[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54662-54663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17230]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY920000.19200000.ET0000.LRORK1405800.XXX; WYW-172386]


Public Land Order 7928; Permanent Withdrawal and Transfer of 
Jurisdiction, Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order permanently withdraws and transfers administrative 
jurisdiction of 869.08 acres of public lands and 3,454.39 acres of 
Federal mineral estate to the Department of Energy, Office of Legacy 
Management (DOE-LM) for its Split Rock Site in Wyoming pursuant to the 
authority under Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control 
Act of 1978 (UMTRCA).

DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on August 11, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keesha Clay, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Wyoming State Office, (307) 775-6189, during regular 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 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting 
Ms. Clay. 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.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior is permanently 
withdrawing and transferring the subject Federal lands and minerals 
under UMTRCA, as amended by the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 7916), for the purpose of 
facilitating long term maintenance and monitoring of the Split Rock 
Uranium Tailing Cell Site by DOE-LM under applicable provisions of 
UMTRCA.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
7916 (2000)), as amended, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands and reserved public minerals are hereby permanently withdrawn 
from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the general land laws, 
including the United States mining laws, mineral and geothermal leasing 
laws, and disposal under the mineral materials laws, and jurisdiction 
over such lands and minerals is hereby permanently transferred to the 
United States DOE-LM to administer them in perpetuity as a hazardous 
material site under the authority of the UMTRCA of 1978, Public Law 95-
604, 92 Stat. 3021, as amended, as the Split Rock Uranium Tailing Cell 
Site:

Public Lands

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 29 N., R. 91 W.,
    sec. 6, lots 8 thru 13 and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 7, N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    sec. 8, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 29 N., R. 92 W.,
    sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 2, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 11, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate 869.08 acres of surface and 
Federal minerals.

Federal Mineral Interests Underlying Non-Federal Surface

T. 29 N., R. 91 W.
    sec. 5, S\1/2\;
    sec. 6, lot 5, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 8, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 18, lots 1 and 2 and E\1/2\NW\1/4\, those portions lying 
northerly of the northerly right-of-way boundary of U.S. Highway 
287, as described on Document No. 2009-1328633, filed October 19, 
2009, in the Fremont County Clerk's Office.
T. 29 N., R. 92 W.,
    sec. 1, lot 4, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 2, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 3, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 10, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, that portion lying northerly of the 
northerly boundary of the Home on the Range Estates Subdivision, 
Document No. 970395, filed March 8, 1978, in the Fremont County 
Clerk's Office;
    sec. 11, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\, except that portion of SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ within said Home on the 
Range Subdivision;
    sec. 12, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    sec. 13, N\1/2\;
    sec. 14, NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 3,454.39 acres of 
Federal minerals underlying non-Federal surface.

    2. DOE-LM has acknowledged that segments of four National Historic 
Trails are present within the project area. The transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction does not invalidate or revoke the 
congressionally designated alignments of the National Historic Trails 
across the property; the National Park Service continues to coordinate 
trail-wide administration.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7916.)

Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-17230 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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