[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 60458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24415]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTB072000-L14300000-ET0000; MTM 98499]


Public Land Order No. 7803; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Limestone Hills Training Area; MT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 18,760.63 acres of public 
land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, 
including the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws, for a period of 5 years. This withdrawal will 
protect the Limestone Hills Training Area in Broadwater County near 
Townsend, Montana, pending the processing of an Engle Act legislative 
withdrawal application.

DATES: Effective Date: September 25, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Wyatt, Bureau of Land Management, 
Butte Field Office, 406-533-7619, [email protected] or Deborah Sorg, 
Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office at 406-896-5045, 
[email protected]. 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 either of the above individuals. You will receive a reply during 
normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Limestone Hills Training Area withdrawal 
will maintain the current surface uses, including a military training 
range for the Montana Army National Guard, pending the processing of an 
application for withdrawal of these lands for military purposes under 
the Engle Act.

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 
land is hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including location and entry under the United States 
mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, pending the processing of an Engle Act withdrawal 
application.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 6 N., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec.. 9 and 10;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec.. 14 and 15;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, lots 3 and 4, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\E\1/2\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 27, lots l to 9, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, lots l to 8, inclusive, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\.
T. 6 N., R. 2 E.,
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, and 3;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lots 2, 3, and 4, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 7 N., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\ except patented lands;
    Sec. 33, 34, and 35.

    The area described contains 18,760.63 acres in Broadwater 
County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of the 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 5 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, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines that 
the withdrawal shall be extended.

     Dated: September 25, 2012.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
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