[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 239 (Thursday, December 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75467-75468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29323]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-5410-FR-B329; CACA 49299-01]


Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests--California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of filing of amended application and segregation of 
mineral interests.

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SUMMARY: An amendment to a previously filed application for conveyance 
of the Federally-owned mineral interests in the tract of land described 
in this notice has been received. The amendment is dated September 2, 
2008. The previous application, filed on August 31, 2007, was published 
in the Federal Register on Monday, December 17, 2007, at page 71430, in 
Volume 72, No. 241. The amendment describes Federally-owned mineral 
interests in the tracts of land described in this notice. Publication 
of this notice temporarily segregates the mineral interests in the land 
covered by the amendment from appropriation under the mining and 
mineral leasing laws while the application is being processed. This 
notice also will correct the name of the county in the previously 
issued notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz Easley, Bureau of Land Management, 
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 
95825, (916) 978-4673.
    Your comments are invited. Submit all comments in writing to Liz 
Easley at the address listed above. Comments, including names, street 
addresses, and other contact information of respondents, will be 
available for public review. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to request that the BLM consider 
withholding your name, street address, and other contact information, 
e.g. Internet address, FAX or phone number, from public review of 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. The BLM will 
honor requests for confidentiality on a case-by-case basis to the 
extent allowed by law. The BLM will make available for public 
inspection, in their entirety, all submissions from organizations and 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tract of land referred to in this notice 
consists of approximately 188.50 acres situated in Humboldt County, 
described as follows:

Humboldt Meridian, California

T. 1 S., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 1, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, excepting therefrom that portion thereof 
lying southerly of the center of Larabee Creek;
    Sec. 3, W\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Under certain conditions, section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of October 21, 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1719 (FLPMA) 
authorizes the sale and conveyance of the Federally-owned mineral 
interests in land when the non-mineral (or so called surface interest 
in land) is not Federally-owned. The objective is to allow 
consolidation of the surface and mineral interests when either one of 
the following conditions exist: (1) There are no known mineral values 
in the land; or (2) where continued Federal ownership of the mineral 
interests interferes with or precludes appropriate non-mineral 
development and such development is a more beneficial use of the land 
than mineral development.
    In accordance with section 209(b) of FLPMA, on September 15, 2008, 
the amended application was filed for the

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sale and conveyance of the Federally-owned mineral interests in the 
above-described tracts of land. Publication of this notice segregates, 
subject to valid existing rights, the Federally-owned mineral interests 
in the land referenced above in this notice from appropriation under 
the general mining and mineral leasing laws, while the application is 
being processed to determine if either one of the two specified 
conditions exists and, if so, to otherwise comply with the procedural 
requirements of 43 CFR Part 2720. The segregative effect shall 
terminate: (i) Upon issuance of a patent or other document of 
conveyance as to such mineral interests; (ii) upon final rejection of 
the application; or (iii) two years from the date of filing the 
application, whichever occurs first.
    The previously published Federal Register notice of Monday, 
December 17, 2007, at page 71430, in Volume 72, No. 241, states that 
the tracts of land described therein are situated in Nevada County. 
Nevada County is not correct. Humboldt County is the correct name of 
the county.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2720.1-1(b)).

    Dated: December 5, 2008.
Robert Doyel,
Chief, Lands Management.
[FR Doc. E8-29323 Filed 12-10-08; 8:45 am]
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