[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3917-3919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1416]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCAD08000.L14300000.ET0000; CACA 50194]


Notice of Partial Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawal; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy) has requested partial 
cancellation of its application of August 13, 2008, which requested the 
Secretary of the Interior to process a proposed legislative withdrawal 
and reservation of public lands and public mineral estate for its use. 
These lands were to be withdrawn on behalf of the proposed expansion of 
the U. S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms. 
The Navy has requested that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) remove 
approximately 33,488 acres of public lands from its application. The 
initial application was for the transfer of jurisdiction and the 
withdrawal of approximately 365,906 acres of public land and 
approximately 507 acres of Federal subsurface mineral estate from all 
forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including surface 
entry, mining, mineral leasing, and the Materials Act of 1947. This 
notice terminates the temporary two-year segregation from settlement, 
sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, including the 
mining laws, and the operation of the mineral leasing laws and the 
Materials Act of 1947 of the public lands and mineral estate described 
below. In addition, the initial application provisionally identified 
the surface estate of 507 acres of federally-owned mineral estate and 
the surface and mineral estates of approximately 72,186 acres of non-
federally owned property in the proposed withdrawal area. If these 
acres were ever acquired by or returned to the United States by any 
means, they were also to be included in the proposed withdrawal and 
subject to the temporary segregation authorized by the initial notice. 
The Navy has requested that the BLM remove surface and mineral estates 
of approximately 28,871 acres of the non-federally owned property.

DATES: Effective Date: January 25, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxie Trost, Field Manager, BLM 
Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, California 92311, 
(760) 252-6000; or Joseph Ross, Range Expansion Program Manager, USMC 
MAGTFTC, MCAGCC, Bldg. 1554, Box

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788106, Twentynine Palms, California 92278-8106, (760) 830-7683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Legislative Withdrawal 
and Opportunity for Public Meeting was published in the Federal 
Register on September 15, 2008 (73 FR 53269) in response to the initial 
application from the Navy. Based on a review of the lands proposed for 
withdrawal, the Navy has requested that the following described lands 
and interest in lands be removed from its application:
    1. Federally-owned surface and mineral estate:

San Bernardino Meridian

Western Expansion Area.

T. 4 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 to 90, inclusive.
T. 6 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 1, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\.
T. 4 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 11;
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\.
T. 3 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 1.
T. 4 N., R. 4 E.,
    Secs. 34 to 35, inclusive.
T. 3 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 9, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\ NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Southern Expansion Area.

T. 2 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.


Eastern Expansion Area.

T. 5 N., R. 11 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2, secs. 11 to 14, inclusive, and secs. 23 to 26, 
inclusive.
T. 6 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 35, that portion lying south of the Historic Route 66 
Corridor.
T. 5 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 2, that portion lying south of the Historic Route 66 
Corridor;
    Secs. 3 to 4, those portions lying south of the Historic Route 
66 Corridor except for the lands conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company by 
patent number 1000677, inclusive;
    Sec. 5, lots 3 and 4, lots 15 to 22, inclusive, and lots 31 to 
38, inclusive;
    Sec. 6, that portion lying south of the Historic Route 66 
Corridor;
    Sec. 7;
    Sec. 8, all except for the land conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company 
by patent number 1000678;
    Sec. 9;
    Secs. 10 and 11, all except the lands conveyed to U. S. Gypsum 
Company by patent number 1000677, inclusive;
    Secs. 12 to 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, all except the lands conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company 
by patent number 1000678;
    Sec. 18.
T. 5 N., R. 13 E.,
    Secs. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 18.
T. 3 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 23, that portion lying east of the Sheephole Valley 
Wilderness Area;
    Sec. 24;
    Secs. 25 and 26, those portions lying east of the Sheephole 
Valley Wilderness Area;
    Sec. 36, that portion of NW\1/4\ lying east of the Sheephole 
Valley Wilderness Area.
T. 5 N., R. 14 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive, secs 6, 7 and 10;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
    Secs. 12, 14 and 15.
T. 2 N., R. 15 E.,
    Secs. 4 and 5;
    Secs. 6 to 8, those portions lying northeasterly of the 
Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area, inclusive.
T. 3 N., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 15, that portion lying west of the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness 
Area;
    Secs. 18, 19 and 20;
    Sec. 22, that portion lying west of the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness 
Area;
    Secs. 25 to 28, inclusive, secs. 30, 31 and 32;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 15 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and secs. 6 and 7;
    Sec. 9, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 29, that portion lying westerly of the Old Woman Mountains 
Wilderness Area.

Northern Expansion Area.

T. 6 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 12.
T. 7 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 24.

    The areas described aggregate 33,488 acres, more or less, in San 
Bernardino County.
    2. Non-federally-owned surface and mineral estate:
(a). Privately-owned surface and mineral estate:

San Bernardino Meridian

Western Expansion Area.

T. 4 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\N\1/2\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\.
T. 4 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 18, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 3 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 9, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/
2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Southern Expansion Area.

T. 2 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\S\1/2\, E\1/
2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 2 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 36.

Eastern Expansion Area.

T. 6 N., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 36, that portion lying south of the Historic Route 66 
corridor.
T. 3 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 36, that portion lying west of the boundary of the 
Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area.
T. 5 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Secs. 3, 4, 10, and 11, all the lands conveyed to U.S. Gypsum 
Company by patent number 1000677, containing 480 acres, inclusive;
    Sec. 5, lot 1 of NE\1/4\, W\1/2\ of lot 1 of NW\1/4\, W\1/2\ of 
lot 2 of NE\1/4\, W\1/2\ of lot 2 of NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 8 and 17, all the lands conveyed to U.S. Gypsum Company by 
patent number 1000678, inclusive.
T. 5 N., R. 13 E.,
    Secs. 1, 5, 9, 13, 16 and 17.
T. 4 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 36, that portion lying east of the Sheephole Valley 
Wilderness Area.
T. 5 N., R. 14 E.,
    Secs. 5, 8, and 9;
    Sec. 11, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 13, 16, 17 and 18.
T. 3 N., R. 15 E.,
    Secs. 17, 21, 29, and 33;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\.
T. 5 N., R. 15 E.,
    Secs. 5 and 8;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 17 and 18.
T. 5 N., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 29, that portion lying southwesterly of the Old Woman 
Mountains Wilderness Area.

Northern Expansion Area.

T. 6 N., R. 7 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 13.

    The areas described aggregate 24,837 acres, more or less, in San 
Bernardino County.
(b). State-of-California-owned surface and

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mineral estate:

San Bernardino Meridian

Western Expansion Area.

T. 4 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 14, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\.

Eastern Expansion Area.

T. 3 N., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 16, that portion lying southwesterly of the Cadiz Dunes 
Wilderness Area.
T. 5 N., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 16.

Northern Expansion Area.

T. 7 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 36.

    The areas described aggregate 4,034 acres, more or less, in San 
Bernardino County.

    At 10 a.m. on February 24, 2010, the lands described above in ``1. 
Federally-owned surface and mineral estate'' will be opened to all 
forms of appropriation under the public land laws generally, subject to 
valid existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law. All 
valid applications received at or prior to 10 a.m. on February 24, 
2010, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those 
received thereafter shall be considered in the order of filing.
    At 10 a.m. on February 24, 2010, the lands described above in ``1. 
Federally-owned surface and mineral estate'' of this order will be 
opened to location and entry under the United States mining laws--
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law. Appropriation of land described in this order under the 
general mining laws prior to the date and time of restoration is 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (2006), shall vest no rights 
against the United States. Acts required to establish a location and to 
initiate a right of possession are governed by state law where not in 
conflict with Federal law. The BLM will not intervene in disputes 
between rival locators over possessory rights since Congress has 
provided for such determinations in local courts.
    At 10 a.m. on February 24, 2010, the lands described above in ``1. 
Federally-owned surface and mineral estate'' of this order will be 
opened to the operation of the mineral leasing laws and the Materials 
Act of 1947--subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of 
existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the 
requirements of applicable law.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2310.1-4(a) and 43 CFR 2310.2-1(c).

Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources (CA-930), Bureau of Land 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-1416 Filed 1-22-10; 8:45 am]
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