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Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104, 

Carla.Clark@bia.gov, (720) 424–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by part 209 of the 

Departmental Manual. 

A proclamation was issued according 

to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 

25 U.S.C. 5110) for the lands described 

below. The lands are proclaimed to be 

the Rincon Reservation for the Rincon 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 

Rincon Reservation, California in San 

Diego, California. 

587 T 5625—Rodriguez 

The land referred to herein is situated in 

the State of California, County of San Diego, 

and described as follows: 

All that portion of the Pauma Rancho, in 

the County of San Diego, State of California, 

according to map thereof attached to the 

record of patent in Book 1, Page 67 of 

Patents, records of said San Diego County, 

described as follows: 

Commencing at the most westerly corner of 

land described in deed to Pete Dykzuel, 

recorded March 12, 1942 in Book 1315, Page 

239 of Official Records, said point being also 

the most Westerly corner of land described 

in Parcel 1 of Deed to Kenneth A. Chapman 

ET UX, recorded September 8, 1976 AS FILE/ 

PAGE NO. 76–292966 of Official Records; 

THENCE along the boundary of said land of 

Chapman, as follows: North 38°00′20′′ East 

1010.34 Feet (Record North 38°09′40′′ East 

1012.19 Feet) North 51°50′20′′ West 437.25 

Feet to the center line of California State 

Highway NO–195, Section ‘‘D’’ as said 

Highway existed on February 1944, said 

point being on a 320.70 Foot radius curve, 

concave Southerly the radial line to said 

point bears North 34°22′05′′ West; 

Northeasterly along said center line curve 

through an angle of 25°00′05′′ a distance of 

139.94 Feet; tangent to said curve, North 

80°38′00′′ East 70.93 Feet (Record North 

81°44′16′′ East 69.20 Feet) TO POINT ‘‘A’’ OF 

THIS DESCRIPTION; Thence South 

45°29′00′′ East 527.46 Feet; Thence South 

38°00′20′′ West 179.00 Feet; Thence South 

45°29′00′′ East 438.30 Feet; Thence South 

38°00′20′′ West 614.76 Feet to an intersection 

with the Southerly Boundary of said Pauma 

Rancho, said Point of Intersection being the 

TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence 

retracing the last four courses to said POINT 

‘‘A’’; Thence North 80°38′00′′ East 73.62 Feet 

to the most Westerly corner of land described 

in Deed to O.K. Anderson, Recorded May 29, 

1947 as FILE/PAGE NO. 56307 of Official 

Records; said point being also an angle point 

in the boundary of land described-in deed to 

Suzanne W. D’Aumant-Post, Recorded 

September 21, 1959 in BOOK 7891, Page 41 

of Official Records; Thence along the 

boundary of said land of D’Aumant-Post as 

follows: South 45°29′00′′ East 588.50 Feet; 

North 70°34′00′′ East 393.80 Feet; North 

76°57′00′′ East 636.03 Feet; South 40°13′30′′ 

East 1772.09 Feet; South 16°45′00′′ West 

430.18 Feet (Record 560.47 Feet) to the 

southerly boundary of said Pauma Rancho; 

and along said southerly boundary, North 

75°39′48′′ West 2377.12 Feet to the TRUE 

POINT OF BEGINNING. 

Pursuant to Certificate of Compliance 

recorded April 28, 1977 as Instrument 

NO. 77–159162 of Official Records. 

The above described lands contain a 

total of 56.66 acres, more or less, which 

are subject to all valid rights, 

reservations, rights-of-way, and 

easements of record. 

This proclamation does not affect title 

to the lands described above, nor does 

it affect any valid existing easements for 

public roads, highways, public utilities, 

railroads and pipelines, or any other 

valid easements or rights-of-way or 

reservations of record. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30984 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

BLM Director’s Response to the 

Wyoming Governor’s Appeal of the 

BLM Wyoming State Director’s 

Governor’s Consistency Review 

Determination for the Buffalo Field 

Office Proposed Resource 

Management Plan Amendment and 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of response. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is publishing this 

notice of the reasons for the BLM 

Director’s determination to reject the 

Governor of Wyoming’s 

recommendations regarding the Buffalo 

Field Office Proposed Resource 

Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) 

and Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS). 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Record of 

Decision and Approved RMPA is 

available on the BLM website at: https:// 

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2021239/570. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Bernier, Division Chief for 

Decision Support, Planning, and 

National Environmental Policy Act; 

telephone 303–239–3635; address P.O. 

Box 151029, Lakewood, CO 80215; 

email hbernier@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 Ms. Bernier. 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: On May 

17, 2024, the BLM released the 

Proposed RMPA/Final SEIS for the 

Buffalo Field Office (89 FR 43431). In 

accordance with the regulations at 43 

CFR 1610.3–2(e), the BLM submitted the 

Proposed RMPA/Final SEIS for the 

Buffalo Field Office to the Governor of 

Wyoming for a 60-day Governor’s 

Consistency Review in order for the 

Governor to review the Proposed RMPA 

and identify any inconsistencies with 

State plans, policies, or programs. On 

July 16, 2024, the Governor of Wyoming 

submitted a response for the Buffalo 

Field Office planning effort to the BLM 

Wyoming State Director. After careful 

consideration of the concerns raised in 

the Governor’s response, the State 

Director decided not to accept the 

Governor’s recommendations. The BLM 

sent a written response to the Governor 

on August 16, 2024. 

On September 12, 2024, the Governor 

of Wyoming appealed the State 

Director’s decision to the BLM Director. 

In reviewing these appeals, the 

regulations at 43 CFR 1610.3–2(e) state 

that ‘‘[t]he Director shall accept the 

(consistency) recommendations of the 

Governor(s) if he/she determines they 

provide for a reasonable balance 

between the state’s interest and the 

national interest.’’ On November 6, 

2024, the BLM Director issued a 

response to the Governor detailing the 

reasons that the recommendations did 

not meet this standard. Pursuant to 43 

CFR 1610.3–2(e), the basis for the BLM’s 

determination on the Governor’s appeal 

is presented below. The appeal response 

is being published verbatim. 

‘‘I am in receipt of your letter dated 

September 12, 2024, which contains the 

State of Wyoming’s appeal to the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming 

State Director response to the 

Governor’s consistency review of the 

Buffalo Field Office Proposed Resource 

Management Plan Amendment 

(PRMPA) and Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FSEIS). The Governor’s consistency 

review is an important part of the BLM 

land use planning process, and we 

appreciate the significant time and 

attention that you and your staff have 

committed to this effort. 


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The applicable regulations at 43 CFR 

1610.3–2(e) provide you with the 

opportunity to appeal the State 

Director’s decision to not accept the 

recommendations you made in your 

consistency review letter. These 

regulations also guide my review of the 

appeal, in which I must consider 

whether you have raised inconsistencies 

with State or local plans, policies, and 

or programs. If inconsistencies are 

raised, I would consider whether your 

recommendations address the 

inconsistencies and provide for a 

reasonable balance between the national 

interest and the State of Wyoming’s 

interest. 

I have completed my review of your 

appeal and determined that the 

recommendation you have provided 

does not meet this standard for reasons 

as detailed in the following paragraphs. 

In your consistency review and 

subsequent appeal, you allege 11 

inconsistencies with State or local 

plans, policies, and programs. Your 

alleged inconsistencies are as follows: 

• The No Leasing Alternative 

interferes with the Wyoming 

Constitution’s policy of supporting 

public services with severance taxes 

from Federal coal development. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with State law requiring 

the optimization of its State trust lands. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with Wyoming Energy 

Policy. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with the Wyoming 

Environmental Quality Act. 

• The No Leasing Alternative 

conflicts with the State’s Interstate 

Compact Statute. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with the Natural Resource 

Protection Act. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with the Campbell 

County’s Plan Principles. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with Campbell County’s 

Plan Policy. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with Campbell County’s 

Plan Goals. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with Campbell County’s 

Plan Objectives. 

• The No Leasing Alternative is 

inconsistent with the Johnson County 

Plan Objectives. 

To address these inconsistencies, it is 

your recommendation that the BLM 

adopt the No Action Alternative 

(Alternative B) for the Buffalo PRMPA. 

Upon review, I find that your 

recommendation does not present a 

reasonable balance between the national 

interest and the State’s interest, because 

Alternative B is inconsistent with 

national policy. 

The Buffalo FSEIS/PRMPA was 

developed under the BLM’s authority to 

manage coal under all the applicable 

statutes and regulations including, but 

not limited to; the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, 

as amended; the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920, as amended; the Mineral Leasing 

Act on Acquired Lands of 1947, as 

amended; and all applicable regulations 

developed from these statutes found in 

43 CFR 3000 and 3400. 

Section 102(a)(7) of FLPMA declares 

that it is the policy of the United States 

that management of the public lands be 

based on ‘‘multiple use’’ and ‘‘sustained 

yield.’’ Section 103(c) of FLPMA defines 

‘‘multiple use’’ as the management of 

the public lands and their various 

resource values so that they are used in 

the combination that will best meet the 

present and future needs of the 

American people. FLPMA’s multipleuse policy does not require that all uses 

be allowed on all areas of the public 

lands. Through the land use planning 

process, the BLM evaluates and chooses 

an appropriate balance of resource uses 

that involves tradeoffs between 

competing uses, and the BLM has 

discretion to allocate the public lands to 

particular uses and to employ the 

mechanism of land use allocation to 

protect for certain resource values. 

As explained in the FSEIS/PRMPA, 

the BLM has determined that the 

economic benefits from coal leasing no 

longer balance with the adverse effects 

to other public land resources, 

including but not limited to, air quality 

and environmental justice, as well as 

social and economic considerations. In 

addition, the BLM has determined that 

continued coal leasing at any level in 

the planning area is no longer consistent 

with presidential executive orders and 

policies. For instance, continued coal 

leasing in the planning area is 

inconsistent with Presidential Executive 

Orders 13990, entitled, Protecting Public 

Health and the Environment and 

Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate 

Crisis, and 14008, entitled, Tackling the 

Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, as 

well as Department of the Interior 

Secretary’s Order 3399, entitled, 

Department-Wide Approach to the 

Climate Crisis and Restoring 

Transparency and Integrity to the 

Decision-Making Process. These 

executive orders and policies direct 

agencies to, among other things, work 

on confronting the climate crisis to 

improve public health and the 

environment, reduce greenhouse gas 

(GHG) emissions, increase renewable 

energy production on public lands and 

waters, and to review potential climate 

and other impacts from oil and natural 

gas development on public lands. 

As explained in the Buffalo FSEIS/ 

PRMPA, the mining of coal in the 

planning area would continue to 

contribute to GHG emissions, which in 

turn adds to ongoing impacts from 

climate change on human health and 

disease in numerous ways (Buffalo 

FSEIS/PRMPA section 3.5.1). The BLM 

also determined that the potential 

environmental justice health-related 

impacts would be highest under 

Alternative B, and therefore, not in 

alignment with the Nation’s interest in 

addressing climate-related public health 

concerns. Moreover, additional coal 

leasing in the planning area would not 

support the Nation’s long term climate 

strategy (November 2021) of limiting 

global temperature rise and putting the 

U.S. on a pathway to net-zero GHG 

emissions by 2050. Coal production is 

in decline, both nationally and in the 

Wyoming Powder River Basin, where 

coal production has been declining 

since the late 2000’s. As such, the 

Nation’s energy market is moving away 

from coal towards natural gas and 

renewable energy, which are more 

aligned with the Nation’s long term 

climate strategy, and continued coal 

leasing in the planning area would not 

support the national interest. 

Regarding Campbell County’s Plan, 

the BLM did determine that the 

previous version of the Buffalo FSEIS/ 

PRMPA (2019) was consistent with the 

2022 Campbell County Natural Resource 

Land Use Plan. However, since that 

time, Federal policy direction regarding 

continued coal mining has shifted, as 

discussed above. As such, the BLM 

determined in this current planning 

effort that the 2022 Campbell County 

Natural Resource Land Use Plan is not 

consistent with Federal policies and 

executive orders applicable to BLMadministered lands. 

For these reasons outlined above, I 

find that your recommendation does not 

present a reasonable balance between 

the national interest and the State’s 

interest. 

Your consistency review and 

subsequent appeal also alleged 12 issues 

related to Federal laws, regulations, and 

policies including the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Federal 

Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 

the Surface Mining and Coal 

Reclamation Act, the Federal Coal 

Screening regulations, and others. These 

Federal issues do not raise 

inconsistencies with State or local 

plans, policies, or programs and are 


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outside the scope of the Governor’s 

Appeal process. 

Finally, the BLM has prepared the 

Buffalo PRMPA/FSEIS in accordance 

with all applicable Federal laws, 

regulations, and policies. The BLM did 

carefully review and consider 

applicable State, local, and other 

Federal agency plans, policies, and 

programs in the development of the 

Buffalo PRMPA/FSEIS. The BLM is 

consistent, to the extent practicable, 

with these plans as per the provisions 

of FLPMA and the planning regulations 

at 43 CFR 1610–3–2.’’ 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1610.3–2(e)) 

Nada Wolff Culver, 

Principal Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31314 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO4820000251] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/ 

Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the 

following described lands are scheduled 

to be officially filed in the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Oregon State 

Office, Portland, Oregon, 30 calendar 

days from the date of this publication. 

DATES: Protests must be received by the 

BLM prior to the scheduled date of 

official filing, January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be 

obtained from the Public Room at the 

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon 

State Office, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97204, upon required 

payment. The plats may be viewed at 

this location at no cost. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Femling, telephone: (503) 808– 

6633, email: rfemling@blm.gov, Branch 

of Geographic Sciences, Bureau of Land 

Management, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97204. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact 

Mr. Femling during normal business 

hours. The service is available 24 hours 

a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plats 

of survey of the following described 

lands are scheduled to be officially filed 

in the Bureau of Land Management, 

Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon: 

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, OREGON 

T. 34 S., R. 7 W. accepted September 11, 

2024 

T. 38 S., R. 3 E., accepted September 12, 2024 

T. 33 S., R. 3 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 33 S., R. 2 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 15 S., R. 8 W., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 34 S., R. 2 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 39 S., R. 1 W., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 39 S., R. 5 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 38 S., R. 5 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 36 S., R. 3 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

T. 37 S., R. 3 E., accepted October 22, 2024 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more plats of survey 

identified above must file a written 

notice of protest with the Chief 

Cadastral Surveyor for Oregon/ 

Washington, Bureau of Land 

Management. The notice of protest must 

identify the plat(s) of survey that the 

person or party wishes to protest. The 

notice of protest must be filed before the 

scheduled date of official filing for the 

plat(s) of survey being protested. Any 

notice of protest filed after the 

scheduled date of official filing will be 

untimely and will not be considered. A 

notice of protest is considered filed on 

the date it is received by the Chief 

Cadastral Surveyor for Oregon/ 

Washington during regular business 

hours; if received after regular business 

hours, a notice of protest will be 

considered filed the next business day. 

A written statement of reasons in 

support of a protest, if not filed with the 

notice of protest, must be filed with the 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Oregon/ 

Washington within 30 calendar days 

after the notice of protest is filed. If a 

notice of protest against a plat of survey 

is received prior to the scheduled date 

of official filing, the official filing of the 

plat of survey identified in the notice of 

protest will be stayed pending 

consideration of the protest. A plat of 

survey will not be officially filed until 

the next business day following 

dismissal or resolution of all protests of 

the plat. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

you should be aware that the documents 

you submit—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available in their entirety at 

any time. While you can ask us to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C., chapter 3) 

Robert Femling, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor of Oregon/ 

Washington. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31029 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[PO #4820000251] 

Notice of Availability of the Records of 

Decision for Reconsideration of a 

Highway Right-of-Way Application and 

Associated Amendment of an 

Incidental Take Permit, Washington 

County, UT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior; Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 

as co-lead agencies, announce the 

availability of the records of decision 

(RODs) for the Northern Corridor 

highway right-of-way (ROW) and 

associated amendment of an incidental 

take permit (ITP) located in Washington 

County, Utah. The RODs constitute the 

decisions of the BLM and FWS. 

DATES: The Acting Deputy Secretary of 

the Interior signed a ROD for the 

Northern Corridor highway ROW on 

December 19, 2024. The FWS’s Deputy 

Regional Director for the MountainPrairie Region (Region 6) signed a ROD 

to amend the ITP issued to Washington 

County (County) on December 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The RODs are available on 

the BLM ePlanning project website at 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2026562/510. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dawna Ferris-Rowley, National 

Conservation Area (NCA) Manager, Red 

Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash NCAs, 

telephone (435) 688–3200; address 345 

East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 

84790; email BLM_UT_

NorthernCorridor@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 Ms. Ferris-Rowley. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

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