Notice2024-17007
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal, Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, and Opportunity for Public Meeting for the Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ID
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Published
August 2, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
At the request of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 158.72 acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws for an indefinite period and transfer administrative jurisdiction over these acres to USFWS for management as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System to support conservation of the aquatic and riparian habitats in the Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Idaho. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, for up to 2 years, while the application is being processed. This notice initiates a 90-day comment period and announces an opportunity for the public to request a public meeting on the proposed withdrawal.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63217-63218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17007]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[FSRS84221GLKX0-16X-FF01R05000; IDI 039529/IDID105860944]
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal, Transfer of Administrative
Jurisdiction, and Opportunity for Public Meeting for the Grays Lake
National Wildlife Refuge, ID
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: At the request of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the
Interior proposes to withdraw 158.72 acres of public lands managed by
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from settlement, sale, location, or
entry under the public land laws, from location and entry under the
United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws for an indefinite period and transfer
administrative jurisdiction over these acres to USFWS for management as
part of the National Wildlife Refuge System to support conservation of
the aquatic and riparian habitats in the Grays Lake National Wildlife
Refuge (NWR), Idaho. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates
the lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public
land laws, from location and entry under the United States mining laws,
and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject
to valid existing rights, for up to 2 years, while the application is
being processed. This notice initiates a 90-day comment period and
announces an opportunity for the public to request a public meeting on
the proposed withdrawal.
DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by
October 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting requests should be sent to the BLM
Idaho State Office, Attn: 933-Realty/Grays Lake Withdrawal, 1387 S
Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709, or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eeaca2a3b1a7aab1a2a2a7aad7dddddededeb1b9879a868a9c8f998f82ae8c8283c0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc9e90918395988390909598e5efefececec838bb5a8b4b8aebdabbdb09cbeb0b1f2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Sloand, BLM Idaho State
Office, telephone: 208-373-3897, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#553626393a343b31153739387b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86e5f5eae9e7e8e2c6e4eaeba8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is USFWS, and the petition/
application requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the
following 158.72 acres of BLM-managed public lands from settlement,
sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, from location and
entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the
mineral and geothermal leasing laws for an indefinite period, subject
to valid existing rights, and transfer administrative jurisdiction over
these acres to USFWS for management as part of the National Wildlife
Refuge System to support conservation of the aquatic and riparian
habitats in the Grays Lake NWR, Idaho:
Boise Meridian, Idaho
T. 3 S., R. 43 E.,
Sec. 21, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 28, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, lot 3.
T. 4 S., R. 43 E.,
Sec. 26, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 158.72 acres in Bonneville County.
This petition/application has been approved for publication by a
Secretarial officer in the Department of the Interior and therefore
constitutes a withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the Interior (43
CFR 2310.1-3(e)).
The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement would not adequately protect the lands from nondiscretionary
uses, which could result in a permanent loss of significant values and
capital investments.
The USFWS requires continued use of rights contained in Water Right
Partial Decree 13-13725 that is appurtenant to Tract 1b (T. 4 S., R. 43
E., sec. 26, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\).
There are no suitable alternative sites with equal or greater
benefit to the government.
For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments or desire a public
meeting for the purpose of being heard on the proposed withdrawal must
submit a request to the BLM Idaho State Office (see ADDRESSES). If the
authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be held, a
notice of the date, time, and place will be published in the Federal
Register and local newspapers and on the BLM website at <a href="http://www.blm.gov">www.blm.gov</a> at
least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
Comments, including name and street address of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BLM Idaho State Office during
regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, 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 personally 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. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives of officials of organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
For a period until August 3, 2026, the lands will be segregated as
specified above unless the application is denied
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or cancelled, or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
This withdrawal application will be processed in accordance with
the regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Peter Ditton,
Acting Idaho State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-17007 Filed 8-1-24; 8:45 am]
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