Oil, Gas, and Potash Leasing and Development Within the Designated Potash Area of Eddy and Lea Counties, NM, 71814-71818 [2012-29393]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71814-71818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29393]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[LLWO100000, L18200000.XX0000]


Oil, Gas, and Potash Leasing and Development Within the 
Designated Potash Area of Eddy and Lea Counties, NM

AGENCY: Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Secretary's Order 3324.

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SUMMARY: Secretary's Order 3324 revises and supersedes the Order of the 
Secretary of the Interior, dated October 28, 1986 (51 FR 39425), and 
corrected on August 26, 1987 (52 FR 32171), and provides procedures and 
guidelines for more orderly co-development of oil and gas and potash 
deposits owned by the United States within the Designated Potash Area 
through safe, concurrent operations.

DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Herrell; telephone 505-954-2222; 
301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508; email: 
therrell@blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretary's Order 3324 reads as follows:

Order No. 3324

    Sec. 1 Purpose and Effect. This Order revises and supersedes the 
Order of the Secretary of the Interior, dated October 28, 1986 (51 FR 
39425), and corrected on August 26, 1987 (52 FR 32171), and provides 
procedures and guidelines for more orderly co-development of oil and 
gas and potash deposits owned by the United States within the 
Designated Potash Area through safe, concurrent operations.
    Sec. 2 Authority. This Order is issued in accordance with the 
authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior in the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.); the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended 
(30 U.S.C. 351-359); the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and regulations and onshore 
orders implementing these statutes.
    Sec. 3 Order Revised and Superseded. The Order of the Secretary of 
the Interior dated October 28, 1986 (51 FR 39425), and corrected on 
August 26, 1987 (52 FR 32171), is hereby superseded by this revised 
Order. The following provisions will apply to concurrent operations in 
prospecting for, developing, and producing oil and gas and potash 
deposits owned by the United States within the Designated Potash Area.
    Sec. 4 Definitions.
    a. Authorized Officer. Any employee of the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) authorized to perform duties described in 43 CFR parts 
3000, 3100, and 3500, as delegated in the BLM Manual.
    b. Barren Area. An area established by the BLM within the 
Designated Potash Area for which sufficient data is available to 
establish a lack of potash mineralization in sufficient thickness and 
quality to be mineable under existing technology and economics.
    c. Buffer Zone. Areas established by the BLM within the Designated 
Potash Area:
    (1) Extending outward a certain distance from the perimeter of 
existing underground open mine workings within which oil or gas 
operations are generally not allowed due to a BLM determination that 
oil or gas drilling could constitute a hazard to or interfere with 
orderly potash mining operations, or
    (2) Extending outward a certain distance from operating oil or gas 
well(s) or established Drilling Islands within which potash operations 
are generally not allowed due to a BLM determination that potash mining 
or exploration operations could constitute a hazard to or interfere 
with orderly oil or gas operations.
    d. Co-development. The concurrent development of oil and gas and 
potash resources within the Designated Potash Area. Co-development is a 
cooperative effort between industries under the guidelines of this 
order, as regulated by the BLM, to support production of potash and oil 
and gas from the lands within the Designated Potash Area.
    e. Designated Potash Area. The land area described in Section 8 of 
this Order.
    f. Development Area. An area established by the BLM within the 
Designated Potash Area in consideration of appropriate oil and gas 
technology such that wells can be drilled from a Drilling Island 
capable of effectively extracting oil and gas resources while

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managing the impact on potash resources. Each Development Area will 
typically have only one Drilling Island, subject to narrow exceptions 
based on specific facts and circumstances. All new oil and gas wells 
that penetrate the potash formations within a Development Area will be 
drilled from the Drilling Island(s) associated with that Development 
Area. The boundaries of each Development Area will be determined in 
conformity with Section 6.e.(2).
    g. Drilling Island. An area established by the BLM, usually 
associated with and within a Development Area, from which all new 
drilling of vertical, directional, or horizontal wells that newly 
penetrate the potash formations can be performed in order to support 
the development of oil and gas resources. The size and shape of a 
Drilling Island defines the area where wellbore penetrations of the 
potash formations will be allowed; this area is to be as small as 
practical to allow effective oil and gas development while managing 
impacts on potash.
    h. Indicated Resources. Potash resources from which tonnage, grade, 
and mineral content are computed partly from specific measurements and 
samples, and partly from projection of geologic evidence. Indicated 
Resources are estimated at a lower level of confidence than Measured 
Reserves.
    i. Inferred Resources. Potash resources which are probable, 
considering reasonably correlated data from lithologic descriptions and 
well logs, but for which tonnage and grade cannot be computed due to 
the absence of specific data.
    j. Joint Industry Technical Committee. A committee established by, 
and subject to the management and control of, the potash mining 
industry and the oil and gas industry whose role is to study how 
concurrent development of potash and oil and gas can be safely 
performed in proximity to each other. While the committee may provide 
input to the BLM on such matters as indicated herein or otherwise at 
its discretion, it will not be subject to the BLM's management or 
control.
    k. Measured Reserves (also known as ``Potash Enclave''). Areas 
within the Designated Potash Area where potash is known to exist in 
sufficient thickness and quality to be mineable under existing 
technology and economics.
    l. Potash. Potassium and associated minerals as specified in the 
Act of February 27, 1927 (30 U.S.C. 281-287).
    m. Unknown Area. An area within the Designated Potash Area where 
there is an absence of data for the BLM to classify the mineralization 
as Measured Reserves, Indicated Resources, Inferred Resources, or 
Barren Area.
    Sec. 5 Status of Lands. This Order will not affect the current 
status of lands with respect to their being withdrawn from or open to 
entry or leasing.
    Sec. 6 General Provisions.
    a. Issuance of Oil and Gas Leases. The Department of the Interior 
reaffirms its policy that the lease stipulations contained in the Order 
of the Secretary of the Interior dated October 28, 1986, and corrected 
on August 26, 1987 (52 FR 32171), are necessary to protect the rights 
of the oil and gas and potash lessees and operators. Therefore, each 
successful applicant for a noncompetitive oil and gas lease, and any 
party awarded a competitive lease, for lands included in the Designated 
Potash Area, is required, as a condition to the issuance of such lease, 
to execute a stipulation to the lease as follows:
    (1) Drilling for oil and gas shall be permitted only in the event 
that the lessee establishes to the satisfaction of the Authorized 
Officer, BLM, that such drilling will not interfere with the mining and 
recovery of potash deposits, or the interest of the United States will 
best be served by permitting such drilling.
    (2) No wells shall be drilled for oil or gas at a location which, 
in the opinion of the Authorized Officer, would result in undue waste 
of potash deposits or constitute a hazard to or unduly interfere with 
mining operations being conducted for the extraction of potash 
deposits.
    (3) When the Authorized Officer determines that unitization is 
necessary for orderly oil and gas development and proper protection of 
potash deposits, no well shall be drilled for oil or gas except 
pursuant to a unit plan approved by the Authorized Officer.
    (4) The drilling or the abandonment of any well on said lease shall 
be done in accordance with applicable oil and gas operating regulations 
(43 CFR 3160), including such requirements as the Authorized Officer 
may prescribe as necessary to prevent the infiltration of oil, gas, or 
water into formations containing potash deposits or into mines or 
workings being utilized in the extraction of such deposits. In 
addition, the Authorized Officer will include a lease provision which 
states that drilling for and production of oil and gas will be subject 
to the terms of this Order, any subsequent revisions, and the orders of 
the Authorized Officer thereunder.
    b. Reinstatement or Renewal of Oil and Gas Leases. As a condition 
to the granting of any discretionary reinstatement or renewal of any 
existing lease that includes lands in the Designated Potash Area, the 
BLM will impose stipulations identical to those specified in Section 
6.a.
    c. Potash Leases.
    (1) All potash permits, licenses, and leases hereafter issued or 
existing potash leases hereafter readjusted for Federal lands within 
the Designated Potash Area, must be subject to a requirement, either to 
be included in the lease, license, or permit or imposed as a 
stipulation, that no mining or exploration operations may be conducted 
that, in the opinion of the Authorized Officer, will constitute a 
hazard to oil or gas production, or that will unreasonably interfere 
with orderly development and production under any oil and gas lease 
issued for the same lands.
    (2) BLM will continue to include applicable due diligence 
stipulations in all potash leases issued or readjusted after the date 
of this Order.
    (3) Before being allowed to participate in a competitive lease 
sale, all bidders must certify in writing that they have an 
identifiable, substantial, and genuine interest in developing the 
potash resources and that they intend to develop the potash resources 
in accordance with the applicable diligence stipulations.
    (4) In addition, the Authorized Officer will include a lease 
provision providing that potash mining operations will be subject to 
the terms of this Order, any subsequent revisions, and the orders of 
the Authorized Officer thereunder.
    d. Delineation of Resource Areas. Each potash lessee must file 
annually by March 1, with the Authorized Officer, data and a map(s) on 
which has been delineated the following information with respect to the 
Federal, state, and private potash leases which the lessee then holds; 
and lands on which exploration activities have been conducted.
    (1) Those areas where active mining operations are currently in 
progress in one or more ore zones;
    (2) Those areas where operations have been completed in one or more 
ore zones;
    (3) Those areas that are not presently being mined which are 
considered to contain Measured Reserves in one or more ore zones;
    (4) Those areas that are not presently being mined which are 
considered to contain Indicated Resources in one or more ore zones;
    (5) Those areas that are not presently being mined which are 
considered to contain Inferred Resources in one or more ore zones;

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    (6) Those areas that are considered to be Barren Areas;
    (7) Those areas that are Unknown Areas; and
    (8) Those areas that are planned to be mined as per a three-year 
mine plan.
    (9) The Authorized Officer will annually review the information 
submitted under this requirement and make any revisions to the 
boundaries of Measured Reserves, Indicated Resources, Inferred 
Resources, Barren Areas, and Unknown Areas. Upon verification, the 
Authorized Officer will commit the initial findings to a map(s) of 
suitable scale and will thereafter revise that map(s) as necessary to 
reflect the latest available information.
    e. Oil and Gas Drilling.
    (1) Drilling within the Designated Potash Area. It is the intent of 
the Department of the Interior to administer oil and gas operations 
throughout the Designated Potash Area in a manner which promotes safe, 
orderly co-development of oil and gas and potash resources. It is the 
policy of the Department of the Interior to deny approval of most 
applications for permits to drill oil and gas wells from surface 
locations within the Designated Potash Area. Three exceptions to this 
policy will be permitted if the drilling will occur under the following 
conditions from:
    (a) A Drilling Island associated with a Development Area 
established under this Order or a Drilling Island established under a 
prior Order;
    (b) A Barren Area and the Authorized Officer determines that such 
operations will not adversely affect active or planned potash mining 
operations in the immediate vicinity of the proposed drill-site; or
    (c) A Drilling Island, not covered by (a) above, or single well 
site established under this Order by the approval and in the sole 
discretion of the Authorized Officer, provided that such site was 
jointly recommended to the Authorized Officer by the oil and gas 
lessee(s) and the nearest potash lessee(s).
    (2) Development Areas.
    (a) When processing an application for permit to drill (APD) an oil 
or gas well in the Designated Potash Area that complies with regulatory 
requirements, the Authorized Officer will determine whether to 
establish a Development Area in connection with the application, and if 
so, will determine the boundaries of the Development Area and the 
location within the Development Area of one or more Drilling Islands 
from which drilling will be permitted. The BLM may also designate a 
Development Area outside of the APD process based on information in its 
possession, and may modify the boundaries of a Development Area. 
Existing wells may be included within the boundaries of a Development 
Area. A Development Area may include Federal oil and gas leases and 
other Federal and non-Federal lands.
    (b) After designating or modifying a Development Area, the BLM will 
issue a Notice to Lessees, consistent with its authorities under 43 CFR 
subpart 3105 and part 3180, informing lessees that future drilling on 
lands under an oil and gas lease within that Development Area will:
    (i) Occur, under most circumstances, from a Barren Area or a 
Drilling Island within the Development Area; and
    (ii) Be managed under a unit or communitization agreement, 
generally by a single operator, consistent with BLM regulations and 
this Order. Unit and communitization agreements will be negotiated 
among lessees. The BLM will consider whether a specific plan of 
development is necessary or advisable for a particular Drilling Island.
    (c) The Authorized Officer reserves the right to approve an 
operator or successor operator of a Development Area and/or a Drilling 
Island, if applicable, to ensure that the operator has the resources to 
operate and extract the oil and gas resources consistent with the 
requirements of this Order and all applicable laws and regulations, and 
has provided financial assurance in the amount required by the 
Authorized Officer.
    (d) The Authorized Officer will determine the appropriate 
designation of a Development Area in terms of location, shape, and 
size. In most cases, a single Drilling Island will be established for 
each Development Area. In establishing the location, shape, and size of 
a Development Area and an associated Drilling Island, the Authorized 
Officer will consider:
    (i) The appropriate location, shape, and size of a Development Area 
and associated Drilling Island to allow effective extraction of oil and 
gas resources while managing the impact on potash resources;
    (ii) The application of available oil and gas drilling and 
production technology in the Permian Basin;
    (iii) The applicable geology of the Designated Potash Area and 
optimal locations to minimize loss of potash ore while considering co-
development of both resources;
    (iv) Any long term exploration and/or mining plans provided by the 
potash industry;
    (v) Whether a Barren Area may be the most appropriate area for a 
Drilling Island;
    (vi) The requirements of this Order; and
    (vii) Any other relevant factors.
    (e) As the Authorized Officer establishes a Development Area, the 
Authorized Officer will more strictly apply the factors listed in 
Section 6.e.(2)(d), especially the appropriate application of the 
available oil and gas drilling and production technology in the Permian 
Basin, when closer to current traditional (non-solution) potash mining 
operations. Greater flexibility in the application of the factors 
listed in Section 6.e.(2)(d) will be applied further from current and 
near-term traditional (non-solution) potash mining operations. No 
Drilling Islands will be established within one mile of any area where 
approved potash mining operations will be conducted within 3 years 
consistent with the 3-year mine plan referenced above (Section 6.d.(8)) 
without the consent of the affected potash lessee(s).
    (f) The Authorized Officer may establish a Development Area 
associated with a well or wells drilled from a Barren Area as 
appropriate and necessary.
    (g) As part of the consideration for establishing Development Areas 
and Drilling Islands, the BLM will consider input from the potash 
lessees and the oil and gas lessees or mineral right owners who would 
be potentially subject to a unitization agreement supporting the 
Development Area, provided that the input is given timely.
    (3) Buffer Zones. Buffer Zones of \1/4\ mile for oil wells and \1/
2\ mile for gas wells are hereby established. These Buffer Zones will 
stay in effect until such time as revised distances are adopted by the 
BLM Director or other BLM official, as delegated. However, the 
Authorized Officer may adjust the Buffer Zones in an individual case, 
when the facts and circumstances demonstrate that such adjustment would 
enhance conservation and would not compromise safety. The Director will 
base revised Buffer Zones on science, engineering, and new technology 
and will consider comments and reports from the Joint Industry 
Technical Committee and other interested parties in adopting any 
revisions.
    (4) Unitization and Communitization. To more properly conserve the 
potash and oil and gas resources in the Designated Potash Area and to 
adequately protect the rights of all parties in interest, including the 
United States, it is the policy of the Department of the Interior that 
all Federal oil and gas leases within a Development Area should be 
unitized or subject to an

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approved communitization agreement unless there is a compelling reason 
for another operating system. The Authorized Officer will make full use 
of his/her authorities wherever necessary or advisable to require 
unitization and/or communitization pursuant to the regulations in 43 
CFR subparts 3105 and 3180. The Authorized Officer will use his/her 
discretion to the fullest extent possible to assure that any 
communitization agreement and any unit plan of operations hereafter 
approved or prescribed within the Designated Potash Area will adhere to 
the provisions of this Order. The Authorized Officer will work with 
Federal lessees, and with the State of New Mexico as provided below, to 
include non-Federal mineral rights owners in unit or communitization 
agreements to the extent possible.
    (5) Coordination with the State of New Mexico.
    (a) If the effective operation of any Development Area requires 
that the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (NMOCD) revise the 
state's mandatory well spacing requirements, the BLM will participate 
as needed in such a process. The BLM may adopt the NMOCD spacing 
requirements and require lessees to enter into communitization 
agreements based on those requirements.
    (b) The BLM will cooperate with the NMOCD in the implementation of 
that agency's rules and regulations.
    (c) In taking any action under Section 6.e. of this Order, the 
Authorized Officer will take into consideration the applicable rules 
and regulations of the NMOCD.
    (6) Approvals of Exploration on Existing Potash Leases and Potash 
Exploration Licenses.
    (a) Exploration for potash on lands leased for potash is permitted 
only with approval by the BLM, in consultation and coordination with 
the potash lessee, of an exploration plan in accordance with 43 CFR 
subpart 3592 and subject to the terms and conditions of the potash 
lease.
    (b) An oil and gas or potash operator may apply for an exploration 
license to drill core holes necessary to define the absence or 
existence and extent of mineable potash reserves in areas within the 
Designated Potash Area. Exploration licenses allow the exploration of 
known, unleased mineral deposits to obtain geologic, environmental, and 
other pertinent data concerning the deposit. See 43 CFR subpart 3506. 
These licenses can be obtained from the Carlsbad Field Office, BLM. 
Costs for such exploration may be shared consistent with the provisions 
of 43 CFR 3506.14, if applicable.
    (c) Should an oil and gas or potash operator desire to attempt to 
gather sufficient data for the BLM to establish a Barren Area in any 
part of the Designated Potash Area not defined as Barren, provisions 
and protocols are included in this Order for the operator to review 
relevant data in the area to design a core acquisition program (see 
Section 6.e.(8)(b) and (c) of this Order) and to obtain access to the 
land to acquire core data (see Section 6.e.(6)(b)). The BLM will 
develop and employ, as appropriate, data management protocols to 
protect the appropriate use of the data in its records. The BLM will 
use such newly acquired data to determine the resulting potash ore 
quality and make any changes to potash reserves and resources maps 
indicated by the new data.
    (7) Notice to Affected Parties. An applicant for an Application for 
Permit to Drill (APD), or a proponent of a plan of development for a 
unit or communitization area or a proposal for a Development Area or a 
Drilling Island, will provide notice of the application, plan, or 
proposal to the potash lessees and potash operators in the Designated 
Potash Area and to the owners of the oil and gas rights and surface 
owners affected by such application, plan, or proposal. A list of 
current potash lessees and potash operators will be available and 
maintained by the Carlsbad Field Office, BLM. The BLM will assist to 
the extent possible in identifying the oil and gas and surface owners 
affected by the application, plan, or proposal. This notice should be 
prior to or concurrent with the submission of the application, plan, or 
proposal to the BLM. The BLM will not authorize any action prior to 
this notice.
    (8) Access to Maps and Surveys.
    (a) Well records and survey plats that an oil and gas lessee is 
required to file pursuant to applicable operating regulations (43 CFR 
subpart 3160) will be available for inspection at the Carlsbad Field 
Office, BLM, by any party holding a potash permit or lease on the lands 
on which the well is situated insofar as such records are pertinent to 
the mining and protection of potash deposits.
    (b) Maps of mine workings and surface installations and records of 
core analyses that a potash lessee is required to file pursuant to 
applicable operating regulations (43 CFR 3590) will be available for 
inspection at the Carlsbad Field Office, BLM. These records are 
available for viewing by any party holding an oil and gas lease on the 
same lands insofar as such records are pertinent to the development and 
protection of oil and gas deposits.
    (c) In order for an oil and gas or potash operator to establish and 
design a core acquisition program for the purposes of proving a Barren 
Area, those records of core analyses in the area of the planned program 
that are necessary to design that program should be provided in a 
timely fashion by the BLM to the operator of the planned program to the 
extent allowed by law, subject to data management protocols as 
referenced in Section 6.e.(6)(c), and consistent with 43 CFR part 2 and 
Sections 3503.41-.43. The BLM will use all data available to it when 
delineating Barren Areas.
    (d) Maps of potash reserves and resources prepared under the 
provisions of Section 6.d. will be available for inspection in the 
Carlsbad Field Office, BLM. Digital copies of these maps will be 
available by mail or at these offices by May 1 of each year. Maps of 
established Development Areas will be updated as new Development Areas 
are established. Maps of Development Areas will be provided in a timely 
fashion by the BLM upon request.
    Sec. 7 Regulatory and Administrative Matters.
    a. This Order applies to the exercise of all existing leases in the 
Designated Potash Area in conformity with lease stipulations and 
Federal law.
    b. Except to the extent otherwise provided by this Order, the 
regulations contained in 43 CFR part 3100 and subparts 3160 and 3180 
(governing the leasing and development of oil and gas) and 43 CFR part 
3500 and subpart 3590 (governing the leasing and development of potash 
deposits), remain applicable to the lands covered by this Order.
    c. In implementing this Order, the BLM is authorized to exercise 
its discretion through any and all appropriate means, including 
rulemaking, notices to lessees, and orders of the Authorized Officer.
    d. The BLM will obtain and use the best science available when 
administering this Order consistent with Departmental Manual chapters 
305 DM 2 and 305 DM 3. The BLM will comply with the requirements of 
Secretary's Order 3305, Ensuring Scientific Integrity within the 
Department of the Interior, dated, September 29, 2010. The BLM has 
previously used Sandia National Laboratories to provide unbiased 
technical assistance in administering the Designated Potash Area and 
may continue to do so, if the BLM, consistent with all applicable laws, 
so chooses.
    e. The BLM will develop guidelines consistent with this Order for 
establishing Development Areas and

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Drilling Islands. In developing such guidelines, the BLM may consider 
comments and reports from the Joint Industry Technical Committee and 
other interested parties.
    f. The BLM will develop appropriate time-frame guidelines and 
requirements, as appropriate, to enable timely actions pursuant to this 
Order.
    Sec. 8 The Designated Potash Area Legal Description.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 22 S., R. 28 E.,
    Secs. 25 and 36.
T. 23 S., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 1.
T. 19 S., R. 29 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Secs 11 to 15, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 20 S., R. 29 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Secs. 11 to 15, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.
T. 21 S., R. 29 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.
T. 22 S., R. 29 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
    Secs. 8 to 17, inclusive;
    Secs. 19 to 36, inclusive.
T. 23 S., R. 29 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 17, inclusive;
    Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive;
    Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.
T. 24 S., R. 29 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive.
T. 18 S., R. 30 E.,
    Secs. 8 to 17, inclusive;
    Secs. 20 to 29, inclusive;
    Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive.
T. 19 S., R. 30 E.
T. 20 S., R. 30 E.
T. 21 S., R. 30 E.
T. 22 S., R. 30 E.
T. 23 S., R. 30 E.
T. 24 S., R. 30 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 18, inclusive.
T. 19 S., R. 31 E.,
    Secs. 7 and 18;
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 20 S., R. 31 E.
T. 21 S., R. 31 E.
T. 22 S., R. 31 E.
T. 23 S., R. 31 E.
T. 24 S., R. 31 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 18, inclusive;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 25 S., R. 31 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2.
T. 19 S., R. 32 E.,
    Secs. 25 to 28, inclusive;
    Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
T. 20 S., R. 32 E.
T. 21 S., R. 32 E.
T. 22 S., R. 32 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 12, inclusive.
T. 19 S., R. 33 E.,
    Secs. 21 to 36, inclusive.
T. 20 S., R. 33 E.
T. 21 S., R. 33 E.
T. 22 S., R. 33 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 12, inclusive.
T. 19 S., R. 34 E.,
    Secs. 19 and 20;
    Secs. 29 to 32, inclusive.
T. 20 S., R. 34 E.,
    Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive;
    Secs. 15 to 36, inclusive.
T. 21 S., R. 34 E.,
    Secs. 5 to 8, inclusive;
    Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
    Secs. 29 to 32, inclusive.
T. 22 S., R. 34 E.,
    Sec. 6.

    The area described, including public and non-public lands, 
aggregates 497,002.03 acres, more or less.

    Sec. 9 Administrative Provisions. The Director, BLM, is authorized 
to delegate responsibilities herein as is determined appropriate. This 
Order will remain in effect until superseded, replaced, or incorporated 
into the Departmental Manual.

Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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