Bureau of Land Management January 20, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Searchlight Wind Energy Project and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period. Publication of this notice also serves to segregate the identified lands from appropriation under the public land laws for a period of 2 years, including location under the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing Act or the Materials Act, subject to valid existing rights.

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue an appealable decision to Sea Lion Corporation. The decision approves the surface estate in the lands described below for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). These lands lie entirely within the Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Refuge established December 6, 1960, and January 20, 1969. The subsurface estate will be reserved to the United States in the conveyance to Sea Lion Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Hooper Bay, Alaska, and are described as: Lands Within the Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Refuge Public Land Order Nos. 2213 And 4584, Now Known as the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.