[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 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
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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