[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31308-31309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15472]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO350000.L14300000]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 
approximately 676,048 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining 
laws, on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to protect and 
preserve solar energy study areas for future solar energy development. 
This notice segregates the lands for up to 2 years from surface entry 
and mining while various studies and analyses are made to support a 
final decision on the withdrawal application. The lands will remain 
open to the mineral leasing laws.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
September 28, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the BLM 
Director, 1849 C Street NW. (WO350), Washington, DC, 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Resseguie, BLM, 202-452-7774, or 
one of the following BLM State Offices.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the Bureau of Land 
Management at the address above and its petition requests the Secretary 
of the Interior to withdraw, subject to valid existing rights, 
approximately 676,048 acres of public lands located in the States of 
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah from

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settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, 
including the mining laws, but not the mineral leasing laws. The lands 
are identified in the maps referenced in the Notice of Availability of 
Maps and Additional Public Scoping for Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement to Develop and Implement Agency-Specific Programs for 
Solar Energy Development; Bureau of Land Management Approach for 
Processing Existing and Future Solar Applications to be published in 
the Federal Register. Copies of the maps are available online at http://solareis.anl.gov and are also available from the BLM offices listed 
below:

Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 
85004.
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623, Sacramento, CA 
95825.
Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215.
Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, NV 89520.
New Mexico State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 
84101.

    The lands depicted on the maps described above are located within 
the following townships:

Arizona

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 9 N., R. 9 W.
T. 5 N., R. 15 W.
Tps. 4 and 5 N., R. 16 W.
Tps. 2 S., Rs. 6 and 7 W.

California

San Bernardino Meridian

Tps. 8 and 9 N., R. 4 E.
Tps. 7, 8, and 9 N., R. 5 E.
Tps. 8 and 9 N., R. 6 E.
Tps. 1 and 2 N., Rs. 17, 18, 19, and 20 E.
T. 4 S., R. 14 E.
Tps. 3, 4, and 5 S., Rs. 15 and 16 E.
Tps. 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, and 17 S., R. 17 E.
Tps. 1, 6, 16, and 17 S., R. 18 E.
Tps. 1 and 6 S., R. 19 E.
Tps. 4, 5, 6, and 7 S., R. 20 E.
Tps. 4, 5, 7, and 8 S., R. 21 E.
Tps. 4, 5, 6, and 7 S., R. 22 E.
T. 5 S., R. 23 E.

Colorado

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Tps. 34, 35, and 45 N., R. 8 E.
Tps. 32 and 45 N., R. 9 E.
T. 32 N., R. 10 E.
Tps. 37 and 38 N., R. 12 E.
T. 38 N., R. 13 E.

New Mexico

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Tps. 23, 24, and 25 S., R. 1 W.
Tps. 22, 23, 24, and 25 S., R. 2 W.
Tps. 22, 23, and 24 S., R. 3 W.
Tps. 23 and 24 S, R. 4 W.
Tps. 24 and 25 S., R. 1 E.
Tps. 17, 18, and 19 S., Rs. 8 and 9 E.

Nevada

Mount Diablo Meridian

Tps. 3 and 4 N., Rs. 39 and 40 E.
Tps. 1, 2, and 3 N., R. 64 E.
Tps. 1 and 2 N., R. 65 E.
T. 6 S., R. 41 E.
Tps. 13 and 14 S., R. 47 E.
T. 14 S., R. 48 E.
Tps. 5, 6, 7, 16, 17, and 18 S., R. 63 E.
Tps. 1, 16, 17, and 18 S., R. 64 E.
T. 1 S., R. 65 E.
Tps. 11 S., Rs. 69 and 70 E.

Utah

Salt Lake Meridian

Tps. 30 S., Rs. 10, 11, and 12 W.
Tps. 27, 33, and 34 S., R. 14 W.
Tps. 33 and 34 S., R. 15 W.

    The BLM's petition for withdrawal has been approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect and preserve 
solar energy study areas for future solar energy development for a 20-
year period.
    Records relating to the petition may be examined by contacting 
Linda Resseguie at the above address or by calling 202-452-7774.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the BLM Director at the address noted above.
    Comments including names and street addresses of respondents will 
be available for public review at the BLM Washington Office at the 
address noted above, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, 
phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information 
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so. Individual respondents may 
request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or address 
from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information 
Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. 
Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on 
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM 
Director no later than September 28, 2009. If the authorized officer 
determines that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the time and 
place will be published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper 
at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    Any application for a withdrawal will be processed in accordance 
with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.1-2.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands referenced in this notice will be 
segregated from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general 
land laws, including the mining laws, unless an application is denied 
or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
    Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land 
use authorizations of a temporary nature which would not impact the 
site may be allowed with the approval of an authorized officer of the 
BLM during the segregative period.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1.

Mike Pool,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E9-15472 Filed 6-29-09; 8:45 am]
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