[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26213]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNMP02000 L14400000 ET0000 NMNM52395]
Public Land Order 7888; Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order
Dated December 22, 1928; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order (PLO).
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SUMMARY: This Order revokes a withdrawal created by a Secretarial Order
insofar as it affects 41.24 acres of public land withdrawn for use by
the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in connection with the Carlsbad Project
(Avalon Reservoir). The BOR no longer needs the land for project
purposes. This Order opens the land to the operation of the public land
laws subject to valid existing rights. The land has been and will
remain open to mineral leasing and will remain closed to location and
entry under the United States mining laws.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on January 3, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debby Lucero, BLM, New Mexico State
Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507, 505-954-2196,
or via email at [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BOR has determined that the land is
excess to its project needs and has requested a partial revocation of
the withdrawal.
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 withdrawal created by the Secretarial Order dated December
22, 1928, that reserved lands on behalf of the BOR in connection with
the Carlsbad Project (Avalon Reservoir), is hereby revoked insofar as
it affects the following described land:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 21 S., R. 26 E.,
sec. 26, lot 1.
The area described contains 41.24 acres, in Eddy County.
2. At 9 a.m. on January 3, 2020, the land will be opened 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. The land will remain closed to
operation of the United States mining laws. All valid applications
received at or prior to 9 a.m. on January 3, 2020, shall be considered
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall
be considered in the order of filing.
Dated: November 25, 2019.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
[FR Doc. 2019-26213 Filed 12-3-19; 8:45 am]
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