[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 440-441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31247]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NMP010 L14300000.ET0000; NMNM 120333]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has filed 
an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting the 
Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 15 acres of National Forest 
System land from mining to protect the Red Cloud Campground on the 
Cibola National Forest. This notice segregates the land for up to 2 
years from location and entry under the United States mining laws. The 
land will remain open to all other

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uses which may, by law, be authorized on these National Forest System 
lands.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received no 
later than April 5, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Roswell 
Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 2909 W. Second Street, 
Roswell, New Mexico 88201, and to the Forest Supervisor, Cibola 
National Forest, 2113 Osuna Road, NE., Suite A., Albuquerque, New 
Mexico 87113, or Doug Williams, Cibola National Forest, at the above 
address, or at (505) 346-3869.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Williams, Cibola National Forest, 
at the above address, or at (505) 346-3869.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service has filed an application 
with the BLM, pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714, to withdraw the following 
described National Forest System land within the Cibola National Forest 
for a period of 20 years from location and entry under the United 
States' mining laws (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), subject to valid existing 
rights:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Cibola National Forest

T. 1 S., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 30, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\.

    The area described contains 15 acres in Lincoln County, New 
Mexico.

    The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to protect the unique 
recreational and historical interpretive integrity of the Red Cloud 
Campground, within the Cibola National Forest, and to protect a capital 
investment in the recreation area of approximately $750,000 in Federal 
funds.
    The use of a right-of-way, an interagency agreement, or a 
cooperative agreement would not adequately constrain nondiscretionary 
mining locations and related uses and, therefore, would not provide 
adequate protection of the Federal investment in the improvements 
located on the land.
    There are no suitable alternative sites which contain the unique 
cultural and associated natural ecosystem values. No additional water 
rights will be needed to fulfill the purpose of the requested 
withdrawal.
    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, by the date specified above, to both the BLM and the 
Forest Supervisor, Cibola National Forest, at the addresses stated 
above. Records relating to the application, as well as comments, 
including the names and street addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at both the BLM Roswell Field Office and 
Forest Supervisor's Office, Cibola National Forest at the above 
addresses during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. 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.
    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, by the date 
specified above, to the BLM Roswell Field Office Manager, at the 
address stated above, within 90 days from the date of publication of 
this notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a public 
meeting will be held, a notice of time and place will be published in 
the Federal Register and in at least one newspaper having a general 
circulation in the vicinity of the land involved at least 30 days 
before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.
    For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, the lands will be segregated from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.). The 
segregative effect of publication of this notice shall terminate upon 
denial or cancellation of the subject application, approval of the 
application, in whole or in part, or 2 years from publication of this 
notice, whichever occurs first. The temporary land uses, which may be 
permitted during this segregative period, include leases, licenses, 
permits, and disposal of mineral and vegetative resources other than 
under the mining laws.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1(b).


Charles Schmidt,
Roswell Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-31247 Filed 1-4-10; 8:45 am]
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