[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40499-40503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16215]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO300000, L14300000.ET0000.xx00000]


Public Land Order No. 7818; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the 
Protection and Preservation of Solar Energy Zones for Future Energy 
Development; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and 
Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 303,900 acres of public lands from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to 
valid existing rights, for a period of 20 years to protect 17 Solar 
Energy Zones (SEZ) for future solar energy development. The lands have 
been and will remain open to mineral and geothermal leasing, and 
mineral material sales.

DATES: As of: June 27, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray Brady, Bureau of Land Management, 
by telephone at 202-912-7312 or by email at [email protected], or contact 
one of the Bureau of Land Management offices listed below:

Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85004, 602-417-9200.
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623, Sacramento, 
California 95825, 916-978-4400.
Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 
80215, 303-239-3600.
Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada 89502, 775-
861-6400.
New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 
87508, 877-276-9404.
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84101, 801-539-4133.
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 or offices. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
per day, 7 days per week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of maps depicting the land 
descriptions are available within the Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States Web 
site (http://solareis.anl.gov) and are also available from the Bureau 
of Land Management offices listed in the ``For Further Information 
Contact'' section above.

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 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from the public land, 
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral material laws, to 
protect 17 solar energy zones:

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 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\;

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    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 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 the northern right-of-way boundary CACA 18888;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, northerly of the northern right-of-way 
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.
T. 5 S., R 16 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2 in the NE\1/4\, lots 1 and 2 in the NW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\, excluding fee easement CALA 053581;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2 in the NE\1/4\, excluding fee easement CALA 
053581;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 and 2 in the NE\1/4\ and lots 1 and 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, lots 1 and 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, lots 1 and 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, lots 1 and 2 in the NW\1/4\, lots 1 and 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, lots 1 and 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 northerly 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 northerly of 
the northern 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, lots 1 and 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 northerly of the northern 
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 northerly of the northern right-of-way line of 
CARI 05498;
    Sec. 24, that portion of the S\1/2\ lying northerly of the 
northern 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 northerly of the northern 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, lots 1 and 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, lots 1 and 2 in the NE\1/4\, lots 1 and 2 in the NW\1/
4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2 in the NE\1/4\, lots 1 and 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\;

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    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 78A, inclusive, and 78B 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;
    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, lots 1 and 2 in the NW\1/4\ and E\1/2\;
    Secs. 8 to 14, inclusive;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 17;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2 in the NW\1/4\, lots 1 and 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, lots 1 and 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 159,457 acres.

    Imperial East SEZ:

T. 16 S., R. 17 E.,
    Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive, those portions lying southerly of the 
southern 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 southerly of the southern 
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 southerly of the 
southern 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 southerly of the 
southern 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 NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ 
lying southerly of the southern right-of-way of Interstate 8.

    The areas described aggregate 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 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 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\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 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 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;

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    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 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.

    The areas described aggregate 6,160 acres.

    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\;
    Secs. 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, and secs 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 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 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 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.,
    Sec. 1, Secs. 3 to 6 inclusive, and Secs. 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 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 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;

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    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 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 6,058 acres.
    The total areas described aggregate 303,900 acres of public lands 
in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of the public land laws other than the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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 of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: June 27, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2013-16215 Filed 7-3-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-84-P