[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18967-18968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05506]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO-923000.L1440000.ET0000; COC-25845-01]


Public Land Order No. 7937; Withdrawal of Public Lands for McPhee 
Dam and Reservoir, Dolores Project, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 953.06 acres of public 
lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land 
laws, including from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, and 309.56 acres of National Forest System lands from location 
and entry under the U.S. mining laws, and reserves them for use by the 
Bureau of Reclamation in connection with the McPhee Dam and Reservoir, 
for a period of 100 years, subject to valid existing rights.

DATES: This public land order takes effect on March 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Information regarding the withdrawal, including 
environmental and other reviews, is available at the Bureau of Land 
Management Colorado State Office, Denver Federal Center Building 40, 
Lakewood, Colorado 80215.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jardine, Senior Realty 
Specialist, BLM Colorado State Office, telephone: (970) 385-1224; 
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 
for contacting Ms. Jardine. 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 McPhee Dam and Reservoir was previously 
withdrawn by PLO No. 5811, effective January 22, 1981, as extended by 
PLO No. 7473, which expired on January 21, 2021. A new notice of 
withdrawal application was published in the Federal Register on August 
2, 2021 (86 FR 41507). The purpose of this withdrawal is to reserve the 
lands for the protection of the McPhee Dam and Reservoir, Dolores 
Project, and associated capital investments.

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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 hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location and entry 
under the general land laws, including from location and entry under 
the United States mining laws, and 309.56 acres of National Forest 
System lands from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, and reserved for use by the Bureau of Reclamation in connection 
with the McPhee Dam and Reservoir, for a period of 100 years.

Public Lands

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 38 N, R. 15 W,
    Sec. 18, lots 2 and 3, and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 38 N, R. 16 W,
    Sec. 2, lots 1 thru 4;
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\NW\1/4\.

    The areas aggregate 953.06 acres.

San Juan National Forest

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 38 N., R. 15 W.,
    Sec. 3, lot 2, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The areas aggregate 309.56 acres.
    The total area contains 1,262.62 acres.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those laws governing the use of National Forest System 
lands under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of the 
mineral or vegetative resources other than the United States mining 
laws.
    3. 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)

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-05506 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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