[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 58183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15700]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AZ_FRN; AZA-38386, AZAZ105853174]


Public Land Order No. 7943; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands, Tonto National Forest, Superior, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 276 acres of National Forest System (NFS) 
lands located within the Tonto National Forest from location and entry 
under the U.S. mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, for a 20-year term, subject to valid existing 
rights. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect these lands for a 
congressionally mandated conveyance to the Town of Superior (Town), 
Pinal County, Arizona, upon request from the Town. The Town has 
submitted a request for conveyance of these lands to the Secretary of 
Agriculture.

DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on July 17, 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 protect 
the NFS lands from potential mining-related encumbrances that could 
affect the Town's ability to use these lands when purchased from the 
Federal Government. Section 3003 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113-291 Sec.  3003) requires the 
Secretary of Agriculture to convey the subject lands to the Town upon 
request from the Town. On October 15, 2021, the Town submitted such a 
request to the Secretary of Agriculture.

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 NFS 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, for the purpose of protecting these lands for 
a congressionally mandated conveyance to the Town.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 2 S., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 3, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4 excepting Lee Mill Site and Penny Mill Site 
of M.S. No. 4803, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ excepting Harborlite Mill Sites 1A 
and 2A of M.S. No. 4860 and Lee Mill Site and Penny Mill Site of 
M.S. No. 4803;
    Sec. 5, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ that portion lying N. of the N. 
boundary of H.E.S. No. 167, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ that portion lying 
N. of the N. boundary of H.E.S. No. 167, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ that portion lying N. of the 
N. boundary of H.E.S. No. 167, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ 
that portion lying N. of the N. boundary of H.E.S. No. 167.

    The areas described aggregate 276 acres.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land 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 under the 
mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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 of the Interior determines that the 
withdrawal shall be extended.

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

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-15700 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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