[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2010)]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-31209]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNV930000 L14300000.ET0000 241A; NVN-62752; MO 4500011865; 
10-08807; TAS: 14X1109]


Public Land Order No. 7755; Withdrawal of Public Lands and 
Reserved Federal Minerals for the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, 
Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 9,460.66 acres of public 
lands from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the general land 
laws, including the mining laws, and 5,570.02 acres of reserved Federal 
minerals from location under the mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights, for a period of 20 years to protect the habitat of 12 
endangered species. This order also transfers jurisdiction of the 
public lands within the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge boundary 
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

DATES: Effective Date: December 13, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Gratton, Bureau of Land 
Management, Nevada State Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV 89520, 775-
861-6532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public lands and the reserved Federal 
minerals described in this order are within the Ash Meadows National 
Wildlife Refuge boundary. Non-Federal lands within the Refuge boundary 
are not affected by this withdrawal. This action would protect Federal 
lands and minerals from surface disturbance, mining and other uses that 
could interfere with efforts to protect and implement recovery efforts 
for 12 Federally-listed threatened or endangered plant and animal 
species found only at Ash Meadows. The lands and Federal minerals would 
remain open to the mineral leasing and mineral material laws.

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, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands described in 
(a) below are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and 
entry under the general land laws, including the mining laws (30 U.S.C. 
Ch. 2), and jurisdiction is transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service for administration under the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee). The 
reserved Federal minerals underlying the lands described in (b) below 
are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the mining laws (30 
U.S.C. Ch. 2).

Mount Diablo Meridian

(a) Public Lands

T. 17 S., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 9, lots 7 and 8;
    Sec. 10, lot 12;
    Sec. 14, lot 11;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 14;
    Sec. 21, lots 5 and 6;
    Sec. 22, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 23, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 17 S., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 31, lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and W\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 5, lot 1;
    Sec. 6, lots 2 to 6, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 2, NE\1/4\ (excluding Patent 27-70-0091), 
and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 9,460.66 acres, more or less, in 
Nye County.

(b) Reserved Federal Minerals

T. 17 S., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 10, lots 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14;
    Sec. 16, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 50 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 3, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lot 3, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 17 S., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 31, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\.
    T. 18 S., R. 51 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 2, 3, 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 7, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, Patent 27-70-0091(within NE\1/4\).

    The areas described aggregate 5,570.02 acres, more or less, in 
Nye County.

    2. 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), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: November 24, 2010.
Wilma A. Lewis,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-31209 Filed 12-10-10; 8:45 am]
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