[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74690-74694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30295]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO300000.L14300000.xx0000]


Notice of Amended Proposed Withdrawal; Partial Termination of 
Segregative Effect; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, 
and Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management 
and Budget has approved an amendment to a previously filed application 
to withdraw public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New 
Mexico, and Utah from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the 
public land laws, including the United States mining laws, on behalf of 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to protect and preserve Solar 
Energy Zones (SEZ) for future solar energy development. This Notice 
amends the prior proposal notice of which was published in the Federal 
Register on April 21, 2011 (76 FR 22414), to increase the proposed 
withdrawal term from 5 to 20 years, decrease the acreage proposed for 
withdrawal, and provide revised legal descriptions for the 17 remaining 
SEZs presented in the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (Programmatic 
EIS). This Notice also terminates the segregative effect as to lands no 
longer included in the application. The purpose of the proposed 
withdrawal has also changed so that the lands would now be protected 
for future solar energy development.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 18, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the BLM Director, 1849 C 
Street NW. (WO-350), Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray Brady, BLM, by telephone at 202-
912-7312, or by email at [email protected]; or one of the BLM state 
offices listed below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the BLM at the address 
above, and its amended application requests the Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior for Policy, Management and Budget to withdraw, subject to 
valid existing rights, approximately 303,900 acres of public lands 
located in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New 
Mexico, and Utah from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the 
public land laws, including the United States mining laws, but not the 
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or the mineral material laws. 
Copies of maps depicting the revised land descriptions are available at 
the Programmatic EIS Web site (http://solareis.anl.gov) and are also 
available from the BLM offices listed below:
    Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85004; California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623, 
Sacramento, California 95825; Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield 
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215; Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial 
Boulevard, Reno, Nevada 89502; New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur 
Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508; Utah State Office, 440 West 200 
South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101.
    The proposed SEZs depicted on the maps are described as follows:

ARIZONA--AZ 035131

Gila and Salt River Meridian

Brenda SEZ

T. 5 N., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\.
T. 4 N., R. 16 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 2, 3, and 4;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 3,343 acres.

Gillespie SEZ

T. 2 S., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 6, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 7, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 15, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and N\1/
2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and S\1/2\SW\1/4\, unsurveyed.
T. 2 S., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 1, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 2,607 acres.

CALIFORNIA--CA 050951

San Bernardino Meridian

Riverside East SEZ

T. 4 S., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, excluding fee easement CARI 07041;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
excluding fee easements CALA 053581 and CARI 07041;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/
4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, excluding the Chuckwalla Desert 
Wildlife Management Area (DWMA) and fee easements CALA 053581 and 
CARI 07041;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\E\1/2\W\1/2\, excluding the Chuckwalla 
DWMA;
    Sec. 35, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, excluding fee easements CALA 053581, CARI 07041, and 
CALA 057221.
T. 5 S., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 3, lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, E\1/2\ lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, and 
E\1/2\SE\1/4\, excluding the Chuckwalla DWMA;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, excluding the 
Chuckwalla DWMA;
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, excluding the Chuckwalla DWMA;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, excluding the 
Chuckwalla DWMA;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, those portions of N\1/2\N\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, northerly of right-of-way boundary CACA 18888;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, northerly of the northern ROW boundary 
CARI 07303, excluding the Chuckwalla DWMA;
T. 4 S., R. 16 E.,
    Sec. 31, S\1/2\ of lot 3 in the SW\1/4\, excluding fee easement 
CALA 053581;

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T. 5 S., R 16 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 3, lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, lot 1 in the 
NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, excluding fee easement 
CALA 053581;
    Sec. 4, lot 1 in the NE\1/4\ and lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, excluding 
fee easement CALA 053581;
    Sec. 6, lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, lot 1 in the 
NW\1/4\, and lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, excluding fee easement CALA 
053581;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 10, 11, and 13, excluding fee easement CALA 053581;
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lot 1 in the SW\1/4\, lot 2 in the SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
    Secs. 19 and 20;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 22;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 27, northerly of the northern right-of-way boundary CARI 
05498;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, N\1/2\ of lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, those portions of N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, lying northerly of the northern right-of-way boundary 
CARI 05498;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\.
T. 5 S., R. 17 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness Area CACA 
35105;
    Sec. 3, excluding fee easement CALA 053588;
    Sec. 5, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6;
    Sec. 7, excluding fee easement CALA 053581;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\E\1/2\E\1/2\, excluding fee easement CALA 053581;
    Sec. 11, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness Area CACA 35105;
    Sec. 14, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness Area CACA 35105, 
and excluding fee easement CALA 053588;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
excluding fee easement CALA 053588;
    Secs. 17 and 18, excluding fee easement CALA 053581;
    Sec. 19, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, lot 1 in 
the SW\1/4\, lot 2 in the SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, excluding fee easement CALA 053588;
    Sec. 23, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness Area CACA 35105, 
and fee easement CALA 053588;
    Sec. 26, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 31 to 34, inclusive;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 6 S., R. 17 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 2;
    Sec. 3, E\1/2\ lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\ lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, that portion lying north of the northern right-of-way of 
CARI 05498;
    Sec. 5, lot 2 in the NE\1/4\ and lot 2 in the NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6 and secs. 9 to 12, inclusive, those portions north of the 
northerly right-of-way of CARI 05498;
T. 6 S., R. 18 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness 
area CACA 35105;
    Sec. 7, lot 1 in the SW\1/4\, lot 2 in the SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 11, 12, and 13;
    Sec. 14, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 17 and 18, those portions lying north of the northerly 
right-of-way line of CARI 05498;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and that portion of the 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\, lying north of the northerly right-of-way line of 
CARI 05498;
    Sec. 24, that portion of the S\1/2\ lying north of the northerly 
right-of-way line of CARI 05498.
T. 6 S., R. 19 E.,
    Secs. 3 to 6, inclusive, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness 
area CACA 35105;
    Secs. 7, 8, and 9;
    Secs. 10 to 13, inclusive, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness 
area CACA 35105;
    Secs. 14, 15, 17, and 18;
    Sec. 19, N\1/2\ lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, N\1/2\ lot 2 in the NW\1/
4\, S\1/2\ lot 1 in the SW\1/4\, S\1/2\ lot 2 in the SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 20 to 24, inclusive;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\;
    Secs. 26 and 27;
    Secs. 28, 29, 34, and 35, lying north of the northerly right-of-
way line of CALA 0107395.
T. 6 S., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 3, partially unsurveyed;
    Secs. 5, 7, and 8, excluding the Palen McCoy Wilderness area 
CACA 35105;
    Secs. 9, 10, and 15;
    Sec. 16, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18;
    Sec. 19, lot 1 in the SW\1/4\, lot 2 in the SW\1/4\, and W\1/
2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\, partly unsurveyed;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 29 and 30;
    Sec. 31, N\1/2\ lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\.
T. 7 S., R. 20 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, lot 1 in the 
NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, lot 1 in the 
NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 12, 13, 24, and 25.
T. 4 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 2, SW\1/4\, partly unsurveyed;
    Secs. 3 and 4;
    Sec. 5, E\1/2\ lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, lots 5 to 12, inclusive, 
and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 9 to 15, inclusive, partly unsurveyed, and secs. 21 to 35, 
inclusive.
T. 5 S., R. 21 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 17 to 23, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 25 to 30, inclusive, and secs. 32 to 35, inclusive, partly 
unsurveyed.
T. 6 S., R. 21 E.,
    Secs. 4, 5, 8, and 9;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 and 2, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 19 and 22;
    Sec. 23, lots 2, 3, 5, and 6, and W\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, lot 1;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30;
    Sec. 31, lots 5, 6, 9 to 12, inclusive, 17, and 18, S\1/2\NE\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, NW\1/4\;
    Tracts 37 to 47, inclusive, 49 to 56, inclusive, 58, 59, 61, 62, 
68, 69, 71, 73 to 78 A, inclusive, and 78 B to 80, inclusive.
T. 7 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3;
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7;
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 18;
    Secs. 19, 20, and 21, excluding the Mule Mountain Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC);
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 23 and 24;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive, excluding the Mule Mountain ACEC;

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    Sec. 35.
T. 4 S., R 22 E.,
    Sec. 7, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 8, excluding the Big Maria Mountain Wilderness Area CACA 
35061, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, and secs. 29 to 33, inclusive, 
unsurveyed.
T. 5 S., R. 22 E.,
    Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive;
    Sec. 7, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\;
    Secs. 8 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 17;
    Sec. 18, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\, lot 2 in the NW\1/4\, lot 1 in 
the SW\1/4\, lot 2 in the SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 19 and 20;
    Sec. 21, S\1/2\;
    Secs. 22, 23, and 24;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, excluding 
Midland Road as designated on record of survey map on file in Book 
11 pages 49 and 50 of record of survey, Records of Riverside County 
California;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30;
    Sec. 31, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 32;
    Sec. 33, SW\1/4\.
T. 6 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 3, lot 1 in the NW\1/4\ and lot 2 in the NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 4 to 7, inclusive;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 10, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lot 1;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 to 6, inclusive.
T. 7 S., R. 22 E.,
    Sec. 18, lot 4,
    Tract 62;
    Tract 63, lot 1;
    Tracts 64, 113, and 115.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 159,457 acres.

Imperial East SEZ

T. 16 S., R. 17 E.,
    Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive, those portions lying south of the 
southerly right-of-way of Interstate 8 and east of Lake Cahuilla No. 
5 ACEC;
    Sec. 33, except that portion lying in Lake Cahuilla No. 5 ACEC;
    Secs. 34 and 35.
T. 16 S., R. 18 E.,
    Secs. 29 and 30, those portions lying south of the southerly 
right-of-way of Interstate 8;
    Sec. 31, lot 3, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, that portion of the N\1/2\N\1/2\ lying south of the 
southerly right-of-way of Interstate 8, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, that portion of the N\1/2\ lying south of the southerly 
right-of-way of Interstate 8 and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, those portions of the N\1/2\SW\1/4\ and the NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\ lying south of the southerly right-of-way of Interstate 8.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 5,722 acres.

COLORADO--CO 073899

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Antonito Southeast SEZ

T. 32 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 3, lot 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 4, 9, 10, and 11;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 13, 14, 15, and Secs 21 to 24, inclusive.
T. 32 N., R. 10 E.,
    Sec. 7, lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 10,318 acres.

Fourmile East SEZ

T. 37 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\N\1/2\.
T. 38 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 13, SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 35, NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 2,882 acres.

Los Mogotes East SEZ

T. 34 N., R. 8 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 12;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\ and W\1/2\E\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 2,640 acres.

DeTilla Gulch SEZ

T. 45 N., R. 9 E.,
    Sec. 29, that portion of the S\1/2\ lying one-quarter mile or 
more southeasterly and parallel to the centerline of Highway 285;
    Sec. 30, that portion of the SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying one-quarter 
mile or more southeasterly and parallel to the centerline of Highway 
285;
    Sec. 31, those portions of the NE\1/4\ and the SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ 
lying one-quarter mile or more southeasterly and parallel to the 
centerline of Highway 285; and those portions of the NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ 
and the N\1/2\SE\1/4\ lying one-quarter mile or more north of and 
parallel to the centerline of the Old Spanish National Historic 
Trail as mapped by the National Park Service;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\, and that portion of the N\1/2\SW\1/4\, lying 
one-quarter mile or more north of and parallel to the centerline of 
the Old Spanish National Historic Trail as mapped by the National 
Park Service;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 1,064 acres.

NEVADA--NV 087208

Mount Diablo Meridian

Amargosa Valley SEZ

T. 13 S., R. 47 E.,
    Sec. 35, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, that portion lying southerly and westerly of the 
centerline of U.S. Highway No. 95.
T. 14 S., R. 47 E.,
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 9, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 10, 11, 13, and 14, those portions lying southerly and 
westerly of the centerline of U.S. Highway No. 95, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 15 and 16, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 22 and 23, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 24, that portion lying southerly and westerly of the 
centerline of U.S. Highway No. 95, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 26 and 27, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 35, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\, unsurveyed.
T. 15 S., R. 47 E.,
    Sec. 1, W\1/2\W\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 2, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 12, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, unsurveyed.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 9,690 acres.

Dry Lake SEZ

T. 17 S., R. 63 E.,
    Sec. 33, lots 9, 10, 13, and 14, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 18 S., R. 63 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 to 10, inclusive, 13, and 14, S\1/
2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lot 5;
    Sec. 10, lot 1;
    Sec. 11, lots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 9, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12; that portion lying northerly and westerly of the 
centerline of the southbound lane of I-15;
    Sec. 13, those portions lying northerly and westerly of the 
centerline of the southbound lane of I-15 and northerly and easterly 
of the centerline of U.S. Highway No. 93;
    Sec. 14, lot 1.
T. 17 S., R. 64 E.,
    Sec. 31, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\, 
and that portion of the SE\1/4\ lying northerly and westerly of the 
centerline of the southbound lane of I-15;
    Sec. 32, that portion of the SW\1/4\ lying northerly and 
westerly of the centerline of the southbound lane of I-15.
T. 18 S., R. 64 E.,
    Secs. 6 and 7, those portions lying northerly and westerly of 
the centerline of the southbound lane of I-15, respectively.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 6,160 acres.

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Dry Lake Valley North SEZ

T. 1 N., R. 64 E.,
    Sec. 35, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\.
T. 1 S., R. 64 E.,
    Secs. 1, 12, and 13;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\ and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
T. 2 S., R. 64 E.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and 3;
    Sec. 4, lot 1 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 1 N., R. 65 E.,
    Sec. 31, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 65 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 3, 4, and 7 to 13, inclusive;
    Secs. 7, 8, 17 to 20, inclusive, 29, 30, and 31;
    Sec. 32, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 65 E.,
    Sec. 5, lots 2, 3, and 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 6 and 7;
    Sec. 8, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 18 and 19;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 1, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 28,726 acres.

Gold Point SEZ

T. 6 S., R. 41 E.,
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 6 S., R. 41\1/2\ E.,
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 21 and 22, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 26, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 27 N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
unsurveyed;
    Sec. 28, unsurveyed.

The areas described aggregate approximately 4,810 acres.

Millers SEZ

T. 3 N., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lot 1, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 4 N., R. 39 E.,
    Sec. 36, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 40 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6.
T. 4 N., R. 40 E.,
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 14, 15, and 16;
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\N\1/2\ and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 18, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 20 to 23, inclusive;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive;
    Sec. 30, lot 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 31 and 32;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 16,560 acres.

NEW MEXICO--NM 114441

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Afton SEZ

T. 25 S., R. 1 E.,
    Secs. 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, and 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\, 
E\1/2\W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Secs. 22 to 30, inclusive, and secs. 33, 34, and 35.
T. 24 S., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 19 and secs. 28 to 35, inclusive.
T. 25 S., R. 1 W.,
    Secs. 1, 3 to 6 inclusive, and 8 to 15, inclusive.
T. 24 S., R. 2 W.,
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, and sec. 35.
T. 25 S., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 1.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 30,706 acres.

UTAH--087557

Salt Lake Meridian

Escalante Valley SEZ

T. 33 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 8, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10;
    Sec. 11, W\1/2\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\, those portions lying west of 
Railroad Right-of-Way Grant UTSL 0032533;
    Sec. 14, E\1/2\, that portion lying west of Railroad Right-of-
Way Grant UTSL 0032533;
    Secs. 15, 17, 19, and 30;
    Sec. 31, excluding the dry intermittent lake bed in lots 3 and 
4.
T. 34 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 6, lot 4.
T. 33 S., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 6,837 acres.

Milford Flats South SEZ

T. 30 S., R. 10 W.,
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 30 S., R. 11 W.,
    Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 14 and 15, excluding the Minersville Canal;
    Secs. 17 and 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, excluding the Minersville Canal;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, excluding the 
Minersville Canal;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\, excluding the Minersville 
Canal;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, excluding the Minersville Canal;
    Sec. 30, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 6,320 acres.

Wah Wah Valley SEZ

T. 27 S., R. 14 W.,
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10;
    Sec. 11, lots 1 and 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, 
and W\1/2\SE\1/4\, excluding the WahWah Wash;
    Sec. 13, lot 1;
    Sec. 14, excluding the WahWah Wash;
    Sec. 15;
    Sec. 17, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 and 6, and E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22;
    Sec. 23, excluding the WahWah Wash;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\, excluding the WahWah Wash;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 6,058 acres.

    The total areas described aggregate approximately 303,900 acres of 
public lands in the following counties: La Paz and Maricopa, Arizona; 
Imperial and Riverside, California; Conejos, Saguache, and Alamosa, 
Colorado; Nye, Lincoln, Clark, and Esmeralda, Nevada; Dona Ana, New 
Mexico; Iron and Beaver, Utah.
    The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and 
Budget has approved the BLM's proposed amendment. Therefore, this 
document constitutes a withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the 
Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-3(e)).
    The purpose of the proposed amendment is to protect and preserve 17 
proposed SEZs for a 20-year period for future solar energy development.

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    The use of a right-of-way, interagency or cooperative agreement, or 
surface management by the BLM under 43 CFR 3715 or 43 CFR 3809 
regulations will not adequately constrain nondiscretionary uses, which 
could result in loss of adequate protection and preservation of the 
subject lands for future solar energy development.
    There are no suitable alternative sites for the withdrawal.
    No water rights would be needed to fulfill the purpose of the 
requested withdrawal.
    Records relating to the amended application may be examined by 
contacting Shannon C. Stewart at the above address or by calling 202-
912-7219.
    The amended application for the proposed withdrawal will be 
processed in accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 
2300.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the amended proposed withdrawal may 
present their views in writing to the BLM Director at the address noted 
above.
    All comments received will be considered before any final action is 
taken on the proposed withdrawal.
    The lands described in this notice are segregated until June 29, 
2013, pursuant to 43 CFR 2091.3-1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(e) (76 FR 38416 
(2011)) and the Federal Register notice published on June 30, 2011 (76 
FR 38416). The remaining lands described in the April 21, 2011, Notice 
of Amended Proposed Withdrawal, as published in the Federal Register 
(76 FR 22414), are no longer applicable to the purpose for which the 
withdrawal was proposed and are hereby cancelled from the application. 
The lands cancelled from the application include about 373,852 acres in 
7 areas and also near the remaining SEZs. Pursuant to 43 CFR 2091.3-
1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(e), the segregative effect established by the 
Federal Register notice published on June 30, 2011 (76 FR 38416) is 
hereby terminated as to those remaining lands.
    Comments including names and street addresses of respondents will 
be available for public review at the BLM Washington Office at the 
address noted above, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, 
phone 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 made 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.

Mike Pool,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-30295 Filed 12-14-12; 8:45 am]
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