[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53906-53907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21673]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-018-1430-01; CACA 52573]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management 
and Budget proposes to withdraw, on behalf of the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), approximately 6,737.42 acres of public lands from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws for a period of 
20 years to protect natural resources and recreation values associated 
with the congressionally designated Auburn Reservoir Site and 
Recreation Area. This notice temporarily segregates the land for up to 
2 years from mining while various studies and analyses are made to 
support a final decision on the withdrawal application.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before December 3, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the BLM, Mother Lode Field 
Office, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, California 95762.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jodi Lawson, Realty Specialist, BLM, 
Mother Lode Field Office, 916-941-3139. 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 the above 
individual. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive 
a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to 
provide long-term protection of lands associated with the 
congressionally designated Auburn Dam Reclamation project area while a 
decision on future development of the site is pending. The site is 
currently managed as a recreation area; therefore, a withdrawal will 
also preserve riparian areas, wildlife habitat, scenic quality, and 
public recreation opportunities. The lands will remain open to leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws. Any previously authorized grants or 
rights-of-way located on the lands described in this notice will not be 
affected by this notice. The lands are described as follows:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 12 N., R. 8 E.,
    Sec. 12, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, North Extension of the Wilhelm Lode Mineral Survey No. 
6091.
T. 12 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 10 and 11;
    Sec. 4, lots 12, 13, 14, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 19, 20, and 21;
    Sec. 18, lot 1.
T. 13 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 1, that portion of unpatented Mineral Survey No. 2653 lying in 
the NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, and 7, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 2 and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;

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    Sec. 22, N\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, Mineral Survey U-3;
    Sec. 25, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\W\1/
2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and Summit Hill Consolidated Quartz Mine;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, lots 4 and 5;
    Sec. 34, lot 4.
T. 13 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 2, lot 1, and lots 3 to 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 9, lots 8, 12, and 13, and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 1 and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\ of lot 5, S\1/2\ of lot 8, 
lots 11 and 13;
    Sec. 19, lot 24;
    Sec. 20, lots 1, 2, 3, and 8, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1, 5, and 6, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 14 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 5, Gitaway Quartz Mine, Blue Rock Quartz Mine, and S\1/
2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, lots 9 to 13, inclusive, and lots 15 to 22, inclusive, 
NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 5, 6, and 7, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, lots 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14, and 22, and NW\1/4\.
T. 14 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 6, 15, 27, 28, 42, and 45;
    Sec. 18, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, and lots 10 to 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 30, lots 4, 8, 9, 10, lots 15 to 18, inclusive, NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 15 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, unsurveyed S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
unsurveyed SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 6,737.42 acres, more or less, in El 
Dorado and Placer Counties.

    The BLM's petition has been approved by the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy, Management and Budget. Therefore, the petition constitutes a 
withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-
3(e)).
    The use of a right-of-way, interagency, or cooperative agreement 
would not adequately constrain non-discretionary uses that could 
irrevocably destroy the area's cultural resources, scenic, and 
recreational values of the Auburn Dam area. There are no suitable 
alternative sites for the requested withdrawal associated with the 
Auburn Dam Project area.
    Until December 3, 2012, all persons who wish to submit comments, 
suggestions, or to request a public meeting in connection with the 
proposed withdrawal may present their views in writing, by the date 
specified above to the Field Manager, BLM Mother Lode Field Office, 
5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, California 95762.
    Comments, including names and street addresses for respondents, 
will be available for public review at the BLM's Mother Lode Field 
Office, during regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. Before including your address, telephone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may be publicly available at any time. While 
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.
    Notice is hereby given that at least one public meeting will be 
held in connection with the proposed withdrawal. Upon determination of 
the time and place, a notice will be published in both the Federal 
Register and a local newspaper at least 30 days prior to the scheduled 
date of the meetings. All interested persons who desire additional 
public meetings for the purpose of being heard on the proposed 
withdrawal must submit a written request to the Field Manager, Mother 
Lode Field Office, BLM, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, 
California, no later than December 3, 2012.
    For a period until September 4, 2014, the lands will be segregated 
from location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not 
from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, unless the application is 
denied or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
    Licenses, permits, cooperative agreement, or discretionary land use 
authorizations of a temporary nature that will not significantly impact 
the values to be protected by the withdrawal may be allowed with the 
approval of the authorized officer of the BLM during the temporary 
segregative period.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.1-2.

Cynthia Staszak,
Associate Deputy State Director, Natural Resources, California State 
Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-21673 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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