[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28894-28895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11729]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NEW 149341 and NEW 179095]


Public Land Order No. 7814; Partial Revocation of Bureau of 
Reclamation Order Dated July 11, 1955, and Transfer of Administrative 
Jurisdiction, Niobrara River Lands; NE

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes in-part a withdrawal created by a Bureau of 
Reclamation Order. The revocation affects 185.88 acres of public lands 
withdrawn on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation for the O'Neil Unit, 
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Project. The Bureau of Reclamation has 
determined that it no longer needs the lands for reclamation purposes. 
This order also transfers administrative jurisdiction of the lands to 
the National Park Service for management under the provisions of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the Niobrara Scenic River Designation 
Act of 1991.

DATES: Effective Date: May 16, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janelle Wrigley, Realty Officer, 
Bureau of Land Management, 5353 North Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, 
Wyoming 82003, 307-775-6257 or via email at [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 
the above individual during normal business hours. 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 Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 
1991, 105 STAT. 254, designated certain segments of the Niobrara River 
in Nebraska as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
Included within the boundary of the designated river are 185.88 acres 
of public lands withdrawn as part of the O'Neil Unit, Pick-Sloan 
Missouri River Basin Reclamation Project, in Brown and Keya Paha 
Counties, Nebraska. The Bureau of

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Reclamation has determined that it no longer needs the 185.88 acres of 
public lands for reclamation purposes.
    The Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 1991 made the 185.88 
acres subject to management under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 
1968, Public Law 90-542 (16 U.S.C. 1271-1287), which specifically 
authorizes the transfer of Federal land for administration for river 
management purposes in accordance with the Act. Pursuant to Section 
6(e) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968, 16 U.S.C. 1277(e), the 
National Park Service requested that the 185.88 acres be transferred to 
its administrative jurisdiction for management under the provisions of 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the Niobrara Scenic River 
Designation Act of 1991.

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), Public Law 90-542 (16 U.S.C. 1271-1287), and 
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (64 STAT. 1262), it is ordered as 
follows:
    1. The Bureau of Reclamation Order dated July 11, 1955, which 
withdrew public lands and reserved them on behalf of the Bureau of 
Reclamation for the Missouri River Basin Project, is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska

T. 32 N., R. 22 W.,
    Sec. 2, lot 9;
    Sec. 3, lot 9;
    Sec. 5, lot 9.
T. 33 N., R. 23 W.,
    Sec. 35, lot 7.
T. 33 N., R. 24 W.,
    Sec. 22, lot 5;
    Sec. 25, lot 4;
    Sec. 27, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 185.88 acres in Keya Paha and 
Brown Counties.

    2. The lands described in Paragraph 1 are hereby transferred to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service to be managed 
in accordance with the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 
1968, 16 U.S.C. 1271-1287, and the Niobrara Scenic River Designation 
Act of 1991, 105 STAT. 254.

    Dated: May 2, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2013-11729 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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