Notice2025-07073

Public Land Order No. 7960; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7634; Withdrawal of Public Land for the United States Air Force, Nevada

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Published
April 24, 2025
Effective
April 24, 2025

Issuing agencies

Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau

Abstract

This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the withdrawal created by PLO No. 7634 of 1,979 acres, which would otherwise expire on May 5, 2025, for an additional 20-year period. This extension is necessary to continue the protection of support facilities for the safe and secure operation of national defense activities on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 78 (Thursday, April 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17257-17258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07073]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[PO #4820000251]


Public Land Order No. 7960; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
7634; Withdrawal of Public Land for the United States Air Force, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the 
withdrawal created by PLO No. 7634 of 1,979 acres, which would 
otherwise expire on May 5, 2025, for an additional 20-year period. This 
extension is necessary to continue the protection of support facilities 
for the safe and secure operation of national defense activities on the 
Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).

DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on April 24, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edison Garcia, Land Law Examiner, 
Nevada State Office, at (775) 861-6530, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#61040508120e0f06001302080021030d0c4f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f396979a809c9d949281909a92b3919f9edd949c85">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. 
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week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose for which the withdrawal was 
first made requires this extension to continue the protection of the 
support facilities for the safe and secure operation of national 
defense activities on the NTTR. The lands withdrawn by PLO No. 7634 on 
May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24114), and serialized as N-77821 (NVNV106208383), 
are located at Base Camp in central Nye County, 60 miles east of 
Tonopah, Nevada. Public access to the land has been restricted since 
the 1960s.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, PLO No. 7634 (70 FR 24114 
(2005)), which withdrew 1,979 acres of public land from settlement, 
sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the 
United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, and reserved the land for use by the United States Air 
Force to protect support facilities for the safe and secure operation 
of national defense activities on the NTTR, is hereby extended for an 
additional 20-year period.
    2. This 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 the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be further extended.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)

Doug Burgum,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2025-07073 Filed 4-23-25; 8:45 am]
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