Notice2023-16982
Public Land Order No. 7927; Withdrawal, Arizona
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Published
August 8, 2023
Effective
August 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Order withdraws 1,464 acres of Federal surface/subsurface public lands from appropriation under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and 1,134 acres of Federal surface public lands from appropriation under the public land laws, and reserves the land for 100 years for management as part of the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in La Paz and Mohave Counties, Arizona, subject to valid existing rights.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53516-53517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16982]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO#4500169746 AZA-38417]
Public Land Order No. 7927; Withdrawal, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws 1,464 acres of Federal surface/subsurface
public lands from appropriation under the public land laws, including
location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from
leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and 1,134 acres
of Federal surface public lands from appropriation under the public
land laws, and reserves the land for 100 years for management as part
of the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in La
Paz and Mohave Counties, Arizona, subject to valid existing rights.
DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on August 8, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist,
BLM Arizona State Office, 1 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix,
AZ 85004, telephone: (602) 417-9561, email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82efedf7e7eeeee7f6f6c2e0eeeface5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="076a6872626b6b62737347656b6a29606871">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This withdrawal and reservation places these
lands under the management of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act (NWRSAA) at 16 U.S.C. 668dd, as part of Bill
Williams River NWR. These lands were previously withdrawn and reserved
as part of the refuge for a 40-year term under Public Land Order No.
6044, which expired on October 7, 2021. Under the NWRSAA at 16 U.S.C.
668dd(a)(6), once land is reserved for management as part of the Refuge
System, they remain part of the System until otherwise specified by Act
of Congress. This Order reflects the reservation and withdraws the land
from the laws specified to protect the land from uses incompatible with
Refuge purposes.
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, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
Federal surface/subsurface public lands are hereby withdrawn from all
forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location
and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and reserved for
wildlife refuge purposes as part of the Bill Williams River NWR;
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
(Surface and Subsurface Estate Land)
T. 11 N., R. 17 W.,
Sec. 20, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 25, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 26, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 28, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 34, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 36, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 11 N., R. 18 W.,
Sec. 12, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ that portion lying northerly of the
Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge boundary, as described in
Executive Order 8647 of January 22, 1941, and southwesterly of the
southwesterly right-of-way line of State Highway 95; sec. 24, NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 1,464 acres.
2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
Federal surface public lands are hereby withdrawn from all forms of
appropriation under the public land laws and reserved for wildlife
refuge purposes as part of the Bill Williams River NWR;
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Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
(Surface Estate Land)
T. 11 N., R. 17 W.,
Sec. 19, lot 2, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 21, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 25, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 29, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 33, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 35, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\,
S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 11 N., R. 18 W.,
Sec. 11, those portions of the SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\,
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ lying
northerly of the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge boundary, as
described in Executive Order 8647 of January 22, 1941, and southerly
of the southwesterly right-of-way line of State Route 95.
Sec. 13, those portions of the W\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\ lying southerly of the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge
boundary, as described in Executive Order 8647 of January 22, 1941.
The areas described aggregate 1,134 acres.
3. This withdrawal will expire 100 years from the effective date of
this order, unless, as a result of a review conducted pursuant to
Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
43 U.S.C 1714(f), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be
extended.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2023-16982 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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