Land Management Bureau June 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah
Document Number: E9-15472
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-30
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw approximately 676,048 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining laws, on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to protect and preserve solar energy study areas for future solar energy development. This notice segregates the lands for up to 2 years from surface entry and mining while various studies and analyses are made to support a final decision on the withdrawal application. The lands will remain open to the mineral leasing laws.
Notice of Availability of Maps and Additional Public Scoping for Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement To Develop and Implement Agency-Specific Programs for Solar Energy Development; Bureau of Land Management Approach for Processing Existing and Future Solar Applications
Document Number: E9-15471
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-30
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (the Agencies) are announcing the availability of maps depicting solar energy study areas to be analyzed in their joint Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Develop and Implement Agency-Specific Programs for Solar Energy Development (Solar PEIS) and the opportunity for additional public scoping. The BLM is issuing this Notice to inform the public of the availability of the solar energy study area maps; to solicit public comments for consideration in identifying environmental issues, existing resource data, and industry interest with respect to the solar energy study areas in particular;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, Silver State North Solar Project and Silver State South Solar Project, Primm, NV
Document Number: E9-15470
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-30
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, will prepare one environmental impact statement (EIS) for two proposed solar energy projects located on public lands in Clark County, Nevada. Publication of this notice initiates the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.
Required Fees for Mining Claims or Sites
Document Number: E9-15248
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-06-29
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is promulgating this final rule to make statutorily authorized adjustments to its location and maintenance fees for unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites. These adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska
Document Number: E9-14560
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-22
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will meet as indicated below:
Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment and Fair Market Value Public Meeting for the Dry Canyon Coal Tract, Carbon County, UT
Document Number: E9-14409
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a public meeting on August 13, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Bureau of Land Management, Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, Utah, for the proposed competitive sale of the Dry Canyon coal tract. BLM requests public written comment on the fair market value and environmental effects of mining of this tract. The lands included in the delineated Federal coal lease tract (``Dry Canyon'') are located in Carbon County, Utah approximately three miles northeast of Helper, Utah on both private and BLM surface with federally administered minerals and are described as follows:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14406
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface estate of certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Aleknagik Natives Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of Aleknagik, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14405
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface and subsurface estates for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. for 69.05 acres located northwesterly of the Native village of Buckland, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Arctic Sounder.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14404
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface estate in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Napaskiak, Incorporated. The lands are in the vicinity of Napaskiak, Alaska, and located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14403
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. The lands are in the vicinity of Ambler, Kobuk, and Shugnak, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14402
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface estate of certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Alaska Peninsula Corporation, Successor in Interest to Kokhanok Native Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Kokhanok, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14401
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface estate of certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Qemirtalek Coast Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Kongiganak, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14400
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface estate of certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Tununrmiut Rinit Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Tununak, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14399
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Doyon, Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of Stevens Village, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14398
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface estate only for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to The Aleut Corporation for 93.53 acres on Samalga Island, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14397
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface and subsurface estates for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to The Aleut Corporation for 64.11 acres on Umnak Island, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14396
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Calista Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Lime Village, Stony River, Sleetmute, Red Devil, Crooked Creek, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Russian Mission, and Goodnews Bay, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14395
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Doyon, Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of McGrath, Minto, Nikolai, and Tanacross, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14394
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface estate of certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Akiachuk, Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of Akiachak, Alaska, and are located in:
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-14393
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Tozitna, Limited, for the Native village of Tanana. The lands are in the vicinity of Tanana, Alaska, and are located in:
Information Collection; Desert Land Entries
Document Number: E9-13867
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a 3-year extension of OMB Control Number 1004-0004 under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The BLM needs to collect the information in order to determine if an applicant is eligible to make a desert-land entry to reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and semiarid public lands in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado)
Document Number: E9-13858
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.
Notice of Meeting, John Day/Snake Advisory Council
Document Number: E9-13847
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council (JDSRAC) will meet as indicated below:
Notice of Public Meeting, To Receive for Comments on an Environmental Analysis, Finding of No Significant Impact, Maximum Economic Recovery Report, and Fair Market Value for Coal Lease Application COC-70615
Document Number: E9-13846
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management published a Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale Offer in the Federal Register on May 28, 2009 [74 FR 101]. The Legal Description should read as follows:
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas
Document Number: E9-13845
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The plats of survey described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Santa Fe, New Mexico, 30 calendar days from the date of this publication.
Public Land Order No. 7735; Withdrawal of Public Lands To Protect Townsend's Big-eared Bat Maternity Roosts; Colorado
Document Number: E9-13638
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-11
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order withdraws 22.36 acres of public lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location under the United States mining laws, for a period of 20 years to protect three sites containing Townsend's Big-eared Bat maternity roosts. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing but no surface occupancy will be permitted on the sites.
Public Land Order No. 7734; Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction of Public Land for the Department of Energy Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository; Utah
Document Number: E9-13637
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-11
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order withdraws approximately 936 acres of public land from the United States mining and mineral leasing laws and transfers jurisdiction to the Department of Energy for a period of 20 years for ancillary facilities at its Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository.
Notice of Public Meeting, Boise District Resource Advisory Council Working Group
Document Number: E9-13416
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-09
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) Working Group and Subgroups will meet as indicated below.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Staff Assessment and Land Use Plan Amendment for the SES Solar One Project, San Bernardino County, CA
Document Number: E9-13320
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), together with the California Energy Commission, (hereinafter jointly referred to as the Agencies) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Staff Assessment (EIS/SA), and a Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment for the Stirling Energy Systems (SES) Solar One Project (Project), a Stirling engine systems solar dish project in San Bernardino County, California. SES is seeking approval to construct and operate an electrical generating facility with a nominal capacity of 850 megawatts (MW), using concentrated solar thermal power. Approximately 8,230 acres of BLM administered public land are needed to develop the Project. SES has submitted an application to the BLM requesting a right-of-way (ROW) to construct the Project and related facilities. Pursuant to BLM's California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan (1980, as amended), sites associated with power generation or transmission not identified in the CDCA Plan will be considered through the plan amendment process.
Direct Sale of Public Land Near the Fernley Airport in Lyon County, NV
Document Number: E9-13318
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer one parcel of approximately 320 acres of public land in northern Lyon County by non-competitive direct sale at the appraised fair market value to Toybox Enterprises, Inc. Toybox holds a public airport lease within the described area. The sale will be subject to the applicable provisions of sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719, respectively, and BLM land sale and mineral conveyance regulations at 43 CFR 2710 and 2720.
Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of Public Lands in Tehama County, CA
Document Number: E9-13115
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to sell a parcel of public land in Tehama County, California, consisting of approximately 80 acres. The sale will be conducted by the United States General Services Administration (GSA) as an online competitive bid auction, at GSA's Web site: https://www.auctionrp.com. Interested bidders must first register to bid either at https://www.auctionrp.com or by mail and submit registration deposits, and once registered, may participate in online bidding. Bids must be equal to or greater than the appraised fair market value of the land. The sale will be completed under the authority of Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719) and the implementing regulations at 43 CFR 2710 and 2720. The purpose of the sale is to dispose of lands which are difficult and uneconomic to manage.
Notice of Meeting, Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (Oregon)
Document Number: E9-13106
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (SEORAC) will meet as indicated below:
Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Utah
Document Number: E9-13011
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for lease to the City of Ferron, Utah under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869-869-4) 196.48 acres of public land in Emery County, Utah. The City of Ferron proposes to use the land for continuing operation and expansion of the Millsite Golf Course. This action reclassifies 149.36 acres from lease or conveyance to lease only and classifies an additional 47.12 acres for lease only.
Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Alaska
Document Number: E9-13010
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for lease under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 1 acre of public land near Delta Junction, Alaska. The State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) proposes to use the land for a free public use cabin/ administrative use cabin.
Public Land Order No. 7732; Partial Revocation of Power Site Reserve No. 530; California
Document Number: E9-13009
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
This order partially revokes a withdrawal created by an Executive Order insofar as it affects approximately 11 acres of public land withdrawn for Power Site Reserve No. 530. This order also opens the land to exchange.
Notice of Public Meeting: Resource Advisory Council to the Boise District, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
Document Number: E9-12899
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will hold a meeting as indicated below.
Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0025
Document Number: E9-12872
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request approval to continue the collection of information under the General Mining Law. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved this information collection, and assigned it the control number 1004-0025.
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