[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 72533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23183]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NDM_21192]


Public Land Order No. 7932; Withdrawal for Dash Lake Waterfowl 
Production Area; North Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 13.50 acres of public 
land 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, subject to valid 
existing rights, for 100 years, and reserves the land for 100 years for 
management by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Dash 
Lake Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) in Towner County, North Dakota.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on October 20, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cyndi Eide, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Montana/Dakotas State Office, telephone (406) 896-
5094, email: [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 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 the Dash Lake WPA. These 
lands were previously withdrawn and reserved as part of the refuge for 
a 40-year term under PLO No. 6225 (47 FR 11675), which expired on March 
17, 2022. Under the NWRSAA at 16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(6), once land is 
included as part of the Refuge System via public land withdrawal, it 
remains part of the System until otherwise specified by an Act of 
Congress. This Order reflects the prior withdrawal and 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 public 
land is 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 administration by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service for wildlife refuge purposes as part of the Dash Lake 
WPA.

Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota

T. 163 N., R. 65 W.,
    Sec. 5, lot 3.

    The area described contains 13.50 acres.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 100 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 extended.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)

Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-23183 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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