[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01390]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[16X.LLAK941000.L1440000.ET0000; F-92350]


Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 
5645, and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) has filed an 
application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that 
the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals 
Management extend the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land 
Order (PLO) No. 5645 for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7336 
extended PLO No. 5645, which withdrew approximately 10 acres of public 
land from surface entry and mining for the protection of the Poker 
Creek Border Station for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7336 also 
transferred administrative jurisdiction from the U.S. Customs Service 
to the GSA. The withdrawal extended by PLO No. 7336 will expire on July 
18, 2018, unless further extended. This notice provides an opportunity 
for the public to comment on the withdrawal extension application and 
to request a public meeting.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
April 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Alaska 
State Director, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, No. 
13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renee Fencl, BLM Alaska State Office, 
907-271-5067, email [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. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSA has filed an application requesting 
that the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals 
Management extend the withdrawal created by PLO No. 5645 (43 FR 31006 
(1978)), for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7336 (63 FR 30511, 
(1998)), extended PLO No. 5645, which withdrew public lands for the 
protection of the Poker Creek Border Station, from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry, under all of the general land laws, including the 
mining laws for a 20-year term.
    PLO No. 5645 is incorporated herein by reference. A complete 
description, along with all other records pertaining to the extension, 
can be examined in the BLM Alaska State Office at the address shown 
above.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with the withdrawal extension application. All 
interested parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being 
heard on the withdrawal extension application must submit a written 
request to the BLM Alaska State Director. Upon determination by the 
authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, the BLM will 
publish a notice of the time and place in the Federal Register and a 
local newspaper at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    The withdrawal extension application will be processed in 
accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4 and subject 
to Section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 
(16 U.S.C. 3120).
    For a period until April 25, 2016, all persons who wish to submit 
comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the proposed 
withdrawal extension may present their views in writing to the BLM 
Alaska State Director at the address indicated above. 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.

Erika Reed,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and Cadastral Survey.
[FR Doc. 2016-01390 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am]
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