[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75283-75284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26660]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAZP02000.L51010000. FX0000.LVRWA21A3530; AZA38172; 
LLAZ920000.L13400000. FX0000; AZA38371]


Notice of Segregation of Public Land for the Pinyon Solar 
Project, Maricopa County, AZ and the Elisabeth Solar Project, Yuma 
County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of segregation.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is 
segregating public lands included in the right-of-way applications for 
the Pinyon Solar Project and the Elisabeth Solar Project from 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law, but 
not the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2 years 
from the date of publication of this notice, subject to valid existing 
rights. This segregation is to allow for the orderly administration of 
the public lands to facilitate consideration of development of 
renewable energy resources. The public lands segregated by this notice 
total 4,439.92 acres.

DATES: This segregation for the lands identified in this notice takes 
effect on December 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derek Eysenbach, Project Manager, 
telephone: 601-417-9505, email:

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[email protected], address: Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State 
Office, 1 North Central Ave., Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. 
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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations found at 43 CFR 2091.3-1(e) and 
2804.25(f) allow the BLM to temporarily segregate public lands within a 
right-of-way application area for solar energy development from the 
operation of the public land laws, including the Mining Law, by 
publication of a Federal Register notice. The BLM uses this temporary 
segregation authority to preserve its ability to approve, approve with 
modifications, or deny proposed rights-of-way, and to facilitate the 
orderly administration of the public lands. This temporary segregation 
is subject to valid existing rights, including existing mining claims 
located before this segregation notice. Licenses, permits, cooperative 
agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a temporary 
nature which would not impact lands identified in this notice may be 
allowed with the approval of an authorized officer of the BLM during 
the segregation period. The lands segregated under this notice are 
legally described as follows:

Pinyon Solar Project--AZA38172

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 4 S., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 34, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 1 E.,
    Sec. 2, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 10;
    Sec. 11, W\1/2\.

The areas described as the Pinyon Solar Project contain 1,879.92 acres, 
according to the official plats of the surveys of the said lands on 
file with the BLM.

Elisabeth Solar Project--AZA38371

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 5 S., R. 12 W.,
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/
4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\.

The areas described as the Elisabeth Solar Project aggregate 2,560 
acres, more or less, according to the official plats of the surveys of 
the said lands on file with the BLM.
    As provided in the regulations, the segregation of lands in this 
notice will not exceed 2 years from the date of publication unless 
extended for an additional 2 years through publication of a new notice 
in the Federal Register. The segregation period will terminate and the 
land will automatically reopen to appropriation under the public land 
laws, including the mining laws, at the earliest of the following 
dates: upon issuance of a decision by the authorized officer granting, 
granting with modifications, or denying the application for a right-of-
way; without further administrative action at the end of the 
segregation provided for in the Federal Register notice initiating the 
segregation; or upon publication of a Federal Register notice 
terminating the segregation.
    Upon termination of the segregation of these lands, all lands 
subject to this segregation will automatically reopen to appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws.

(Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3-1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(f))

Raymond Suazo,
State Director--Arizona State Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-26660 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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