[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80382-80383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32561]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[L19200000.AL0000.LRORB1518600.LLCAD06000.15X; CACA-044081]


Public Land Order No. 7846; Transfer of Administrative 
Jurisdiction, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order transfers administrative jurisdiction of 501.43 
acres of public lands from the Secretary of the Interior to the 
Secretary of Navy for the realignment of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial 
Gunnery Range boundary in Riverside County, California. This transfer 
of administrative jurisdiction is directed by the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.

DATES: Effective Date: December 25, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Kalish, Bureau of Land 
Management, Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 1201 Bird Center 
Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262, 760-833-7100. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-8339 to reach the above 
contact. 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 National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014, Public Law 113-66, directs the realignment of the 
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range boundary to include the lands 
described in this order.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Public Law 113-66, 127 Stat. 1040, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the administrative 
jurisdiction of the following described public lands is hereby 
transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the 
Navy for the realignment of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range 
boundary:

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T.7S., R.12E.,
    Sec. 34, lots 10 thru 12;
    Sec. 35, lots 10 thru 13;
    Sec. 36, lot 9.
T.7S., R.13E.,
    Sec. 13, lots 6 and 8, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lots 5, 6, and 8, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, lot 16;
    Sec. 31, lots 7, 14, 17, 20, and 24.
T.7S., R.14E.,
    Sec. 18, lots 4, 7, 10, 11, and 14;
    Sec. 19, lots 7, 16, and 18;
    Sec. 20, lots 5 and 9.
T.7S., R.15E.,
    Sec. 30, lot 7.
T.8S., R.16E.,
    Sec. 9, lots 3, 6, 9, and 12.

    The area described aggregates 501.43 acres.

    2. The lands described above are to be administered as part of the 
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in

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accordance with the provisions in Public Law 113-66.

    Dated: December 21, 2015.
Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-32561 Filed 12-23-15; 8:45 am]
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