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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3245-3246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00606]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[PO4820000251]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 
Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 
approximately 1,805 acres of public lands in the Las Vegas Valley from 
settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, 
including from location and entry under the United States mining laws, 
but not from disposal of mineral materials under the mineral materials 
disposal laws or leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, 
for

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a period of up to 20 years, subject to valid existing rights. The 
purpose of the withdrawal would be to protect the natural and cultural 
resources in the lands adjacent to the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute 
Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Clark County, Nevada. The lands 
would remain under the management of the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM). Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the land for 
up to 2 years from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the 
public land laws, including from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, while the 
application is being processed. The notice initiates a 90-day public 
comment period and announces an opportunity to request a public meeting 
regarding the withdrawal proposal.

DATES: All comments and requests for a public meeting must be received 
by April 14, 2025.

ADDRESSES: All comments and requests for a public meeting should be 
sent to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, Attn: 
Joe Varner/Snow Mountain Withdrawal, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Dr., Las 
Vegas, NV, 89130, or via email at [email protected]. 
The BLM will not consider comments via telephone calls.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Varner, Supervisory Realty 
Specialist, Las Vegas Field Office at (702) 515-5488. 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. Brown. 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 public lands are located adjacent to the 
Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, 
Nevada, and the lands hold cultural significance for the Tribe as 
aboriginal inhabitants of the Las Vegas Valley and are important to 
economic sustainability and preservation of Tribal culture.
    The withdrawal application includes the following lands within 
Clark County, Nevada:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 18 S., R. 59 E.,
    Sec. 8, lots 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 25, S\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SE\1/4\, those portions lying northeasterly of the easterly right-
of- way line of U.S. Highway No. 95;
    Sec. 9, lots 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, and 28, lots 30 
thru 33, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 2, 4, 6, and 8, lots 11 thru 14, lots 17 and 18, 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, lots 1 thru 4, NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, 
those portions lying northeasterly of the easterly right-of-way line 
of U.S. Highway No. 95;
    Sec. 17, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, that portion lying northeasterly of the 
easterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 95;
    Sec. 21, lot 1, that portion lying northeasterly of the easterly 
right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 95;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\SW1/4NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\.

The area described contains approximately 1,805 acres, according to the 
official plats of the surveys of the said land, on file with the BLM, 
combined with areas computed against the easterly right-of-way line of 
U.S. Hwy. No. 95.
    The BLM submitted a petition to the Secretary of the Interior to 
file a withdrawal application. The Secretary of the Interior approved 
the BLM's petition. Therefore, the petition/application constitutes a 
withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-
3(e)).
    The use of a right-of-way, or interagency or cooperative agreement 
would not provide adequate protection of the important natural and 
cultural resource values of the area and ensure economic sustainability 
for the Tribe.
    No additional water rights will be needed to fulfill the purpose of 
this proposed withdrawal.
    There are no suitable alternative sites since these lands are 
adjacent to the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas 
Indian Colony, Nevada. The described lands are currently identified for 
disposal, pursuant to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, 
as amended (Pub. L. 105-263), threatening protection of the important 
natural and cultural resource values in this area.
    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.
    Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is 
afforded in connection with a withdrawal. All interested persons who 
desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on the proposed 
withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM address listed 
above no later than April 14, 2025. If the authorized officer 
determines that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the time, 
date and location will be published in the Federal Register and a local 
newspaper at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    For a period until January 14, 2027 the public land described 
earlier will be segregated from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the public land laws, including from location and entry under the 
United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, unless the 
application is denied or canceled, or the withdrawal is approved prior 
to that date. Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or 
discretionary land use authorizations of a temporary nature may be 
allowed with the approval of the authorized officer of the BLM, during 
the temporary segregation period, if they would comply with the 
applicable BLM land use plans for the described public lands located 
within the withdrawal application boundary and the terms of any 
overlapping withdrawals. The lands are already withdrawn from location 
and entry under the mining laws and from operation of the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws by the terms of an overlapping withdrawal under 
section 4 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, Public Law 
105-263.
    This application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.

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

Jon K. Raby,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2025-00606 Filed 1-13-25; 8:45 am]
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