[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1189-1190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00003]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO #4820000251; NM-052394; NM-052395]
Public Land Order No. 7955; Partial Revocation of Withdrawals
Created by Secretary Orders Dated December 10 and 22, 1928, for the
Avalon Reservoir Carlsbad Project; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (Order) partially revokes two
withdrawals created by Secretary's orders dated December 10 and 22,
1928, issued pursuant to the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, section
3, to support the Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) Avalon Reservoir
Carlsbad Project. The BOR has determined that 335.25 acres of withdrawn
lands are no longer needed for reclamation purposes and has
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requested that the withdrawals be partially revoked. This Order opens
the lands to appropriation under the public land laws, subject to valid
existing rights.
DATES: This Order takes effect on January 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tessa Telles, BLM, Carlsbad Field
Office, at (575) 234-5980 or by 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 BOR has requested a partial withdrawal
revocation of 335.25 acres of land originally withdrawn in support of
the Avalon Reservoir Carlsbad Project created by two Secretary's orders
dated December 10 and 22, 1928, issued pursuant to the Reclamation Act
of June 17, 1902, section 3. The BOR has determined that the lands are
no longer needed for reclamation purposes. The revocation of the
withdrawal will open the lands to appropriation and allow the lands to
be conveyed out of Federal ownership in a proposed land sale. Any lands
not conveyed will be restored to the administration of the Bureau of
Land Management.
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. The withdrawals created by Secretary Orders dated December 10
and 22, 1928, which withdrew public lands for use by the Bureau of
Reclamation for the Avalon Reservoir Carlsbad Project, are hereby
partially revoked as to the following described lands:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 21 S., R. 26 E.,
Sec. 14, lot 4;
Sec. 23, lots 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 13.
The area described contains 335.25 acres.
2. At 8 a.m. Mountain Time (MT) on January 7, 2025, the lands
described above will open to the operation of the public land laws,
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 8 a.m.
MT on January 7, 2025, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order
of filing. Applications to appropriate any of the lands referenced in
this Order received prior to the date and time stated above shall be
rejected. The lands will remain closed to location and entry under the
United States mining laws until such time as the lands are conveyed out
of Federal ownership or an opening order is issued pursuant to 43 CFR
2091.6.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2025-00003 Filed 1-6-25; 8:45 am]
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