[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55976-55977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14913]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO# 4500178790; NVNV-106316914]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Revocation; Proposed Restoration of 
Public Lands; Proposed Transfer Into Trust; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has submitted a notice of 
intent to relinquish its administration of certain lands withdrawn by 
Secretary's Order dated November 26, 1906, which withdrew all lands 
within one mile of the highwater mark of Walker Lake in Mineral County, 
Nevada. These lands are no longer needed by BOR for project purposes. 
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has evaluated the lands and 
determined the lands are suitable for restoration to the public domain. 
In addition, the Western Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs 
(BIA), has requested that the Secretary of the Interior permanently 
withdraw and transfer some of these relinquished lands, as well as 
other existing public lands, as an addition to the Walker River Paiute 
Reservation under the authority of the Act of June 22, 1936. This 
notice advises the public of a 30-day opportunity to comment on the 
proposed withdrawal revocation, restoration of relinquished lands to 
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public domain, and withdrawal and transfer of public land into trust.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 7, 2024.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be mailed to: Bureau of Land Management 
Stillwater Field Office, Attn: Walker River Revocation, 5665 Morgan 
Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Palma, BLM Stillwater Field 
Office, (775) 885-6131 or [email protected] during regular business hours, 
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BOR, Lahontan Basin Area Office, has 
submitted a notice of intent to relinquish administration of certain 
lands withdrawn for BOR Newlands Project purposes and described below. 
These lands were part of the larger Truckee-Carson Project withdrawal 
established by Secretary's Order dated November 26, 1906, which 
withdrew all lands within one mile of the highwater mark of Walker Lake 
in Mineral County, Nevada. The subject land was omitted from the legal 
description in a Secretary's Order dated May 25, 1942, that revoked the 
1906 withdrawal order. These lands are no longer needed by the BOR for 
project purposes. The BLM has determined the lands are suitable for 
restoration to the public domain.
    In addition, the Western Regional Office, BIA, has submitted an 
application for the BLM to process on behalf of the Secretary the 
permanent withdrawal and transfer of some of these relinquished lands 
into trust as an addition to the Walker River Paiute Reservation under 
the authority of Public Law 74-748 (49 Stat. 1806), dated June 22, 1936 
(1936 Act). Once restored to the public domain, the lands would be 
identified as public land inholdings surrounded by Reservation lands 
that may be administratively transferred to the Walker River Paiute 
Tribe as an addition to the Reservation under the 1936 Act, upon 
approval by the Secretary of the Interior. Some acres identified for 
relinquishment by the BOR overlap with a previous withdrawal for the 
Reservation; these acres would transfer to Tribal management upon 
Secretarial revocation of the BOR withdrawal. The BIA has also 
requested the withdrawal and transfer into trust of additional public 
lands, as described below.
    BOR withdrawn lands identified for relinquishment are described as 
follows:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 12 N., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 25, lot 4.
T. 11 N., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 109.60 acres.
    Public lands subject to withdrawal and transfer as an addition to 
the Walker River Indian Reservation, to be held in trust for the 
benefit of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, under the 1936 Act, are 
described as follows:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 12 N., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 25, lot 4.
T. 11 N., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 18, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 12 N., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 27, lots 1 and 2, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 173.25 acres.
    For a period until August 7, 2024, persons who wish to submit 
comments regarding the proposed action may present their views in 
writing to the address listed in the ADDRESSES section above.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you may 
ask the BLM in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    The BOR lands described in this notice will remain withdrawn from 
entry under the United States mining laws while the proposed action is 
being processed. All activities on the BLM managed lands currently 
consistent with the Carson City Field Office May 2001 Consolidated 
Resource Management Plan, as amended, are authorized to continue, 
including public recreation and other activities compatible with 
preservation of the character of the area, subject to BLM discretionary 
approval, until such time as the Secretary issues a decision on the 
proposed action.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714 and Pub. L. 74-748, June 22, 1936)

Jon K. Raby,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-14913 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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