Public Land Order No. 7934; Partial Revocation of Four Secretarial Orders for the Grand Valley Reclamation Project and Opening Order; Colorado, 1126-1127 [2024-00266]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1126-1127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00266]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO-923000.L1440000.ET0000; COC 028254]


Public Land Order No. 7934; Partial Revocation of Four 
Secretarial Orders for the Grand Valley Reclamation Project and Opening 
Order; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This Order partially revokes four withdrawals created by 
Secretarial Orders dated July 2, 1902, August 26, 1902, February 28, 
1908, and July 25, 1908, issued pursuant to the Reclamation Act of June 
17, 1902, Section 3, to support the Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR's) 
Grand Valley Reclamation Project. The BOR has determined that 31.10 
acres of the withdrawn land are no longer needed for reclamation 
purposes and has asked that the withdrawals be partially revoked as to 
these acres. This Order also opens these 31.10 acres to appropriation 
under the public land laws, subject to valid existing rights. The land 
has been and will remain open to mineral leasing and will remain closed 
to location and entry under the United States mining laws.

DATES: This Public Land Order takes effect on January 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jardine, BLM, Colorado State 
Office, at 970-385-1224, email at [email protected], or write to Branch 
of Lands and Realty, P.O. Box 151029, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7093. 
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or Tele 
Braille) 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: The BOR requested a partial withdrawal 
revocation and opening of 31.10 acres of land originally withdrawn in 
support of the Grand Valley Reclamation Project created by four 
Secretarial Orders dated July 2, 1902, August 26, 1902, February 28, 
1908, and July 25, 1908. The Secretarial Orders classified the land for 
potential irrigation project purposes. The BOR has determined that the 
land is no longer needed for reclamation purposes. The revocation of 
the withdrawal as to these 31.10 acres

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would allow the land to be conveyed out of Federal ownership in a 
proposed land sale. Any land not conveyed will be restored to the 
administration of the Bureau of Land Management.

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. The withdrawals created by Secretarial Orders dated July 2, 
1902, August 26, 1902, February 28, 1908, and July 25, 1908, which 
withdrew public land for use by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Grand 
Valley Reclamation Project, are hereby partially revoked as to the 
following described land:
    A parcel of land situated in the southwest quarter (SW\1/4\) of the 
northwest quarter (NW\1/4\) of Section 2, Township 1 South, Range 1 
East, Ute Principal Meridian, Mesa County, Colorado, being the results 
of a survey of an irregular bounded portion of land and being more 
particularly described as follows:
    Commencing at the \1/4\ section corner of sections 2 and 3, marked 
with a 2\1/2\ inch diameter brass disk with illegible marks;
    Thence, North 00[deg]00'03'' East, on the line between sections 2 
and 3, identical with the right-of-way center line of a Mesa County 
Road, a distance of 567.65 feet to the point of beginning of the herein 
described parcel;
    Thence, North 00[deg]00'03'' East, continuing on the section line, 
identical with the right-of-way line of a Mesa County Road, a distance 
of 735.03 feet to the north \1/16\ section corner of sections 2 and 3, 
marked with a 2\1/2\ inch diameter plastic pipe with cap marked T1S 
N\1/16\ S3 S2 R1E LS18467 1984;
    Thence, South 89[deg]59'55' East, on the east and west center line 
of the north half (N\1/2\) of section 2, a distance of 1313.84 feet to 
the northwest \1/16\ section corner of section 2, marked with a 2-inch 
diameter plastic pipe with cap marked T.1S. NW\1/16\ S2 R.1E. 18467 
1987;
    Thence, South 00[deg]07'42'' East, on the north and south center 
line of the northwest quarter (NW\1/4\) of section 2, a distance of 
724.06 feet to a non-tangential point of curvature to the left, concave 
southeasterly;
    Thence, with said curve through a central (delta) angle of 
89[deg]14'37'', having a radius of 169.74 feet, an arc distance of 
264.38 feet; the long chord bears South 24[deg]05'46'' West, a distance 
of 238.46 feet to the point of tangency;
    Thence, South 20[deg]31'31'' East, a distance of 86.84 feet to a 
point of curvature to the right, concave northwesterly;
    Thence, with said curve through a central (delta) angle of 
105[deg]49'07'', having a radius of 76.15 feet, an arc distance of 
140.64 feet; the long chord bears South 32[deg]22'55'' West, a distance 
of 121.49 feet to the point of tangency;
    Thence, South 85[deg]17'24'' West, a distance of 511.91 feet to a 
point of curvature to the right, concave northeasterly;
    Thence, with said curve through a central (delta) angle of 
49[deg]51'04'', having a radius of 231.96 feet, an arc distance of 
201.82 feet; the long chord bears North 69[deg]47'02'' West, a distance 
of 195.52 feet to the point of tangency;
    Thence, North 44[deg]51'28'' West, a distance of 101.87 feet;
    Thence, North 53[deg]50'16'' West, a distance of 200.63 feet;
    Thence, North 55[deg]43'04'' West, a distance of 309.84 feet to the 
point of beginning.
    Basis of Bearings: North 00[deg]00'03'' East, being the bearing 
from said \1/4\ section corner of sections 2 and 3 to said north \1/16\ 
section corner of sections 2 and 3.
    Meaning and intending to revoke the withdrawal on that portion of 
the southwest quarter (SW\1/4\) of the northwest quarter (NW\1/4\) of 
section 2 lying northly of said irregular boundary.
    The area described contains 31.10 acres in Mesa County.
    2. At 8 a.m. Mountain Time (MT) on January 9, 2024, the land 
described above will open to the operation of the public land laws, 
subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing 
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of 
applicable law. All valid applications received at or prior to 8 a.m. 
MT on January 9, 2024, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at 
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order 
of filing. Appropriation of any of the land referenced in this PLO 
prior to the date and time of revocation and opening remain 
unauthorized. The land will remain closed to location and entry under 
the United States mining laws until such time as the land is conveyed 
out of Federal control or an opening order is issued pursuant to 43 CFR 
2091.6.

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

Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 2024-00266 Filed 1-8-24; 8:45 am]
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