Notice of Temporary Closure of Public Lands in Eastern Lassen County, California, and Western Washoe County, Nevada, 55496-55497 [2012-22222]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2012 / Notices
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vivian Titus, Senior Land Law
Examiner, at 602–417–9598. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question for the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
location of the federally owned mineral
interest segregated by this notice is
intended to be identical in location as
the privately owned surface interest of
the applicant, as described in the
applicant’s deeds recorded on June 21,
2006, at the Maricopa County Recorder’s
office under Recordation Numbers
20060834935 and 20060834944. The
lands referred to in this notice consist
of four individual parcels, described in
the two deeds mentioned above, and are
described as follows:
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian
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Parcel 1
The Southwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter, the South Half of the
Northwest Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter, the South Half of the Northeast
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and
the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter;
Except the East 528 feet of the East
Half of the Southeast Quarter of the
Southwest, all in Section 35, Township
7 North, Range 2 East, Gila and Salt
River Base and Meridian, Maricopa,
Arizona.
Parcel 2
That part of the Southeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter of Section 35,
Township 7 North, Range 2 East, Gila
and Salt River Base and Meridian,
Maricopa County, Arizona, described as
follows:
Beginning at a point 658.00 feet West
of the Brass Cap and the Southeast
corner of Section 35, Township 7 North,
Range 2 East; Thence North 754.85 feet
to a set point; Thence West 577.00 feet
to a set point; Thence South 755.26 feet
to a set point; Thence East 577.00 feet
to a point of beginning; Except any part
thereof lying within the following
described parcel: Commencing at the
East Quarter corner of said Section 35;
Thence South along the East line of said
Section 35, a distance of 785 feet;
Thence West 675 feet to the True Point
of Beginning; Thence South Parallel to
and 675 feet West of the East line of said
Section 35, a distance of 1100 feet;
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Thence West 570 feet; Thence North
1100 feet; Thence East 570 feet to the
True Point of Beginning.
Parcel 3
That part of the East Half of the
Southeast Quarter of Section 35,
Township 7 North, Range 2 East of the
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian,
Maricopa County, Arizona, lying West
of the West lines of those certain parcels
described in Docket 11938, Page 261;
and in Docket 14071, Page 774; and
lying South of the North line of said
parcel described in Docket 14071, Page
774; extended westerly.
Parcel 4
A part of the Southeast Quarter of
Section 35, Township 7 North, Range 2
East of the Gila and Salt River Base and
Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona,
more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the East Quarter corner
of said Section 35; Thence South along
the East line of said Section 35, a
distance of 785 feet; Thence West 675
feet to the Point of Beginning; Thence
South parallel to and 675 feet West of
the East line of said Section 35, a
distance of 1,100 feet; Thence West 570
feet; Thence North 1,100 feet; Thence
East 570 feet to the Point of Beginning.
The areas described aggregates
approximately 111.33 acres in Maricopa
County, Arizona.
Under certain conditions, Section
209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of October 21, 1976, 43
U.S.C. 1719, authorizes the sale and
conveyance of the federally owned
mineral interests in land when the
surface estate is not federally owned.
The objective is to allow consolidation
of the surface and mineral interests
when either one of the following
conditions exist: (1) There are no known
mineral values in the land; or (2) Where
continued Federal ownership of the
mineral interests interferes with or
precludes appropriate non-mineral
development and such development is a
more beneficial use of the land than
mineral development.
An application was filed for the sale
and conveyance of the federally owned
mineral interests in the above-described
parcels of land. Subject to valid existing
rights, on September 10, 2012 the
federally owned mineral interests in the
lands described above are hereby
segregated from all forms of
appropriation under the general mining
and mineral leasing laws, while the
application is being processed to
determine if either one of the two
specified conditions exists and, if so, to
otherwise comply with the procedural
requirements of 43 CFR part 2720. The
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segregative effect shall terminate upon:
(1) Issuance of a patent or other
document of conveyance as to such
mineral interests; (2) Final rejection of
the application; or (3) September 10,
2014, whichever occurs first.
Comments: Your comments are
invited. Please submit all comments in
writing to Vivian Titus at the address
listed above. 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
available to the public 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.
Authority: 43 CFR 2720.1–1(b).
Julie A. Decker,
Deputy State Director, Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Temporary Closure of Public
Lands in Eastern Lassen County,
California, and Western Washoe
County, Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
BLM-managed public lands in the area
affected by the Rush Fire in eastern
Lassen County, California, and western
Washoe County, Nevada, are closed to
public access because of dangers posed
by the Rush Fire. Exempted from this
closure are personnel and vehicles
involved with fire suppression and
resource protection and State, local and
Federal officials involved with
enforcement. This closure is necessary
to protect public health and safety.
DATES: The temporary closure is
effective August 14, 2012, and will be
lifted no later than September 14, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynda Roush, Acting Northern
California District Manager, 707–825–
2309; or BLM Eagle Lake Field Office
Manager Ken Collum, 530–252–5374.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the
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above individual during normal
business hours. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
closure affects all public lands bounded
by the Juniper Ridge and Tuledad
Roads, (combined Lassen County Road
522), the Stage Road (Lassen County
Road 504), Marr Road (Lassen County
Road 526) and the BLM Buckhorn Road
on the north; U. S. Highway 395 on the
west; Nevada Highway 447 and the
Sand Pass Road on the east; and the
Wendel Road on the south. The closure
begins at T34N, R13E, SE corner of
Section 25 and continues through the
entire fire area. This closure is made
under authority of 43 CFR 8364. Any
person who fails to comply with the
provisions of this closure order may be
subject to the penalties provided in 43
CFR 8360.0–7. Specific roads included
in the closure are Ryepatch Road, Horn
Road, Garate Road, Ramhorn Road,
Shinn Ranch Road, Stoney Road, Deep
Cut Road, Smoke Creek Road,
Skedaddle Ranch Road, Brubeck Road,
Dry Valley Road, and Buckhorn Road
from the junction with Lassen County
Road 526 (the Marr Road) to the
junction with Nevada State Highway
447. The Ramhorn Springs Campground
and the Dodge Reservoir and
Campground are also closed.
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 2012–22222 Filed 9–7–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Announcement of Public Scoping
Meetings for Continued Operation of
the Paradox Valley Unit, Montrose
County, CO
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, the Bureau of Reclamation
intends to prepare an environmental
impact statement to identify and
evaluate brine disposal alternatives to
replace or supplement the existing Brine
Injection Well No. 1 which has a
projected remaining useful life of three
to five years under current operations.
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Comments on the scope of the
environmental impact statement (EIS)
will be accepted from September 10,
2012, to November 26, 2012.
Three public scoping meetings will be
held to solicit public input on the scope
of the EIS, potential alternatives, and
issues to be addressed in the EIS. See
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for meeting dates.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding the scope and content of the
EIS should be sent to Mr. Terence Stroh,
Bureau of Reclamation, Western
Colorado Area Office, 2764 Compass
Drive, Suite 106, Grand Junction,
Colorado 81506; telephone (970) 248–
0608; facsimile (970) 248–0601; or email
at paradoxeis@usbr.gov.
Those not desiring to submit
comments or suggestions at this time,
but who would like to receive a copy of
the EIS, should contact Mr. Stroh using
the information cited above. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
locations of public scoping meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Terence Stroh, Bureau of Reclamation,
2764 Compass Drive, Suite 106, Grand
Junction, Colorado 81506; telephone
(970) 248–0608; email at
TStroh@usbr.gov; or Mr. Andy Nicholas,
Bureau of Reclamation, Paradox Valley
Field Office, P.O. Box 20, Bedrock,
Colorado 81411; telephone (970) 859–
7214; email at ANicholas@usbr.gov; or
Mr. Kib Jacobson, Bureau of
Reclamation, 125 South State Street,
Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138;
telephone (801) 524–3753; email at
KJacobson@usbr.gov.
Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the above individual(s) during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual(s). You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paradox Valley Unit was constructed to
assist in meeting the objectives and
standards of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of 1948 (Pub. L. 80–845)
and the Colorado River Basin Salinity
Control Act of 1974, as amended and
supplemented (Pub. L. 93–320), which
authorizes the construction, operation,
and maintenance of works in the
Colorado River Basin to control the
salinity of water delivered to users in
the United States and Mexico.
Authorized facilities included wells,
pumps, pipelines, solar evaporation
ponds, and all necessary appurtenant
and associated works such as roads,
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fences, dikes, power transmission
facilities, and permanent operating
facilities.
Background
The Paradox Valley Unit is located
along the Dolores River in the Paradox
Valley in Montrose County, Colorado,
about ten miles east of the ColoradoUtah state line. The Dolores River is a
major tributary to the Colorado River.
Groundwater in the Paradox Valley is
highly saline. Saline concentrations in
this area have been measured in excess
of 250,000 milligrams per liter; by far
one of the most concentrated sources in
the Colorado River Basin. Groundwater
then surfaces into the Dolores River.
Studies show that the Dolores River
accumulated more than 205,000 tons of
salt annually before the Paradox Valley
Unit began operation.
The Paradox Valley Unit presently
consists of a brine collection well field,
brine surface treatment facility, brine
injection facility, a 16,000-foot injection
well, and associated roads, pipelines,
and electrical facilities. Unit operations
have been adjusted over time to address
increased seismic activity and injection
pressures. Under normal operations, the
Paradox Valley Unit averages injection
of about nine to ten million gallons of
brine per month. The Unit currently
controls about 110,000 tons of salt per
year that would have entered the
Dolores River and, in turn, degraded the
water quality of the mainstem of the
Colorado River.
Proposed Action
The proposed action is to identify,
evaluate, and implement brine disposal
alternatives to replace or supplement
Brine Injection Well No. 1 which was
built in 1988 and has a projected
remaining useful life of three to five
years, under current operations,
provided that acceptable seismicity
levels and well integrity are maintained.
Need for Action
The Bureau of Reclamation’s Paradox
Valley Unit is one of the most effective
salinity control projects in the Colorado
River Basin and provides about ten
percent of the total salinity control in
the Colorado River at Imperial Dam.
Because the existing brine injection well
is nearing the end of its useful life,
another well or alternative brine
disposal mechanism is needed for
continued enhancement and protection
of the quality of water available in the
Colorado River for use in the United
States and the Republic of Mexico, and
to enable the United States to comply
with its obligations under the agreement
with Mexico of August 30, 1973.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCAN00000.L18200000.XZ0000]
Notice of Temporary Closure of Public Lands in Eastern Lassen
County, California, and Western Washoe County, Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that BLM-managed public lands in the
area affected by the Rush Fire in eastern Lassen County, California,
and western Washoe County, Nevada, are closed to public access because
of dangers posed by the Rush Fire. Exempted from this closure are
personnel and vehicles involved with fire suppression and resource
protection and State, local and Federal officials involved with
enforcement. This closure is necessary to protect public health and
safety.
DATES: The temporary closure is effective August 14, 2012, and will be
lifted no later than September 14, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynda Roush, Acting Northern
California District Manager, 707-825-2309; or BLM Eagle Lake Field
Office Manager Ken Collum, 530-252-5374. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the
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above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This closure affects all public lands
bounded by the Juniper Ridge and Tuledad Roads, (combined Lassen County
Road 522), the Stage Road (Lassen County Road 504), Marr Road (Lassen
County Road 526) and the BLM Buckhorn Road on the north; U. S. Highway
395 on the west; Nevada Highway 447 and the Sand Pass Road on the east;
and the Wendel Road on the south. The closure begins at T34N, R13E, SE
corner of Section 25 and continues through the entire fire area. This
closure is made under authority of 43 CFR 8364. Any person who fails to
comply with the provisions of this closure order may be subject to the
penalties provided in 43 CFR 8360.0-7. Specific roads included in the
closure are Ryepatch Road, Horn Road, Garate Road, Ramhorn Road, Shinn
Ranch Road, Stoney Road, Deep Cut Road, Smoke Creek Road, Skedaddle
Ranch Road, Brubeck Road, Dry Valley Road, and Buckhorn Road from the
junction with Lassen County Road 526 (the Marr Road) to the junction
with Nevada State Highway 447. The Ramhorn Springs Campground and the
Dodge Reservoir and Campground are also closed.
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-22222 Filed 9-7-12; 8:45 am]
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