[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 55451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19503]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTL01000.L161000000.PN0000; MO #4500163958; MTM-89170-01]


Public Land Order No. 7913; Withdrawal of Public Land for the 
Zortman-Landusky Mine Reclamation Site; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 2,688.13 acres of 
public lands in Phillips County, Montana, from location or entry under 
the United States mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing or 
mineral materials disposal laws, for a 20-year period, subject to valid 
existing rights, to protect the Zortman-Landusky Mine reclamation site.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on September 9, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Micah Lee, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Havre Field Office, telephone (406) 262-2851, email 
at [email protected], during business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays. Individuals in the United States who 
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may 
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or Tele Braille) to access telecommunications relay 
services. 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 purpose of the withdrawal established by 
this PLO is to protect the Zortman-Landusky Mine area and facilitate 
reclamation and stabilization of the site.

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. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location or entry under the United 
States mining laws, but not from the mineral leasing or the mineral 
materials disposal laws.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 25 N., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 10, lots 7 thru 11 and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lot 8;
    Sec. 12, lots 8, 20, 23, and 24 and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, lots 4 thru 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 4 thru 18;
    Sec. 21, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22, lot 1, lots 3 thru 7, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
N1/2SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\.
T. 25 N., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 9, lots 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, and 26, lots 
28 thru 32, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lots 3 and 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 2 thru 5, lots 9, 10, 13, and 14, and SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\.

    The areas described aggregate 2,688.13 acres, according to the 
official plats of the surveys of the said lands on file with the BLM.
    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order, unless as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date, pursuant to section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be further extended.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2300.)

Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2022-19503 Filed 9-8-22; 8:45 am]
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