[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03732]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNVB02000-L19200000-ET0000; N-94970; LR0RF1709500; MO#4500132064]
Public Land Order No. 7891; Withdrawal of Public Lands, Central
Nevada Test Area; Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws 361 acres of public land from all forms
of appropriation and disposition under the public lands, including the
mining laws and the mineral leasing laws for a period of 20 years to
assist the United States Department of Energy Office of Legacy
Management to carry out its responsibilities regarding public health,
safety, and national security in connection with a past underground
nuclear detonation in Hot Creek Valley, Nye County, Nevada.
DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on February 25, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Seley, Realty Specialist, Bureau
of Land Management, Tonopah Field Office, 1553 S. Main St., P.O. Box
911, Tonopah, Nevada 89049; telephone: 775-482-7805; email:
[email protected]; or write: Field Manager, BLM Tonopah Field Office, 1553
S. Main St., P.O. Box 911, Tonopah, Nevada 89049. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Ms. Seley. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7-days a week, to leave a message or
question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to fulfill its obligations under
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201) regarding public health,
safety, and national security in connection with a past underground
nuclear detonation, the United States Department of Energy Office of
Legacy Management requests that the 361 acres of public lands be
withdrawn.
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 public
lands are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and other
disposition under the public land laws, including the mining laws and
the mineral-leasing laws, in order to protect the physical integrity of
the subsurface environment and to ensure that the Department of
Energy's ongoing, long-term site characterization studies of the
Central Nevada Test Area are not invalidated or otherwise adversely
affected.
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 9 N. R. 51 E., Unsurveyed
Sections 14, 15, 22, and 23. It is an irregular bounded portion
of land being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is north 35[deg]15'30'' west,
14,986.1 feet from the southeast corner of township 9 north, range
51 east.
Thence, north 89[deg]43'10'' west, a distance of 6602.5 feet.
Thence, north 0[deg]16'30'' east, a distance of 6602.6 feet.
Thence, south 89[deg]43'10'' east, a distance of 6602.5 feet.
Thence, south 0[deg]17'20'' west, a distance of 6602.6 feet to
the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Basis of Bearing: Mean geodetic bearings referenced to the true
meridian.
Excepting those portions withdrawn by PLO 4338 (UC-1
withdrawal).
The area described is 361 acres, in Nye County.
2. The withdrawal made by this Order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of the
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws and
the mineral leasing laws. However, leases, licenses, or permits will be
issued only if the Department of Energy finds that the proposed use of
the lands will not interfere with the protection of human health and
safety or the minimization of danger to life or property.
3. This withdrawal will expire on February 25, 2040, 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.
Dated: February 14, 2020.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
[FR Doc. 2020-03732 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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