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land, 1,640 acres of private land, and 

1,600 acres of private surface estate with 

Federal mineral estate patented under 

the Stock Raising Homestead Act. The 

mine area is located almost entirely in 

Three Rivers Resource Area of Burns 

District BLM with 35 acres in Vale 

District BLM. 

An interdisciplinary approach will be 

used to develop the EIS in order to 

consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified through the 

scoping process. Disciplines involved in 

the planning process will include (but 

not be limited to) those with expertise 

in air quality, American Indian 

traditional practices, biological soil 

crusts, cultural heritage, fire 

management, fisheries, grazing 

management, migratory birds, minerals, 

noxious weeds, recreation, soils, 

transportation/roads, vegetation, visual 

resources, water quality, riparian zones, 

wildlife, and wilderness characteristics. 

Public Participation 

Cooperating agencies having specific 

expertise or interests in the project are 

invited to participate. The public and 

interest groups will have every 

opportunity to participate during formal 

comment periods. In addition, public 

meetings will be held during the public 

comment period for the Draft EIS. 

Public meetings will be held in Burns, 

Oregon, and Vale, Oregon, plus other 

communities if the interest warrants. 

Early participation is encouraged and 

will help determine the future 

management of the Celatom Mine. 

Meetings and comment deadlines will 

be announced through the local news 

media and the Burns BLM Web site 

(http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns). 

Written comments will be accepted 

throughout the planning process at the 

address above. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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. 

Background Information 

The Celatom Mine currently consists 

of three open pit mines located within 

four miles of each other in Harney and 

Malheur Counties, Oregon. One mine is 

on land managed by BLM’s Burns 

District; another mine is on land 

managed by the State of Oregon, and the 

third mine is on private land. EP 

Minerals excavates diatomaceous earth 

during the summer, stockpiles ore and 

waste rock in the vicinity of each mine, 

and hauls the ore approximately 60 

miles year-round to their mill located on 

private land west of Vale, Oregon. Some 

ore is stockpiled at a site on land 

administered by BLM in the vicinity of 

the mill. Mill waste is backhauled to the 

mine site and used in backfilling the 

open pits as part of reclamation. 

Brendan J. Cain, 

Acting Burns District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–21491 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–680–1430–ET; CACA 50194] 

Notice of Proposed Legislative 

Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public 

Meeting; California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal 

application and segregation. 

SUMMARY: The Act of February 28, 1958 

(43 U.S.C. 155–158), sometimes referred 

to as the Engle Act, places on the 

Secretary of the Interior the 

responsibility to process Department of 

Defense applications for national 

defense withdrawals, reservations or 

restrictions aggregating 5,000 acres or 

more for any one project or facility. 

These withdrawals, reservations or 

restrictions may only be made by an act 

of Congress, except in time of war or 

national emergency declared by the 

President or the Congress and except as 

otherwise expressly provided in the Act 

of February 28, 1958. 

The U.S. Department of the Navy, in 

accordance with the Engle Act, has filed 

an application requesting the Secretary 

of the Interior to process a proposed 

legislative withdrawal and reservation 

of public lands for military training 

exercises involving the Marine Corps 

Air Ground Combat Center at 

Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino 

County, California. The proposal seeks 

the transfer of jurisdiction and the 

withdrawal of approximately 365,906 

acres of public lands and approximately 

507 acres of Federal subsurface mineral 

estate from all forms of appropriation 

under the public land laws, including 

surface entry, mining, mineral leasing, 

and the Materials Act of 1947. 

This notice temporarily segregates for 

two years the public lands and mineral 

estate described from settlement, sale, 

location, or entry under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, and 

the operation of the mineral leasing 

laws and the Materials Act of 1947. In 

addition, the surface estate of the 507 

acres of mineral estate and the surface 

and mineral estate of an approximately 

72,186 acres of other non-federally 

owned property in the proposed 

withdrawal area, if they should be 

acquired by or returned to the United 

States by any means, would also be 

included in the proposed withdrawal 

and subject to the temporary segregation 

authorized by this notice. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before December 15, 2008. In 

addition, at least one public meeting 

will be held during the comment period 

to help the public understand both the 

proposed action and the decisionmaking processes. The public meeting 

will be announced at least 30 days in 

advance through local news media, 

public notices, mailings, and agency 

Web sites. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

Roxie Trost, Field Manager, Barstow 

Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, 

Barstow, California 92311. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roxie Trost, BLM Barstow Field Office, 

760–252–6000; or Joseph Ross, USMC 

MCAGCC, 760–830–7683. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Acting on 

behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), 

the Department of the Navy has filed an 

application with the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) requesting the 

Secretary of the Interior to process a 

legislative withdrawal pursuant to the 

Engle Act (43 U.S.C. 155–158). The 

proposal would withdraw the following 

areas, as described below, and located 

adjacent to the exterior boundaries of 

the USMC’s Marine Corps Air Ground 

Combat Center (MCAGCC), located in 

Twentynine Palms, California: 

1. Federally owned surface and 

mineral estate: Subject to valid existing 

rights, the following described federally 

owned surface and mineral estate are 

withdrawn from settlement, sale, 

location or entry under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, and to 

the operation of the mineral leasing 

laws and the Materials Act of 1947: 

All Are San Bernardino Meridian 

Western Expansion Area 

T. 4 N., R. 2 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Sec. 2, lots 3 to 90, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 2 E., 

Secs. 1 to 2, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 11 to 14, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 23 to 26, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 35, all. 

T. 6 N., R. 2 E., 

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Sec. 1, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 13, all; 

Secs. 23 to 26, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 35, all. 

T. 4 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2 of NE1⁄4, lots 1 and 2 

of NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 2, all; 

Sec. 3, E1⁄2 of lot 1 of NE1⁄4, lot 2 of NE1⁄4, 

lot 2 of NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2S1⁄2; 

Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2 of NE1⁄4, lots 1 and 2 

of NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Secs 5 to 6, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 7, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 8 to 9, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 10, N1⁄2N1⁄2; 

Sec. 11, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 14, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 15, N1⁄2. 

T. 5 N., R. 3 E., 

Secs. 2 to 6, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 8, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 9 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 16, N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 17, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 21, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 22 to 28, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 29, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 33, all; 

Sec. 34, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 35, NE1⁄4; and the following whole or 

partial sections which are all protracted 

Sec. 7, all; 

Sec. 8, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 16, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 17, NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2; 

Secs. 18 to 20, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 21, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 29, NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2; 

Secs. 30 to 32, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 34, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 35, NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2; 

Sec. 36, SW1⁄4. 

T. 6 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 1, all except for S1⁄2 of lot 4; 

Secs. 2 to 3, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 4, all except for Mineral Survey no. 

6716; 

Secs. 5 to 9, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 10 to 11, all except for Mineral 

Survey no. 6717, inclusive; 

Secs. 12 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 17 to 24, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 26 to 30, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 31, all except for Mineral Survey no. 

5878; 

Secs. 32 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 3 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 1, all. 

T. 4 N., R. 4 E., 

Secs. 1 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 17, all; 

Sec. 18, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 20, N1⁄2; 

Secs. 21 to 27, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 28, N1⁄2; 

Secs. 34 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 4 E., 

Secs. 2 to 11, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 12, all except for Mineral Survey no. 

6336; 

Sec. 13, E1⁄2, E1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Secs. 14 to 16, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 17, NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2; 

Secs. 18 to 24, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 25, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; 

Secs. 28 to 33, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 34, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 35, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 36, all; and the following partial 

sections which are all protracted 

Sec. 26, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 35, W1⁄2. 

T. 6 N., R. 4 E., 

Secs. 1 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 17 to 24, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 26, all; 

Secs. 27 to 28, all except for Mineral 

Survey nos. 3000 and 3980, inclusive; 

Secs. 29 to 35, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 36, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4. 

T. 3 N., R. 5 E., 

Secs. 1 to 3, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 4, lots 1 to 12, inclusive; 

Secs. 5 to 6, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 9, lots 1 and 2, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

and E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 10, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2 NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4. 

Sec. 11, all; 

Sec. 12, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, W1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

T. 4 N., R. 5 E., 

Secs. 2 to 9, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 11 to 12, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 16, all; and the following sections 

which are all protracted 

Sec. 10, all; 

Secs. 13 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 5 E., 

Secs. 4 to 5, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 6, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, lots 6 to 7, 

inclusive, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 8, all; 

Secs. 14 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 18 to 20, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 22 to 23, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 26 to 28, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 30 to 32, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 34 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 6 N., R. 5 E., 

Secs. 17 to 20, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 29 to 32, all, inclusive. 

Southern Expansion Area 

T. 2 N., R. 9 E., 

Sec. 25, all; 

Sec. 26, all except for 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, E1⁄2 except for W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, N1⁄2 except for N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4

and S1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

T. 2 N., R. 10 E., 

Secs. 2 to 11, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 14, that portion lying north and west 

of the boundary of the Cleghorn Lakes 

Wilderness Area; 

Sec. 15, all; 

Secs. 17 to 22, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 23, that portion lying west of the 

boundary of the Cleghorn Lakes 

Wilderness Area; 

Sec. 26, that portion lying west and south 

of the boundary of the Cleghorn Lakes 

Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 27 to 35, all, inclusive. 

Eastern Expansion Area 

T. 4 N., R. 11 E., 

Secs. 1 to 2, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 11 to 12, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 14, all. 

T. 5 N., R. 11 E., 

Secs. 1 to 2, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 11 to 14, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 23 to 26, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 35, all. 

T. 6 N., R. 11 E., 

Sec. 35, that portion lying south of the 

Historic Route 66 Corridor. 

T. 3 N., R. 12 E., 

Secs. 1 to 3, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 10 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 22 to 24, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 25, that portion lying west of the 

boundary of the Sheephole Valley 

Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 26 to 27, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 34, that portion lying north and east 

of the boundary of Cleghorn Lakes 

Wilderness Area; 

Sec. 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 4 N., R. 12 E., 

Secs. 1 to 8, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 10 to 12, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 14 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 18, all except for Mineral Survey no. 

5802; 

Sec. 19, N1⁄2 except for Mineral Survey 

nos. 5802 and 5805; 

Sec. 21, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 23 to 27, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 28, E1⁄2; 

Secs. 34 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 12 E., 

Sec. 2, that portion lying south of the 

Historic Route 66 Corridor; 

Secs. 3 to 4, those portions lying south of 

the Historic Route 66 Corridor except for 

the lands conveyed to U. S. Gypsum 

Company by patent number 1000677, 

inclusive; 

Sec. 5, lots 3 to 4, inclusive, lots 15 to 22, 

inclusive, and lots 31 to 38, inclusive; 

Sec. 6, that portion lying south of the 

Historic Route 66 Corridor; 

Sec. 7, all; 

Sec. 8, all except for the land conveyed to 

U. S. Gypsum Company by patent 

number 1000678; 

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Sec. 9, all; 

Secs. 10 to 11, all except the lands 

conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company by 

patent number 1000677, inclusive; 

Secs. 12 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 17, all except the lands conveyed to 

U. S. Gypsum Company by patent 

number 1000678; 

Sec. 18, all; 

Secs. 19 to 20, all except the lands 

conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company by 

patent number 1000678, inclusive; 

Secs. 21 to 27, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 28, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; 

Secs. 29 to 30, all except the lands 

conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company by 

patent number 1000678, inclusive; 

Secs. 31 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 3 N., R. 13 E., 

Sec. 4, that portion lying west of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 5 to 7, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 8, that portion lying west of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 17 to 19, those portions lying west of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area, 

inclusive. 

T. 4 N., R. 13 E., 

Secs. 1 to 4, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 6 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 17 to 22, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 23 to 24, those portions lying 

northwesterly of the Sheephole Valley 

Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Sec. 27, that portion lying northwesterly of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 28 to 32, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 33 to 34, that portion lying 

northwesterly of the Sheephole Valley 

Wilderness Area, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 13 E., 

Secs. 2 to 4, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 6 to 8, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 10 to 12, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 13 to 14, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 18 to 20, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 22, W1⁄2; 

Secs. 23 to 28, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 30 to 32, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 34 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 3 N., R. 14 E., 

Secs. 1 to 2, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 3 to 4, those portions lying east of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area, 

inclusive; 

Sec. 10, that portion lying east of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 11 to 13, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 14 to 15, those portions lying east of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area, 

inclusive; 

Sec. 23, that portion lying east of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Sec. 24, all; 

Secs. 25 to 26, those portions lying east of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area, 

inclusive; 

Sec. 36, that portion of NW1⁄4 lying east of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area. 

T. 4 N., R. 14 E., 

Secs. 6 to 8, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 10 to 12, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 14 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 17 to 18, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 20, that portion lying northeasterly of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 21 to 24, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 25, that portion lying northwesterly of 

the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 26 to 28, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 29, that portion lying northeasterly of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 33 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 5 N., R. 14 E., 

Secs. 1 to 4, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 6 to 7, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 10, all; 

Sec. 11, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, 

and S1⁄2; 

Sec. 12, all; 

Secs. 14 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 30 to 31, all, inclusive. 

T. 2 N., R. 15 E., 

Secs. 4 to 5, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 6 to 8, those portions lying 

northeasterly of the Sheephole Valley 

Wilderness Area, inclusive. 

T. 3 N., R. 15 E., 

Sec. 15, that portion lying west of the 

Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 18 to 20, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 22, that portion lying west of the 

Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 25 to 28, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 30 to 32, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 34, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 35, N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4. 

T. 4 E., R. 15 E., 

Secs. 1 to 4, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 5, all except for railroad rights-of-way; 

Secs. 6 to 8, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 9, all except for railroad rights-of-way; 

Secs. 10 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 18 to 21, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 22 to 25, those portions lying 

northwesterly or northeasterly of the 

Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Secs. 28 to 30, those portions lying 

northwesterly or northeasterly of the 

Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Sec. 32, that portion lying northeasterly of 

the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area. 

T. 5 N., R. 15 E., 

Secs. 1 to 4, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 6 to 7, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 9, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Secs. 10 to 15, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 19 to 35, all, inclusive. 

T. 3 N., R. 16 E., 

Sec. 3, that portion lying northeasterly of 

the pipeline authorized by CACA 14013 

and lying northwesterly of the Old 

Woman Mountains Wilderness Area. 

T. 4 N., R. 16 E., 

Secs. 4 to 5, those portions lying 

southwesterly of the Old Woman 

Mountains Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Secs. 6 to 8, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 9, that portion lying southwesterly of 

the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness 

Area; 

Sec. 16, that portion lying southwesterly of 

the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness 

Area; 

Secs. 17 to 20, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 21 to 22, those portions lying 

southwesterly of the Old Woman 

Mountains Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Secs. 27, that portion lying southwesterly 

of the Old Woman Mountains 

Wilderness Area; 

Sec. 28, all; 

Sec. 29, all except for that portion 

contained in railroad right-of-way 

containing 17 acres; 

Secs. 30 to 32, those portions lying 

northeasterly of the Cadiz Dunes 

Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Sec. 33, that portion lying northeasterly of 

the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area except 

for that portion contained in railroad 

right-of-way containing 14.55 acres; 

Sec. 34, that portion lying southwesterly of 

the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness 

Area. 

T. 5 N., R. 16 E., 

Secs. 6 to 7, those portions lying westerly 

of the Old Woman Mountains 

Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Secs. 18 to 20, those portions lying 

westerly of the Old Woman Mountains 

Wilderness Area, inclusive; 

Sec. 29, that portion lying westerly of the 

Old Woman Mountains Wilderness Area; 

Secs. 30 to 31, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 32, that portion lying westerly of the 

Old Woman Mountains Wilderness Area. 

Northern Expansion Area 

T. 6 N., R. 7 E., 

Sec, 12, all. 

T. 7 N., R. 7 E., 

Sec. 24, all. 

The areas described aggregate 365,906 

acres, more or less. 

2. Federally owned mineral estate and 

non-federally owned surface estate. 

Subject to valid existing rights, the 

following described federally owned 

mineral estate is hereby withdrawn from 

settlement, sale, location or entry under 

the public land laws, including the 

mining laws, and to the operations of 

the mineral leasing laws and the 

Materials Act of 1947: 

All Are San Bernardino Meridian 

Southern Expansion Area 

T. 2 N., R. 9 E., 

Sec. 26, N1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

Eastern Expansion Area 

T. 5 N., R. 12 E., 

Sec. 5, lot 1 of NE1⁄4, W1⁄2 of lot 1 of NW1⁄4, 

lots 5 and 6 inclusive, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

S1⁄2. 

The areas described aggregate 507 acres, 

more or less. 

In the event, the non-federally owned 

surface estate, of the approximately 507 

acres described above, returns to public 

ownership, those lands would be 

subject to the terms and conditions of 

this withdrawal as described above. 

3. Non-federally owned surface and 

mineral estate. 

The following described non-federally 

owned lands are located within the 

proposed boundaries of the proposed 

withdrawal areas: 

(a) Privately owned surface and 

mineral estate: 

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All Are San Bernardino Meridian 

Western Expansion Area 

T. 5 N., R. 2 E., 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 6 N., R. 2 E., 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 4 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 10, S1⁄2N1⁄2 and S1⁄2; 

Sec. 11, SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, N1⁄2. 

T. 5 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Sec. 36, N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4. 

T. 6 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 1, S1⁄2 of lot 4; 

Sec. 4, that land described by metes and 

bounds in patent number 04–67–0117 

and containing 180.445 acres, more or 

less; 

Secs. 10 to 11, that land described by metes 

and bounds in patent number 04–68– 

0173 and containing 20.104 acres, more 

or less, inclusive; 

Sec. 25, all; 

Sec. 31, that land described by metes and 

bounds in patent number 994392 and 

containing 41.322 acres, more or less; 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 4 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 16, N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 18, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 5 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Sec. 12, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, west 20 rods of the 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 17, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 25, lots 1 to 8, inclusive, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

T. 6 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 16, all; 

Sec. 25, all; 

Secs. 27 to 28, that land described by metes 

and bounds in patent numbers 24783, 

38438, and 38980, and containing 

151.250 acres, more or less, inclusive; 

Sec. 36, SE1⁄4. 

T. 3 N., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

T. 4 N., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 5 N., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 6, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 7, lot 5; 

Sec. 9, all; 

Sec. 17, all; 

Sec. 21, all; 

Sec. 29, all; 

Sec. 33, all. 

Southern Expansion Area 

T. 2 N., R. 9 E., 

Sec. 26, N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2S1⁄2, 

E1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and S1⁄2; 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 2 N., R. 10 E., 

Sec. 36, all. 

Eastern Expansion Area 

T. 4 N., R. 11 E., 

Sec. 13, all. 

T. 5 N., R. 11 E., 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 6 N., R. 11 E., 

Sec. 35, that portion lying south of the 

Historic Route 66 Corridor. 

T. 3 N., R. 12 E., 

Sec. 36, that portion lying west of the 

boundary of the Sheephold Valley 

Wilderness Area. 

T. 4 N., R. 12 E., 

Sec. 9, all; 

Sec. 13, all; 

Secs. 16 to 17, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 18 to 19, that land described by metes 

and bounds in patent numbers 973412 

and 968382, and containing 82.310 acres, 

more or less, inclusive; 

Sec. 22, all; 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 5 N., R. 12 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Secs. 3, 4, 10, and 11, all the lands 

conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company by 

patent number 1000677, containing 480 

acres, inclusive; 

Sec. 5, lot 1 of NE1⁄4, W1⁄2 of lot 1 of NW1⁄4, 

W1⁄2 of lot 2 of NE1⁄4, W1⁄2 of lot 2 of 

NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2; 

Secs. 8, 17, 19, 20, 29, and 30, all the lands 

conveyed to U. S. Gypsum Company by 

patent number 1000678, containing 1, 

342.40 acres, inclusive; 

Sec. 16, all; 

Sec. 28, SE1⁄2; 

Sec. 36, all. 

T. 4 N., R. 13 E., 

Sec. 5, all; 

Sec. 16, all. 

T. 5 N., R. 13 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Sec. 5, all; 

Sec. 9, all; 

Sec. 13, all; 

Secs. 16 to 17, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 21, all; 

Sec. 22, E1⁄2; 

Sec. 29, all; 

Sec. 33, all; 

Sec. 36, SW1⁄2. 

T. 3 N., R. 14 E., 

Sec. 36, that portion lying east of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area. 

T. 4 N., R. 14 E., 

Secs. 1 to 5, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 9, all; 

Sec. 13, all; 

Sec. 16, all; 

Sec. 36, that portion lying east of the 

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area. 

T. 5 N., R. 14 E., 

Sec. 5, all; 

Secs. 8 to 9, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 11, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13, all; 

Secs. 16 to 29, all, inclusive; 

Secs. 32 to 36, all, inclusive. 

T. 3 N., R. 15 E., 

Sec. 17, all; 

Sec. 21, all; 

Sec. 29, all; 

Sec. 33, all; 

Sec. 34, S1⁄2. 

T. 4 N., R. 15 E., 

Secs. 16 to 17, all, inclusive; 

Sec. 33, that portion lying northwesterly of 

the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area. 

T. 5 N., R. 15 E., 

Sec. 5, all; 

Sec. 8, all; 

Sec. 9, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Secs. 17 to 18, all, inclusive. 

T. 4 N., R. 16E 

Sec. 29, that portion contained in railroad 

right-of-way containing 17 acres; 

Sec. 33, that portion contained in railroad 

right-of-way containing 14.55 acres. 

T. 5 N., R. 16 E., 

Sec. 29, that portion lying southwesterly of 

the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness 

Area. 

Northern Expansion Area 

T. 6 N., R. 7 E., 

Sec. 1, all; 

Sec. 13, all. 

The areas described aggregate 64,407 acres, 

more or less. 

(b) State of California owned surface 

and mineral estate: 

All Are San Bernardino Meridian 

Western Expansion Area 

T. 4 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 1, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 and S1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 3, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and N1⁄2S1⁄2; 

Sec. 4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 14, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 15, S1⁄2. 

T. 6 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 16, all. 

T. 4 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 16, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 19, E1⁄2E1⁄2; 

Sec. 20, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 28, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 29, E1⁄2. 

T. 5 N., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 16, all. 

Southern Expansion Area 

T. 2 N., R. 10 E., 

Sec. 16, all. 

Eastern Expansion Area 

T. 5 N., R. 13 E., 

Sec. 36, N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4. 

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T. 3 N., R. 15 E., 

Sec. 16, that portion lying southwesterly of 

the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area. 

T. 5 N., R. 15 E., 

Sec. 16, all; 

Sec. 36, all. 

Northern Expansion Area 

T. 7 N., R. 7 E., 

Sec. 36, all. 

The areas described aggregate 7,779 acres, 

more or less. 

In the event that these non-federally 

owned lands return to public ownership 

in the future, they would be subject to 

the terms and conditions described 

above in ‘‘1. Federally owned surface 

and mineral estate.’’ 

The purpose of the proposed 

legislative withdrawal is to withdraw 

and reserve the lands for use as a 

military training range, involving livefire exercises, necessary for national 

security. The legislative withdrawal 

would provide sufficient area for 

realistic integrated training to a Marine 

Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) sized 

Marine Air Ground Task Force, the 

USMC’s premier force for responding to 

smaller scale contingencies. Effective 

training of MEBs is critical to ensuring 

the full spectrum of military operations. 

The withdrawal would be established 

by an Act of Congress, and approved by 

the President. The duration of the 

legislative withdrawal would be 

determined by Congress. The 

Department of the Navy has indicated 

that the use of a right-of-way or 

cooperative agreement would not 

provide adequate authorization for 

safety and control of access for the use 

of these lands due to the broad scope of 

military training exercises. 

The USMC analyzed alternative sites 

in three regions of the United States 

(i.e., Middle Atlantic Coast—North 

Carolina and Virginia; Gulf of Mexico— 

Florida and Louisiana; and Southwest— 

California and Arizona). The USMC 

concluded that expanding the USMC’s 

MCAGCC, located in Twentynine 

Palms, California was the only 

reasonable and feasible option. The 

lands hereinabove described, have been 

selected by the USMC for the proposed 

legislative withdrawal, because they are 

located adjacent to the existing exterior 

boundaries of the USMC’s MCAGCC, 

located in Twentynine Palms, 

California. The application and the 

records relating to the application can 

be examined by interested persons at 

the BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 

Barstow Road, Barstow, California 

92311. 

On or before December 15, 2008, all 

persons who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed legislative 

withdrawal may present their views in 

writing to the BLM, Field Manager, 

Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow 

Road, Barstow, California 92311. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BLM 

Barstow Field Office at the address 

above during regular business hours. 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, e-mail 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 from public 

review your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

This withdrawal proposal will be 

processed in accordance with the 

regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 

2300. 

Until September 15, 2010, the lands 

will be segregated as specified above 

unless the withdrawal application is 

denied or canceled or the withdrawal is 

approved prior to that date. Land uses 

currently authorized or permitted may 

continue during the segregation period. 

If the proposed legislative withdrawal 

has been submitted to Congress but not 

enacted into law by the end of the 2- 

year segregation period, consideration 

will be given to entertaining an 

application for a temporary withdrawal 

in aid of pending legislation. 

During the segregation period, BLM 

may, after consulting with the USMC, 

allow uses of a temporary nature that 

are compatible with the military 

purposes for which the land is being 

withdrawn. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(b)(1)) 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Thomas Pogacnik, 

Acting Deputy State Director, Natural 

Resources (CA–930), Bureau of Land 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–920–1310–08; TXNM 118200] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

118200 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions 

of Title IV, Public Law 97–451, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

received a petition for reinstatement of 

oil and gas lease TXNM 118200 from the 

lessee, Woodward Development LLC, 

for lands in Houston County, Texas. The 

petition was filed on time and was 

accompanied by all the rentals due 

since the date the lease terminated 

under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 

State Office, at (505) 438–7586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid 

lease has been issued that affect the 

lands. The lessee agrees to new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10.00 

per acre or fraction thereof, per year, 

and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The 

lessee paid the required $500.00 

administrative fee for the reinstatement 

of the lease and $166.00 cost for 

publishing this Notice in the Federal 

Register. The lessee met all the 

requirements for reinstatement of the 

lease as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188). We are proposing to 

reinstate lease TXNM 118200, effective 

the date of termination, June 1, 2008, 

under the original terms and conditions 

of the lease and the increased rental and 

royalty rates cited above. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication 

Team. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–920–1310–08; TXNM 118211] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

118211 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

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