77658 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 238 / Monday, December 13, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV930000 L14300000.ET0000 241A; 

NVN–62752; MO# 4500011865; 10–08807; 

TAS: 14X1109] 

Public Land Order No. 7755; 

Withdrawal of Public Lands and 

Reserved Federal Minerals for the Ash 

Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, 

Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 

approximately 9,460.66 acres of public 

lands from settlement, sale, location, 

and entry under the general land laws, 

including the mining laws, and 5,570.02 

acres of reserved Federal minerals from 

location under the mining laws, subject 

to valid existing rights, for a period of 

20 years to protect the habitat of 12 

endangered species. This order also 

transfers jurisdiction of the public lands 

within the Ash Meadows National 

Wildlife Refuge boundary to the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 13, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Gratton, Bureau of Land 

Management, Nevada State Office, P.O. 

Box 12000, Reno, NV 89520, 775–861– 

6532. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public lands and the reserved Federal 

minerals described in this order are 

within the Ash Meadows National 

Wildlife Refuge boundary. Non-Federal 

lands within the Refuge boundary are 

not affected by this withdrawal. This 

action would protect Federal lands and 

minerals from surface disturbance, 

mining and other uses that could 

interfere with efforts to protect and 

implement recovery efforts for 12 

Federally-listed threatened or 

endangered plant and animal species 

found only at Ash Meadows. The lands 

and Federal minerals would remain 

open to the mineral leasing and mineral 

material laws. 

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 

public lands described in (a) below are 

hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, 

location, and entry under the general 

land laws, including the mining laws 

(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), and jurisdiction is 

transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service for administration under the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

(16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee). The reserved 

Federal minerals underlying the lands 

described in (b) below are hereby 

withdrawn from location and entry 

under the mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2). 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

(a) Public Lands 

T. 17 S., R. 50 E., 

Sec. 9, lots 7 and 8; 

Sec. 10, lot 12; 

Sec. 14, lot 11; 

Sec. 15, lots 1 to 4, inclusive; 

Sec. 17, E1⁄2NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 19, lot 14; 

Sec. 21, lots 5 and 6; 

Sec. 22, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, 

and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 23, lots 3 and 4; 

Sec. 26, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 27; 

Sec. 28, E1⁄2NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 29, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 32, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 36, W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

T. 17 S., R. 51 E., 

Sec. 31, lot 4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 32, S1⁄2NW1⁄4. 

T. 18 S., R. 50 E., 

Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive; 

Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 3, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, W1⁄2NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 10, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 11, N1⁄2NW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, W1⁄2NE1⁄4 and NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 14, NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 15, E1⁄2 and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 23; 

Sec. 24, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, 

and W1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 25, S1⁄2N1⁄2 and NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, NE1⁄4. 

T. 18 S., R. 51 E., 

Sec. 5, lot 1; 

Sec. 6, lots 2 to 6, inclusive, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 7, NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 8, NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 18, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 20, W1⁄2E1⁄2 and W1⁄2; 

Sec. 29, W1⁄2NE1⁄4 and NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 30, lot 2, NE1⁄4 (excluding Patent #27– 

70–0091), and E1⁄2NW1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 9,460.66 

acres, more or less, in Nye County. 

(b) Reserved Federal Minerals 

T. 17 S., R. 50 E., 

Sec. 10, lots 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14; 

Sec. 16, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 20, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 21, lots 1 to 4, inclusive; 

Sec. 28, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 29, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 33, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, and 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4. 

T. 18 S., R. 50 E., 

Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 3, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 4, lot 3, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, E1⁄2NW1⁄4 and W1⁄2E1⁄2; 

Sec. 10, NW1⁄4 and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 11, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, E1⁄2NE1⁄4. 

T. 17 S., R. 51 E., 

Sec. 31, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 32, SW1⁄4. 

T. 18 S., R. 51 E., 

Sec. 5, lots 2, 3, 4, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and S1⁄2; 

Sec. 6, lots 1 and 7, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 7, lots 1 and 2; 

Sec. 8, E1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 17, W1⁄2E1⁄2 and W1⁄2; 

Sec. 18, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 30, Patent #27–70–0091(within NE1⁄4). 

The areas described aggregate 5,570.02 

acres, more or less, in Nye County. 

2. 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. 

Dated: November 24, 2010. 

Wilma A. Lewis, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31209 Filed 12–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVB00000.L14300000.ET0000; NVN– 

50507; 10–08807; MO; TAS:14X1109] 

Public Land Order No. 7754; Extension 

of Public Land Order No. 6818, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order extends the 

withdrawal created by Public Land 

Order No. 6818 for an additional 20-year 

period. This extension is necessary to 

continue protection of the Federal 

investment of the Bureau of Land 

Management’s Tonopah Administrative 


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