[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53516-53517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16982]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO#4500169746 AZA-38417]


Public Land Order No. 7927; Withdrawal, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws 1,464 acres of Federal surface/subsurface 
public lands from appropriation under the public land laws, including 
location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from 
leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and 1,134 acres 
of Federal surface public lands from appropriation under the public 
land laws, and reserves the land for 100 years for management as part 
of the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in La 
Paz and Mohave Counties, Arizona, subject to valid existing rights.

DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on August 8, 2023.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This withdrawal and reservation places these 
lands under the management of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act (NWRSAA) at 16 U.S.C. 668dd, as part of Bill 
Williams River NWR. These lands were previously withdrawn and reserved 
as part of the refuge for a 40-year term under Public Land Order No. 
6044, which expired on October 7, 2021. Under the NWRSAA at 16 U.S.C. 
668dd(a)(6), once land is reserved for management as part of the Refuge 
System, they remain part of the System until otherwise specified by Act 
of Congress. This Order reflects the reservation and withdraws the land 
from the laws specified to protect the land from uses incompatible with 
Refuge purposes.

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 
Federal surface/subsurface 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, but not from leasing 
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and reserved for 
wildlife refuge purposes as part of the Bill Williams River NWR;

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

(Surface and Subsurface Estate Land)

T. 11 N., R. 17 W.,
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 11 N., R. 18 W.,
    Sec. 12, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ that portion lying northerly of the 
Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge boundary, as described in 
Executive Order 8647 of January 22, 1941, and southwesterly of the 
southwesterly right-of-way line of State Highway 95; sec. 24, NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 1,464 acres.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
Federal surface public lands are hereby withdrawn from all forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws and reserved for wildlife 
refuge purposes as part of the Bill Williams River NWR;

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Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

(Surface Estate Land)

T. 11 N., R. 17 W.,
    Sec. 19, lot 2, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 11 N., R. 18 W.,
    Sec. 11, those portions of the SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying 
northerly of the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge boundary, as 
described in Executive Order 8647 of January 22, 1941, and southerly 
of the southwesterly right-of-way line of State Route 95.
    Sec. 13, those portions of the W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\ lying southerly of the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge 
boundary, as described in Executive Order 8647 of January 22, 1941.

    The areas described aggregate 1,134 acres.

    3. This withdrawal will expire 100 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.

Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2023-16982 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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