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collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 

28, 2024 (89 FR 68923). 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How the agency could minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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 us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: Various Federal and Indian 

mineral leasing statutes authorize the 

BLM to grant and manage onshore oil 

and gas leases on Federal and Indian 

(except Osage Tribe) lands. In order to 

fulfill its responsibilities under these 

statutes, the BLM needs to perform the 

information collection activities set 

forth in the regulations at 43 CFR part 

3170. There are no program or policy 

changes associated with this ICR. The 

changes involve moving burdens 

associated with 43 CFR part 3160 to 

OMB control number 1004–0220 and 

clarifying certain remaining burden 

estimates. The ICR submitted to OMB 

contains a detailed explanation of these 

changes. This OMB control number is 

currently scheduled to expire January 

31, 2025. The BLM requests that OMB 

renew this OMB control number for an 

additional three (3) years. 

Title of Collection: Onshore Oil and 

Gas Operations and Production (43 CFR 

part 3170). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0137. 

Form Numbers: BLM Form 3160–005. 

Type of Review: Extension with 

revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Oil and 

gas operators on public lands and some 

Indian lands. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 864. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 102,439. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 278,904. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion; 

One-time; and Monthly. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Darrin A. King, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AZ_FRN; AZAZ105869032] 

Notice of Application for Withdrawal 

and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 

John R. Fox Range, Fort Huachuca, 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Army 

(Army) has filed an application with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

requesting that the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) withdraw 1,840 

acres of Federal subsurface estate lands 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws, and from 

leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws, but not from 

disposal under the Mineral Materials 

Act of 1947, subject to valid existing 

rights, for a 20-year period. 

Additionally, the Army requests that the 

Secretary withdraw 53.48 acres of nonFederal lands, upon Federal acquisition, 

from all forms of appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

United States mining laws and mineral 

leasing laws, and reserved for use by the 

Army for military purposes (except as 

indicated in Public Land Order No. 

1471), subject to valid existing rights, 

for an indefinite period. The purpose of 

the withdrawal requested is to protect 

the John R. Fox Range, located on Fort 

Huachuca, Arizona, from potential 

adverse impacts from mining. 

Publication of this notice temporarily 

segregates the lands for up to two years, 

initiates a 90-day public comment 

period, and announces to the public an 

opportunity to request a public meeting 

on the Army’s withdrawal application. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: All comments or requests 

for a public meeting should be sent to 

the BLM Arizona State Office, 1 North 

Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 

85004; or sent by email to BLM_AZ_

Withdrawal_Comments@blm.gov. The 

BLM will not consider comments via 

telephone calls. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist, 

BLM Arizona State Office, telephone 

(602) 417–9561, email at mouellett@

blm.gov; or you may contact the BLM 

office at the address noted above. 

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. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army 

requests this withdrawal to protect the 

military training and testing mission at 

Fort Huachuca’s John R. Fox Range. 

This request is for a new 20-year 

withdrawal encompassing 1,840 acres of 

Army lands previously withdrawn by 

Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6788 

(expired August 8, 2010). The Army has 

also identified an additional 53.48 acres 

(both the surface and subsurface estate) 

of non-Federal lands within the John R. 

Fox Range that the Army is requesting 

be withdrawn, upon Federal 

acquisition, and reserved for use by the 

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purposes (except as indicated in PLO 

No. 1471), subject to valid existing 

rights, for an indefinite period or for 

such period as the Secretary of the 

Interior deems appropriate. 

The Secretary of the Interior has been 

authorized by Congress to acquire these 

53.48 acres as part of a larger tract of 

State of Arizona owned lands under 

section 2872(a) of Public Law (Pub. L.) 

106–65. The Secretary of the Interior is 

also authorized under section 2872(g) of 

Public Law 106–65 to withdraw and 

reserve these lands after acquisition for 

the use of the Army ‘‘for military 

training and testing in the same manner 

as other Federal lands located in the 

Fort Huachuca East Range (now John R. 

Fox Range) that were withdrawn and 

reserved for Army use through Public 

Land Order 1471 of 1957.’’ As PLO No. 

1471 established an indefinite 

withdrawal, the Army is requesting 

these additional 53.48 acres for 

indefinite withdrawal, as well. 

The following described Army lands 

are the subject of the Army’s withdrawal 

application and are temporarily 

segregated for a period of up to two 

years from location and entry under the 

U.S. mining laws, from leasing under 

the mineral leasing laws or geothermal 

leasing laws but not from disposal 

under the Mineral Materials Act of 

1947, subject to valid existing rights: 

(Federal Subsurface Estate) 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 20 S., R. 20 E., 

sec. 33, S1/2SE1/4; 

sec. 34, S1/2NW1/4 and SE1/4. 

T. 21 S., R. 20 E., 

sec. 10, SE1/4; 

sec. 11, NE1/4; 

sec. 13, SE1/4; 

sec. 15, NE1/4; 

sec. 24, NE1/4. 

T. 20 S., R. 21 E., 

sec. 19, SE1/4; 

sec. 31, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, and S1/2. 

The areas described aggregate 1,840 acres. 

Additionally, the Army is requesting 

the following described lands be 

withdrawn, upon Federal acquisition, 

from all forms of appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

United States mining laws and mineral 

leasing laws, and reserved for use by the 

Army for military purposes (except as 

indicated in PLO No. 1471), subject to 

valid existing rights, for an indefinite 

period or for such period as the 

Secretary of the Interior deems 

appropriate: 

(Surface and Subsurface Estate— 

Lands Withdrawn Upon Federal 

Acquisition) 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 21 S., R. 20 E., 

sec. 4, lot 1. 

The area described contains 53.48 acres. 

The use of a right-of-way, interagency 

agreement, or cooperative agreement 

would not provide adequate protection 

of the specified lands. 

No additional water rights are needed 

to fulfill the purpose of this requested 

withdrawal. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

since the requested withdrawal area is 

within the John R. Fox Range. 

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 us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

For a period of two years from the 

date of publication in the Federal 

Register, the lands will be segregated as 

specified above unless the application is 

denied or canceled. 

This application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations at 43 

CFR 2300. 

Authority: 

43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1) and 43 CFR 

2310.3–1 and Public Law 106–65. 

Gera Ashton, 

Acting State Director, Arizona State Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3711–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO#4540000406; NVNV– 

106316914] 

Public Land Order No. 7953; 

Withdrawal Revocation; Restoration of 

Public Lands; Transfer Into Trust; 

Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order revokes in part a 

withdrawal created by a Secretary’s 

Order dated November 26, 1906, which 

withdrew all lands within one mile of 

the high-water mark of Walker Lake in 

Mineral County, Nevada and reserved 

them for the Bureau of Reclamation’s 

Truckee-Carson Project. The Bureau of 

Reclamation (BOR) no longer needs 

109.60 acres for project purposes. The 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

evaluated the lands and determined 

they are suitable for return to the public 

domain. In addition, this order 

permanently withdraws and transfers 

69.60 of the 109.60 acres, as well as 

103.65 acres of other public lands, as an 

addition to the Walker River Indian 

Reservation under the authority of the 

Act of June 22, 1936. 

DATES: This Public Land Order (PLO) 

takes effect on December 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Palma, BLM Stillwater Field 

Office, (775) 885–6131 or jpalma@

blm.gov during regular business hours, 

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 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: These 

109.60 acres were included as part of 

the larger Truckee-Carson Project 

withdrawal established by a Secretary’s 

Order dated November 26, 1906, which 

withdrew all lands within one mile of 

the high-water mark of Walker Lake in 

Mineral County, Nevada. The subject 

lands were omitted from the legal 

description in a Secretary’s Order dated 

May 25, 1942, that revoked the 1906 

withdrawal order. These lands are no 

longer needed by the BOR for project 

purposes. The BLM has determined the 

lands are suitable for return to the 

public domain. 

In addition, the Western Regional 

Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) submitted an application for the 

BLM to process on behalf of the 

Secretary for the permanent withdrawal 

and transfer of some of these lands, once 

restored, into trust as an addition to the 

Walker River Indian Reservation under 

the authority of Public Law 74–748 (49 

Stat. 1806), dated June 22, 1936 (1936 

Act). By this Order, the Secretary is 

restoring the relinquished lands to the 

public domain and transfering 69.60 

acres of the restored lands, as well as 

103.65 acres of other public lands, that 

are surrounded by Reservation lands 

into trust for the Walker River Paiute 

Tribe as an addition to the Reservation 

under the 1936 Act. Forty acres of the 

restored lands overlap a previous 

withdrawal for the Reservation; these 

acres transfer to Tribal management by 

operation of law upon Secretarial 

revocation of the 1906 withdrawal. 


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