[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 69351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22605]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 80808]


Public Land Order No. 7649; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Moab Mill Site Remediation Project; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 2,300 acres of public land 
from location and entry under the United States mining and mineral 
leasing laws, for a period of 5 years, and reserves the land for use by 
the Department of Energy to conduct site characterization studies to 
determine a suitable location for disposal of uranium mill site 
tailings in connection with the Moab Mill Site Remediation Project.
    Effective Date: November 15, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary von Koch, BLM Moab Field Office, 
82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532, 435-259-2128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land has been and remains open to 
geothermal leasing and mineral material disposal.

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 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the land described below is 
hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), and from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. and 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. (2000), 
and reserved for use by the Department of Energy to protect the Moab 
Mill Site Remediation Project.

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 19 E.,
    Secs. 22 and 23, the land lying South of the Bookcliffs;
    Sec. 24, lots 1, 2 and 3, the land in lot 4 lying North of the 
railroad right-of-way, the land in the W\1/2\ lying South of the 
Bookcliffs, and the land in the W\1/2\E\1/2\ lying North of the 
railroad right-of-way;
    Sec. 25, the land in the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying North of the 
railroad right-of-way;
    Sec. 26, the land in the N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ lying North 
of the railroad right-of way;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, the land in the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ 
and SE\1/4\ lying North of the railroad right-of-way.

    The area described contains approximately 2,300 acres in Grand 
County.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 5 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) (2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: October 28, 2005.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-22605 Filed 11-14-05; 8:45 am]
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