Notice2024-30790
Public Land Order No. 7956; Withdrawal of Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed; South Dakota
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Published
December 27, 2024
Effective
December 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 20,510 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Black Hills National Forest, Pennington County, South Dakota, from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws; location and entry under the United States mining laws; and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the cultural and natural resources of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek Watershed, including municipal water for Rapid City and Ellsworth Air Force Base.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105625-105626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30790]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[SDMT 106276277; SDM 112598]
Public Land Order No. 7956; Withdrawal of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek Watershed; South Dakota
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 20,510 acres of
National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Black Hills National Forest,
Pennington County, South Dakota, from settlement, sale, location, or
entry under the public land laws; location and entry under the United
States mining laws; and leasing under the mineral and geothermal
leasing laws for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, to protect
the cultural and natural resources of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid
Creek Watershed, including municipal water for Rapid City and Ellsworth
Air Force Base.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on December 27, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Carr, Branch Chief, Realty Lands
and Renewable Energy, BLM Montana/Dakotas, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, Montana 59101, telephone: (406) 538-1957; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#09686a687b7b496b6564276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ceafadafbcbc8eaca2a3e0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>; or Shawn Cochran, Forest Supervisor, Black Hills
National Forest, 1019 N. 5th Street, Custer, South Dakota 57730,
telephone: (605) 673-9203, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05766d64726b2b666a666d77646b45707661642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea99828b9d84c489858982988b84aa9f998e8bc48d859c">[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 purpose of this withdrawal is to protect
and preserve cultural and natural resources of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek Watershed, including municipal water for Rapid City and
Ellsworth Air Force Base, from the known and potential adverse
environmental impacts that may arise from exploration and development
of federally owned minerals. A Notice of Application for Withdrawal and
Notification of Public Meeting was published in the Federal Register on
March 21, 2023 (88 FR 17006).
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
(FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1714, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described lands
are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under
the public land laws; location and entry under the United States mining
laws; and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws for 20
years.
Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota
T. 1 N., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 1;
Sec. 2, that part lying easterly of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid
Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 11, that part lying easterly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Secs. 12 and 13;
Sec. 14, that part lying easterly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 23, that part lying northeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 24, that part lying northeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 25, that part lying northeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary.
T. 2 N., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 5, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, except
Tract A of H.E.S. No. 241, that part lying southerly of Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 14, lot 2, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, that
part lying southeasterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek
subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, those portions lying southerly and
easterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 23, that part lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid
Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 24, except Tract A of H.E.S. No. 241;
Sec. 25, except M.S. No. 1948 and M.S. No. 2016;
Sec. 26, that part lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir--Rapid
Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 27, those portions lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 34, lots 1, 4, 6, and 9, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and
S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, that part lying easterly of Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 35, except M.S. No. 2047, that part lying northeasterly of
Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 36, except M.S. No. 1948;
M.S. No. 1019, that part lying southerly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
M.S. No. 2047.
T. 1 N., R. 5 E.,
Sec. 2, that part lying southwesterly of Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Secs. 3 thru 7;
Sec. 8, except M.S. No. 1918;
Secs. 9 and 10;
Sec. 11, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 14, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 15, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, that part lying northerly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 16, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 17, except M.S. Nos. 1916 and 1918 and M.S. No. 2092, Peggy
Lode, Merrit No. 1 Lode, and Luckly Boy Lode;
Sec. 18, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19, NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\, that
part lying northwesterly of the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek
subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 20, except M.S. No. 1916, that part lying northerly of the
Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 21, NW\1/4\, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
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Sec. 30, W\1/2\, that part lying northwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary.
H.E.S. No. 106;
H.E.S. No. 599;
M.S. No. 891.
T. 2 N., R. 5 E.,
Sec. 18, that part lying southerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 19, that part lying southwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 20, SW\1/4\, that part lying southwesterly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 28, SW\1/4\, that part lying southerly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 29, that part lying westerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 30, except M.S. No. 1948 and M.S. No. 2016;
Sec. 31, lots 5 and 6, lots 10 thru 19, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\,
NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and those
portions of M.S. No. 504 further described as Town of Silver City,
Blocks A, B, C, D, and E, lots 3 thru 16 and lots 23 thru 32 of
Block 9, lots 4 and 5, lots 12 thru 15, lots 27 thru 30 of Block 12,
and Blocks 19 and 20;
Sec. 32, except M.S. No. 2040 and The Silver City Cemetery
Tract, as shown on the survey plat of the Silver City Cemetery Tract
recorded as Doc. # A201717833, in the Pennington County Register of
Deeds, on 12/19/2017, at 2:15 p.m., that part lying southwesterly of
the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; Rapid
Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 33, that part lying southerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 34, that part lying southerly of the Pactola Reservoir--
Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
Sec. 35, those portions lying westerly of the Pactola
Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary;
M.S. No 2040, except W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ of Sec. 31 and
The Silver City Cemetery Tract, as shown on the survey plat of the
Silver City Cemetery Tract recorded as Doc. #A201717833, in the
Pennington County Register of Deeds, on 12/19/2017, at 2:15 p.m.
The Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary described
within this land description was derived from Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and used for convenience in determining acreage. This
subwatershed is also known as Hydrological Unit Code (HUC)
101201100110. This land description intends to include all Federal
lands administered by the United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service within this subwatershed. The actual boundary is
intended to be the location of said subwatershed as it exists on the
ground.
The areas described aggregate 20,510 acres, more or less, according
to the official plats of surveys of the said lands, on file with the
Bureau of Land Management, Conveyance Documents, and GIS.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of laws governing the use of public lands or NFS lands
other than the public land laws, the United States mining laws, mineral
leasing, and geothermal leasing laws.
3. The withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of
this Order, unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to the
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f),
the Secretary determines the withdrawal should be extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-30790 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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