Notice2023-11998
Notice of Withdrawal Application and Opportunity for a Public Meeting for the Prescott National Forest/Hassayampa River, Arizona
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Published
June 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw 3,739 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands located within the Prescott National Forest from location and entry under the U.S. mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for a 20-year term, subject to valid existing rights. The purpose of the withdrawal requested is to protect the Hassayampa River Riparian Corridor, located in Yavapai County, Arizona, from potential adverse impacts from mining, mineral, and geothermal leasing. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the lands for up to two years, initiates a 90-day public comment period, and announces to the public an opportunity to request a public meeting on the withdrawal application.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37088-37089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11998]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO4500168371 AZA-38291]
Notice of Withdrawal Application and Opportunity for a Public
Meeting for the Prescott National Forest/Hassayampa River, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an
application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that
the Secretary of the Interior withdraw 3,739 acres of National Forest
System (NFS) lands located within the Prescott National Forest from
location and entry under the U.S. mining laws, and from leasing under
the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for a 20-year term, subject to
valid existing rights. The purpose of the withdrawal requested is to
protect the Hassayampa River Riparian Corridor, located in Yavapai
County, Arizona, from potential adverse impacts from mining, mineral,
and geothermal leasing. Publication of this notice temporarily
segregates the lands for up to two years, initiates a 90-day public
comment period, and announces to the public an opportunity to request a
public meeting on the withdrawal application.
DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by
September 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: All comments or requests for a public meeting should be sent
to
[[Page 37089]]
the BLM Arizona State Office, 1 North Central Avenue, Suite 800,
Phoenix, AZ 85004; faxed to (602) 417-9452; or sent by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#77353b3a28362d28201e031f13051600161b2834181a1a1219030437151b1a59101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c2e2021332d36333b051804081e0d1b0d00332f0301010902181f2c0e0001420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>. The BLM will not consider comments
via telephone calls.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist,
BLM Arizona State Office, telephone (602) 417-9561, email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fe93918b9b92929b8a8abe9c9293d0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a37352f3f36363f2e2e1a383637743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>; or you may contact the BLM office at the address
noted above. 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. 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. You will receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USFS requests the 20-year term
withdrawal to protect the Hassayampa River riparian corridor located on
NFS lands. The subject lands are located within the Prescott National
Forest. This request is for a new withdrawal encompassing 1,677.25
acres of NFS lands previously withdrawn by Public Land Order (PLO) No.
7414 (expired October 11, 2019), and an additional 2,061.75 acres of
this riparian corridor that the USFS has identified as also needing
protection.
The following described NFS lands are the subject of the USFS's
withdrawal application and are temporarily segregated for a period of
up to two years from location and entry under the U.S. mining laws, and
from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to
valid existing rights. The lands remain open to such uses as may be
made on NFS lands:
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 12\1/2\ N., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 19, lots 5 and 6, and M.S. No. 2835;
Sec. 20, lots 1 thru 4;
Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 22, lots 1 thru 4, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 23, lot 4;
Sec. 26, lot 4, lots 8 thru 17, and M.S. No. 4051, excepting
that portion of M.S. No. 4051 within M.S. No. 3986, and that portion
of Tract No. 0059, recorded in Book 96 of land surveys, Page 73, in
the official records of Yavapai County, Arizona.
Sec. 27, lots 1 thru 6, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and M.S. No. 4051;
Sec. 28, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, lots 1, 2, 4, 6 thru 8, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and M.S. No. 2835;
Sec. 35, lots 2, 3, 9, and M.S. No. 2648, except that portion of
M.S. No. 2648, as excepted in the Warranty Deed to the U.S.A.,
recorded in Book 1051, Pages 550-553, in the official records of
Yavapai County, Arizona.
T. 13 N., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 28, lots 13, 16, 18, and 21;
Sec. 31, lot 20, excepting M.S. No. 2025;
Sec. 32, lots 5 thru 7 and lots 10 thru 20;
Sec. 33, lots 2 thru 6 and lots 9 thru 16;
Sec. 34, lot 18;
Sec. 35, lot 15.
T. 12\1/2\ N., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 23, lot 1, 2, those portions lying easterly and southerly
of a line which lies 300 feet easterly and southerly of and parallel
with the centerline of Arizona State Highway No. 89, per Public Land
Order No. 1556 of November 19, 1957, and lot 5;
Sec. 24, lot 5;
Sec. 25, lots 4 and 5, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SE\1/4\, excepting M.S. No. 4056;
Sec. 36, lots 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 3,739 acres.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement would not provide adequate protection of the specified lands.
No additional water rights are needed to fulfill the purpose of
this requested withdrawal.
There are no suitable alternative sites since the requested
withdrawal area is for the protection of the unique natural resources
of the Hassayampa River riparian corridor.
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 the requested withdrawal. All interested
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on
the requested withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM
Arizona State Director no later than September 5, 2023. If the
authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be held, a
notice of the time, date, and place 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 June 5, 2025 the lands will be segregated as
specified above unless the application is denied or canceled.
This application will be processed in accordance with the
regulations at 43 CFR 2300.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1) and 43 CFR 2310.3-1.
Raymond Suazo,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-11998 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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