[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2563-2566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-849]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAZ91000.L14300000.ET0000.LXSIURAM0000, AZA 35138]


Public Land Order No. 7787; Withdrawal of Public and National 
Forest System Lands in the Grand Canyon Watershed; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 1,006,545 acres of public 
and National Forest System lands from location and entry under the 
Mining Law of 1872, 30 U.S.C. 22-54, subject to valid existing rights, 
for a period of 20 years in order to protect the Grand Canyon Watershed 
from adverse effects of locatable mineral exploration and development.

DATES: This Order is effective on January 21, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Horyza, Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85004, (602) 417-9446 or Liz M. Schuppert, U.S. Forest 
Service, Kaibab National Forest, 800 South 6th Street, Williams, 
Arizona 86046, (928) 635-8367. Persons who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) at 1-(800) 877-8339 to reach the Bureau of Land 
Management or U.S. Forest Service contact during normal business hours. 
The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 
or question with either of the above individuals. You will receive a 
reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public and National Forest System lands 
described in this order are within Coconino and Mohave Counties, 
Arizona. The lands will remain open to the mineral leasing laws, 
geothermal leasing laws, mineral material sales laws, and other public 
land laws. Non-Federal interests within the area described are not 
affected by this order. If the non-Federal interests within the 
boundaries of the area described in this order are subsequently 
acquired by the United States, the non-Federal interests will become 
subject to the withdrawal.

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 following described public 
and National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 22-54), but not from the 
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, mineral materials or other public 
land laws, in order to protect the Grand Canyon Watershed from adverse 
effects of locatable mineral exploration and development:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

South Parcel

T. 28 N., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 12.
T. 29 N., R. 1 E.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and, secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 24 and 25;
    Sec. 26, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 30 N., R. 1 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2:
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 31 N., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 17, lots 2, 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 18, 19, and 20;
    Sec. 21, lot 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/
4\;
    Secs. 27 to 35, inclusive.
T. 28 N., R. 2 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 7, excluding MS 1419;
    Secs. 8 to 13, inclusive.
T. 29 N., Rs. 2, 3, and 4 E.
T. 30 N., R. 2 E.,
    Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 13 to 36, inclusive.
T. 27 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 1.
T. 28 N., R. 3 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 18, inclusive;
    Secs. 23 to 25, inclusive;
    Sec. 36.
T. 30 N., R. 3 E.,
    Secs. 15 to 36, inclusive.
T. 27 N., R. 4 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive.
T. 28 N., Rs. 4 and 5 E.
T. 30 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 13, 24, 25, and 26;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 27 N., R. 5 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive.
T. 29 N., R. 5 E., partly unsurveyed.
T. 30 N., R. 5 E.,

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    Secs. 7 to 36, inclusive, unsurveyed.
T. 27 N., R. 6 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive.
T. 28 N., R. 6 E.,
    Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive;
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 13 to 36, inclusive.
T. 29 N., R. 6 E.,
    Secs. 3 to 9, inclusive;
    Secs. 15 and 16, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive;
    Sec. 22, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive.
T. 30 N., R. 6 E.,
    Secs. 7 to 9, inclusive;
    Secs. 15 to 22, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, W\1/2\;
    Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive, unsurveyed.
T. 31 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11, Secs. 13 to 16, inclusive;
    Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive;
    Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

North Parcel

T. 40 N., R. 1 E.,
    Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;
    Secs. 16 to 21, inclusive;
    Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive.
T. 41 N., R. 1 E.
T. 38 N., R. 1 W.,
    Secs. 2 to 4, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Sec. 5;
    Secs. 6 to 11, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness.
T. 39 N., R. 1 W.,
    Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 14 to 23, inclusive;
    Secs. 26 to 35, inclusive.
Tps. 40 and 41 N., R. 1 W.
T. 38 N., R. 2 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 8, inclusive, unsurveyed, excluding that part within 
the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 10 to 12, inclusive, unsurveyed, excluding that part 
within the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek 
Wilderness.
T. 39 N., Rs. 2 and 3 W.
T. 40 N., R. 2 W.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and 3;
    Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 37 N., R. 3 W.,
    Secs. 4 and 5, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 6 and 7, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 8, 9, 16, and 17, unsurveyed, excluding that part within 
the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 18 and 19, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 20 and 21, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 29, 30, and 31, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness.
T. 38 N., R. 3 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 10, inclusive;
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 15 to 22, inclusive;
    Secs. 23, 26, and 27, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 28 to 32, inclusive;
    Secs. 33 and 34, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness.
T. 40 N., R. 3 W.,
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 35 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 5, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 6 and 7, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 8, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Sec. 17, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 18 and 19, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 20, unsurveyed, excluding the part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve.
T. 36 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 1, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Sec. 2, excluding that part within the Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 11, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Kanab Creek 
Wilderness;
    Secs. 12 and 13, unsurveyed, excluding that part within Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Sec. 14, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Kanab Creek 
Wilderness;
    Secs. 15 to 22, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 23, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Kanab Creek 
Wilderness;
    Sec. 29, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Sec. 30, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 31;
    Sec. 32, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve.
T. 37 N., R. 4 W.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and 3, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 4;
    Secs. 5 to 8, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 9;
    Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 16 to 18;
    Secs. 19 to 22, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Secs. 25, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 26, 27, and 28, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Secs. 29, 30, and 31, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive, unsurveyed, excluding that part 
within the Kanab Creek Wilderness;
    Sec. 36, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve and Kanab Creek Wilderness.
Tps. 38 and 39 N., R. 4 W.,
T. 40 N., R. 4 W.,
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 35 N., R. 5 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 24, inclusive.
T. 36 N., Rs. 5 and 6 W.
Tps. 37 to 39 N., Rs. 5 to 7 W.
T. 40 N., R. 5 W.,
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 35 N., R. 6 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 24, inclusive.
T. 35 N. R. 7 W.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Secs. 3 to 6, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon-Parashant National Monument;
    Secs. 9 and 10, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon-
Parashant National Monument;
    Secs. 11 to 15, inclusive;
    Secs. 16, 21, 22, and 23, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon-Parashant National Monument;
    Sec. 24;
    Secs. 27 and 28, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon-
Parashant National Monument.
T. 36 N., R. 7 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 32, inclusive;
    Secs. 33 and 34, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon-
Parashant National Monument;
    Secs. 35 and 36.

East Parcel

T. 37 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 1, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 2 and 11 unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 12 and 13, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 14, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve.
T. 38 N., R. 3 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Sec. 3, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 4 and 9, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 10 and 11, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 12;
    Secs. 13 to 15, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 16 and 21, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 28 and 35, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Game Preserve;
    Sec. 36, unsurveyed.
T. 39 N., R. 3 E.,
    Sec. 4, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Game Preserve and the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 5 and 8, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 9 and 15, inclusive, excluding that part within the 
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument;

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    Sec. 16;
    Secs. 17 and 20, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Sec. 21;
    Secs. 22 and 27, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Sec. 28;
    Secs. 29 and 32, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 33 and 34;
    Sec. 35, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument.
T. 40 N., R. 3 E.,
    Secs. 3, 10, and 15, excluding that part within the Vermilion 
Cliffs National Monument;
    Sec. 21, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 22 and 27, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Secs. 28 and 33, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Game Preserve.
T. 36 N., R. 4 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Secs. 6 and 7, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 8 to 17, inclusive;
    Secs. 18 to 24, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Game Preserve.
T. 37 N., R. 4 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 18, inclusive;
    Sec. 19, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Game Preserve;
    Secs. 20 to 29, inclusive;
    Secs. 30 and 31, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve;
    Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive.
T. 38 N., R. 4 E.,
    Secs. 5 and 6, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Sec. 7;
    Secs. 8 to 13, inclusive, excluding that part within the 
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 14 to 36, inclusive.
T. 36 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 2, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park;
    Secs. 3 to 9, inclusive;
    Sec. 10, partly surveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 11 and 15, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Park;
    Sec. 16, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park;
    Sec. 17;
    Sec. 18, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park;
    Sec. 19, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park and the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve;
    Sec. 20, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Game Preserve and the Grand Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 21, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park.
T. 37 N., R. 5 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 12, inclusive;
    Sec. 13, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park;
    Secs. 14 to 24, inclusive;
    Sec. 25, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park;
    Secs. 26 to 34, inclusive;
    Sec. 35, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Sec. 36, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation.
T. 38 N., R. 5 E.,
    Secs. 13 and 14, 16 to 18, inclusive, excluding that part within 
the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 19 and 20;
    Secs. 21, 22, and 23, excluding that part within the Vermilion 
Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 24 to 36, inclusive.
T. 37 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 4, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Sec. 5, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Sec. 6;
    Sec. 7, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park;
    Sec. 8, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Sec. 9, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Sec. 17, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Sec. 18, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park;
    Sec. 19, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 20 and 30, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation.
T. 38 N., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 1, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Secs. 2 and 3, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park;
    Secs. 4, 5, 7, and 8, excluding that part within the Vermilion 
Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 9 and 10;
    Sec. 11, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 12 and 14, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Sec. 15, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 16 and 17;
    Sec. 18, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Sec. 19;
    Secs. 20 and 21, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within 
the Grand Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 22 and 27, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the 
Grand Canyon National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Secs. 28 and 29, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within 
the Grand Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 30 to 32, inclusive, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    Secs. 33, unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation.
T. 39 N., R. 6 E.,
    Secs. 13, 23, and 24, excluding that part within the Vermilion 
Cliffs National Monument;
    Sec. 25;
    Sec. 26, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Sec. 27, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument and the Grand Canyon National Park;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, excluding 
that part within the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 34 and 35, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon 
National Park;
    Sec. 36, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park.
T. 39 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 3, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Sec. 4, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within the Grand 
Canyon National Park, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, and Navajo 
Indian Reservation;
    Secs. 5, 7, and 8, excluding that part within the Vermilion 
Cliffs National Monument;
    Secs. 9 and 16, partly unsurveyed, excluding that part within 
the Grand Canyon National Park and Navajo Indian Reservation;
    Sec. 17, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park;
    Sec. 18, excluding that part within the Vermilion Cliffs 
National Monument;
    Sec. 19;
    Sec. 20, and Secs. 29 to 31, inclusive, partly unsurveyed, 
excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National Park and Navajo 
Indian Reservation.
T. 40 N., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 33, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park and Vermilion Cliffs National Monument;
    Sec. 34, excluding that part within the Grand Canyon National 
Park and Navajo Indian Reservation.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 1,006,545 acres of 
public and National Forest System lands in Coconino and Mohave 
Counties.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of the public land laws other than the Mining Law.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this

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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.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2310.3-3(b)(1).

    Dated: January 9, 2012.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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