[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31763-31764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08701]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_NM_FRN_MO#4500179000; NM-106239540]


Public Land Order No. 7940; Placitas Area Withdrawal, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 4,212.98 acres of 
public lands from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and

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from disposal of minerals under the Materials Act of 1947, subject to 
valid existing rights, for 50 years. The purpose of this withdrawal is 
to protect, preserve, and promote the scenic integrity, cultural 
importance, recreational values, and wildlife habitat connectivity 
within the Placitas area.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on April 25, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jillian Aragon, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, 505-564-7722 or [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 Tele 
Braille) 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:

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 lands 
are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and from 
disposal of minerals under the Materials Act of 1947, for a 50-year 
term to protect, preserve, and promote the scenic, cultural, 
recreational, and wildlife habitat connectivity values within the 
Placitas area.

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico

San Antonio de las Huertas Grant,
    Parcel C.
Town of Tejon Grant,
    Tract 40.
T. 13 N., R. 4 E.,
    sec. 13, Lots 6 thru 9 and S\1/2\;
    sec. 14, Lots 12 thru 15, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 15, Lot 10;
    sec. 22, Lots 6 and 7, and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    sec. 23, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 24, N\1/2\.
T. 12 N, R. 5 E.,
    Tract 39.
T. 13 N., R. 5 E.,
    sec. 10, Lots 14 and 15;
    sec.11, Lot 9;
    sec. 17, Lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 18, Lots 1 thru 7, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 19, Lots 1 thru 3, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 20, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    sec. 29, Lots 1 thru 4;
    sec. 30, SE\1/4\;
    sec. 31, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Tract 38.

    The areas described aggregate 4,212.98 acres according to the 
official plats of the surveys of the said lands, on file with the BLM.
    2. The withdrawal made by this Order does not alter the 
applicability of laws governing the use of public lands other than the 
mining laws, mineral leasing laws, and mineral material laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of 
this Order, unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to 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)

    Dated: April 18, 2024.
Deb Haaland,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08701 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am]
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