[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 67338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-28287]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[19X R4079V4 RX.12255301.3000000 AZA25613]
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for the
Public Meeting, Lake Pleasant Expansion Area, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management proposes
to extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7384 for an
additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7384 withdrew 1,988.27 acres of public
lands from surface entry and mining to protect the Bureau of
Reclamation's (BOR) Lake Pleasant expansion area. This Notice advises
the public of an opportunity to comment on the proposed withdrawal
extension and to request a public meeting. The lands have been and will
remain open to mineral leasing.
DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by
March 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting requests should be mailed to the
Bureau of Land (BLM) Arizona State Office, One North Central, Suite
800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 or faxed to 602-417-9452. The BLM will not
consider comments received via telephone calls.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Ferreira, Land Law Examiner, BLM,
at 602-417-9598 or by email at [email protected], or contact the BLM
Arizona State Office, One North Central, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona
85004. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact
the above individual. The FRS 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 BOR has filed an application to extend,
for an additional 20-year term, a withdrawal established by PLO No.
7384 (64 FR 19386) which will expire on April 19, 2019. The legal
descriptions written in PLO No. 7384 are revised to reflect the
Cadastral Survey's Specifications for Descriptions of Land:
Gila and Salt River Meridian
T. 6 N., R. 1 E.,
sec. 3, a portion of lot 10;
sec. 10, S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
sec. 15, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 6 N., R. 1 W.,
sec. 1, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 12, lot 1 and E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
sec. 13, lots 1 thru 4, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and that
portion of the W\1/2\ lying east of the east right-of-way of the
Castle Hot Springs Road.
T. 7 N., R. 1 E.,
sec. 12, a portion of lot 2.
T. 7 N., R. 1 W.,
sec. 13, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 23, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
sec. 24, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\;
sec. 25, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\.
The areas described aggregate 1,988.27 acres in Maricopa and
Yavapai Counties.
The proposed withdrawal would continue with the purpose established
by PLO No. 7384 to protect the capital investments and dispersed
recreation in the BOR's Lake Pleasant Expansion area.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement would not provide adequate protection for the capital
improvement investment that the BOR has made to the Lake Pleasant
expansion area.
No additional water rights are needed to fulfill the purpose of the
requested withdrawal extension.
There are no suitable alternative sites since the land described
contain the developed Lake Pleasant expansion area.
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.
Comments, including name and street address of respondents, will be
available for public review stated in the ADDRESSES section above
during regular business hours 08:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal 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.
Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension. All
interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being
heard on the proposed withdrawal extension must submit written request
to the State Director, BLM Arizona State Office at the address in the
ADDRESSES section, within 90 days from the publication of this Notice.
If the authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be
held, a Notice of the date, time, and place will be published in the
Federal Register and local newspapers and post on the BLM website at
www.blm.gov at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
The withdrawal application will be processed in accordance with the
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4.
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1 and 43 CFR 2310.4.
Dated: December 20, 2018.
Joseph R. Balash,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-28287 Filed 12-27-18; 8:45 am]
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