[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 62 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6598]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 85338]


Public Land Order No. 7697; Transfer of Public Land for the 
Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order permanently transfers 500 acres of public land to 
the Department of Energy in accordance with the terms of the Uranium 
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7916 (2000)), as 
amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 2008.

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

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
7916 (2000)), as amended, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby permanently transferred to the Department of Energy, and 
as a result of this transfer, except for oil and gas leasing, the land 
is no longer subject to the general land laws, including the United 
States mining laws, other mineral or geothermal leasing, and mineral 
material sales, for the Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings 
Repository:

T. 21 S., R. 19 E.
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\; NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\.

    The area described contains 500 acres in Grand County.

    2. The transfer of the above-described land to the Department of 
Energy vests in that Department full management, jurisdiction, 
authority, responsibility, and liability for such land and all 
activities conducted therein, except as provided in Paragraphs 3 and 4.
    3. The authority to administer any existing claims, rights, and 
interests in this land established before the effective date of the 
transfer is reserved to the Secretary of the Interior.
    4. Authority to administer any future oil and gas leasing is 
reserved to the Secretary of the Interior.

    Dated: March 20, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-6598 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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