Notice2024-29674
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Upper Pecos River Watershed Protection Area Withdrawal, New Mexico
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Published
December 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), the Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 163,483 acres of National Forest System lands and 1,327.16 acres of public lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The lands would remain open to disposals under the mineral materials laws.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101621-101624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29674]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-106385733]
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Upper Pecos
River Watershed Protection Area Withdrawal, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), the Secretary of the
Interior proposes to withdraw 163,483 acres of National Forest System
lands and 1,327.16 acres of public lands from location and entry under
the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The lands
would remain open to disposals under the mineral materials laws.
DATES: Comments must be received by the BLM by March 17, 2025. A public
meeting on the proposed withdrawal will be held February 26, 2025, from
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Village of Pecos Conference Room, 92 South
Main St., Pecos, NM 87552.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to State Director, Bureau of Land
Management, New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New
Mexico 87508. Information regarding the proposed withdrawal will be
available at the BLM New Mexico State Office and at the Santa Fe
National Forest Supervisor's Office, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, New
Mexico 87508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jillian Aragon, Project Manager, BLM
New Mexico State Office by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3a9a4a2b1a2a4acad83a1afaeeda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5dfd2d4c7d4d2dadbf5d7d9d89bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a> or Julian Madrid,
Santa Fe National Forest by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d776871747c7333707c796f74795d686e797c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9df7e8f1f4fcf3b3f0fcf9eff4f9dde8eef9fcb3faf2eb">[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
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telecommunications relay services for contacting Ms. Aragon.
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 withdrawal is proposed for a 20-year
term to protect the Upper Pecos River watershed area for its water and
air quality, cultural resources, scenic integrity, critical fish and
wildlife habitat, and recreational values. This notice segregates the
land for 2 years from location and entry under the United States mining
laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws,
subject to valid existing rights, and initiates a 90-day public comment
period on the proposed withdrawal. The USFS and the BLM will host
public meetings to provide information on the withdrawal application,
as specified previously (see DATES).
The BLM and the USFS are jointly seeking this withdrawal. Their
petition/application requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw
the following Federal lands and interests in lands, and all non-Federal
lands within the boundaries of the withdrawal application area that are
subsequently acquired by the Federal Government, from location and
entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the
mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights.
National Forest System Lands:
New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico
T. 16 N., R. 11 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2;
Sec. 3;
Sec. 4 lots 3 thru 12 and lot 14, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 5 lots 5 thru 7 and lots 10 thru 20;
Sec. 6 lot 23;
Sec. 7 lots 5 and 12;
Sec. 8 lots 1 thru 4, lots 6 thru 10, and lots 15 and 16;
Sec. 9, lots 2 thru 8, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\,
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 10, lots 3 thru 6, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
Secs. 11 thru 13;
Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Secs. 15 and 16;
Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 3 and lots 6 thru 9;
Sec. 24 N\1/2\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 25 lots 3 thru 6;
Sec. 26 lot 4;
Sec. 35 lots 1 thru 5, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and Parcel A.
T. 17 N., R. 11 E.,
Secs. 1 thru 3;
Sec. 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 9, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Secs. 10 thru 16;
Sec. 17, E\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 20, E\1/2\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Secs. 21 thru 24;
Sec. 25, excepting HES 293A and HES 293B;
Secs. 26 thru 28;
Sec. 29, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 30, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 32, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 33, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Secs. 34 thru 36.
T. 18 N., R. 11 E., partially unsurveyed,
All those lands lying southeasterly of the Pecos Wilderness,
being the westerly boundary of the Upper Pecos Watershed Withdrawal
Application Area, comprised of approximately 4,693 acres.
T. 15 N., R. 12 E.,
Secs. 1 and 2;
Secs. 11 thru 13;
Secs. 23 thru 26;
Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 16 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 1, lot 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 2, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\,
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 4, lots 1thru 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 5, lots 2 thru 4 and lots 6 and 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\, and NM 3492;
Sec. 6, lots 3 thru 5, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 8;
Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 3, lots 5 thru 7, lots 8 thru 10, and lots
12 thru 14;
Sec. 10;
Sec. 11, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 13, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 14;
Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 13;
Sec. 16, lots 4 thru 7;
Sec. 17, lots 3 thru 17;
Sec. 18, lot 1, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 19, lot 1, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and excepting
M.S. 1959;
Sec. 20, lots 5 thru 16;
Sec. 21, lot 5;
Secs. 22 and 23;
Sec. 24, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
Sec. 25, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
Secs. 26 thru 36;
T. 17 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 1, lots 9 thru 17, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 9, lots 12 thru 15, and lot 17;
Sec. 3;
Sec. 4, lots 5 thru 8;
Secs. 5 and 6;
Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 10, lot 12, lots 15 thru 18, and Tract 38;
Sec. 8, lots 1 thru 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 3, lots 5 thru 11, and lot 13;
Sec. 10, lots 1 thru 11;
Sec. 11, lots 1 thru 4;
Sec. 12, lots 1 thru 14;
Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 10;
Sec. 14, lots 1 thru 6;
Sec. 15, lots 1 and 2;
Sec. 16;
Sec. 17 lots 1 thru 12;
Sec. 18, lots 5, 9, 13 and 14, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\:
Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 15;
Sec. 20, lots 1 and 4 and Patent No. 058030;
Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 3;
Sec. 22, lots 1 thru 3;
Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 5;
Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 6, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 25, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
Secs. 27 and 28;
Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2 and Ser Patent No. 103230;
Secs. 30, lots 5 thru 11;
Sec. 31;
Sec. 32, lots 1 thru 11;
Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 8;
Sec. 34, lots 1 thru 4 and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 3, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 36, lots 1 thru 15.
T. 18 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 1;
Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 8;
Sec. 3, lots 5 and 6;
Sec. 10, lots 3 and 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 11, lots 1 thru 7, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Secs. 12 thru 14;
Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 5, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/
2\;
Sec. 19;
Sec. 20, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE1/SE\1/4\;
Sec. 21, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 22, lots 3 thru 12, NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, excepting Tract 42;
Secs. 24 and 25;
Sec. 26, excepting M.S. 1984;
Sec. 27, lots 11 thru 17, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ excepting M.S. 1984, and
E\1/2\SE\1/4\ excepting M.S.1984;
Sec. 28, lots 4 thru 7, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
Sec. 29, lots 1 thru 7, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
Secs. 30 thru 32;
Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 11, NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 34, excepting Tract 47;
Sec. 35, excepting Tract 48;
Sec. 36, excepting Tract 48.
T. 19 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 25, excepting HES 297A, HES 297B, and Patent No. 910127;
Sec. 26, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\,
E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\,
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S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 33;
Sec. 34, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
and W\1/2\;
Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 11 and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 36.
T. 15 N., R. 13 E.,
Secs. 1 thru 4;
Sec. 5, lots 1, 8, 9, and lots 13 thru 16 and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 6, lots 4 thru 7 and lots 12 thru 14;
Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2, lots 4 thru 7, lots 10 and 13, NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 10, E\1/2\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 11;
Sec. 12, excepting HES No. 300;
Secs. 13 and 14;
Sec. 15, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 16, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 17, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19;
Sec. 20, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
Sec. 21, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 22, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 4, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Secs. 25 thru 27;
Sec. 28, E\1/2\;
Secs. 29 thru 31;
Sec. 33, lots 1, 4 and 5 and E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 34, lot 1, E\1/2\, NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 16 N., R.13 E.,
Sec. 1;
Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 12, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lots 1 thru 4;
Sec. 5, lots 1 and 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 6, lots 1 thru 5, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 10, lots 1 thru 4, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Secs. 11 and 12;
Sec. 13, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 14;
Sec. 15, E\1/2\;
Sec. 16, S\1/2\;
Sec. 17, SW\1/4\;
Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19, excepting Patent No. 1078570;
Sec. 20, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 21, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
Secs. 22 thru 25;
Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 27;
Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 29, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 30, lots 1 and 4, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 31, lots 3 and 7;
Sec. 32, lots 3 thru 8, NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 33;
Sec. 34, excepting Patent No. 479146;
Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 17 N., R. 13 E.,
Sec. 3, lots 2 thru 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
Secs. 4 thru 6;
Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 20 and NE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 9;
Sec. 10, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 11, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 13, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 14, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\ excepting HES
327, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 15, excepting HES 327;
Secs. 16 and 17;
Sec. 18, lots 5 thru 17, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and
SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 19, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 20, lots 1 thru 7, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 21;
Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ excepting HES 327, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\
excepting Tract 42;
Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 6, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 24, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 27, lots 1 thru 7, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 28;
Sec. 29, N\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and
E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Secs. 30 and 31;
Sec. 32, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 33;
Sec. 34, excepting Tract 46;
Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 6, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 36.
T. 18 N., R. 13 E., partially unsurveyed,
Sec. 17;
PB 43, all those lands lying south of Pecos Wilderness;
PB 44;
Sec. 20;
Sec. 21, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 22, W\1/2\;
Sec. 27, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
Secs. 28 and 29
PB 44 thru 52.
T. 14 N., R. 14 E.,
Sec. 1, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and
SE\1/4\;
Secs. 2 thru 4;
Sec. 5, lots 1 thru 4, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 12, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\,
and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 15 N., R. 14 E.,
Sec. 6, lots 1 thru 15 and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 9, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 18;
Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 22;
Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 36, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 15 N., R. 14 E., partially unsurveyed,
All those lands lying west of El Barro Peak ridge, being the
easterly boundary of the Upper Pecos Watershed Withdrawal
Application Area, comprising approximately 11,529 acres.
T. 16 N., R. 14 E.,
Sec. 6, lots 4 thru 6 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 7, lots 2 thru 4;
Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4 and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 19;
Sec. 20, W\1/2\;
Sec. 29, lots 2 thru 4, lots 7 and 8, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
Secs. 30 and 31;
Sec. 32, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 33, S\1/2\.
T. 14 N., R. 15 E.,
Sec. 6, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 7, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 163,483 acres.
Bureau of Land Management:
New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico
T. 14 N., R. 13 E.,
Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 3, lots 1 thru 10 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lots 1, 6, and 7;
Sec. 12, lots 1, 2, and 4 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 13, lots 1 and 2;
Sec. 23, S\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 14 N., R. 14 E.,
Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 1,327.16 acres, according to the
official plats of the surveys of the said lands, on file with the BLM.
The total acreage for the proposed withdrawal is 164,810.16 acres.
A Secretarial Officer has approved the BLM's petition to file the
withdrawal application. This approval constitutes the Department's
proposal to withdraw the subject lands. The USFS has consented to
proposing the withdrawal of lands under its administrative jurisdiction
(43 CFR 2310.1-3(e)) and has joined the BLM as withdrawal applicant.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement, or surface management under 43 CFR part 3800, subpart 3809
regulations would not adequately constrain non-discretionary uses and
would not provide adequate protection of cultural, recreational, and
biological resources,
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nor the financial investments in public campgrounds and other
improvements on these lands.
There are no suitable alternative sites, as the described lands
contain resource values that need protection.
Water rights will not be needed to fulfill the purpose of the
proposed withdrawal.
For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their
views in writing to the BLM New Mexico State Director at the address
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
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. 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 December 16, 2026, subject to valid existing
rights, the lands and mineral interests in this notice will be
segregated from location and entry under the United States mining laws,
and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to
valid existing rights unless the proposal is canceled, or the
withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land
use authorizations of a temporary nature may be allowed with the
approval of the authorized officers of the USDA Forest Service or the
BLM during the segregation period.
This proposed withdrawal will be processed in accordance with the
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714).
Melanie G. Barnes,
BLM New Mexico State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-29674 Filed 12-12-24; 4:15 pm]
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