Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Upper Pecos River Watershed Protection Area Withdrawal, New Mexico, 101621-101624 [2024-29674]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 241 / Monday, December 16, 2024 / Notices Meeting minutes will be available for public inspection and reproduction during regular business hours within 90 days following the meeting. Minutes will also be posted on the RAC web page at www.blm.gov/get-involved/ resource-advisory-council/near-you/ new-mexico/northern-rac. (Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) Sabrina Flores, BLM Albuquerque District Manager. [FR Doc. 2024–29511 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4331–23–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [PO4820000251] Notice of Segregation of Public Lands for the Neptune Solar Project, Millard County, Utah Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of segregation. AGENCY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Neptune Solar Project—UTUT105853689 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is segregating 1,920 acres of public lands as part of the rightof-way (ROW) application for the Neptune Solar Project, from appropriation under the public land laws, including location under the Mining Law of 1872, but not the Mineral Leasing Act or Material Sales Act, for a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice, subject to valid existing rights. This segregation is to allow for the orderly administration of the public lands to facilitate consideration of development of renewable energy resources. DATES: The segregation of the lands identified in this notice is effective on December 16, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lennie McConnell, District Renewable Energy Project Manager, BLM West Desert and Color Country Districts, 176 E DL Sargent Drive, Cedar City, UT 84721, (435) 865–3052 or email at lmcconnell@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 Mr. McConnell. 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. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations found at 43 CFR 2091.3– SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Dec 13, 2024 Jkt 265001 1(e) and 2804.25(f) allow the BLM to temporarily segregate public lands described within a ROW application for solar energy development from the operation of the public land laws, including the Mining Law, by publication of a notice in the Federal Register. The BLM uses the temporary segregation authority to preserve the ability to approve, approve with modifications, or deny a proposed ROW, and to facilitate the orderly administration of the public lands. This temporary segregation is subject to valid existing rights. Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a temporary nature that will not significantly impact the application area may be allowed with the approval of the authorized officer of the BLM during the segregation period. The public lands segregated by this notice are described as follows: Salt Lake Meridian, Utah T. 19 S., R. 8 W., Sec. 19, S1⁄2NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4; Sec. 20, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 21, S1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 28; Sec. 29, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 33, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. The areas described aggregate 1,920 acres, according to the official plat of the survey of the said lands, on file with the BLM. As provided in the regulations under 43 CFR 2091.3–1e(3), the segregation of the lands described in this notice will not exceed 2 years from the date of publication unless extended for an additional 2 years through publication of a new notice in the Federal Register. For a period until December 16, 2026, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands described in this notice will be segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, including location under the Mining Law of 1872, but not from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, or disposal under the Mineral Materials Act, while the ROW application is being processed. The segregation period will terminate and the lands will automatically open to appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law, at the earliest of the following dates: upon issuance of a decision by the authorized officer granting, granting with modifications, or denying the application for a ROW; without further administrative action at the end of the segregation stated in the Federal PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 101621 Register notice initiating the segregation; or upon publication of a Federal Register notice terminating the segregation and opening the lands. (Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3–1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(f)) Matthew A. Preston, State Director, Acting. [FR Doc. 2024–29544 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4331–25–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NM–106385733] Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Upper Pecos River Watershed Protection Area Withdrawal, New Mexico Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal. AGENCY: On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), the Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 163,483 acres of National Forest System lands and 1,327.16 acres of public lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The lands would remain open to disposals under the mineral materials laws. SUMMARY: Comments must be received by the BLM by March 17, 2025. A public meeting on the proposed withdrawal will be held February 26, 2025, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Village of Pecos Conference Room, 92 South Main St., Pecos, NM 87552. ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to State Director, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508. Information regarding the proposed withdrawal will be available at the BLM New Mexico State Office and at the Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor’s Office, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jillian Aragon, Project Manager, BLM New Mexico State Office by email at jgaragon@blm.gov or Julian Madrid, Santa Fe National Forest by email at julian.madrid@usda.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 DATES: E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1 101622 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 241 / Monday, December 16, 2024 / Notices telecommunications relay services for contacting Ms. Aragon. 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. The withdrawal is proposed for a 20-year term to protect the Upper Pecos River watershed area for its water and air quality, cultural resources, scenic integrity, critical fish and wildlife habitat, and recreational values. This notice segregates the land for 2 years from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, and initiates a 90-day public comment period on the proposed withdrawal. The USFS and the BLM will host public meetings to provide information on the withdrawal application, as specified previously (see DATES). The BLM and the USFS are jointly seeking this withdrawal. Their petition/ application requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the following Federal lands and interests in lands, and all non-Federal lands within the boundaries of the withdrawal application area that are subsequently acquired by the Federal Government, from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Forest System Lands: New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico T. 16 N., R. 11 E., Secs. 1 and 2; Sec. 3; Sec. 4 lots 3 thru 12 and lot 14, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 5 lots 5 thru 7 and lots 10 thru 20; Sec. 6 lot 23; Sec. 7 lots 5 and 12; Sec. 8 lots 1 thru 4, lots 6 thru 10, and lots 15 and 16; Sec. 9, lots 2 thru 8, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 10, lots 3 thru 6, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SW1⁄4; Secs. 11 thru 13; Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Secs. 15 and 16; Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 3 and lots 6 thru 9; Sec. 24 N1⁄2 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 25 lots 3 thru 6; Sec. 26 lot 4; Sec. 35 lots 1 thru 5, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and Parcel A. T. 17 N., R. 11 E., VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Dec 13, 2024 Jkt 265001 Secs. 1 thru 3; Sec. 4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 8, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 9, E1⁄2, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Secs. 10 thru 16; Sec. 17, E1⁄2 and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 20, E1⁄2 and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4; Secs. 21 thru 24; Sec. 25, excepting HES 293A and HES 293B; Secs. 26 thru 28; Sec. 29, E1⁄2, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 30, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 32, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 33, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; Secs. 34 thru 36. T. 18 N., R. 11 E., partially unsurveyed, All those lands lying southeasterly of the Pecos Wilderness, being the westerly boundary of the Upper Pecos Watershed Withdrawal Application Area, comprised of approximately 4,693 acres. T. 15 N., R. 12 E., Secs. 1 and 2; Secs. 11 thru 13; Secs. 23 thru 26; Secs. 35 and 36. T. 16 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 1, lot 4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 2, lots 1 thru 4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2; Sec. 4, lots 1thru 3, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 5, lots 2 thru 4 and lots 6 and 7, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2, and NM 3492; Sec. 6, lots 3 thru 5, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 8; Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 3, lots 5 thru 7, lots 8 thru 10, and lots 12 thru 14; Sec. 10; Sec. 11, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 12, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2; Sec. 13, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; Sec. 14; Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 13; Sec. 16, lots 4 thru 7; Sec. 17, lots 3 thru 17; Sec. 18, lot 1, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4; Sec. 19, lot 1, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and excepting M.S. 1959; Sec. 20, lots 5 thru 16; Sec. 21, lot 5; Secs. 22 and 23; Sec. 24, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and W1⁄2; Sec. 25, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and W1⁄2; Secs. 26 thru 36; T. 17 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 1, lots 9 thru 17, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 9, lots 12 thru 15, and lot 17; Sec. 3; Sec. 4, lots 5 thru 8; Secs. 5 and 6; Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 10, lot 12, lots 15 thru 18, and Tract 38; PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Sec. 8, lots 1 thru 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 3, lots 5 thru 11, and lot 13; Sec. 10, lots 1 thru 11; Sec. 11, lots 1 thru 4; Sec. 12, lots 1 thru 14; Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 10; Sec. 14, lots 1 thru 6; Sec. 15, lots 1 and 2; Sec. 16; Sec. 17 lots 1 thru 12; Sec. 18, lots 5, 9, 13 and 14, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4: Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 15; Sec. 20, lots 1 and 4 and Patent No. 058030; Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 3; Sec. 22, lots 1 thru 3; Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 5; Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 6, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 25, NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2; Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Secs. 27 and 28; Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2 and Ser Patent No. 103230; Secs. 30, lots 5 thru 11; Sec. 31; Sec. 32, lots 1 thru 11; Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 8; Sec. 34, lots 1 thru 4 and SE1⁄4; Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 3, NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 36, lots 1 thru 15. T. 18 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 1; Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 8; Sec. 3, lots 5 and 6; Sec. 10, lots 3 and 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 11, lots 1 thru 7, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Secs. 12 thru 14; Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 5, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and W1⁄2; Sec. 19; Sec. 20, lot 1, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1/SE1⁄4; Sec. 21, lot 1, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 22, lots 3 thru 12, NW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 23, excepting Tract 42; Secs. 24 and 25; Sec. 26, excepting M.S. 1984; Sec. 27, lots 11 thru 17, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 excepting M.S. 1984, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4 excepting M.S.1984; Sec. 28, lots 4 thru 7, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and W1⁄2; Sec. 29, lots 1 thru 7, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and W1⁄2; Secs. 30 thru 32; Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 11, NW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 34, excepting Tract 47; Sec. 35, excepting Tract 48; Sec. 36, excepting Tract 48. T. 19 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 25, excepting HES 297A, HES 297B, and Patent No. 910127; Sec. 26, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 241 / Monday, December 16, 2024 / Notices S1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 27, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 33; Sec. 34, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and W1⁄2; Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 11 and SE1⁄4; Sec. 36. T. 15 N., R. 13 E., Secs. 1 thru 4; Sec. 5, lots 1, 8, 9, and lots 13 thru 16 and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 6, lots 4 thru 7 and lots 12 thru 14; Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2, lots 4 thru 7, lots 10 and 13, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 4, E1⁄2, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 10, E1⁄2, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 11; Sec. 12, excepting HES No. 300; Secs. 13 and 14; Sec. 15, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 16, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 17, lot 2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 19; Sec. 20, W1⁄2NE1⁄4 and W1⁄2; Sec. 21, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 22, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 23, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 4, NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Secs. 25 thru 27; Sec. 28, E1⁄2; Secs. 29 thru 31; Sec. 33, lots 1, 4 and 5 and E1⁄2NE1⁄4; Sec. 34, lot 1, E1⁄2, NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Secs. 35 and 36. T. 16 N., R.13 E., Sec. 1; Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 12, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 4, lots 1 thru 4; Sec. 5, lots 1 and 4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 6, lots 1 thru 5, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 10, lots 1 thru 4, NE1⁄4, and E1⁄2NW1⁄4; Secs. 11 and 12; Sec. 13, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; Sec. 14; Sec. 15, E1⁄2; Sec. 16, S1⁄2; Sec. 17, SW1⁄4; Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 19, excepting Patent No. 1078570; Sec. 20, NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 21, W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4; Secs. 22 thru 25; Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 27; Sec. 28, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 29, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Dec 13, 2024 Jkt 265001 Sec. 30, lots 1 and 4, E1⁄2, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 31, lots 3 and 7; Sec. 32, lots 3 thru 8, NW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 33; Sec. 34, excepting Patent No. 479146; Secs. 35 and 36. T. 17 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 3, lots 2 thru 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Secs. 4 thru 6; Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 20 and NE1⁄4; Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 9; Sec. 10, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 11, S1⁄2NW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4; Sec. 13, W1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 14, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2 excepting HES 327, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 15, excepting HES 327; Secs. 16 and 17; Sec. 18, lots 5 thru 17, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 19, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 20, lots 1 thru 7, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 21; Sec. 22, NE1⁄4 excepting HES 327, W1⁄2, and SE1⁄4 excepting Tract 42; Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 6, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 24, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 25, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, E1⁄2, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 27, lots 1 thru 7, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 28; Sec. 29, N1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; Secs. 30 and 31; Sec. 32, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and S1⁄2; Sec. 33; Sec. 34, excepting Tract 46; Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 6, N1⁄2, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 36. T. 18 N., R. 13 E., partially unsurveyed, Sec. 17; PB 43, all those lands lying south of Pecos Wilderness; PB 44; Sec. 20; Sec. 21, E1⁄2, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Sec. 22, W1⁄2; Sec. 27, NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2; Secs. 28 and 29 PB 44 thru 52. T. 14 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 1, lot 2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and SE1⁄4; Secs. 2 thru 4; Sec. 5, lots 1 thru 4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 101623 Sec. 12, NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. T. 15 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 6, lots 1 thru 15 and SE1⁄4; Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 9, NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4; Sec. 18; Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 22; Sec. 23, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4; Sec. 36, S1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. T. 15 N., R. 14 E., partially unsurveyed, All those lands lying west of El Barro Peak ridge, being the easterly boundary of the Upper Pecos Watershed Withdrawal Application Area, comprising approximately 11,529 acres. T. 16 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 6, lots 4 thru 6 and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; Sec. 7, lots 2 thru 4; Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4 and E1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 19; Sec. 20, W1⁄2; Sec. 29, lots 2 thru 4, lots 7 and 8, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4; Secs. 30 and 31; Sec. 32, W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4; Sec. 33, S1⁄2. T. 14 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 6, W1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; Sec. 7, W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4. The areas described aggregate 163,483 acres. Bureau of Land Management: New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico T. 14 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; Sec. 3, lots 1 thru 10 and SE1⁄4NE1⁄4; Sec. 4, lots 1, 6, and 7; Sec. 12, lots 1, 2, and 4 and SE1⁄4NE1⁄4; Sec. 13, lots 1 and 2; Sec. 23, S1⁄2NW1⁄4. T. 14 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4. The areas described aggregate 1,327.16 acres, according to the official plats of the surveys of the said lands, on file with the BLM. The total acreage for the proposed withdrawal is 164,810.16 acres. A Secretarial Officer has approved the BLM’s petition to file the withdrawal application. This approval constitutes the Department’s proposal to withdraw the subject lands. The USFS has consented to proposing the withdrawal of lands under its administrative jurisdiction (43 CFR 2310.1–3(e)) and has joined the BLM as withdrawal applicant. The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative agreement, or surface management under 43 CFR part 3800, subpart 3809 regulations would not adequately constrain nondiscretionary uses and would not provide adequate protection of cultural, recreational, and biological resources, E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1 101624 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 241 / Monday, December 16, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 nor the financial investments in public campgrounds and other improvements on these lands. There are no suitable alternative sites, as the described lands contain resource values that need protection. Water rights will not be needed to fulfill the purpose of the proposed withdrawal. For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their views in writing to the BLM New Mexico State Director at the address listed above (see ADDRESSES). 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. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety. For a period until December 16, 2026, subject to valid existing rights, the lands and mineral interests in this notice will be segregated from location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights unless the proposal is canceled, or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a temporary nature may be allowed with the approval of the authorized officers of the USDA Forest Service or the BLM during the segregation period. This proposed withdrawal will be processed in accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300. (Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714). Melanie G. Barnes, BLM New Mexico State Director. [FR Doc. 2024–29674 Filed 12–12–24; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Dec 13, 2024 Jkt 265001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–NERO–CEBE–39083; PPNECEBE00, PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission Notice of Public Meeting National Park Service, Interior. Meeting notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, as amended, the National Park Service is hereby giving notice that the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission (Commission) will meet as indicated below. DATES: The Commission will meet on Thursday, March 20, 2025. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and will end by 11 a.m. (eastern). ADDRESSES: The Commission will meet via teleconference and in-person at Warren County Government Center, 220 North Commerce Avenue, Front Royal, Virginia 22630. Information on joining the teleconference will be available on the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park website at https://www.nps.gov/cebe/learn/ management/park-advisorycommission.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Beck-Herzog, Site Manager, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, P.O. Box 700, Middletown, Virginia 22645, telephone (540) 868–9176, email karen_beck_ herzog@nps.gov, or visit the park website: https://www.nps.gov/cebe/ index.htm. 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: The Commission was designated by Congress to provide advice to the Secretary of the Interior on the preparation and implementation of the park’s general management plan and to advise on land protection (16 U.S.C. 410iii–7). The meeting is open to the public. Individuals who are interested in the park, the implantation of the plan, or the business of the Commission are encouraged to attend the meeting. Interested members of the public may present, either orally or through written SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 comments, information for the Commission to consider during the public meeting. Attendees and those wishing to provide comment are strongly encouraged to preregister through the contact information provided. Written comments may be sent to Karen Beck-Herzog (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All comments received will be provided to the Commission. A detailed final agenda will be posted 48 hours in advance of the meeting on the Commission’s website at https://www.nps.gov/cebe/ learn/management/park-advisorycommission.htm. If a meeting date and location are changed, the Superintendent will issue a press release and use local newspapers and/ or radio stations to announce the rescheduled meeting. Detailed minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting. Purpose of the Meeting: The topics to be discussed include: general management plan next steps, visitor services and interpretation, land protection planning, historic preservation, and natural resource protection. Commission meetings consist of the following: 1. General Introductions 2. Park Operations Briefing 3. Reports and Discussions 4. Old Business 5. New Business 6. Public Comments 7. Closing Remarks Meeting Accessibility/Special Accommodations: The meeting is open to the public. Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, language translation services, or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting to give the Department of the Interior sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis. Public Disclosure of Comments: 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 view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101621-101624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29674]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-106385733]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Upper Pecos 
River Watershed Protection Area Withdrawal, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), the Secretary of the 
Interior proposes to withdraw 163,483 acres of National Forest System 
lands and 1,327.16 acres of public lands from location and entry under 
the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The lands 
would remain open to disposals under the mineral materials laws.

DATES: Comments must be received by the BLM by March 17, 2025. A public 
meeting on the proposed withdrawal will be held February 26, 2025, from 
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Village of Pecos Conference Room, 92 South 
Main St., Pecos, NM 87552.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to State Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87508. Information regarding the proposed withdrawal will be 
available at the BLM New Mexico State Office and at the Santa Fe 
National Forest Supervisor's Office, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jillian Aragon, Project Manager, BLM 
New Mexico State Office by email at [email protected] or Julian Madrid, 
Santa Fe National Forest by email at [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

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telecommunications relay services for contacting Ms. Aragon. 
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 withdrawal is proposed for a 20-year 
term to protect the Upper Pecos River watershed area for its water and 
air quality, cultural resources, scenic integrity, critical fish and 
wildlife habitat, and recreational values. This notice segregates the 
land for 2 years from location and entry under the United States mining 
laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, 
subject to valid existing rights, and initiates a 90-day public comment 
period on the proposed withdrawal. The USFS and the BLM will host 
public meetings to provide information on the withdrawal application, 
as specified previously (see DATES).
    The BLM and the USFS are jointly seeking this withdrawal. Their 
petition/application requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 
the following Federal lands and interests in lands, and all non-Federal 
lands within the boundaries of the withdrawal application area that are 
subsequently acquired by the Federal Government, from location and 
entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the 
mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights.

National Forest System Lands:

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico
T. 16 N., R. 11 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 3;
    Sec. 4 lots 3 thru 12 and lot 14, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 5 lots 5 thru 7 and lots 10 thru 20;
    Sec. 6 lot 23;
    Sec. 7 lots 5 and 12;
    Sec. 8 lots 1 thru 4, lots 6 thru 10, and lots 15 and 16;
    Sec. 9, lots 2 thru 8, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, 
and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, lots 3 thru 6, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Secs. 11 thru 13;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 15 and 16;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 3 and lots 6 thru 9;
    Sec. 24 N\1/2\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25 lots 3 thru 6;
    Sec. 26 lot 4;
    Sec. 35 lots 1 thru 5, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and Parcel A.
T. 17 N., R. 11 E.,
    Secs. 1 thru 3;
    Sec. 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 10 thru 16;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\ and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Secs. 21 thru 24;
    Sec. 25, excepting HES 293A and HES 293B;
    Secs. 26 thru 28;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 34 thru 36.
T. 18 N., R. 11 E., partially unsurveyed,
    All those lands lying southeasterly of the Pecos Wilderness, 
being the westerly boundary of the Upper Pecos Watershed Withdrawal 
Application Area, comprised of approximately 4,693 acres.
T. 15 N., R. 12 E.,
    Secs. 1 and 2;
    Secs. 11 thru 13;
    Secs. 23 thru 26;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 16 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1thru 3, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 2 thru 4 and lots 6 and 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\, and NM 3492;
    Sec. 6, lots 3 thru 5, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 8;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 3, lots 5 thru 7, lots 8 thru 10, and lots 
12 thru 14;
    Sec. 10;
    Sec. 11, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 13;
    Sec. 16, lots 4 thru 7;
    Sec. 17, lots 3 thru 17;
    Sec. 18, lot 1, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 1, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and excepting 
M.S. 1959;
    Sec. 20, lots 5 thru 16;
    Sec. 21, lot 5;
    Secs. 22 and 23;
    Sec. 24, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 26 thru 36;
T. 17 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 9 thru 17, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 9, lots 12 thru 15, and lot 17;
    Sec. 3;
    Sec. 4, lots 5 thru 8;
    Secs. 5 and 6;
    Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 10, lot 12, lots 15 thru 18, and Tract 38;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 thru 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 3, lots 5 thru 11, and lot 13;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 thru 11;
    Sec. 11, lots 1 thru 4;
    Sec. 12, lots 1 thru 14;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 10;
    Sec. 14, lots 1 thru 6;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 16;
    Sec. 17 lots 1 thru 12;
    Sec. 18, lots 5, 9, 13 and 14, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
and N\1/2\SE\1/4\:
    Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 15;
    Sec. 20, lots 1 and 4 and Patent No. 058030;
    Sec. 21, lots 1 thru 3;
    Sec. 22, lots 1 thru 3;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 5;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 6, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
    Secs. 27 and 28;
    Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2 and Ser Patent No. 103230;
    Secs. 30, lots 5 thru 11;
    Sec. 31;
    Sec. 32, lots 1 thru 11;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 8;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 thru 4 and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 3, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, lots 1 thru 15.
T. 18 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 8;
    Sec. 3, lots 5 and 6;
    Sec. 10, lots 3 and 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, lots 1 thru 7, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 12 thru 14;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 thru 5, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/
2\;
    Sec. 19;
    Sec. 20, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE1/SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22, lots 3 thru 12, NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, excepting Tract 42;
    Secs. 24 and 25;
    Sec. 26, excepting M.S. 1984;
    Sec. 27, lots 11 thru 17, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ excepting M.S. 1984, and 
E\1/2\SE\1/4\ excepting M.S.1984;
    Sec. 28, lots 4 thru 7, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, lots 1 thru 7, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
    Secs. 30 thru 32;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 thru 11, NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, excepting Tract 47;
    Sec. 35, excepting Tract 48;
    Sec. 36, excepting Tract 48.
T. 19 N., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 25, excepting HES 297A, HES 297B, and Patent No. 910127;
    Sec. 26, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\,

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S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33;
    Sec. 34, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 11 and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 15 N., R. 13 E.,
    Secs. 1 thru 4;
    Sec. 5, lots 1, 8, 9, and lots 13 thru 16 and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 4 thru 7 and lots 12 thru 14;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2, lots 4 thru 7, lots 10 and 13, NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 10, E\1/2\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11;
    Sec. 12, excepting HES No. 300;
    Secs. 13 and 14;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 4, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 25 thru 27;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\;
    Secs. 29 thru 31;
    Sec. 33, lots 1, 4 and 5 and E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lot 1, E\1/2\, NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 16 N., R.13 E.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 2, lots 5 thru 12, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 thru 4;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 thru 5, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 10, lots 1 thru 4, NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Secs. 11 and 12;
    Sec. 13, N\1/2\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14;
    Sec. 15, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, excepting Patent No. 1078570;
    Sec. 20, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 22 thru 25;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27;
    Sec. 28, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 1 and 4, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 3 and 7;
    Sec. 32, lots 3 thru 8, NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 33;
    Sec. 34, excepting Patent No. 479146;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 17 N., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 2 thru 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
    Secs. 4 thru 6;
    Sec. 7, lots 5 thru 20 and NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9;
    Sec. 10, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\ excepting HES 
327, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, excepting HES 327;
    Secs. 16 and 17;
    Sec. 18, lots 5 thru 17, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 19, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lots 1 thru 7, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\ excepting HES 327, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\ 
excepting Tract 42;
    Sec. 23, lots 1 thru 6, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 27, lots 1 thru 7, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 28;
    Sec. 29, N\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
    E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 30 and 31;
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 33;
    Sec. 34, excepting Tract 46;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 thru 6, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 36.
T. 18 N., R. 13 E., partially unsurveyed,
    Sec. 17;
    PB 43, all those lands lying south of Pecos Wilderness;
    PB 44;
    Sec. 20;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 27, NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
    Secs. 28 and 29
    PB 44 thru 52.
T. 14 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 2, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Secs. 2 thru 4;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 thru 4, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 15 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 1 thru 15 and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 9, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
    Sec. 22;
    Sec. 23, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 15 N., R. 14 E., partially unsurveyed,
    All those lands lying west of El Barro Peak ridge, being the 
easterly boundary of the Upper Pecos Watershed Withdrawal 
Application Area, comprising approximately 11,529 acres.
T. 16 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 6, lots 4 thru 6 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 2 thru 4;
    Sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4 and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 19;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, lots 2 thru 4, lots 7 and 8, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\;
    Secs. 30 and 31;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, S\1/2\.
T. 14 N., R. 15 E.,
    Sec. 6, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 163,483 acres.
    Bureau of Land Management:
    New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico

T. 14 N., R. 13 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, lots 1 thru 10 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lots 1, 6, and 7;
    Sec. 12, lots 1, 2, and 4 and SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 and 2;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 14 N., R. 14 E.,
    Sec. 7, lots 1 thru 4, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 1,327.16 acres, according to the 
official plats of the surveys of the said lands, on file with the BLM.
    The total acreage for the proposed withdrawal is 164,810.16 acres.
    A Secretarial Officer has approved the BLM's petition to file the 
withdrawal application. This approval constitutes the Department's 
proposal to withdraw the subject lands. The USFS has consented to 
proposing the withdrawal of lands under its administrative jurisdiction 
(43 CFR 2310.1-3(e)) and has joined the BLM as withdrawal applicant.
    The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative 
agreement, or surface management under 43 CFR part 3800, subpart 3809 
regulations would not adequately constrain non-discretionary uses and 
would not provide adequate protection of cultural, recreational, and 
biological resources,

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nor the financial investments in public campgrounds and other 
improvements on these lands.
    There are no suitable alternative sites, as the described lands 
contain resource values that need protection.
    Water rights will not be needed to fulfill the purpose of the 
proposed withdrawal.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or 
objections in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their 
views in writing to the BLM New Mexico State Director at the address 
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
    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. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of officials 
of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.
    For a period until December 16, 2026, subject to valid existing 
rights, the lands and mineral interests in this notice will be 
segregated from location and entry under the United States mining laws, 
and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to 
valid existing rights unless the proposal is canceled, or the 
withdrawal is approved prior to that date.
    Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or discretionary land 
use authorizations of a temporary nature may be allowed with the 
approval of the authorized officers of the USDA Forest Service or the 
BLM during the segregation period.
    This proposed withdrawal will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.

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

Melanie G. Barnes,
BLM New Mexico State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-29674 Filed 12-12-24; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P


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