[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11330]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_NM_FRN_MO4500177564]


Public Land Order No. 7942; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands for the Guadalupe Cave Resources Protection Area; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws 28,513.30 acres of National Forest System 
lands in the Lincoln National Forest in Eddy County, New Mexico, from 
location and entry under the United States mining laws and from leasing 
under the mineral leasing laws for a period of 20 years, subject to 
valid existing rights. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect the 
Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area, which contains numerous known 
magnificent caves, including 88 caves listed as significant in 
accordance with the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988.

DATES: This Order takes effect on May 23, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Naranjo, Realty Specialist, BLM 
New Mexico State Office, by email at [email protected] or by telephone 
at (505) 954-2200, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Mountain Time (MT, 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. 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.

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 
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws and from leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws, for a 20-year term in order to protect the 
Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 25 S., R. 21 E.,
    Sec. 36, lot 4, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
T. 26 S., R. 21 E.
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 10, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Secs.12, 13, and 14;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 21 thru 28;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, lots 1 and 2, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Secs. 33 thru 36
T. 25 S., R.22 E.,
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\, unsurveyed;
    Sec. 15, S\1/2\ and NW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 22 and 23, unsurveyed;
    Secs. 26 thru 29, unsurveyed;
    PBs 43, 44, 49 thru 52, and 55 thru 63.
T. 26 S., R. 22 E.,
    Secs. 3 thru 10, and 15 thru 18.

    The areas described aggregate 28,513.30 acres.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 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. 2024-11330 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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