Directive No. 6055.9 regarding ammunition and explosive safety 
standards. The lands are adjacent to the Live Ordnance Loading Areas at 
the Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada. The lands have been 
and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 775-861-6532.
    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 (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws 
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, for the United States Air Force to provide safety buffers 
from potentially hazardous areas, protect populated areas, and to 
comply with Department of Defense Directive No. 6055.9 regarding 
ammunition and explosive safety standards:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 19 S., R. 62 E.,
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\ south of Las Vegas Boulevard;
    Sec. 35, a portion of the S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and a portion of the 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 19 S., R. 63 E.,
    Sec. 27, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\.
T. 20 S., R. 62 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 9, 10, and lots 13 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, and lots 12 and 13;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/2\.
T. 20 S., R. 63 E.,
    Sec. 3, SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 2,252 acres in Clark 
County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. 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) (1994), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: November 17, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-31959 Filed 12-8-99; 8:45 am]
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