[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 47665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19503]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTW0000000-LR14300000-ET0000; UTU-65685]


Public Land Order No. 7794; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6941; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by 
Public Land Order No. 6941 for an additional 20-year period. The 
extension is necessary to continue the protection of the unique 
geologic, recreational, and visual resources of the Bonneville Salt 
Flats, which would otherwise expire on August 5, 2012.

DATES: Effective Date: August 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shauna Derbyshire, Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office, P. O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145-0155, 801-539-4132, or Dave Watson, Bureau of Land Management, 
Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84119, 801-977-4368. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 to contact either of the above individuals. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose for which the withdrawal was 
first made requires this extension to continue protection of the 
Bonneville Salt Flats. The withdrawal extended by this order will 
expire on August 5, 2032, unless as a result of a review conducted 
prior to 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 further extended.

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:
    Public Land Order No. 6941 (57 FR 34685 (1992)), as corrected (76 
FR 81525 (2011)), which withdrew approximately 30,203.06 acres of 
public land from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general 
land laws, including the United States mining laws, but not from 
leasing, under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the Bonneville Salt 
Flats, is hereby extended for an additional 20-year period until August 
5, 2032. An additional 3,200.24 acres of non-Federal land described in 
PLO No. 6941 and located within the exterior boundary of the Bonneville 
Salt Flats, if acquired by the United States, would also be withdrawn 
by this order.

    Dated: July 26, 2012.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
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