[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11471-11472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03725]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTL01000.L16100000.PN0000; MO # 4500165300; MTM-89170-02]


Public Land Order No. 7919; 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 912.33 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 February 23, 2023.

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, 8:00 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

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hereby withdrawn from location or entry under the United States mining 
laws, but not from the mineral leasing or mineral materials disposal 
laws.

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 25 N., R. 24 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 14 and 15;
    Sec. 11, lot 9;
    Sec. 12, lots 11, 12, 13, 17, and 25;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, lot 3;
    Sec. 21, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\NE\1/4\.
T. 25 N., R. 25 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 13 thru 16, lot 18, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, lot 2, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 912.33 acres, according to the 
official plats of the surveys of the said lands on file with the Bureau 
of Land Management.
    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. 2023-03725 Filed 2-22-23; 8:45 am]
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