[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 44320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15893]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[L19200000.XX0000PN.LLCA930000 LRORB2027900 20XL]


Public Land Order No. 7896; Yuma Project 3: Modification, Yuma 
County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws, subject to valid 
existing rights, approximately 53 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 ending September 18, 2022, 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 July 15, 2020. This withdrawal will 
expire on September 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Fink, Deputy State Director--
Lands, Minerals, and Energy, Arizona, telephone: 602-417-9200, 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 Ms. Fink. 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Federal lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and 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:
    Strips of land of the uniform width of 60 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, excluding 
those lands described within PLO 7887, and situate in the following 
described locations:

Gila & Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 14 S, R. 14 W, unsurveyed
    Secs. 30 thru 33.
T. 15 S, R. 14 W, unsurveyed
    Secs. 3 and 4.
T. 14 S, R. 15 W, unsurveyed
    Sec. 20; secs. 25 thru 27; sec. 36.

    The areas described above aggregate approximately 53 acres of 
Federal lands in Yuma County.

    2. This withdrawal will expire on September 18, 2022, 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: July 15, 2020.
David L. Bernhardt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2020-15893 Filed 7-21-20; 8:45 am]
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