Notice2024-11330
Public Land Order No. 7942; Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for the Guadalupe Cave Resources Protection Area; New Mexico
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Published
May 23, 2024
Effective
May 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Order withdraws 28,513.30 acres of National Forest System lands in the Lincoln National Forest in Eddy County, New Mexico, from location and entry under the United States mining laws and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws for a period of 20 years, subject to valid existing rights. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect the Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area, which contains numerous known magnificent caves, including 88 caves listed as significant in accordance with the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11330]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_NM_FRN_MO4500177564]
Public Land Order No. 7942; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Lands for the Guadalupe Cave Resources Protection Area; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws 28,513.30 acres of National Forest System
lands in the Lincoln National Forest in Eddy County, New Mexico, from
location and entry under the United States mining laws and from leasing
under the mineral leasing laws for a period of 20 years, subject to
valid existing rights. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect the
Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area, which contains numerous known
magnificent caves, including 88 caves listed as significant in
accordance with the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988.
DATES: This Order takes effect on May 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Naranjo, Realty Specialist, BLM
New Mexico State Office, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9aab7b8abb8b7b3b699bbb5b4f7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3c0ddd2c1d2ddd9dcf3d1dfde9dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone
at (505) 954-2200, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mountain Time (MT, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individuals
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
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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
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining laws and from leasing under the
mineral leasing laws, for a 20-year term in order to protect the
Guadalupe Cave Resource Protection Area:
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\;
Secs. 33 thru 36
T. 25 S., R.22 E.,
Sec. 14, S\1/2\, unsurveyed;
Sec. 15, S\1/2\ and NW\1/4\, unsurveyed;
Secs. 22 and 23, unsurveyed;
Secs. 26 thru 29, unsurveyed;
PBs 43, 44, 49 thru 52, and 55 thru 63.
T. 26 S., R. 22 E.,
Secs. 3 thru 10, and 15 thru 18.
The areas described aggregate 28,513.30 acres.
2. 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), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-11330 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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