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should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

request of the USGS, the Secretary of the 

Interior proposes that Executive Order 

(E.O.) 8854 (6 FR 4181) as modified by 

PLO No. 6458 (48 FR 40232 (1983)) and 

extended by PLO No. 7581 (68 FR 52613 

(2003)), which are incorporated herein 

by reference, be extended for an 

additional 20-year term. 

A complete description of the public 

land affected, along with all other 

records pertaining to this extension, can 

be examined in the BLM Alaska State 

Office at the address shown above. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with this 

withdrawal extension. All interested 

persons who desire a public meeting on 

this withdrawal extension must submit 

a written request to the BLM Alaska 

State Director at the address in the 

ADDRESSES section above. If the 

authorized officer determines that a 

public meeting will be held, a notice of 

the date, time, and place will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

local newspapers having general 

circulation in the vicinity of the land at 

least 30 days before the scheduled date 

of the meeting, which may be held 

virtually at the discretion of the 

authorized officer. 

The withdrawal extension application 

will be processed in accordance with 

the regulations set-forth in 43 CFR 

2310.4 and subject to section 810 of the 

Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3120). 

For a period until July 5, 2022, all 

persons who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with this proposed withdrawal 

extension may present their views in 

writing to the BLM Alaska State Director 

at the address indicated above. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask the BLM in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.4) 

Thomas Heinlein, 

Acting Alaska State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07063 Filed 4–4–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVS00000. L13400000.KH0000; MO# 

4500160406] 

Notice of Competitive Offer and Notice 

of Segregation for Solar Energy 

Development on Public Land, Clark 

County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field 

Office is announcing that it will accept 

competitive bids to determine a 

preferred right-of-way applicant for 

solar energy development on a 1,635- 

acre parcel of public land, referred to as 

the Dry Lake East Designated Leasing 

Area, located in Clark County, Nevada. 

The BLM also announces the 

segregation of the 1,635-acre parcel of 

public lands from appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

Mining Law, but not the Mineral 

Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a 

period of 2 years from the date of 

publication of this notice, subject to 

valid existing rights. This segregation 

will facilitate the orderly administration 

of the public lands while the BLM 

considers potential solar development 

on the described parcel. 

DATES: The competitive offer will be 

held at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on 

May 20, 2022. All sealed bids must be 

received by the Las Vegas Field Office 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section by 10:00 a.m. PT on May 20, 

2022. The segregation for the lands 

identified in this notice is effective on 

April 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Sealed bids may be mailed 

or hand delivered to the Bureau of Land 

Management, Attention: Energy and 

Infrastructure Team, 4701 North Torrey 

Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130. 

Electronic bid submissions will not be 

accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Ransel, Supervisory Project Manager, at 

(702) 515–5000 or BLM_NV_SND_

EnergyProjects@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: 

Competitive Offering Information: The 

BLM Las Vegas Field Office is 

conducting a competitive process to 

determine a preferred right-of-way 

applicant to submit a right-of-way 

application, plan of development, and 

application fee for a parcel of land 

described as the Dry Lake East 

Designated Leasing Area. As provided 

for in 43 CFR 2804.30(b), a sealed bid 

competitive bidding procedure will be 

used to determine a preferred right-ofway applicant for the Dry Lake East 

Designated Leasing Area. 

Bidders may submit sealed bids for 

the parcel, consisting of approximately 

1,635 acres of public lands legally 

described in this Notice. The BLM has 

determined the minimum bid for the 

parcel to be $37,780. The minimum bid 

represents 10 percent of the acreage rent 

($33,823); the acreage rent is calculated 

by multiplying the number of acres 

being offered times the annual per acre 

zone rate from the solar energy acreage 

rent schedule (43 CFR 2806.52(a)). In 

addition, the minimum bid includes an 

administrative fee of $3,957 

(approximately $2.42 per acre) to cover 

the BLM’s costs of preparing for and 

conducting the competitive offer. In 

addition to the minimum bid, bidders 

may also offer a bonus bid of any dollar 

amount. 

To submit a bid, you must provide the 

bidder’s name and personal or business 

address. Each bid can only contain the 

name of one bidder (i.e., citizen, 

association or partnership, corporation, 

or municipality). For your bid to receive 

consideration, you must submit a 

complete bid package, including a 

Technical and Financial Capability 

Certification, Sealed Bid Statement, 

payment for the minimum bid and at 

least 20 percent of the bonus bid. All 

bidding documents must be enclosed in 

a sealed envelope with the bidder’s 

name and return address on the outside. 

Include the following notation on the 

front lower left-hand corner of the 

sealed envelope: ‘‘SEALED BID—DO 

NOT OPEN.’’ The Technical and 

Financial Capability Certification form, 

Sealed Bid Statement form, and a 

complete description of the bid process 

are contained in an Invitation for Bids 

package available at the following 

location: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/86813. 

The successful bidder will be 

determined by highest total bid. All 

bidders will be notified within 10 

calendar days after the bidding closes of 

whether they were the successful 

bidder. 

If you are the successful bidder, 

within 15 calendar days after 

notification you must submit the 

balance of the bonus bid to the BLM Las 


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Vegas Field Office. If you are the 

successful bidder, the BLM will select 

you as the preferred right-of-way 

applicant only if you: (1) Satisfy the 

qualifications in 43 CFR 2803.10; (2) 

make the required payments listed 

above; and (3) do not have any trespass 

action pending against you for any 

activity on BLM-administered lands or 

have any unpaid debts owed to the 

Federal Government. If the listed 

requirements are not satisfied within the 

15-day time period, the BLM will not 

select the identified successful bidder as 

the preferred right-of-way applicant and 

will keep all money that has been 

submitted. In that event, the BLM may 

identify the next highest bidder as the 

successful bidder (then follow 

requirements as noted above for 

successful bidder) or re-offer the lands 

through another competitive process. 

The administrative fee portion of the 

minimum bid will be retained by the 

agency to recover administrative costs 

for conducting the competitive bid and 

related processes. The remainder of the 

minimum bid and bonus bid will be 

deposited with the U.S. Treasury. 

Neither amount will be returned or 

refunded to the successful bidder(s) 

under any circumstance. If you are not 

the successful bidder, the BLM will 

return or refund the bid amount 

submitted with your bid. 

Any required payments submitted 

must be made by a certified check, 

postal money order, bank draft, or 

cashier’s check made payable in U.S. 

dollars to ‘‘Department of the Interior— 

Bureau of Land Management’’. 

If there is no bid received for the 

parcel, then no preferred right-of-way 

applicant will be identified and no 

application will be processed for solar 

energy development under the 

procedures listed in this notice. In the 

case of tied bids, the BLM may re-offer 

the lands competitively to the tied 

bidders or to all prospective bidders. 

Within 30 days of notification of the 

auction result, the successful bidder 

must submit a right-of-way application 

that conforms with all application 

requirements found at 43 CFR 2804.12. 

Within 60 days of notification of the 

auction result, the successful bidder 

must submit a plan of development that 

conforms with the BLM’s Solar Energy 

Development Plan of Development 

template. The preferred right-of-way 

applicant will be required to reimburse 

the United States for the cost of 

processing an application consistent 

with the requirements of the regulations 

at 43 CFR 2804.14. The cost recovery 

fees are based on the amount of time the 

BLM estimates it will take to process the 

right-of-way application and issue a 

decision. The BLM will begin 

processing the right-of-way application 

once the cost recovery fees are received 

as required by the regulations. 

Processing of the right-of-way 

application will be done in accordance 

with applicable law, regulation, and 

policy. Additional fees may be required 

as part of approval of a right-of-way 

grant, including mitigation-related fees. 

Only interests in issued right-of-way 

grants are assignable under the existing 

regulations at 43 CFR 2807.21. The 

interest acquired by the successful high 

bidder or preferred right-of-way 

applicant from this auction may not be 

assigned or sold to another party prior 

to the issuance of a right-of-way grant. 

The successful bidder may, however, 

continue to pursue their application if 

the successful bidder becomes a whollyowned subsidiary of a new third party. 

Segregation: Regulations found at 43 

CFR 2091.3–1(e) and 2804.25(f) allow 

the BLM to segregate public lands for 

potential rights-of-way when initiating a 

competitive process for solar energy 

development from the operation of the 

public land laws, including the Mining 

Law, by publication of a Federal 

Register notice. The BLM uses this 

authority to preserve its ability to 

approve, approve with modifications, or 

deny proposed rights-of-way, and to 

facilitate the orderly administration of 

the public lands. This segregation is 

subject to valid existing rights, 

including existing mining claims 

located before this segregation notice. 

Licenses, permits, cooperative 

agreements, or discretionary land use 

authorizations of a temporary nature 

which would not impact lands 

identified in this notice may be allowed 

with the approval of a BLM authorized 

officer during the segregation period. As 

provided in the regulations, the 

segregation of lands in this notice will 

not exceed 2 years from the date of 

publication unless extended for an 

additional 2 years through publication 

of a new notice in the Federal Register. 

The segregation period will terminate 

and the land will automatically reopen 

to appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining law at the 

earliest of the following dates: Upon 

issuance of a decision by the authorized 

officer granting, granting with 

modifications, or denying the 

application for a right-of-way; without 

further administrative action at the end 

of the segregation provided for in the 

Federal Register notice initiating the 

segregation; or upon publication of a 

Federal Register notice terminating the 

segregation. Upon termination of the 

segregation of these lands, all lands 

subject to this segregation would 

automatically reopen to appropriation 

under the public land laws, including 

the mining law. 

Legal Description for Parcel: The 

subject parcel is legally described as 

follows— 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 17 S., R. 64 E., 

Sec. 32, those portions of the S1⁄2NE1⁄4

lying westerly of the westerly right-ofway of CC–0360, those portions of the 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4 lying southeasterly of the 

southeasterly right-of-way boundary of 

NEV–045565, and those portions of the 

S1⁄2 lying southeasterly of the 

southeasterly right-of-way boundary of 

NEV–045565 and westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way boundary of CC– 

0360. 

T. 18 S., R. 64 E., 

Sec. 5, those portions lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way boundary of CC– 

0360; 

Sec. 6, that portion of lot 8 lying 

southeasterly of the southeasterly rightof-way boundary of NEV–045565, that 

portion of the SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 lying 

southeasterly of the southeasterly rightof-way boundary of NEV–045565, and 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 7, lots 12, 18, 19, 20, and 29, 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 8, those portions of the N1⁄2 and 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 lying northerly and 

northwesterly of the northerly and 

northwesterly right-of-way boundary of 

CC–0360. 

The area described contains 1,635 acres, 

more or less, according to the BLM National 

Public Land Survey System CadNSDI and the 

official plats of the surveys of the said land, 

on file with the BLM. 

Shonna Dooman, 

Field Manager—Las Vegas Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07078 Filed 4–4–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033675; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Nebraska State Historical 

Society DBA History Nebraska, 

Lincoln, NE 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Nebraska, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects. Lineal descendants or 


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