[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39547-39548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14103]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO-930-L1440000-ET0000; COC-63081-01]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Upper Colorado 
River Special Recreation Management Area; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal and public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 12,437 
acres of public lands and 939.56 acres of reserved Federal mineral 
interest from location and entry under the United States mining laws, 
subject to valid existing rights, but not from leasing under the 
mineral or geothermal leasing laws, for a period of 20 years to protect 
scenic and recreation values in the Upper Colorado River Special 
Recreation Management Area. Publication of this proposal segregates the 
land for 2 years from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights, but not from leasing under the 
mineral or geothermal leasing laws and initiates a 90-day public 
comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 29, 2022.
    A virtual public meeting is scheduled for August 17, 2022, at 6 
p.m. and can be attended using the following link: https://blm.zoomgov.com/j/1611421807?pwd=UVhRd3JZTkhOaXU3WXRvMnViSjIyUT09.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to State 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, 2850 
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093. The BLM is preparing 
an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act 
to evaluate the proposed withdrawal and anticipates reaching a finding 
of no significant impact. Information regarding the proposed 
withdrawal, including environmental and other reviews will be available 
at the Colorado State Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jardine, Senior Realty 
Specialist, BLM Colorado State Office, telephone: (970) 385-1224; 
email: [email protected]. 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 
for contacting Ms. Jardine. Individuals outside the United States 
should use the relay services offered within their country to make 
international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) at the address listed previously. The petition/
application requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw, for a 
period of 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, the following 
described public lands from location or entry under the United States 
mining laws but not from leasing under the mineral or geothermal 
leasing laws: Colorado River Special Recreation Management Area:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 1 N., R. 79 W.,
    sec. 8, Parcels A, B, C, and D;
    sec. 17, Parcels A and B, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 18, lot 3.
T. 1 N., R. 80 W.,
    sec. 13, lots 1 to 4;
    sec. 14, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and that portion of the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ 
lying southerly from the northern right-of-way fence of Grand County 
Road No. 33, described in the Warranty Deed Document No. 99004513, 
filed April 23, 1999, and depicted on the survey plat No. LS400, 
filed on July 13, 1995, in the official records of Grand County, 
Colorado;
    sec. 15, lots 9 and 11, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\, and a 
metes and bounds parcel located in the N\1/2\SW\1/4\ described in 
the Warranty Deed Document No. 99004513, filed April 23, 1999, and 
depicted on the survey plat No. LS398, filed on July 13, 1995, in 
the official records of Grand County, Colorado;
    sec. 16, a metes and bounds parcel located in the S\1/2\SW\1/4\ 
and S\1/2\SE\1/4\, described in the Warranty Deed Document No. 
99004513, filed April 23, 1999, in the deed filed under Reception 
Number 89020, February 5, 1959, in the deed filed under Reception 
Number 88584, November 12, 1958, and depicted on the survey plats 
No. 398 and No. LS399, filed on July 13, 1995, in the official 
records of Grand County, Colorado;
    sec. 19, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and a metes and bounds parcel located 
in the N\1/2\NE\1/4\ described in the Warranty Deed Document No. 
99004513, filed April 23, 1999, in the official records of Grand 
County, Colorado;
    sec. 20, lots 2 and 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 21, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and that portion of the 
N\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying northerly from the centerline of Grand County 
Road 33 described in the Warranty Deed Document No. 99004513, filed 
April 23, 1999, in the deed filed under Reception Number 89020, 
February 5, 1959, and depicted on the survey plat No. LS399, filed 
on July 13, 1995, in the official records of Grand County, Colorado;
    sec. 22, lots 1 thru 4.
T. 1 N., R. 81 W.,
    sec. 13, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 23, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 24, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 27, lots 1 thru 15;
    sec. 28, SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 32, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    sec. 33, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\.
T. 1 S., R. 81 W.,
    sec. 5, lots 8 and 9;
    sec. 6, lots 6, 7, and lots 9 thru 18;
    sec. 7, lots 5 thru 19;
    sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 82 W.,
    sec. 12, lots 1 thru 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 13, lots 1 thru 9, W\1/2\SW\1/4\ and that portion of Tract 
53 lying westerly of the medial line, an ambulatory line, of the 
Colorado River;
    sec. 14, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 22, SE\1/4\;
    sec. 23, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 24, lots 1, 2, and 3, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 27, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, a metes and bounds parcel located in 
the W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\NW\1/4\ described in the Warranty

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Deed with Reception No. 258382, filed June 26, 1987, in the official 
records of Grand County, Colorado, and a metes and bounds parcel 
located in the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ described in the Warranty Deed with 
Reception Number 374902, filed September 29, 1986, in the official 
records of Grand County;
    sec. 28, lots 4 thru 6, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 32, those portions of unpatented Mineral Survey No. 13963 
lying within the E\1/2\ of sec. 32, and that portion of Tract 82 
within the E\1/2\ of sec. 32;
    sec. 33, lots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, lots 8 thru 11, NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and that portion of the Bona Dea Placer 
located in sec. 33;
    sec. 34, lot 1 and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 82 W.,
    sec. 4, lots 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, and 19, lots 26 thru 30, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and that portion of the Bona Dea Placer 
located in sec. 4;
    sec. 5, lots 5, 6, and 11, lots 14 thru 22, lots 25 and 26, S\1/
2\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\ and that portion of the Bona Dea Placer 
located in sec. 5;
    sec. 6, lots 20, 30, 31, 32, 37, and 38, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 7, lots 5, thru 7, lots 11 thru 21, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 18, lots 5 thru 12, and lots 14 thru 17.
T. 2 S., R. 83 W.,
    sec. 12, lot 4;
    sec. 13, lots 1 thru 4, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 23, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 24, lot 1, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 25, NW\1/4\;
    sec. 26, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/
2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 12,437 acres in Grand 
and Eagle Counties.
    The petition/application requests the Secretary of the Interior to 
withdraw, for a period of 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, 
the following described reserved minerals from location or entry under 
the United States mining laws but not from leasing under the mineral or 
geothermal leasing laws:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 1 N., R. 80 W.,
    sec. 20, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 1 N., R. 81 W.,
    sec. 28, N\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 29, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 82 W.,
    sec. 14, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 22, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    sec. 23, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 26, lot 1 and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 27, lots 1 and 2, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 33, that portion of Tract 70 lying within the NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\.
T. 2 S., R. 82 W.,
    sec. 4, lot 22;
    sec. 7, that portion of Tract 41 lying in sec. 7.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 939.56 acres in Grand 
and Eagle Counties.
    The BLM petition/application has been approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, and therefore it constitutes a withdrawal proposal of the 
Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-3(e)).
    The use of a rights-of-way, interagency agreement or cooperative 
agreement, or surface management under 43 CFR subpart 3809 regulations 
would not adequately constrain non-discretionary uses and would not 
provide adequate protection of cultural, recreational, and biological 
resources, nor the financial investments in public campgrounds and 
other improvements on these lands.
    There are no suitable alternative sites, as the described land 
contains the resource values that need protection.
    Water rights will not be needed to fulfill the purpose of the 
proposed withdrawal.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the BLM Colorado State Director at the address 
listed earlier (see ADDRESSES).
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the BLM Colorado State Office during 
regular business hours, 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 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. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives of officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
    For a period until July 1, 2024, subject to valid existing rights, 
the lands and mineral interests in this notice will be segregated from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, unless the 
application is denied or canceled, or the withdrawal is approved prior 
to that date.
    This withdrawal application will be processed in accordance with 
the regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land 
use authorizations of a temporary nature that will not significantly 
impact the values to be protected by this withdrawal may be allowed 
with the approval of the authorized officer of the BLM during the 
segregative period.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1(a).)

Brian Achziger,
Acting BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2022-14103 Filed 6-30-22; 8:45 am]
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