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information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: The USGS has a history of 

conducting research on uranium-bearing 

breccia pipe deposits to address data 

gaps related to the potential effects of 

uranium exploration and mining 

activities in the Grand Canyon 

watershed, its people, wildlife, and 

water resources. The USGS also 

recognizes a need to constantly update 

methods for communicating science to 

partners and non-scientists. The project 

proposed herein seeks to identify a path 

toward efficiently providing data and 

results to decision makers, stakeholders, 

partners, and the public to maximize the 

utility of science products. This 

research will advance USGS capability 

by documenting the efficacy of existing 

mining-related science communication 

efforts to partners and will advance 

USGS knowledge and use of 

communication methods to deliver 

actionable science to non-science 

audiences in the future. Information 

will be collected via semi-structured 

interviews conducted in person with 

members of the general public in the 

Grand Canyon watershed. 

Title of Collection: Science 

communication strategies related to 

mining activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: NEW. 

Respondents/Affected Public: General 

public (2), State (6), and private 

businesses (3). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 11. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 11. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 45 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 9 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Rudolph Schuster, 

Branch Chief, Social & Economic Analysis, 

USGS. 

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BILLING CODE 4388–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_UT_FRN_MO4500170045] 

Notice of Realty Action: Modified 

Competitive Sale of Public Land in 

Emery County, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) proposes a modified 

competitive sale of an 80-acre parcel of 

public land in Emery County, Utah. The 

parcel would be offered for sale 

pursuant to the John D. Dingell Jr., 

Conservation, Management, and 

Recreation Act. The sale would be 

subject to the applicable provisions of 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as 

amended, and BLM land sale 

regulations. The surface estate would be 

sold for no less than the appraised fair 

market value of $34,000. 

DATES: Interested parties must submit 

written comments, postmarked, or 

delivered no later than December 11, 

2023. 

The land would not be offered for sale 

until after December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments or 

submit sealed bids to the BLM Price 

Field Office, Field Manager, 125 South 

600 West, Price, UT 84501. Comments 

may also be emailed to utprmail@

blm.gov: with Parcel 15 Land Sale in the 

subject line or hand delivered to the 

BLM office during business hours, 8 

a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday 

through Friday, except during Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Ahrnsbrak, Realty Specialist, 

BLM Price Field Office, phone: 435– 

781–2753, or email: pahrnsbrak@

blm.gov. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) 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-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The parcel 

proposed for sale is isolated from large 

blocks of Federal land by private land 

ownership, and is therefore difficult and 

uneconomic to manage. Enyo 

Renewable Energy, LLC (Enyo) initially 

nominated the parcel for the sale. Enyo 

leased private lands surrounding the 

parcel to develop the Hornshadow Solar 

Project, which is a planned 300- 

megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power 

generation facility that has received a 

conditional use permit from Emery 

County. The proposed development is 

to construct and operate solar PV 

facilities on lands adjoining the 

northern and southern boundaries of the 

BLM sale parcel, also known as Parcel 

15. Subsequently, Enyo sold the 

Hornshadow Solar Project to DESRI 

Hornshadow Land Holdings, LLC, a 

wholly owned subsidiary of D.E. Shaw 

Renewable Investments (DESRI). DESRI 

has contributed to processing costs 

associated with the preparation of the 

modified competitive sale and has 

therefore been determined to be the 

designated bidder with the right to meet 

the highest bid. 

The following described public land 

in Emery County, Utah, located 

approximately three miles southeast of 

the town of Castle Dale, has been 

examined and found suitable for sale in 

accordance with section 203 of FLPMA, 

as amended (43 U.S.C. 1713): 

Parcel 15, UTU–95714 

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah 

T. 19 S., R. 8 E. 

Sec. 11, SE1/4SE1/4; 

Sec. 12, SW1/4SW1/4. 

The area described contains 80 acres, 

according to the official plat of the survey of 

the said land, on file with the BLM. 

The parcel proposed for modified 

competitive sale would include the 

conveyance of the surface interest of the 

United States in accordance with 

section 203 of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1713). 

All mineral interest will be reserved to 

the United States in accordance with 

FLPMA section 209 (43 U.S.C. 1719). 

No warranty of any kind, express or 

implied, is given by the United States as 

to the title, whether or to what extent 

the land may be developed, its physical 

condition, future uses, or any other 

circumstance or condition. The 

conveyance of any parcel would not be 

on a contingency basis. However, to the 

extent required by law, the parcel is 

subject to the requirements of section 

120(h) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA). 

The proposed sale conforms with the 

BLM Price Field Office Resource 

Management Plan (RMP), approved in 

October 2008. The lands are identified 

as available for disposal and listed by 

the legal description in Appendix R–11 

of the RMP. A parcel-specific 

environmental assessment (EA), 

document number DOI–BLM–UT– 

G020–2022–0009–EA, was prepared in 

connection with this realty action and 

may be viewed at https:// 


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eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2017592/510. 

The parcel proposed for sale has been 

found appropriate for conveyance under 

section 203 of FLPMA, and consistent 

with the following criteria: 43 CFR 

2710.0–3(a)(2), ‘‘disposal of such tract 

shall serve important public objectives 

. . .’’; and 43 CFR 2710.0–3(a)(3), ‘‘such 

tract, because of its location or other 

characteristics is difficult and 

uneconomic to manage as part of the 

public lands and is not suitable for 

management by another Federal 

department or agency.’’ The parcel has 

been proposed for potential future 

renewable energy development, which 

has been identified as an important 

public objective. The parcel is isolated 

from other public lands and has no legal 

public access making it difficult and 

uneconomic to manage. Because this 

parcel is isolated from other public 

lands, has no legal public access, does 

not contain suitable or occupied habitat 

for federally protected species, or 

contain other protected resources, it is 

neither needed for any identified 

Federal purposes, nor suitable for 

management by another Federal agency. 

Proceeds from the sale would be 

deposited into the Emery County, Utah, 

Land Acquisition Account, according to 

Public Law 116–9, Sec. 1253. Funds can 

be spent from that account to acquire 

inholdings in an Emery County 

wilderness area or the San Rafael Swell 

Recreation Area. If land acquisition 

opportunities are not available, the 

funds could be used for the protection 

of cultural resources on Federal land in 

Emery County. 

Pursuant to the requirements of 43 

CFR 2711.1–2(d), publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register will 

segregate the land from all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, except 

for the sale provisions of FLPMA. Until 

completion of the sale, the BLM will no 

longer accept land use applications 

affecting the public land. The effect of 

this segregation will terminate upon 

issuance of a patent, publication in the 

Federal Register of a termination of the 

segregation, or two years after the date 

of publication in the Federal Register, 

unless extended by the BLM Utah State 

Director in accordance with 43 CFR 

2711.1–2(d) prior to the termination 

date. 

Sale Procedures: In accordance with 

43 CFR 2711.3–2, modified competitive 

bid procedures can be used when the 

authorized officer determines it is 

necessary to recognize equitable 

considerations or public policies and 

may include, ‘‘offering to designated 

bidders the right to meet the highest 

bid’’ (2711.3–2(a)(1)(i)), or ‘‘a limitation 

of persons permitted to bid on a specific 

tract of land offered for sale’’ (2711.3– 

2(a)(1)(ii)). Due to limited access, the 

parcel would be offered by modified 

competitive sale where the bidders are 

limited to adjacent landowners or 

entities with current legal access to the 

parcel. Because of its contribution to 

processing costs, and existing policy to 

promote renewable energy 

development, DESRI would be 

designated the right to meet the highest 

bid. The purpose of the sale is to 

implement land tenure adjustment 

decisions in the RMP. 

Sealed bids for Parcel 15 must be 

submitted to the BLM Price Field Office 

at 125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501, 

not later than 4 p.m. Mountain Time on 

December 26, 2023. Bid envelopes must 

be marked on the lower left front corner 

as follows: Parcel 15 Land Sale—Sealed 

Bid. Bids must be for not less than the 

appraised fair market value of $34,000 

as stated in this notice. Each sealed bid 

shall be accompanied by a certified 

check, postal money order, bank draft, 

or cashier’s check made payable to the 

Department of the Interior, BLM, for not 

less than 10 percent of the bid amount. 

DESRI must also submit a sealed bid 

according to the provisions above to 

indicate their continued interest in the 

parcel and will then be given the 

opportunity to meet the highest bid. The 

remainder of the full bid price must be 

paid by the successful bidder within 

180 calendar days of the date of sale. 

Failure to pay the full price within 180 

days will disqualify the apparent high 

bidder and cause the bid deposit to be 

forfeited to the BLM. Bid deposits 

submitted by unsuccessful bidders will 

be returned. 

If the parcel is not sold pursuant to 

this notice, it may remain available to 

non-competitive offers for no less than 

the fair market value. The acceptance or 

rejection of any offer to purchase the 

parcel shall be given in writing by the 

BLM authorized officer no later than 30 

days after receipt of such offer unless 

the offeror waives this right. 

The conveyance document, if issued, 

will include the following terms, 

covenants, conditions, and reservations: 

1. A reservation to the United States 

for ditches and canals constructed by 

the authority of the United States under 

the Act of August 30, 1890; 

2. A reservation to the United States 

of all mineral rights; 

3. Valid existing rights issued prior to 

conveyance, including Oil and Gas 

Lease UTU–91334 and Grazing Permit 

UT25050 (subject to 2-year cancellation 

notice); and 

4. Additional terms and conditions 

that the authorized officer deems 

appropriate. 

The EA, maps, and associated 

documents are available for review at 

the location listed in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Interested parties and the public may 

submit in writing any comments 

concerning the land being considered 

for sale, including notification of any 

encumbrances or other claims relating 

to the identified land, to Parcel 15 Land 

Sale, BLM Price Field Office, at the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section 

by the deadline listed in the DATES

section. 

Comments may also be emailed to 

utprmail@blm.gov with Parcel 15 Land 

Sale in the subject line, or hand 

delivered to the BLM office during 

business hours, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Mountain Time, Monday through 

Friday, except during Federal holidays, 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, may be made 

publicly available at any time. The BLM 

will not consider comments received via 

telephone calls. 

The BLM Utah State Director will 

review adverse comments regarding the 

parcel and may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action, in whole or in 

part. In the absence of timely adverse 

comments, this realty action will 

become the final determination of the 

Department of the Interior. The BLM 

may accept or reject any or all offers or 

withdraw any land or interest in land 

from sale. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2710 and Pub. L. 116–9, 

sec. 1253) 

Gregory Sheehan, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23632 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–36802; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting electronic comments on the 


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