[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19698-19699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07063]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[223.LLAK941200.L14400000.ET0000; AA-26417]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for a 
Public Meeting; Sitka Magnetic Observatory Site; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to extend the duration 
of the withdrawal created by an Executive Order as modified by Public 
Land Order (PLO) No. 6458 and extended by PLO No. 7581 for an 
additional 20-year term. The E.O. as modified and extended withdrew 
117.13 acres of public land from all forms of appropriation under the 
public-land laws, including the mining laws, but not from mineral 
leasing, for the Sitka Magnetic Observatory site, and reserved the site 
for use by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as a magnetic and 
seismological observation in Sitka, Alaska. This notice announces to 
the public an opportunity to comment on the proposal and request a 
public meeting for the 20-year withdrawal extension.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
July 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting requests should be sent to the 
Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State 
Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504 
or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Chelsea Kreiner, BLM Alaska State 
Office, (907) 271-4205, email [email protected] or you may contact the 
BLM office at the address noted above. Individuals in the United States 
who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability 
may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications 
relay services. Individuals outside the United States

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should use the relay services offered within their country to make 
international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the request of the USGS, the Secretary of 
the Interior proposes that Executive Order (E.O.) 8854 (6 FR 4181) as 
modified by PLO No. 6458 (48 FR 40232 (1983)) and extended by PLO No. 
7581 (68 FR 52613 (2003)), which are incorporated herein by reference, 
be extended for an additional 20-year term.
    A complete description of the public land affected, along with all 
other records pertaining to this extension, can be examined in the BLM 
Alaska State Office at the address shown above.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with this withdrawal extension. All interested 
persons who desire a public meeting on this withdrawal extension must 
submit a written request to the BLM Alaska State Director at the 
address in the ADDRESSES section above. 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 having general circulation in the vicinity of the land at 
least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting, which may be 
held virtually at the discretion of the authorized officer.
    The withdrawal extension application will be processed in 
accordance with the regulations set-forth in 43 CFR 2310.4 and subject 
to section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3120).
    For a period until July 5, 2022, all persons who wish to submit 
comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with this proposed 
withdrawal extension may present their views in writing to the BLM 
Alaska State Director at the address indicated above. 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 the BLM in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.4)

Thomas Heinlein,
Acting Alaska State Director.
[FR Doc. 2022-07063 Filed 4-4-22; 8:45 am]
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