[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31243]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of land management

[NM-030-1920-ET; NMNM 117830]


Public Land Order No. 7724; Withdrawal of Public Land for Customs 
and Border Protection; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 20 acres of public land from surface 
entry and mining for a period of 20 years and transfers administrative 
jurisdiction to the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border 
Protection for their Deming Station Forward Operating Base.

DATES: Effective Date: January 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Las Cruces District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 1800 
Marquess Street, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005, and to the U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, 441 
Duncan Highway, Lordsburg, New Mexico 88045.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Allen, Bureau of Land Management, 
at the above address or at (575) 525-4454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This withdrawal and transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction will allow for improved effectiveness of 
operations and protection of the Federal capital investment in the 
Deming Station Forward Operating Base.

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 
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 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)), and administrative jurisdiction is 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border 
Protection for the Deming Station Forward Operating Base:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 29 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 3, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
    The area described contains 20 acres in Luna County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of public 
land under lease, license, or permit or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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: December 17, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-31243 Filed 12-31-08; 8:45 am]
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