Public Land Order No. 7932; Withdrawal for Dash Lake Waterfowl Production Area; North Dakota, 72533 [2023-23183]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 202 / Friday, October 20, 2023 / Notices Comments submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered. 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 publicly available 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: 40 CFR 1506.6(b) Steven M. Cohn, State Director, Alaska. [FR Doc. 2023–22870 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4331–10–P Order DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NDM_21192] Public Land Order No. 7932; Withdrawal for Dash Lake Waterfowl Production Area; North Dakota Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Public Land Order. AGENCY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 13.50 acres of public land from appropriation under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, for 100 years, and reserves the land for 100 years for management by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Dash Lake Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) in Towner County, North Dakota. DATES: This PLO takes effect on October 20, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cyndi Eide, Realty Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, Montana/Dakotas State Office, telephone (406) 896–5094, email: ceide@blm.gov. 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. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This withdrawal places these lands under the management of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 Oct 19, 2023 pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (NWRSAA) at 16 U.S.C. 668dd, as part of the Dash Lake WPA. These lands were previously withdrawn and reserved as part of the refuge for a 40-year term under PLO No. 6225 (47 FR 11675), which expired on March 17, 2022. Under the NWRSAA at 16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(6), once land is included as part of the Refuge System via public land withdrawal, it remains part of the System until otherwise specified by an Act of Congress. This Order reflects the prior withdrawal and reservation and withdraws the land from the laws specified to protect the land from uses incompatible with Refuge purposes. Jkt 262001 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, it is ordered as follows: 1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public land is hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and reserved for administration by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife refuge purposes as part of the Dash Lake WPA. Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota T. 163 N., R. 65 W., Sec. 5, lot 3. The area described contains 13.50 acres. 2. This withdrawal will expire 100 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), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended. (Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714) Shannon A. Estenoz, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. [FR Doc. 2023–23183 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333–15–P PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72533 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [BLM_NV_FRN_MO4500173630] Notice of Extension of Segregation of Public Lands for the Copper Rays Solar Project, Nye County, NV Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of segregation extension. AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on October 21, 2021, segregated public lands included in the right-of-way application (N– 089655) for the Copper Rays Solar Project from appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2 years subject to valid existing rights. This 2-year extension of the segregation is necessary for the orderly administration of the public lands in order to allow the BLM to complete review of the Copper Rays Solar Project application and reach a decision on the application. DATES: This segregation extension for the lands identified in the notice of segregation published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2021 (86 FR 58301) takes effect on October 21, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have your name added to the project mailing list, send requests to: Whitney Wirthlin, Southern Nevada District Energy and Infrastructure Team, at telephone (702) 515–5284; address 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130–2301; or email BLM_NV_SND_ EnergyProjects@blm.gov. 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 for contacting Whitney Wirthlin. 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: This notice extends the segregation published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2021 (86 FR 58301) for an additional 2 years. Copper Rays Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC, submitted a right-of-way application to the BLM Pahrump Field Office for the Copper Rays Solar Project requesting authorization to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission a 700-megawatt SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\20OCN1.SGM 20OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 72533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23183]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NDM_21192]


Public Land Order No. 7932; Withdrawal for Dash Lake Waterfowl 
Production Area; North Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 13.50 acres of public 
land from appropriation under the public land laws, including location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing 
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, for 100 years, and reserves the land for 100 years for 
management by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Dash 
Lake Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) in Towner County, North Dakota.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on October 20, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cyndi Eide, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, Montana/Dakotas State Office, telephone (406) 896-
5094, email: [email protected]. 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. 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: This withdrawal places these lands under the 
management of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
Act (NWRSAA) at 16 U.S.C. 668dd, as part of the Dash Lake WPA. These 
lands were previously withdrawn and reserved as part of the refuge for 
a 40-year term under PLO No. 6225 (47 FR 11675), which expired on March 
17, 2022. Under the NWRSAA at 16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(6), once land is 
included as part of the Refuge System via public land withdrawal, it 
remains part of the System until otherwise specified by an Act of 
Congress. This Order reflects the prior withdrawal and reservation and 
withdraws the land from the laws specified to protect the land from 
uses incompatible with Refuge purposes.

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, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including location and entry under the United States 
mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws, and reserved for administration by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service for wildlife refuge purposes as part of the Dash Lake 
WPA.

Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota

T. 163 N., R. 65 W.,
    Sec. 5, lot 3.

    The area described contains 13.50 acres.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 100 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), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be extended.

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

Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-23183 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4333-15-P

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