[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76854-76858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24579]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-040-1920-ET-4662; NVN-77880; 6-08807]


Public Land Order No. 7653; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Department of Energy To Protect the Caliente Rail Corridor; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 308,600 acres of public 
lands within the Caliente Rail Corridor, Nevada, from surface entry and 
the location of new mining claims, subject to valid existing rights, 
for a period of 10 years to allow the Department of Energy to evaluate 
the lands for the potential construction, operation, and maintenance of 
a rail line which would be used to transport spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level radioactive waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository 
as part of the Department of Energy's responsibility under the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.

DATES: Effective Date: December 28, 2005.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The evaluation of the Caliente Rail Corridor 
will assist the Department of Energy to determine through the 
preparation of the Caliente Corridor rail alignment environmental 
impact statement, conducted pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., whether to 
construct the rail line in that location. Construction of a rail line 
within the Caliente Rail Corridor would require that the Department of 
Energy apply for and receive a right-of-way grant from the Bureau of 
Land Management in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C. Subchapter V.

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 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lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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 (2000)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, for a period of 10 years, to allow the Department of 
Energy to evaluate lands within the Caliente Rail Corridor for the 
potential construction, operation, and maintenance of a rail line which 
would be used to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository as part of 
the Department of Energy's responsibility under the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.
    A corridor 1-mile in width that contains a portion of, or is wholly 
encompassed within the following sections and/or quarter sections and 
government lots:

T. 1 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 25 and 26;
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
T. 1 S., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 2 and 3;
    Sec. 4, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 10 and 11;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15;
    Sec. 16, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\;
    Secs. 28 and 33;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\.
T. 2 S., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 4 and 9;
    Sec. 10, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 16 (except patented land);
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\ (except patented land);
    Sec. 21 (except patented land);
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\ (except patented land);
    Sec. 27, SW\1/4\ (except patented land);
    Sec. 28 (except patented land);

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    Sec. 29, E\1/2\ (except patented land);
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\ (except patented land);
    Secs. 33 and 34 (except patented land);
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\ (except patented land);
    Sec. 36, SW\1/4\.
T. 3 S., R. 43 E.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and 3 (except patented land);
    Sec. 4, NE\1/4\ (except patented land);
    Sec. 10 (except patented land);
    Secs. 11 and 12;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 14;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 4 S., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3; lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 10 and 11;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\;
    Secs. 14, 15, and 22;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\.
T. 5 S., R. 43 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 3, NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 15, and 16;
    Sec. 17 (except patented land);
    Secs. 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34, and 35.
T. 6 S., R. 43 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1, 2, 3, Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive, and Sec. 23;
    Secs. 24 and 25 (except patented land);
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 7 S., R. 43 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 3, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive, Secs. 24 and 25.
T. 1 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 2, 3, and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\;
    Secs. 20, 21, and 22;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 25 and 26;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SW\1/4\.
T. 7 S., R. 44 E., Partially Surveyed
    Secs. 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, and 20;
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, SE\1/4\ (reserved minerals only);
    Secs. 30 and 31.
T. 8 S., R. 44 E., Partially Surveyed
    Sec. 2, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\ (reserved minerals only);
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\ (reserved minerals only);
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 13 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, and Sec. 36.
T. 1 N., R. 45 E.,
    Sec. 19, lot 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 27 to 30, inclusive;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 8 S., R. 45 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 19 and Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive.
T. 9 S., R. 45 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive, Secs. 8 to 14, inclusive, and Sec. 24.
T. 1 N., R. 46 E.,
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lot 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 9 S., R. 46 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 7 and Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive, and Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.
T. 10 S., R. 46 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1, 2, 12, and 13.
T. 1 N., R. 47 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 10 and 11;
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15;
    Sec. 16, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 29 and 30;
    Sec. 31, lots 1, 2 and 3, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32 NW\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 47 E.,
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 10 S., R. 47 E., Partially Surveyed
    Sec. 6, SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 7 and 8;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW \1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 16, 17, and 18;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\ and SE\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 27; E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34;
    Sec. 35, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R. 47 E.,
    Sec. 1, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 48 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3;
    Sec. 4, lot 1, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 9;
    Sec. 10, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 17;
    Sec. 18, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 48 E.,
    Sec. 13, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 27, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 34 and 35;
    Sec. 36, NW\1/4\.
T. 11 S., R. 48 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 7, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 8 to 11, inclusive, Secs. 14 to 22, inclusive, and Secs. 
27 to 34, inclusive.
T. 12 S., R. 48 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 10 and 11;
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 14, 15, and Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 13 S., R. 48 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and Secs. 22 to 26, inclusive;
    Sec. 36, NE\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 49 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 3 and 4;
    Sec. 5, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 8 and 9;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 N., R. 49 E.,
    Sec. 24, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 34 and 35;
    Sec. 36, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 49 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 31.
T. 13 S., R. 49 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 13, 14,
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, and
    Secs. 29 to 36, inclusive.
T. 14 S., R. 49 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive,
    Secs. 8 to 11, inclusive,
    Secs. 15 and 16.
T. 4 N., R. 49\1/2\ E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36.

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T. 1 N., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\ (excluding Kawich Wilderness Study Area).
T. 2 N., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 12 and 13;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 24 and 25;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 50 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 14;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 3\1/2\ N., R. 50 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 33 and 34.
T. 4 N., R. 50 E., Partially Surveyed
    Secs. 30 and 31;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\.
T. 13 S., R. 50 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 30 and 31.
T. 1 N., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 6 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    Sec. 7 (excluding Kawich and South Reveille Wilderness Study 
Areas);
    Sec. 17 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    Sec. 18 (excluding Kawich and South Reveille Wilderness Study 
Areas);
    Sec. 19 NE\1/4\ (excluding Kawich Wilderness Study Area);
    Sec. 20 and 28 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area).
T. 2 N., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area).
T. 1 S., R. 51 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 2, (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    Sec. 3;
    Secs. 11, 12, and 13 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study 
Area);
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 24; Sec. 25, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\.
T. 1 S., R. 51\1/2\ E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 19, 29, and 30 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study 
Area);
    Sec. 31;
    Sec. 32 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area).
T. 2 S., R. 51\1/2\ E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 4 and 5 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    Secs. 6, 7, and 8;
    Sec. 9, (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    secs, 16 and 17;
    Sec. 18, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21.
T. 2 S., R. 52 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 7 and 11 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);
    Secs 12 and 13;
    Secs. 14 to 18, inclusive (excluding South Reveille Wilderness 
Study Area);
    Secs. 19, 20, and 21;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\.
T. 1 S., R. 53 E.,
    Sec. 25;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 2 S., R. 53 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3, lot 1, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 7, lot 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 9 and 10;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 17 and 18.
T. 1 S., R. 54 E.,
    Sec. 1, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 11 and 12;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 14 and 15;
    Sec. 16, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 21 and 22;
    Sec. 23, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 29 and 30;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\.
T. 1 N., R. 55 E.,
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Sec. 25, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 27 and 28;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 31 and 32;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\.
T. 1 S., R. 55 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 4 and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6;
    Sec. 7, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 1 N., R. 56 E., Partially Surveyed
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 10 and 11;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 15, 16, and 17;
    Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, 3, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\.
T. 2 N., R. 56 E., Partially Surveyed
    Sec. 36.
T. 1 N., R. 57 E., Partially Surveyed
    Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6.
T. 2 N., R. 57 E.,
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive;
    Sec. 29, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive;
    Sec. 36, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\.
T. 2 N., R. 58 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 3 and 4;
    Sec. 5, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 7, lot 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\;
    Sec. 8;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 27 to 30, inclusive;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\.
T. 3 N., R. 58 E.,
    Sec. 24, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 34 and 35;
    Sec. 36, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 59 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 2, 3, and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 4;
    Sec. 8, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9;
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 17, 18, and 19;
    Sec. 20, NW\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 59 E.,
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 30;
    Sec. 33, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
T. 2 N., R. 60 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 1.
T. 3 N., R. 60 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 5 to 8, inclusive, Secs. 18 to 22, inclusive, Secs. 25 to 
31, inclusive, Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
T. 4 N., R. 60 E.,
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 22, 23, and 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 28 and 29;
    Sec. 30, SE\1/4\;

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    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32;
    Sec. 33, NW\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 61 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 6.
T. 3 N., R. 61 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 2, 3, 4, and Secs. 9 to 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Sec. 25 (excluding Weepah Spring Wilderness Area);
    Secs. 26 to 33, inclusive.
    Secs. 34, 35, and 36 (excluding Weepah Spring Wilderness Area).
T. 4 N., R. 61 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 2, 3, and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 29 and 30;
    Sec. 31, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 32 and 33;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\.
T. 1 N., R. 62 E., Unsurveyed
    Sec. 1, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 13.
T. 2 N., R. 62 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 5, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 10 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 24 and 25;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\.
T. 3 N., R. 62 E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 2, 3, and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 29 and 30;
    Sec. 31 (excluding Weepah Spring Wilderness Area);
    Secs. 32, 33, and 34, inclusive;
    Sec. 35, SW\1/4\.
T 1 N., R. 63 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 6, 7, 8, Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive, and Secs. 26 to 30, 
inclusive;
    Secs. 32 and 35, inclusive.
T. 1 S., R. 63 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13.
T. 2 N., R. 63 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 18, 19, 30, and 31.
T. 1 S., R. 64 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 2, 3, and 4, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 17 and 18;
    Sec. 19, NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 20 to 23, inclusive;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\.
T. 1 S., R. 65 E.,
    Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 28, 29, and 30;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\.
T. 2 S., R. 65 E.,
    Sec. 1, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, and 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 11, 12, and 13;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 66 E., Unsurveyed
    Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive, Secs. 7 to 14, inclusive, Secs. 16, 17, 
18, 20, and 24;
    Secs. 16 to 18, inclusive.
T. 2 S., R. 67 E.,
    Sec. 7, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 16 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25 NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 3 S., R. 67 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Secs. 12 and 13;
    Sec. 16, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 24 and 25;
    Sec. 28, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 2 and 3, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 4 S., R. 67 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 4, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lot 1, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lot 5;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 68 E.,
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 25 to 29, inclusive;
    Sec. 30, E\1/2\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 3 S., R. 68 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., R. 68 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 5, 6, and 7, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 2, 3, and 4, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lot 1, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 69 E.,
    Sec. 30, lots 3 and 4, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\.
T. 3 S., R. 69 E.,
    Sec. 3, lot 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 4 to 7, inclusive;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10;
    Sec. 11, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 14 and 15;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\.
T. 3 S., R. 70 E.,
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 13 to 17, inclusive;
    Sec. 18; lots 8 to 12, inclusive, and E\1/2\;
    Sec. 19; sec. 20, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\.

    2. This order does not authorize the construction, operation, or 
maintenance of a rail line to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste to the Yucca Mountain Repository.
    3. All public lands included in this withdrawal will be managed in 
accordance with applicable Bureau of Land Management land use plans, 
laws, regulations, and policy. The actions of the Department of Energy 
in evaluation of the lands covered by this withdrawal will meet the 
Bureau of Land Management's definition of ``casual use'' as set forth 
at 43 CFR 2801.5. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 10 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.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(a); 43 CFR 2310.3-3(b)(1))


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    Dated: December 21, 2005.
Mark Limbaugh,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 05-24579 Filed 12-27-05; 8:45 am]
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