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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105625-105626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30790]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[SDMT 106276277; SDM 112598]

Public Land Order No. 7956; Withdrawal of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek Watershed; South Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 20,510 acres of 
National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Black Hills National Forest, 
Pennington County, South Dakota, from settlement, sale, location, or 
entry under the public land laws; location and entry under the United 
States mining laws; and leasing under the mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, to protect 
the cultural and natural resources of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid 
Creek Watershed, including municipal water for Rapid City and Ellsworth 
Air Force Base.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on December 27, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Carr, Branch Chief, Realty Lands 
and Renewable Energy, BLM Montana/Dakotas, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101, telephone: (406) 538-1957; email: 
[email protected]; or Shawn Cochran, Forest Supervisor, Black Hills 
National Forest, 1019 N. 5th Street, Custer, South Dakota 57730, 
telephone: (605) 673-9203, email: [email protected]. 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-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect 
and preserve cultural and natural resources of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek Watershed, including municipal water for Rapid City and 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, from the known and potential adverse 
environmental impacts that may arise from exploration and development 
of federally owned minerals. A Notice of Application for Withdrawal and 
Notification of Public Meeting was published in the Federal Register on 
March 21, 2023 (88 FR 17006).

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 
(FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1714, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described lands 
are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under 
the public land laws; location and entry under the United States mining 
laws; and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws for 20 
years.

Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota

T. 1 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, that part lying easterly of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid 
Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 11, that part lying easterly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Secs. 12 and 13;
    Sec. 14, that part lying easterly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 23, that part lying northeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 24, that part lying northeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 25, that part lying northeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary.
T. 2 N., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 5, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, except 
Tract A of H.E.S. No. 241, that part lying southerly of Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 14, lot 2, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, that 
part lying southeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek 
subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, those portions lying southerly and 
easterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 23, that part lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid 
Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 24, except Tract A of H.E.S. No. 241;
    Sec. 25, except M.S. No. 1948 and M.S. No. 2016;
    Sec. 26, that part lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid 
Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 27, those portions lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 34, lots 1, 4, 6, and 9, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, that part lying easterly of Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 35, except M.S. No. 2047, that part lying northeasterly of 
Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 36, except M.S. No. 1948;
    M.S. No. 1019, that part lying southerly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    M.S. No. 2047.
T. 1 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 2, that part lying southwesterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Secs. 3 thru 7;
    Sec. 8, except M.S. No. 1918;
    Secs. 9 and 10;
    Sec. 11, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 14, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 15, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, that part lying northerly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 16, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 17, except M.S. Nos. 1916 and 1918 and M.S. No. 2092, Peggy 
Lode, Merrit No. 1 Lode, and Luckly Boy Lode;
    Sec. 18, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\, that 
part lying northwesterly of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek 
subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 20, except M.S. No. 1916, that part lying northerly of the 
Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;

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    Sec. 30, W\1/2\, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary.
    H.E.S. No. 106;
    H.E.S. No. 599;
    M.S. No. 891.
T. 2 N., R. 5 E.,
    Sec. 18, that part lying southerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 19, that part lying southwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\, that part lying southwesterly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\, that part lying southerly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 29, that part lying westerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 30, except M.S. No. 1948 and M.S. No. 2016;
    Sec. 31, lots 5 and 6, lots 10 thru 19, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and those 
portions of M.S. No. 504 further described as Town of Silver City, 
Blocks A, B, C, D, and E, lots 3 thru 16 and lots 23 thru 32 of 
Block 9, lots 4 and 5, lots 12 thru 15, lots 27 thru 30 of Block 12, 
and Blocks 19 and 20;
    Sec. 32, except M.S. No. 2040 and The Silver City Cemetery 
Tract, as shown on the survey plat of the Silver City Cemetery Tract 
recorded as Doc. # A201717833, in the Pennington County Register of 
Deeds, on 12/19/2017, at 2:15 p.m., that part lying southwesterly of 
the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; Rapid 
Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 33, that part lying southerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 34, that part lying southerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    Sec. 35, those portions lying westerly of the Pactola 
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
    M.S. No 2040, except W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ of Sec. 31 and 
The Silver City Cemetery Tract, as shown on the survey plat of the 
Silver City Cemetery Tract recorded as Doc. #A201717833, in the 
Pennington County Register of Deeds, on 12/19/2017, at 2:15 p.m.

    The Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary described 
within this land description was derived from Geographic Information 
Systems (GIS) and used for convenience in determining acreage. This 
subwatershed is also known as Hydrological Unit Code (HUC) 
101201100110. This land description intends to include all Federal 
lands administered by the United States Department of Agriculture 
Forest Service within this subwatershed. The actual boundary is 
intended to be the location of said subwatershed as it exists on the 
ground.
    The areas described aggregate 20,510 acres, more or less, according 
to the official plats of surveys of the said lands, on file with the 
Bureau of Land Management, Conveyance Documents, and GIS.
    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of laws governing the use of public lands or NFS lands 
other than the public land laws, the United States mining laws, mineral 
leasing, and geothermal leasing laws.
    3. The withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this Order, unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), 
the Secretary determines the withdrawal should be extended.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-30790 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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