Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 241 / Monday, December 16, 2024 / Notices 101621 

Meeting minutes will be available for 

public inspection and reproduction 

during regular business hours within 90 

days following the meeting. Minutes 

will also be posted on the RAC web 

page at www.blm.gov/get-involved/ 

resource-advisory-council/near-you/ 

new-mexico/northern-rac. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Sabrina Flores, 

BLM Albuquerque District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29511 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO4820000251] 

Notice of Segregation of Public Lands 

for the Neptune Solar Project, Millard 

County, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of segregation. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is segregating 1,920 

acres of public lands as part of the rightof-way (ROW) application for the 

Neptune Solar Project, from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including location under the 

Mining Law of 1872, but not the Mineral 

Leasing Act or Material Sales Act, for a 

period of 2 years from the date of 

publication of this notice, subject to 

valid existing rights. This segregation is 

to allow for the orderly administration 

of the public lands to facilitate 

consideration of development of 

renewable energy resources. 

DATES: The segregation of the lands 

identified in this notice is effective on 

December 16, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lennie McConnell, District Renewable 

Energy Project Manager, BLM West 

Desert and Color Country Districts, 176 

E DL Sargent Drive, Cedar City, UT 

84721, (435) 865–3052 or email at 

lmcconnell@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 for 

contacting Mr. McConnell. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. You will receive a reply during 

normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations found at 43 CFR 2091.3– 

1(e) and 2804.25(f) allow the BLM to 

temporarily segregate public lands 

described within a ROW application for 

solar energy development from the 

operation of the public land laws, 

including the Mining Law, by 

publication of a notice in the Federal 

Register. The BLM uses the temporary 

segregation authority to preserve the 

ability to approve, approve with 

modifications, or deny a proposed 

ROW, and to facilitate the orderly 

administration of the public lands. This 

temporary segregation is subject to valid 

existing rights. 

Licenses, permits, cooperative 

agreements, or discretionary land use 

authorizations of a temporary nature 

that will not significantly impact the 

application area may be allowed with 

the approval of the authorized officer of 

the BLM during the segregation period. 

The public lands segregated by this 

notice are described as follows: 

Neptune Solar Project—UTUT105853689 

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah 

T. 19 S., R. 8 W., 

Sec. 19, S1⁄2NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 20, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 21, S1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 28; 

Sec. 29, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 33, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 1,920 

acres, according to the official plat of 

the survey of the said lands, on file with 

the BLM. 

As provided in the regulations under 

43 CFR 2091.3–1e(3), the segregation of 

the lands described 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. 

For a period until December 16, 2026, 

subject to valid existing rights, the 

public lands described in this notice 

will be segregated from appropriation 

under the public land laws, including 

location under the Mining Law of 1872, 

but not from leasing under the mineral 

and geothermal leasing laws, or disposal 

under the Mineral Materials Act, while 

the ROW application is being processed. 

The segregation period will terminate 

and the lands will automatically open 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 ROW; without further 

administrative action at the end of the 

segregation stated in the Federal 

Register notice initiating the 

segregation; or upon publication of a 

Federal Register notice terminating the 

segregation and opening the lands. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3–1(e) and 43 CFR 

2804.25(f)) 

Matthew A. Preston, 

State Director, Acting. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29544 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–106385733] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Public Meeting, Upper Pecos River 

Watershed Protection Area 

Withdrawal, New Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service (USFS), the Secretary of the 

Interior proposes to withdraw 163,483 

acres of National Forest System lands 

and 1,327.16 acres of public lands from 

location and entry under the United 

States mining laws, and leasing under 

the mineral and geothermal leasing 

laws, subject to valid existing rights. 

The lands would remain open to 

disposals under the mineral materials 

laws. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

the BLM by March 17, 2025. A public 

meeting on the proposed withdrawal 

will be held February 26, 2025, from 5 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Village of Pecos 

Conference Room, 92 South Main St., 

Pecos, NM 87552. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

State Director, Bureau of Land 

Management, New Mexico State Office, 

301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New 

Mexico 87508. Information regarding 

the proposed withdrawal will be 

available at the BLM New Mexico State 

Office and at the Santa Fe National 

Forest Supervisor’s Office, 11 Forest 

Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jillian Aragon, Project Manager, BLM 

New Mexico State Office by email at 

jgaragon@blm.gov or Julian Madrid, 

Santa Fe National Forest by email at 

julian.madrid@usda.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 


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