[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66136-66137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18154]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO# 4500180226]


Public Land Order No. 7948; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
7613; Withdrawal of Public Lands for a Runway Safe Zone, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the 
withdrawal created by PLO No. 7613, which would otherwise expire on 
August 17, 2024, for an additional 20-year period. PLO No. 7613 
withdrew 40 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or 
entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights, for a period of 20 years, for 
the United States Air Force to protect a runway safe zone at Nellis Air 
Force Base located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on August 14, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Benavides, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Las Vegas Field Office, at (702) 515-5144, email: [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: The purpose for which the withdrawal was 
first made requires this extension in order to protect a runway safe 
zone at Nellis Air Force Base. The lands withdrawn by PLO No. 7613 on 
August 18, 2004 (69 FR 51320) and serialized as N-74668 (NVNV106080782) 
are located wholly within Nellis Air Force Base, a secured military 
installation, at the northern end of an active runway; public access to 
these lands has been restricted since the 1950s.

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, PLO No. 7613, which withdrew 
40 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, 
subject to valid existing rights, for the United States Air Force to 
protect a runway safe zone at Nellis Air Force Base, is hereby extended 
for an additional period of 20 years.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of land under 
lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their mineral

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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 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. 2024-18154 Filed 8-13-24; 8:45 am]
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