[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 21269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06483]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO4500173980, AZAZ105857840]


Public Land Order No. 7938; Withdrawal of Public Land for Land 
Management Evaluation Purposes, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 20,982.981 acres of public land from 
settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, 
including location and entry under the United States mining laws, and 
from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws; and 800 
acres of Federal surface lands from settlement, sale, location, or 
entry under the public land laws, for 5 years for land management 
evaluation purposes, subject to valid existing rights. The withdrawn 
land is located in La Paz and Yuma Counties, Arizona.

DATES:  This Public Land Order takes effect on March 27, 2024.

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. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this withdrawal is to 
maintain the current environmental baseline, subject to valid existing 
rights, to allow the Bureau of Land Management and the Department of 
the Army time to complete land management evaluations. The evaluation 
of the lands identified as the Highway 95 Addition is for a potential 
legislative withdrawal for support of the Yuma Proving Ground, pending 
processing of the Army's application (87 FR 19526) for withdrawal of 
public lands for defense purposes under the Engle Act.

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, or entry 
under the public land laws, including location and entry under the 
United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, to maintain current environmental baseline 
conditions.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 4, lots 2 thru 4, lots 6, 7, 9, and 10, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 5 and 8;
    Sec. 9, lots 2, 3, 5, and 6, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 17 and 20;
    Sec. 21, lots 2, 3, 5, and 6, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, lots 2, 3, 5, and 6, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29;
    Sec. 33, lots 2, 3, 5, and 6, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/
2\SE\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 33, lot 1, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 19 W.,
    Secs. 4 thru 9 and secs. 16 thru 21;
    Sec. 28, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Secs. 29 thru 32;
    Sec. 33, lots 2, 3, 6 and 7, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 2 S., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 4, lots 4, 6, 7, and 10;
    Secs. 5 thru 7;
    Sec. 8, lots 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lot 2;
    Sec. 17, lots 2, 3, 4, 7, and W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lot 1.

    The area described contains 20,982.981 acres, according to the 
official plats of the surveys of the said land, on file with the BLM.
    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
Federal surface lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry under the public land laws, to maintain current 
environmental baseline conditions:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 32.
T. 2 N., R. 19 W.,
    Sec. 32, S\1/2\SW\1/2\ and S\1/2\SE\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 800 acres, according to the official 
plats of the surveys of the said lands, on file with the BLM.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 5 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.

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

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-06483 Filed 3-26-24; 8:45 am]
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