[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47089-47090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19242]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCAC09000, 16100000.DQ; CACA 051408]


Public Land Order No. 7795; Withdrawal of Public Lands, Clear 
Creek Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 28,727 acres, more or less, of public 
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a 
period of 20 years, to minimize impacts to human health, safety, and 
the environment from hazardous emissions of airborne asbestos fibers 
within the Clear Creek Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern. In addition, approximately 3,889 acres of non-Federal lands 
located inside of the boundary of the withdrawal area, if acquired by 
or returned to the United States, will also be included in the 
withdrawal. The withdrawal will have no effect on the non-Federal lands 
until such time as title passes to the United States.

DATES: Effective Date: August 7, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Sloand, Realty Specialist, 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton 
Court, Hollister, California 95023, 831-630-5022 or via email at 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Services (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339 to contact the above individual. The FIRS is available 24 
hours per day, 7 days per week, to leave a message or question with the 
above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM ordered the temporary closure of the 
public lands in the Clear Creek

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Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern on May 1, 2008 (72 FR 
24087 (2008)), in response to a human health risk assessment by the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency that concluded ``public 
use activities could expose an individual to excess lifetime cancer 
risks.''

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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), to minimize impacts to human 
health, safety, and the environment from hazardous emissions of 
airborne asbestos fibers within the Clear Creek Serpentine Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern.

(a) Federal Lands

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 17 S., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 25, lots 5, 6, and lots 10 to 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 26, lots 15, 16, and 20;
    Sec. 34, lots 16, 18, and 19, and Mineral Survey No. 5253, not 
patented;
    Sec. 35, lots 13 to 24, inclusive, Mineral Survey No. 5062, 
portions of Mineral Survey Nos. 5251, 5252 and 5957;
    Sec. 36, lots 10 to 16, inclusive.
T. 18 S., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 to 9, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\.
T. 17 S., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 3, 4, and lots 6 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 32, lots 11 to 14, inclusive, and lot 16;
    Sec. 33, W\1/2\W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 17, inclusive, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 5, 6, and 7;
    Sec. 8, lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 9 and 10;
    Sec. 11, lots 2, 3, and 4, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lots 2 to 6, inclusive, lot 8, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 14 and 15;
    Sec. 17, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 14, inclusive, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, 
and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Sec. 25, lot 1, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, lots 8, 9, 11, and 14, 
W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lot 1 and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 18 S., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 16, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, lots 2, 3, and 4, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Secs. 20 and 21;
    Sec. 22, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 28 to 31, inclusive;
    Sec. 32, all excluding Mineral Survey Nos. 6696 and 6724, both 
patented;
    Sec. 33, all excluding that portion of Mineral Survey Nos. 6680, 
patented and contained therein;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\ excluding that portion of 
Mineral Survey No. 6680, patented and contained therein;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 19 S., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 4 and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, and 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lot 1 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 28,727 acres, more or less, in 
Fresno and San Benito Counties.

(b) Non-Federal Lands

    The following described non-Federal lands are located within the 
boundaries of the withdrawal. In the event that these non-Federal lands 
return to public ownership, they would be subject to the terms and 
conditions described above.

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 18 S., R. 11 E.,
    Sec. 2, portion of Mineral Survey No. 29, patented;
    Sec. 11, portion of Mineral Survey No. 29, patented, portion of 
Mineral Survey No. 504, patented;
    Sec. 12, portion of Mineral Survey No. 29, patented, portion of 
Mineral Survey No. 504, patented;
    Sec. 13, portion of Mineral Survey No. 1417, patented.
T. 18 S., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 4, Mineral Survey Nos. 1087, 1099, and 1185, patented;
    Sec. 7, portion of Mineral Survey No. 1417, patented;
    Sec. 8, lots 3, 6, and 10, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lot 7, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 16;
    Sec. 17, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
portion of Mineral Survey No. 1418, patented;
    Sec. 18, portion of Mineral Survey No. 1417, patented, portion 
of Mineral Survey No. 1418, patented;
    Sec. 19, portion of Mineral Survey No. 1417, patented, portion 
of Mineral Survey No. 1418, patented;
    Sec. 20, lot 1, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and portion of Mineral Survey 
No. 1418, patented;
    Sec. 22, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, lots 2, 7, 10, 12, and 13, and Mineral Survey No. 4976, 
patented;
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 18 S., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 32, Mineral Survey Nos. 6696 and 6724, both patented;
    Sec. 33, portion of Mineral Survey No. 6680, patented;
    Sec. 34, portion of Mineral Survey No. 6680, patented;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\S\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 3,889 acres, more or less, in 
Fresno and San Benito Counties.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. 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: August 1, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-19242 Filed 8-2-12; 4:15 pm]
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