[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50065-50066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20717]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Public Land Order No. 7886; Yuma Project 6, Imperial County, CA, 
and Yuma County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws, subject to valid existing rights, 
approximately 68 acres of Federal lands from settlement, sale, 
location, and entry under the general land laws, including the United 
States mining laws, mineral leasing laws, and geothermal leasing laws, 
for a period of 3 years for use by the Department of the Army for 
border security purposes. This withdrawal also transfers administrative 
jurisdiction of the lands to the Department of the Army.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on September 18, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Stout, Acting State Director 
California, telephone: 916-978-4600, email: [email protected]; or, Raymond 
Suazo, State Director Arizona, telephone: 602-417-9500, email: 
[email protected].
    Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Mr. 
Stout or Mr. Suazo. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 
to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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, and in accordance with subsection 204(e) of that Act, 
it is determined that an emergency situation exists and that 
extraordinary measures must be taken to preserve values that would 
otherwise be lost. It is therefore ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
Federal lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and 
entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining 
laws, mineral leasing laws, and geothermal leasing laws, and 
jurisdiction over such lands is hereby transferred to the Department of 
the Army for border security purposes.

    A strip of land of the uniform width of 270 feet lying 
contiguous to and parallel to the international border between the 
United States and Mexico, located in the County of Imperial, State 
of California, and situate in the following described locations:

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T. 16 S, R. 21 E,
    Sec. 33, lots 13, 14, 19, and 20;
    Sec. 34.

    Containing 49 acres
    Subject to existing State sovereign land in the last natural bed 
of the Colorado River.
    The areas described above aggregate approximately 49 acres of 
Federal lands in Imperial County, California.
    A strip of land of the uniform width of 200 feet lying 
contiguous to and parallel to the international border between the 
United States and Mexico, located in the County of Yuma, State of 
Arizona, and situate in the following described locations:

Gila-Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 8 S, R. 24 W,
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, lot 4.

San Bernardino Meridian, California

T. 16 S, R. 21 E,
    Sec. 35.

    Containing 12 acres
    A strip of land of the uniform width of 200 feet, located in the 
County of Yuma, State of Arizona, and situate in the following 
described locations:

Gila-Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 8 S, R. 24 W,
    Sec. 28, lot 4, and lots 15 thru 18.

    Containing 7 acres

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    Subject to existing State sovereign land in the last natural bed 
of the Colorado River.
    The areas described above aggregate approximately 19 acres of 
Federal lands in Yuma County, Arizona and Imperial County, 
California.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 3 years from the effective date of 
this Order, unless it is extended in accordance with subsections (c)(1) 
or (d), whichever is applicable, and (b)(1) of Section 204 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714.

    Dated: September 18, 2019.
David L. Bernhardt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2019-20717 Filed 9-23-19; 8:45 am]
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