[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 73031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25839]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[L14400000/LLAZ920000/ET0000/AZA-38142]
Public Land Order No. 7915; Withdrawal of Public Land for Land
Management Evaluation Purposes, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 2,365.89 acres of public land in Maricopa
County, Arizona, from all forms of appropriation under the public land
laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws,
and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws for 5
years for land management evaluation purposes, subject to valid
existing rights.
DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on November 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist,
BLM Arizona State Office 1 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ
85004, telephone: (602) 417-9561, email at [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. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
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the United States. You will receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This withdrawal keeps the lands identified
as follows from the specified forms of appropriation to maintain the
current environmental baseline, relative to mineral exploration and
development, subject to valid existing rights, to allow the Bureau of
Land Management and the Department of the Air Force (USAF) time to
complete their land management evaluations. The evaluation of these
acres, identified as the Gila Bend Addition, is for a potential Barry
M. Goldwater Range legislative withdrawal expansion, pending processing
of the USAF's application for withdrawal of public land for defense
purposes under the Engle Act (85 FR 21876).
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 all forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including location and entry under the United States
mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing
laws, to maintain current environmental baseline conditions.
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T.6 S., R.4 W.,
Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, E\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T.7 S., R.4 W.,
Sec. 5, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 6, lots 3 thru 7, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
Sec. 7;
Sec. 8;
Sec. 9, S\1/2\.
The areas described aggregate 2,365.89 acres.
2. This withdrawal will expire 5 years from the effective date of
this order, unless, as a result of a review conducted 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 extended.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2022-25839 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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