Notice2024-15700
Public Land Order No. 7943; Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands, Tonto National Forest, Superior, Arizona
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Published
July 17, 2024
Effective
July 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This order withdraws 276 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands located within the Tonto National Forest from location and entry under the U.S. mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for a 20-year term, subject to valid existing rights. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect these lands for a congressionally mandated conveyance to the Town of Superior (Town), Pinal County, Arizona, upon request from the Town. The Town has submitted a request for conveyance of these lands to the Secretary of Agriculture.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 58183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15700]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AZ_FRN; AZA-38386, AZAZ105853174]
Public Land Order No. 7943; Withdrawal of National Forest System
Lands, Tonto National Forest, Superior, Arizona
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 276 acres of National Forest System (NFS)
lands located within the Tonto National Forest from location and entry
under the U.S. mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, for a 20-year term, subject to valid existing
rights. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect these lands for a
congressionally mandated conveyance to the Town of Superior (Town),
Pinal County, Arizona, upon request from the Town. The Town has
submitted a request for conveyance of these lands to the Secretary of
Agriculture.
DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on July 17, 2024.
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#caa7a5bfafa6a6afbebe8aa8a6a7e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff92908a9a93939a8b8bbf9d9392d1989089">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect
the NFS lands from potential mining-related encumbrances that could
affect the Town's ability to use these lands when purchased from the
Federal Government. Section 3003 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113-291 Sec. 3003) requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to convey the subject lands to the Town upon
request from the Town. On October 15, 2021, the Town submitted such a
request to the Secretary of Agriculture.
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 NFS
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United
States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, for the purpose of protecting these lands for
a congressionally mandated conveyance to the Town.
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona
T. 2 S., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 3, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4 excepting Lee Mill Site and Penny Mill Site
of M.S. No. 4803, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ excepting Harborlite Mill Sites 1A
and 2A of M.S. No. 4860 and Lee Mill Site and Penny Mill Site of
M.S. No. 4803;
Sec. 5, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 9, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ that portion lying N. of the N.
boundary of H.E.S. No. 167, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ that portion lying
N. of the N. boundary of H.E.S. No. 167, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ that portion lying N. of the
N. boundary of H.E.S. No. 167, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\
that portion lying N. of the N. boundary of H.E.S. No. 167.
The areas described aggregate 276 acres.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National
Forest System lands under lease, license, or permit, or governing the
disposal of the mineral or vegetative resources other than under the
mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20 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 of the Interior determines that the
withdrawal shall be extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-15700 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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