Notice2025-22812
Public Land Order No. 7967; National Defense Operating Area Withdrawal, San Diego and Imperial Counties, CA
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Published
December 15, 2025
Effective
December 9, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Order withdraws, subject to valid existing rights, approximately 760.42 acres of Federal lands from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, mineral leasing laws, and geothermal leasing laws, for a period of 3 years for use by the Department of the Navy for border security purposes. This withdrawal also transfers administrative jurisdiction of the lands to the Department of the Navy.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58050-58052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22812]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[#A2407-014-004-065516; #O2509-014-004-125222]
Public Land Order No. 7967; National Defense Operating Area
Withdrawal, San Diego and Imperial Counties, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order (PLO).
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SUMMARY: This Order withdraws, subject to valid existing rights,
approximately 760.42 acres of Federal lands from settlement, sale,
location, and entry under the general land laws, including the United
States mining laws, mineral leasing laws, and geothermal leasing laws,
for a period of 3 years for use by the Department of the Navy for
border security purposes. This withdrawal also transfers administrative
jurisdiction of the lands to the Department of the Navy.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on December 9, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Stout, BLM California State
Director, California, telephone: 916-978-4600, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b2124382e3b23383f243e3f0b292726652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fe5e0fceaffe7fcfbe0fafbcfede3e2a1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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 to contact Mr.
Stout. 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:
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, and in accordance with subsection 204(e) of
that Act, it is determined that an emergency situation exists and that
extraordinary measures must be taken to preserve values that would
otherwise be lost. It is therefore ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
Federal lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, and
entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining
laws, mineral leasing laws, and geothermal leasing laws, and
jurisdiction over such lands is hereby transferred to the Department of
the Navy for border security purposes.
Legal Description
A strip of land of the uniform width of 60 feet, lying contiguous
to and parallel with the international border between the United States
and Mexico, currently subject to the Presidential Proclamation No. 758
Stat. 2136 (May 27, 1907) (commonly known as the ``Roosevelt
Reservation''), (unless otherwise specified), located in the Counties
of San Diego and Imperial, State of California, and situate in the
following described locations:
San Bernardino Meridian, California
T. 18 S., R. 1 E.,
Sec. 34, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved by the
Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 4; being only that strip of land of the
uniform width of 60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with the
international border between the United States and Mexico;
Sec. 36, lots 1 thru 4; being only that strip of land of the
uniform width of 50 feet, lying northerly of and adjacent to that
certain strip of land, 10 feet in width, which lies northerly of and
adjacent to the southerly boundary of lots 1, 2 3, and 4.
T. 18 S., R. 2 E.,
Sec. 31, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved by the
Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 32, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lot 5 and the
international border between the United States and Mexico, reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Secs. 35 and 36, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 3 E.,
Secs. 25 thru 30, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 4 E.,
Secs. 25 thru 30, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 5 E.,
Secs. 19 thru 24 and sec. 30, being only that 60 foot strip of
land reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 6 E.,
Secs. 19 thru 24, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 7 E.,
Secs. 13 thru 18, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 8 E.,
Secs. 7 thru 12 and sec. 18, being only that 60 foot strip of
land reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 18 S., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 2 and secs. 7 thru 11, being only that 60 foot strip of
land reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 10 E.,
Secs. 31 thru 35, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 11 E.,
Secs. 25 thru 31, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 12 E.,
Secs. 24 thru 30, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 13 E.,
Sec. 19, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved by the
Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 20, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 5 and 6, and the
international border between the United States and Mexico, reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 14 E.,
Sec. 19, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 6 and 7, and the
international border between the United States and Mexico, reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 20, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 1 thru 3, and
the international border between the United States and Mexico,
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 23, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 2, 4, and that
portion of land in section 23 lying southerly of the SW1/4SE1/4 of
section 14, and the international border between the United States
and Mexico, reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27,
1907.
T. 17 S., R. 15 E.,
Sec. 13, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 2, 10, and 11,
and the international border between the United States and Mexico,
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 14, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lot 1 and the
international border between the United States and Mexico, reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 16 E.,
Sec. 12, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 1 thru 4, and
the international border between the United States and Mexico,
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 13, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lot 1 and the
international border between the United States and Mexico, reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 14, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lot 1 and the
international border between the United States and Mexico, reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 15, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 2, 3, 4, 7, and
the international border between the United States and Mexico,
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 16, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 3, 5, 12 thru
15, and the international border between the United States and
Mexico, reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 17, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 10 thru 13, and
the international border between the United States and Mexico,
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907;
Sec. 18, being only that strip of land of the uniform width of
60 feet, lying contiguous to and parallel with lots 19 thru 22, and
the international border between the United States and Mexico,
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
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T. 17 S., R. 17 E.,
Secs. 7 thru 12, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 18 E.,
Secs. 1 and 7 thru 12, being only that 60 foot strip of land
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 19 E.,
Secs. 1 thru 6, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 16 S., R. 20 E.,
Secs. 57 thru 60, unsurveyed (protracted): being only that 60
foot strip of land reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May
27, 1907.
T. 17 S., R. 20 E.,
Secs. 1 thru 3, unsurveyed (protracted): being only that 60 foot
strip of land reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27,
1907;
Secs. 4, 5, and 6, being only that 60 foot strip of land
reserved by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
T. 16 S., R. 21 E.,
Secs. 31 thru 34, being only that 60 foot strip of land reserved
by the Presidential Proclamation of May 27, 1907.
The area described above contains approximately 760.42 acres of
Federal lands in San Diego and Imperial Counties, derived from GIS data
located in the BLM California State Office.
2. This withdrawal will expire 3 years from the effective date of
this Order, unless it is extended in accordance with subsections (c)(1)
or (d), whichever is applicable, and (b)(1) of section 204 of Federal
Land Policy and Management Act, 43 U.S.C. 1714.
Dated: December 9, 2025.
Doug Burgum,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2025-22812 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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