[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37332-37333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16299]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[19X R4079V4 RX.12255301.3000000 AZA30355]


Notice of Application for Withdrawal Extension and Notification 
of Public Meeting, Lake Roosevelt 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. 7420 for

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an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7420 withdrew 9,175 acres of 
National Forest System lands from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing 
laws. The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect the Bureau of 
Reclamation's (BOR) Lake Roosevelt expansion area. This Notice also 
gives the public an opportunity to comment on the withdrawal extension 
application, and announces the date, time, and location of the public 
meeting.

DATES: Comments must be received by October 29, 2019. The BOR will hold 
a public meeting in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension 
on September 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be sent 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, 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. 
7420 which will expire on December 3, 2019. PLO 7420 withdrew the 
following described lands from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing 
laws, for a period of 20 years, to protect the BOR's Roosevelt Lake 
Expansion Area. Portions of these lands are unsurveyed and the acres 
were obtained from protraction diagrams. The legal descriptions written 
in PLO No. 7420 are revised to reflect the Cadastral Survey's 
Specifications for Descriptions of Land:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 3 N, R. 13 E, unsurveyed.
    A portion of protraction block 45;
    A portion of protraction block 46;
    A portion of protraction block 47;
    A portion of protraction block 48;
    A portion of protraction block 53;
    A portion of protraction block 54.
T. 3 N, R. 14 E, partially surveyed.
    A portion of unsurveyed section 2;
    A portion of unsurveyed section 3;
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, and 4;
    Sec. 6, lot 1, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    A portion of unsurveyed section 9;
    A portion of unsurveyed section 10;
    A portion of unsurveyed section 11.
T. 4 N, R. 11 E, partially surveyed.
    Sec. 2, lot 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 4 N, R. 12 E, partially surveyed.
    Sec. 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 3;
    Sec. 4, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lot 1, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 4 N, R. 13 E,
    Sec. 17, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 4 N, R. 14 E, partially surveyed.
    Sec. 30, lot 3;
    Sec. 31, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 5 N, R. 10 E, unsurveyed.
    A portion of protraction block 37.
T. 5 N, R. 11 E, partially surveyed.
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 3, 4, and 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, El/2NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and W\1/
2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 5 N, R. 12 E, unsurveyed.
    A portion of protraction block 48;
    A portion of protraction block 49;
    A portion of protraction block 50.
T. 6 N, R. 11 E,
    Sec. 31, lots 4 and 9, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 9,175 acres in Gila County.

    The proposed withdrawal would continue the purpose of the 
withdrawal established by PLO No. 7420 to protect the capital 
investments and high-quality recreation values in the BOR's Lake 
Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt 
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 
contains the developed Lake Roosevelt Expansion Area.
    For a period until the October 29, 2019 all persons who wish to 
submit comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the 
withdrawal extension application may present their views in writing to 
the BLM to the address noted above. Comments, including name and street 
address of respondents, will be available for public review stated in 
the ADDRESSES section above during regular business hours 8:00 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 a public meeting in connection with the 
application for withdrawal extension will be held at the BOR Glendale 
Office, 6150 W. Thunderbird Rd., Glendale, AZ 85306, on September 4, 
2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The BOR will publish a Notice of the 
time and place in 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 part 2300.

    Dated: July 22, 2019.
Joseph R. Balash,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2019-16299 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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