[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 60367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20683]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-930-1430-ET; NVN-80465; 5-08807]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 3,009.11 
acres of public land in Humboldt County, Nevada, to protect the 
Winnemucca Municipal Watershed and the Water Canyon Recreation Area. To 
the extent specified below, this notice segregates from surface entry 
and mining for up to 2 years, the aforementioned land.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
January 17, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Nevada 
State Director, BLM, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520-0006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 
Office, 775-861-6532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) at the address stated above. The petition/application 
requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw, for a period of 20 
years and subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
public land from settlement, sale, location or entry under the general 
land laws, including mining laws, but not the mineral leasing laws:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 35 N., R. 38 E.,
    sec. 2, lot 7, S\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\;
    secs. 11 and 12;
    sec. 13, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
    sec. 14, N\1/2\.
T. 35 N., R. 39 E.,
    sec. 18;
    sec. 20, W\1/2\.

    The area described contains 3,009.11 acres in Humboldt County.

    The BLM petition/application has been approved by the Assistant 
Secretary, Land and Minerals Management. Therefore, it constitutes a 
withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-
3(e)).
    The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative 
agreement would not adequately constrain non-discretionary uses that 
could irrevocably affect adversely the integrity of the municipal 
watershed and recreation area.
    There are no suitable alternative sites, since the lands described 
contain the resources that need protection.
    No water rights will be needed to fulfill the purpose of the 
withdrawal.
    Possible mineral deposits present in the above described land areas 
include some locatable and salable minerals. No critical or strategic 
minerals, as defined by the Secretary of the Interior, are present in 
these areas.
    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is protection of the 
municipal watershed for the City of Winnemucca and a developed 
recreation area.
    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 BLM Nevada State Director.
    Comments including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 
East Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca, Nevada, during regular business 
hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or address from public review or from disclosure 
under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your comments. Such requests will be honored to the 
extent allowed by the law. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request no later than 
January 17, 2006. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a 
public meeting will be held, a notice of the time, place, and date will 
be published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper at least 30 
days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    This withdrawal proposal will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the land will be segregated as specified above 
unless the application is denied or cancelled or the withdrawal is 
approved prior to that date.
    Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land 
use authorizations of a temporary nature which will not significantly 
impact the values to be protected by the withdrawal may be allowed with 
the approval of the authorized officer of the BLM during the 
segregative period.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1(a)).

    Dated: October 4, 2005.
Margaret L. Jensen,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources, Lands, and Planning.
[FR Doc. 05-20683 Filed 10-14-05; 8:45 am]
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