[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53359-53360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20720]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-930-1920-ET-4138; NVN-50250]


Public Land Order No. 7534; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6802; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends Public Land Order No. 6802 until January 
31, 2010. This extension is necessary in order for the Department of 
Energy to maintain the physical integrity of the subsurface environment 
to ensure that scientific studies for site

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characterization at Yucca Mountain are not invalidated or otherwise 
adversely impacted.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, PO Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520-0006, 775-861-6532.

Order

    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. Public Land Order No. 6802 (55 FR 39152, September 25, 1990), 
which withdrew 4,255.50 acres of public land in order to maintain the 
physical integrity of the subsurface environment to ensure that 
scientific studies for site characterization by the Department of 
Energy at Yucca Mountain are not invalidated or otherwise adversely 
impacted, is hereby extended until January 31, 2010.
    2. Public Land Order No. 6802 will expire on January 31, 2010, 
unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to 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: July 31, 2002.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
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