Public Land Order No. 7734; Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction of Public Land for the Department of Energy Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository; Utah, 27822 [E9-13637]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management
• Land Management Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13637]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU 80808]


Public Land Order No. 7734; Withdrawal and Transfer of 
Jurisdiction of Public Land for the Department of Energy Crescent 
Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 936 acres of public land 
from the United States mining and mineral leasing laws and transfers 
jurisdiction to the Department of Energy for a period of 20 years for 
ancillary facilities at its Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings 
Repository.

DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary von Koch, Realty Specialist, BLM 
Moab Field Office, 82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah 84532, 435-259-
2128.

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, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), and from leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. and 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. 
(2000)), to protect the Department of Energy's ancillary facilities at 
its Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository:

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 21 S., R. 19 E.,
    Sec. 22, S\1/2\, excluding SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\, excluding S\1/2\S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, the land lying North of the railroad right-of-way, 
excluding W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, the land lying North of the railroad right-of-way, 
excluding N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains approximately 936 acres in Grand 
County.

    2. Subject to retention of valid existing claims, rights, and 
interests, by the Secretary of the Interior as stated in Paragraph 3, 
full jurisdiction over the above-described land is hereby transferred 
to the Secretary of Energy and vests in the Department of Energy full 
management, jurisdiction, authority, responsibility, and liability for 
such land and all activities conducted therein.
    3. The authority to administer any existing claims, rights, and 
interests in the above-described land established before June 11, 2009 
is reserved to the Secretary of the Interior.
    4. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f)(2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: May 21, 2009.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E9-13637 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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