Notice2024-05341
Notice of Application for Permanent Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction, Colorado
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Published
March 13, 2024
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management (DOE-LM) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior exercise authority under Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRCA) to permanently withdraw and transfer administrative jurisdiction over 70 acres of public lands at the Durita Mill Tailings Site in Colorado to DOE-LM. The public land and interests in the land would be withdrawn from operation of the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral materials disposal laws, subject to valid existing rights, and would be transferred to DOE-LM for long term maintenance and monitoring under a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license as part of the Durita Mill Tailings Site. This notice announces a 30-day opportunity for the public to comment on the DOE-LM application and request a public meeting.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18430-18431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05341]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCO923000.14400000.ET0000.223; COC-080735]
Notice of Application for Permanent Withdrawal and Transfer of
Jurisdiction, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal application.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management (DOE-LM)
has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
requesting that the Secretary of the Interior exercise authority under
Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978
(UMTRCA) to permanently withdraw and transfer administrative
jurisdiction over 70 acres of public lands at the Durita Mill Tailings
Site in Colorado to DOE-LM. The public land and interests in the land
would be withdrawn from operation of the general land laws, including
the United States mining laws, the mineral and geothermal leasing laws,
and the mineral materials disposal laws, subject to valid existing
rights, and would be transferred to DOE-LM for long term maintenance
and monitoring under a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license as part of
the Durita Mill Tailings Site. This notice announces a 30-day
opportunity for the public to comment on the DOE-LM application and
request a public meeting.
DATES: Comments and meeting requests must be received on or before
April 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to BLM Colorado
State Director, BLM Colorado State Office, P.O. Box 151029, Lakewood,
CO 80215.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jardine, Realty Specialist,
BLM Colorado State Office, telephone: (970) 385-1224, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83e9e9e2f1e7eaede6c3e1efeeade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f89292998a9c91969db89a9495d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a> during regular business hours 8:00 a.m.
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to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 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 for contacting Ms. Jardine.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE-LM filed an application with the BLM
that requests the Secretary of the Interior to permanently withdraw and
transfer administrative jurisdiction over the following described
public lands and federally owned minerals, subject to valid existing
rights. DOE-LM has requested that the land and minerals be withdrawn
from location and entry under the United States mining laws, from
leasing under the mineral or geothermal leasing laws, and from disposal
under the mineral materials laws, subject to valid existing rights.
Under UMTRCA, as amended by the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 7916), the Secretary of the Interior
may make such permanent withdrawals and transfers of administrative
jurisdiction. The Secretary's actions under UMTRCA are explicitly
exempt from the withdrawal and transfer provisions of Section 204 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended. The
following public lands are requested for permanent withdrawal and
jurisdictional transfer for long term maintenance and monitoring by the
DOE-LM under applicable provisions of UMTRCA:
New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 46 N., R. 16 W.,
sec. 34, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
sec. 35, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\,
and W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The area described contains 70 acres of public lands, according to
the official plat of the survey of the said land on file with the BLM.
The purpose of the requested withdrawal and transfer of
administrative jurisdiction is to allow the DOE-LM to administer the
lands in perpetuity as a hazardous material site under the authority of
UMTRCA, 42 U.S.C. 7902 et seq.
For a period until April 12, 2024, all persons who wish to submit
comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the DOE-LM
application may present their views in writing to the BLM Colorado
State Office at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section above.
Records related to the applications may be examined by contacting the
BLM Colorado State Office at the address listed in the ADDRESSES;
section above. The BLM is preparing an environmental assessment under
the National Environmental Policy Act in connection with the requested
withdrawal and jurisdictional transfer. On March 22, 2022, the BLM
posted a project description for DOI-BLM-CO-S050-2022-0013-EA on its e-
Planning site at <a href="http://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018643/510">eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018643/510</a>.
Comments will be available for public review at the BLM Colorado
State Office during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 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.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7916)
Douglas J. Vilsack,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-05341 Filed 3-12-24; 8:45 am]
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