[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26213]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNMP02000 L14400000 ET0000 NMNM52395]


Public Land Order 7888; Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order 
Dated December 22, 1928; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order (PLO).

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SUMMARY: This Order revokes a withdrawal created by a Secretarial Order 
insofar as it affects 41.24 acres of public land withdrawn for use by 
the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in connection with the Carlsbad Project 
(Avalon Reservoir). The BOR no longer needs the land for project 
purposes. This Order opens the land to the operation of the public land 
laws subject to valid existing rights. The land has been and will 
remain open to mineral leasing and will remain closed to location and 
entry under the United States mining laws.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on January 3, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debby Lucero, BLM, New Mexico State 
Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507, 505-954-2196, 
or via email at [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 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 determined that the land is 
excess to its project needs and has requested a partial revocation of 
the withdrawal.

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, it is ordered as follows:
    1. The withdrawal created by the Secretarial Order dated December 
22, 1928, that reserved lands on behalf of the BOR in connection with 
the Carlsbad Project (Avalon Reservoir), is hereby revoked insofar as 
it affects the following described land:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 26 E.,
    sec. 26, lot 1.

    The area described contains 41.24 acres, in Eddy County.

    2. At 9 a.m. on January 3, 2020, the land will be opened to the 
operation of the public land laws, subject to valid existing rights, 
the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, 
and the requirements of applicable law. The land will remain closed to 
operation of the United States mining laws. All valid applications 
received at or prior to 9 a.m. on January 3, 2020, shall be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall 
be considered in the order of filing.

    Dated: November 25, 2019.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
[FR Doc. 2019-26213 Filed 12-3-19; 8:45 am]
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