[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] [[Page 69025]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)), but not from leasing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] BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P