Notice2022-01216
Notice of Application for Withdrawal and a Public Meeting for Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area, New Mexico
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Published
January 24, 2022
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has received an application from the United States Forest Service (USFS) for the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 28,513.30 acres of National Forest System lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, for a period of 20 years to protect the Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area located on the Guadalupe Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. Publication of this notice segregates the lands for two years from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, and announces an opportunity for the public to comment on the withdrawal application. This notice also announces the date, time, and location of the public meeting. The lands will remain open to all other uses according to the laws applicable to National Forest System lands.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3580-3581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01216]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[21X.LLNMP02000.L14400000.ET0000; NMNM-142840]
Notice of Application for Withdrawal and a Public Meeting for
Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of application for withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has received an
application from the United States Forest Service (USFS) for the
Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 28,513.30 acres of National
Forest System lands from location and entry under the United States
mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject
to valid existing rights, for a period of 20 years to protect the
Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area located on the Guadalupe Ranger
District of the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. Publication of
this notice segregates the lands for two years from location and entry
under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, and announces an
opportunity for the public to comment on the withdrawal application.
This notice also announces the date, time, and location of the public
meeting. The lands will remain open to all other uses according to the
laws applicable to National Forest System lands.
DATES: Comments and meeting requests must be received on or before
April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be sent to the BLM New Mexico State
Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508, or email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0839e9182919e9a9fb0929c9dde979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91e2fff0e3f0fffbfed1f3fdfcbff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>. The BLM will not consider comments received via
telephone calls. The application and case file are available for public
examination by interested persons by appointment at the BLM Public
Room, 620 E Greene Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220 during regular business
hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except holidays.
Please call Robert Gomez, Realty Supervisor, at (575) 234-5989 to
review the application and case file at the BLM Public Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Naranjo, Realty Specialist, BLM
New Mexico State Office, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f78499968596999d98b7959b9ad9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="364558574457585c5976545a5b18515940">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone
at (505) 954-2200. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339
to contact Ms. Naranjo. The FRS available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You
will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect
and preserve the Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area in the Lincoln
National Forest in Eddy County, New Mexico, for a 20-year period. This
area is part of the Capitan Limestone, reef, and shelf complex, of
Permian age, and has a high likelihood of undiscovered caves;
therefore, no suitable alternative site is available. The USFS filed an
application on December 18, 2020, with the Secretary of the Interior,
to withdraw the following described National Forest System lands:
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 25 S., R. 21 E.,
sec. 36, lot 4, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
T. 26 S., R. 21 E.
sec. 1;
sec. 2, E\1/2\;
sec. 10, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 11, E\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
secs. 12, 13, and 14;
sec. 15, E\1/2\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
sec. 16, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
sec. 20, SE\1/4\;
secs. 21 thru 28;
sec. 29, E\1/2\;
sec. 32, lots 1 and 2, and N\1/2\NE\1/4\;
sec. 33, lots 1 thru 4, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
sec. 34, lots 1 thru 4, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
sec. 35, lots 1 thru 4, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
sec. 36, lots 1 thru 4, and N\1/2\N\1/2\;
T. 25 S., R.22 E.,
(The land described in T. 25 S., R. 22 E. is unsurveyed, and
descriptions were established by a 2002 Protraction Diagram)
PB 43;
sec. 14, S\1/2\;
sec. 15, S\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
PBs 44, 49, 50, 51, and 52;
secs. 22 and 23;
secs. 26 thru 29;
PBs 55 thru 63;
T. 26 S., R. 22 E.,
secs. 3 thru 10, and 15 thru 18.
The area described contains 28,513.30 acres in Eddy County, New
Mexico.
All persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or
objections, in connection with the requested withdrawal to the Lincoln
National Forest, can do so until April 25, 2022 to the individual
mentioned in the ADDRESSES section.
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 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 a virtual (online) public meeting in
connection with the application for withdrawal and segregation will be
held. The USFS and the BLM will have a public meeting on February 23,
2022, at 5:30 p.m. (Mountain Time). A link to join the Teams virtual
meeting will be available at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln">https://www.fs.usda.gov/lincoln</a>.
Submit your written comments to the State Director, BLM New Mexico
State Office, at the address in the ADDRESSES section indicated above
by April 25, 2022.
For a period until January 24, 2024, subject to valid existing
rights, the lands in this Notice will be segregated from location and
entry under the United States mining laws and leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, unless the application is denied or canceled, or the
withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
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(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1)
Melanie G. Barnes,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2022-01216 Filed 1-21-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P
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