27822 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 111 / Thursday, June 11, 2009 / Notices 

[FR Doc. E9–13631 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[UTU 80808] 

Public Land Order No. 7734; 

Withdrawal and Transfer of 

Jurisdiction of Public Land for the 

Department of Energy Crescent 

Junction Uranium Mill Tailings 

Repository; Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 

approximately 936 acres of public land 

from the United States mining and 

mineral leasing laws and transfers 

jurisdiction to the Department of Energy 

for a period of 20 years for ancillary 

facilities at its Crescent Junction 

Uranium Mill Tailings Repository. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary von Koch, Realty Specialist, BLM 

Moab Field Office, 82 East Dogwood 

Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532, 435–259– 

2128. 

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, 43 U.S.C. 

1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the 

following described public land is 

hereby withdrawn from location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), and from 

leasing under the mineral leasing laws 

(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. and 30 U.S.C. 351 

et seq. (2000)), to protect the 

Department of Energy’s ancillary 

facilities at its Crescent Junction 

Uranium Mill Tailings Repository: 

Salt Lake Meridian 

T. 21 S., R. 19 E., 

Sec. 22, S1⁄2, excluding SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2, excluding S1⁄2S1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, the land lying North of the railroad 

right-of-way, excluding 

W1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, the land lying North of the railroad 

right-of-way, excluding N1⁄2NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains approximately 

936 acres in Grand County. 

2. Subject to retention of valid 

existing claims, rights, and interests, by 

the Secretary of the Interior as stated in 

Paragraph 3, full jurisdiction over the 

above-described land is hereby 

transferred to the Secretary of Energy 

and vests in the Department of Energy 

full management, jurisdiction, authority, 

responsibility, and liability for such 

land and all activities conducted 

therein. 

3. The authority to administer any 

existing claims, rights, and interests in 

the above-described land established 

before June 11, 2009 is reserved to the 

Secretary of the Interior. 

4. This withdrawal will expire 20 

years from the effective date of this 

order unless, as a result of a review 

conducted before the expiration date 

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f)(2000), the 

Secretary determines that the 

withdrawal shall be extended. 

Dated: May 21, 2009. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. E9–13637 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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