81 FR 81798 - Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Notice of Public Meeting; California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 223 (November 18, 2016)

Page Range		81798-81801
FR Document		2016-27869

On behalf of the National Park Service (NPS) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw approximately 22,462 acres of public lands for 20 years from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amendments thereto and to transfer administrative jurisdiction over such lands from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the NPS for administration as part of Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP). This notice temporarily segregates the lands for up to 2 years, gives the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed withdrawal application, and announces the date and time of a public meeting.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCA930000.L19200000.ET0000.XXX.LRORBX619600]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Notice of Public Meeting;
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On behalf of the National Park Service (NPS) and subject to
valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior proposes to
withdraw approximately 22,462 acres of public lands for 20 years from
all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land
laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining
laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and
geothermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amendments thereto
and to transfer administrative jurisdiction over such lands from the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the NPS for administration as part
of Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP). This notice temporarily segregates
the lands for up to 2 years, gives the public an opportunity to comment
on the proposed withdrawal application, and announces the date and time
of a public meeting.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 16, 2017. A public meeting
on the proposed withdrawal will be held on January 18, 2017 from 6:00
to 9:00 p.m. at UC Riverside Palm Desert, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive,
Palm Desert, California 92211.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Superintendent, Joshua Tree
National Park, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California
92277.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Smith, Superintendent, Joshua
Tree National Park, 760-367-5502 or Doug Herrema, Field Manager, Bureau
of Land Management, Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 760-833-
7100. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Relay

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Service at 800-877-8339 to contact either of the above individuals. The
Service is available 24 hours a day, 7-days a week, to leave a message
or question with either of the above individuals. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant is the NPS and its petition/
application requests that the Secretary of the Interior: (i) Withdraw,
subject to valid existing rights, the following public lands adjacent
to JTNP from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United
States mining laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to
mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all
amendments thereto; and, (ii) transfer jurisdiction over such lands to
the NPS for administration as part of JTNP.
All that land situated within the Eagle Mountain Area Segregation
boundary, located in Townships 3 and 4 South, Ranges 13, 14, and 15
East, San Bernardino Meridian, Riverside County, California; said
boundary more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the corner of sections 16, 17, 20, and 21 in T. 3 S.,
R. 15 E., San Bernardino Meridian, on the Joshua Tree National Park
Boundary;
Thence, westerly on the line between sections 17 and 20, coincident
with said Park boundary, to the \1/4\ section corner of sections 17
and 20, said corner being the Point Of Beginning;
Thence, leaving said Park boundary, southerly on the north-south
centerline of section 20, to the center \1/4\ section corner;
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline of section 20, to the
\1/4\ section corner of sections 19 and 20;
Thence, southerly on the line between sections 19 and 20, to the
corner of sections 19, 20, 29 and 30;
Thence, westerly on the line between sections 19 and 30, to the \1/
4\ section corner of sections 19 and 30;
Thence, southerly on the north-south centerline of section 30, to
the center \1/4\ section corner;
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline of section 30, to the
center west 1/16 section corner;
Thence, southerly on the north-south centerline of the southwest \1/
4\ of section 30, to the southwest 1/16 section corner;
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline of the southwest \1/4\
of section 30, to the south 1/16 section corner of section 30 only,
on the range line between Tp. 3 S., Rs. 14 and 15 E.;
Thence, southerly on said range line, to the corner of sections 30
and 31 only, Tp. 3 S., R. 15 E.;
Thence, along the following 19 courses as shown on the map recorded
January 4, 1998 in Records of Survey, book 103, pages 76 thru 80,
Riverside County, California:
1. North 89[deg]56'01'' East on the line between sections 30 and
31, a distance of 1426.96 feet, to a \3/4\'' rebar with a 2''
aluminum cap stamped ``R.C.E. 30846'', at the west 1/16 section
corner of sections 30 and 31;
2. South 0[deg]50'38'' West on the north-south centerline of the
northwest \1/4\ of section 31, a distance of 272.58 feet, to a \3/
4\'' rebar with a 2'' aluminum cap stamped ``R.C.E. 30846'';
3. South 82[deg]58'51'' West, a distance of 162.64 feet, to a
2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E AP8 S31 MWD 1991'';
4. South 50[deg]34'58'' East, a distance of 206.07 feet, to a
\3/4\'' rebar, with a 2'' aluminum cap, stamped ``R.C.E. 30846'', at
the point of intersection with the north-south centerline of the
northwest \1/4\ of section 31;
5. South 0[deg]50'38'' West on the north-south centerline of the
northwest \1/4\ of section 31, a distance of 906.11 feet, to a \3/
4\'' rebar, with a 2'' aluminum cap, stamped ``R.C.E. 30846'', at
the northwest 1/16 section corner;
6. North 89[deg]52'22'' East on the east-west centerline of the
northwest \1/4\ of section 31, a distance of 1112.67 feet, to a 2\1/
2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E S31 MWD N-N 1991'';
7. South 50[deg]35'17'' East, a distance of 501.65 feet, to a
2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E AP4 S31 MWD 1991'', being the beginning of a non-tangent curve
concave easterly, having a radius of 825.0 feet, to which beginning
of curve a radial line bears South 89[deg]13'53'' West;
8. Southerly along said curve through a central angle of
3[deg]58'07'', a distance of 57.14 feet, to a 2\1/2\'' diameter
stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S R15E AP3 S31 MWD
1991'';
9. South 4[deg]44'14'' East, a distance of 954.13 feet, to a
2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E S31 MWD C-C 1991'', at the point of intersection with the east-
west centerline of section 31;
10. South 89[deg]47'42'' West on the east-west centerline of
section 31, a distance of 268.59 feet, to a 2\1/2\'' diameter
stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S R15E C \1/4\ S31
1991'', at the center \1/4\ section corner;
11. Continuing South 89[deg]47'42'' West on the east-west
centerline of section 31, a distance of 666.27 feet, to a 2\1/2\''
diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S R15E S31
CEW 1/64 1991'', at the center east west 1/64 section corner;
12. South 0[deg]49'44'' West on the north-south centerline of
the northeast \1/4\ of the southwest \1/4\ of section 31, a distance
of 1329.96 feet, to a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a
brass cap erroneously marked ``T3S R15E S31 CE SE 1/64 1991'', at
the center east southwest 1/64 section corner;
13. North 89[deg]45'56'' East on the east-west centerline of the
southwest \1/4\ of section 31, a distance of 665.4 feet, to a 2\1/
2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E S 1/16 C-C S31 1991'', at the center south 1/16 section corner;
14. North 89[deg]44'23'' East on the east-west centerline of the
southeast \1/4\ of section 31, a distance of 398.72 feet, to a 2\1/
2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E MWD S-S S31 1991'';
15. South 4[deg]43'20'' East, a distance of 356.97 feet, to a
2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E AP2 S31 MWD 1991'';
16. South 12[deg]45'10'' East, a distance of 892.3 feet, to a
2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T3S
R15E AP1 S31 MWD 1991'';
17. South 5[deg]52'24'' East, crossing the township line between
Tps. 3 and 4 S., R. 15 E., a distance of 2621.95 feet, to a 2\1/2\''
diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T4S R15E AP2
S6 MWD 1991'' in section 6, Tp. 4 S., R. 15 E.;
18. South 2[deg]12'31'' East, crossing the east-west centerline
of section 6, a distance of 1467.27 feet, to a 2\1/2\'' diameter
stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T4S R15E AP1 S6 MWD
1991'';
19. South 14[deg]34'05'' West, on the line between a 2\1/2\''
diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T4S R15E AP1
S6 MWD 1991'' and a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a
brass cap marked ``T4S R15E AP3 S7 MWD 1991'', a distance of 1292.87
feet, to a \3/4\'' rebar, with a 2'' aluminum cap, stamped ``R.C.E.
30846'', at the point of intersection with the line between sections
6 and 7, from which a 2'' I.P. with partially illegible 2'' bronze
tablet stamped ``T4S R15E \1/4\ S6 S7 L.S. 4339'' bears North
88[deg]38'08'' West a distance of 765.31 feet, and a 2\1/2\''
diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``E 1/16 S6 S7
1991'' bears South 88[deg]38'08'' East a distance of 555.26 feet;
Thence, along the following 8 courses as shown on the map
recorded January 20, 1994 in Records of Survey, book 95, pages 97
thru 105, Riverside County, California, having a new basis of
bearing:
1. Continuing on the line between a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless
steel post with a brass cap marked ``T4S R15E AP1 S6 MWD 1991'' and
a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked
``T4S R15E AP3 S7 MWD 1991'', South 14[deg]09'14'' West, a distance
of 392.44 feet, to the 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a
brass cap marked ``T4S R15E AP3 S7 MWD 1991'';
2. South 17[deg]42'07'' West, a distance of 2113.85 feet, to the
point of intersection with the north-south centerline of section 7;
3. Continuing South 17[deg]42'07'' West, a distance of 133.81
feet, to a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap
marked ``T4S R15E AP2 S7 MWD 1991'';
4. South 0[deg]37'28'' West, a distance of 1808.72 feet, to a
2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap marked ``T4S
R15E AP1 S7 MWD 1991'';

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5. South 15[deg]13'54'' West, a distance of 1078.45 feet, to a
point of intersection with the line between sections 7 and 18, from
which a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless steel post with a brass cap
marked ``T4S R15E \1/4\ S7 S18 1991'' bears North 88[deg]07'45''
East, a distance of 376.92 feet;
6. South 88[deg]07'45'' West on the line between sections 7 and
18, a distance of 933.31 feet, to a 2\1/2\'' diameter stainless
steel post with a brass cap marked ``T4S R15E W 1/16 S7 S18 1991'',
at the west 1/16 section corner of sections 7 and 18;
7. South 0[deg]21'46'' West a distance of 5204.46 feet, to a 2''
I.P. with brass cap stamped ``T4S MWD R15E W 1/16 S18 S19 1992 L.S.
5113'', at the west 1/16 section corner of section 18 and partially
unsurveyed section 19;
8. South 86[deg]53'42'' West on the line between section 18 and
partially unsurveyed section 19, a distance of 1399.76 feet, to a
2'' diameter iron post with a brass cap marked ``T4S T4S R14E S13
S18 S19 R15E 1956'', at the corner of section 18 and partially
unsurveyed section 19 only, T. 4 S., R.15 E.;
Thence, southerly on the range line between partially unsurveyed
section 19 and unsurveyed section 24, T. 4 S., Rs. 14 and 15 E., to
the \1/4\ section corner of section 19 only, T. 4 S., R. 15 E.;
Thence, southerly on said range line, to the south south 1/64
section corner of unsurveyed section 24 only, T. 4 S., R. 15 E.;
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline of the southeast \1/4\
of the southeast \1/4\ of unsurveyed section 24, to the center south
southeast 1/64 section corner;
Thence, southerly on the north-south centerline of the southeast \1/
4\ of unsurveyed section 24, to the east 1/16 section corner of
unsurveyed sections 24 and 25;
Thence, westerly on the line between unsurveyed sections 24 and 25,
to a point of intersection with the boundary of Joshua Tree National
Park;
Thence, along the following 12 courses coincident with the Joshua
Tree National Park boundary as specified in the final legal
description of said National Park dated July 18, 1996:
1. Northwesterly, through unsurveyed section 24, to the corner
of unsurveyed sections 13, 14, 23 and 24;
2. Northerly on the line between unsurveyed sections 13 and 14,
to the corner of sections 11 and 12 and unsurveyed sections 13 and
14;
3. Westerly on the line between section 11 and unsurveyed
section 14, to the corner of section 11 and unsurveyed sections 10,
14 and 15;
4. Northwesterly, through unsurveyed section 10, to the corner
of unsurveyed sections 3, 4, 9 and 10;
5. Westerly on the line between unsurveyed sections 4 and 9, 5
and 8, and 6 and 7, Tp. 4 S., R. 14 E., and between unsurveyed
sections 1 and 12 and 2 and 11, Tp. 4 S., R. 13 E., to the corner of
unsurveyed sections 2, 3, 10, and 11;
7. Northwesterly, through unsurveyed section 3, to the \1/4\
section corner of unsurveyed sections 3 and 4;
8. Northerly between unsurveyed sections 3 and 4, T. 4 S., R. 13
E., and unsurveyed sections 33 and 34, T. 3 S., R. 13 E. to a point
parallel with and 30 feet northerly of the centerline of Black Eagle
Mine Road;
9. Westerly, changing to northerly, parallel with and 30 feet
northerly, changing to easterly, of the centerline of said road
following the northern fork towards Mystery Mine, the fork of these
roads occurs very close to the section line between unsurveyed
sections 33 and 34, to the intersection with the line between
unsurveyed sections 16 and 21 on the old Joshua Tree National
Monument boundary;
10. Easterly along the Old Joshua Tree National Monument
boundary as depicted on the 1977 survey maps 156-41035A between
unsurveyed sections 16 and 21, 15 and 22, 14 and 23, and 13 and 24,
T. 3 S., R. 13 E., and between section 18 and unsurveyed section 19,
section 20 and unsurveyed section 17, unsurveyed sections 16 and 21,
15 and 22, 14 and 23, and 13 and 24, T. 3 S., R. 14 E., to the
corner of unsurveyed sections 13 and 24 only;
11. Northerly between section 19, T. 3 S., R. 15 E., and
unsurveyed section 13, T. 3 S., R. 14 E., to the corner of section
19 and unsurveyed section 18 only;
12. Easterly between section 19 and unsurveyed section 18 and
between sections 17 and 20, T. 3 S., R. 15 E., to the \1/4\ section
corner of sections 17 and 20, said corner being the Point Of
Beginning.

Excepting therefrom all privately owned or state school lands with
the lands described above.
Said excepted parcels encompass 5,566 acres, more or less.
Also excepting therefrom all the land situated within the project
boundary of FERC Project No. 13123 as described in Figure G-1- entitled
``Exhibit G-Project Boundary FERC Project No. 13123, Sheet 1, Eagle
Mountain Pumped Storage, Eagle Mountain, California, Eagle Crest Energy
Company,'' dated August 2014 within the sections described below:

T. 3 S., R. 14 E.,
Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
T. 3 S., R. 15 E.,
Section 31
T. 4 S., R. 14 E.,
Sections 1, 2, 4, 11, 12
T. 4 S., R. 15 E.,
Section 6, 7, 18

Said excepted parcels encompass 627 acres, more or less.
The area described above contains approximately 22,462 acres in
Riverside County. Records and maps relating to this application can be
examined by interested parties at the following locations: NPS, Pacific
West Region, 333 Bush Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, California
94104, and BLM, Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 1201 Bird Center
Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262.
The Deputy Secretary of the Interior approved the NPS's petition/
application to withdraw the above-described lands. The Deputy
Secretary's approval of the application constitutes his proposal to
withdraw the subject lands and transfer administrative jurisdiction
over them to the NPS for inclusion in and management as part of JTNP.
The purpose of the proposed withdrawal is to transfer
administrative jurisdiction of the described public lands from the BLM
to the NPS for administration as part of JTNP. These lands were
included within the original boundary of the JTNM in 1936, but were
removed from the JTNM in 1950 for iron ore development. Most of the
lands within the proposed withdrawal boundary are untrammeled and
retain the characteristics that led to their inclusion in the original
boundary of the former JTNM. In particular, the area contains valuable
habitat for desert species, including important habitat linkages for
bighorn sheep, and provides landscape scale conservation opportunities.
If transferred, the lands would be included in an expanded national
park boundary and administered as part of the JTNP in accordance with
the NPS Organic Act and other applicable laws. The Secretary is
authorized by 54 U.S.C. 100506(c)(1)(B) to acquire lands adjacent to
units of the NPS by transfer from another Federal agency and to expand
the park boundary accordingly.
The NPS is preparing a boundary study for JTNP that is related to
the proposed withdrawal. The boundary study will explore whether it
would be appropriate and feasible to transfer the segregated lands to
JTNP and manage them for national park purposes. As part of that
process, the NPS is preparing an environmental assessment under the
National Environmental Policy Act that will serve as the environmental
analysis of boundary alternatives and the proposed withdrawal. The NPS
will coordinate public involvement in the boundary study process with
public involvement in the proposed withdrawal process to the extent
feasible.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency, or cooperative agreement,
or surface management by the BLM instead of withdrawal may not
adequately constrain nondiscretionary uses which could result in
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resources at the site. They also would not transfer jurisdiction over
the lands to the NPS for administration as part of JTNP.
Licenses, permits, cooperative agreements, or other discretionary
land use authorizations may be allowed with the approval of an
authorized officer of the BLM during the temporary segregative period,
after coordination with the NPS. The lands included within FERC Project
No. 13123, which is licensed by FERC, are not proposed for withdrawal
and the Department does not intend to include any additional lands
ultimately included in the associated BLM right-of-way in the final
withdrawal, if approved.
Subject to analysis under the NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the NPS
is not aware of any alternatives that would provide protection of the
cultural, natural, and scenic resources, and values fundamental to the
established purpose of JTNP. At this time, the uses contemplated by the
NPS would not require water to fulfill the purposes of the requested
withdrawal action.
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will
be available for public review on the following Web site http://parkplanning.nps.gov/eaglemountain. 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.
Notice is hereby given that a public meeting will be held in
connection with the proposed withdrawal at the time and location
indicated in the DATES section above. A notice about this public
meeting will also be published in a local newspaper at least 30 days
before the scheduled date of the meeting.
Records relating to the application may be examined by contacting
JTNP park superintendent David Smith at 760-367-5502 or BLM Field
Manager at 760-833-7100.
For a period until February 16, 2017, all persons who wish to
submit comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the
proposed withdrawal may present their views in writing to the JTNP
Superintendent or the BLM Field Manager at the ADDRESSES noted above.
For a period until November 19, 2018, the lands described in this
notice will be segregated from all forms of entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent
under the United States mining laws; and from disposition under all
laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral
materials, and all amendments thereto, unless the application is denied
or canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. The 2
years also allows time for the NPS to conduct the necessary analyses
under FLPMA, the statutes pertaining to the NPS, and the NEPA. It is
intended that these analyses will support a final decision on whether
to expand the park boundary to complete the proposed withdrawal and to
modify accordingly the boundary of JTNP.
The application will be processed in accordance with the
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.

Jerome E. Perez,
State Director, Bureau of Land Management, California.
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control. The Council is co-chaired by DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR identifying information from public
the Secretary of the Interior, the review, we cannot guarantee that we
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Land Management will be able to do so.
Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the [LLOR957000–L63100000–BJ0000– Mary J.M. Hartel,
Council is to provide national 17XL1109AF: HAG 17–0034] Chief Cadastral Surveyor of Oregon/
leadership regarding invasive species
Washington.
issues. Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/
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Purpose of Meeting: To convene the Washington
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full ISAC and to provide expert input AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
and recommendations to NISC federal Interior.
agencies and their partners on invasive DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ACTION: Notice.
species matters of national importance.
While in session, ISAC will continue SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the Bureau of Land Management
work on NISC priority initiatives following described lands are scheduled [LLCA930000.L19200000.ET0000.XXX.
through subcommittees (task teams) to be officially filed in the Bureau of LRORBX619600]
focused on: (a) Strengthening Federal/ Land Management, Oregon State Office,
State coordination; (b) strengthening Portland, Oregon, 30 days from the date Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and
Federal/Tribal coordination; (c) of this publication. Notice of Public Meeting; California
identifying risks and opportunities for
the application of advanced Willamette Meridian, Oregon AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
biotechnologies for the eradication or Interior.
Tps. 23 & 24 S., R. 1 W., accepted October
control of invasive species; (d) 14, 2016. ACTION: Notice.
compiling case studies of invasive SUMMARY: On behalf of the National Park
species that impact infrastructure; and, ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be
obtained from the Public Room at the Service (NPS) and subject to valid
(e) compiling case studies of invasive existing rights, the Secretary of the
species that impact wildlife health. Two Bureau of Land Management, Oregon
State Office, 1220 SW. 3rd Avenue, Interior proposes to withdraw
additional task teams will be tentatively approximately 22,462 acres of public
instituted to explore managed relocation Portland, Oregon 97204, upon required
payment. lands for 20 years from all forms of
policy and practice from an invasive entry, appropriation, or disposal under
species perspective, as well as the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle
Hensley, (503) 808–6124, Branch of the public land laws; from location,
movement of watercraft. The meeting entry, and patent under the United
agenda is available on the NISC Web Geographic Sciences, Bureau of Land
Management, 1220 SW. 3rd Avenue, States mining laws; and from
site at http://www.invasivespecies.gov. disposition under all laws pertaining to
Supplemental reference materials will Portland, Oregon 97204. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the mineral and geothermal leasing, and
be posted on or about Tuesday, mineral materials, and all amendments
November 22, 2016. deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact thereto and to transfer administrative
DATES: Meeting of the Invasive Species the above individual during normal jurisdiction over such lands from the
Advisory Committee: Tuesday, business hours. The service is available Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
December 6, 2016: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave the NPS for administration as part of
p.m.; Wednesday, December 7, 2016: a message or question with the above Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP). This
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, individual. You will receive a reply notice temporarily segregates the lands
December 8, 2016; 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. during normal business hours. for up to 2 years, gives the public an
opportunity to comment on the
ADDRESSES: Smithsonian Institution SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A person
proposed withdrawal application, and
National Museum of the American or party who wishes to protest against announces the date and time of a public
Indian, 4th and Independence Avenue this survey must file a written notice meeting.
SW., Washington, DC 20560. The with the Oregon State Director, Bureau
DATES: Comments must be received by
general session will be held in the of Land Management, stating that they
Conference Center (4th Floor). Note: All wish to protest. A statement of reasons February 16, 2017. A public meeting on
meeting participants and interested for a protest may be filed with the notice the proposed withdrawal will be held
members of the public must register of protest and must be filed with the on January 18, 2017 from 6:00 to 9:00
their attendance online at https://goo.gl/ Oregon State Director within thirty days p.m. at UC Riverside Palm Desert, 75080
forms/K1kYHgeuqf15zAik2. Attendees after the protest is filed. If a protest Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert,
must pass through security screening against the survey is received prior to California 92211.
upon entering the facility. the date of official filing, the filing will ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
be stayed pending consideration of the the Superintendent, Joshua Tree
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Park, 74485 National Park
Kelsey Brantley, National Invasive protest. A plat will not be officially filed
until the day after all protests have been Drive, Twentynine Palms, California
Species Council Program Specialist and 92277.
ISAC Coordinator, Phone: (202) 208– dismissed or otherwise resolved. Before
4122; Fax: (202) 208–4118, email: including your address, phone number, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
email address, or other personally David Smith, Superintendent, Joshua
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Kelsey_Brantley@ios.doi.gov.
identifying information in your Tree National Park, 760–367–5502 or
Dated: November 14, 2016. comment, you should be aware that Doug Herrema, Field Manager, Bureau
Jamie K. Reaser, your entire comment—including your of Land Management, Palm Springs
Executive Director, National Invasive Species personally identifying information— South Coast Field Office, 760–833–
Council (NISC) Secretariat. may be made publicly available at any 7100. Persons who use a
[FR Doc. 2016–27704 Filed 11–17–16; 8:45 am] time. While you can ask us in your telecommunications device for the deaf
BILLING CODE 4334–63–P comment to withhold your personally (TDD) may call the Federal Relay

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Service at 800–877–8339 to contact pages 76 thru 80, Riverside County, 31, a distance of 665.4 feet, to a 21⁄2″
either of the above individuals. The California: diameter stainless steel post with a brass
Service is available 24 hours a day, 7- 1. North 89°56′01″ East on the line between cap marked ‘‘T3S R15E S 1/16 C–C S31
sections 30 and 31, a distance of 1426.96 1991’’, at the center south 1/16 section
days a week, to leave a message or feet, to a 3⁄4″ rebar with a 2″ aluminum corner;
question with either of the above cap stamped ‘‘R.C.E. 30846’’, at the west 14. North 89°44′23″ East on the east-west
individuals. You will receive a reply 1/16 section corner of sections 30 and centerline of the southeast 1⁄4 of section
during normal business hours. 31; 31, a distance of 398.72 feet, to a 21⁄2″
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2. South 0°50′38″ West on the north-south diameter stainless steel post with a brass
applicant is the NPS and its petition/ centerline of the northwest 1⁄4 of section cap marked ‘‘T3S R15E MWD S–S S31
31, a distance of 272.58 feet, to a 3⁄4″ 1991’’;
application requests that the Secretary
rebar with a 2″ aluminum cap stamped 15. South 4°43′20″ East, a distance of
of the Interior: (i) Withdraw, subject to ‘‘R.C.E. 30846’’; 356.97 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless
valid existing rights, the following 3. South 82°58′51″ West, a distance of steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S
public lands adjacent to JTNP from all 162.64 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless R15E AP2 S31 MWD 1991’’;
forms of entry, appropriation, or steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S 16. South 12°45′10″ East, a distance of
disposal under the public land laws; R15E AP8 S31 MWD 1991’’; 892.3 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless
from location, entry, and patent under 4. South 50°34′58″ East, a distance of steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S
the United States mining laws; and from 206.07 feet, to a 3⁄4″ rebar, with a 2″ R15E AP1 S31 MWD 1991’’;
aluminum cap, stamped ‘‘R.C.E. 30846’’, 17. South 5°52′24″ East, crossing the
disposition under all laws pertaining to at the point of intersection with the township line between Tps. 3 and 4 S.,
mineral and geothermal leasing, and north-south centerline of the northwest R. 15 E., a distance of 2621.95 feet, to a
mineral materials, and all amendments 1⁄4 of section 31; 21⁄2″ diameter stainless steel post with a
thereto; and, (ii) transfer jurisdiction 5. South 0°50′38″ West on the north-south brass cap marked ‘‘T4S R15E AP2 S6
over such lands to the NPS for centerline of the northwest 1⁄4 of section MWD 1991’’ in section 6, Tp. 4 S., R. 15
administration as part of JTNP. 31, a distance of 906.11 feet, to a 3⁄4″ E.;
All that land situated within the Eagle rebar, with a 2″ aluminum cap, stamped 18. South 2°12′31″ East, crossing the east-
Mountain Area Segregation boundary, ‘‘R.C.E. 30846’’, at the northwest 1/16 west centerline of section 6, a distance
section corner; of 1467.27 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter
located in Townships 3 and 4 South, 6. North 89°52′22″ East on the east-west stainless steel post with a brass cap
Ranges 13, 14, and 15 East, San centerline of the northwest 1⁄4 of section marked ‘‘T4S R15E AP1 S6 MWD 1991’’;
Bernardino Meridian, Riverside County, 31, a distance of 1112.67 feet, to a 21⁄2″ 19. South 14°34′05″ West, on the line
California; said boundary more diameter stainless steel post with a brass between a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless steel
particularly described as follows: cap marked ‘‘T3S R15E S31 MWD N–N post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T4S R15E
1991’’; AP1 S6 MWD 1991’’ and a 21⁄2″ diameter
Commencing at the corner of sections 16, 17, 7. South 50°35′17″ East, a distance of stainless steel post with a brass cap
20, and 21 in T. 3 S., R. 15 E., San 501.65 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless marked ‘‘T4S R15E AP3 S7 MWD 1991’’,
Bernardino Meridian, on the Joshua Tree steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S a distance of 1292.87 feet, to a 3⁄4″ rebar,
National Park Boundary; R15E AP4 S31 MWD 1991’’, being the with a 2″ aluminum cap, stamped
Thence, westerly on the line between beginning of a non-tangent curve ‘‘R.C.E. 30846’’, at the point of
sections 17 and 20, coincident with said concave easterly, having a radius of intersection with the line between
Park boundary, to the 1⁄4 section corner 825.0 feet, to which beginning of curve sections 6 and 7, from which a 2″ I.P.
of sections 17 and 20, said corner being a radial line bears South 89°13′53″ West; with partially illegible 2″ bronze tablet
the Point Of Beginning; 8. Southerly along said curve through a stamped ‘‘T4S R15E 1⁄4 S6 S7 L.S. 4339’’
Thence, leaving said Park boundary, central angle of 3°58′07″, a distance of bears North 88°38′08″ West a distance of
southerly on the north-south centerline 57.14 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless 765.31 feet, and a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless
of section 20, to the center 1⁄4 section steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘E 1/
corner; R15E AP3 S31 MWD 1991’’; 16 S6 S7 1991’’ bears South 88°38′08″
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline 9. South 4°44′14″ East, a distance of 954.13 East a distance of 555.26 feet;
of section 20, to the 1⁄4 section corner of feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless steel Thence, along the following 8 courses as
sections 19 and 20; post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S R15E shown on the map recorded January 20,
Thence, southerly on the line between S31 MWD C–C 1991’’, at the point of 1994 in Records of Survey, book 95,
sections 19 and 20, to the corner of intersection with the east-west centerline pages 97 thru 105, Riverside County,
sections 19, 20, 29 and 30; of section 31; California, having a new basis of bearing:
Thence, westerly on the line between 10. South 89°47′42″ West on the east-west 1. Continuing on the line between a 21⁄2″
sections 19 and 30, to the 1⁄4 section centerline of section 31, a distance of diameter stainless steel post with a brass
corner of sections 19 and 30; 268.59 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless cap marked ‘‘T4S R15E AP1 S6 MWD
Thence, southerly on the north-south steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T3S 1991’’ and a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless steel
centerline of section 30, to the center 1⁄4 R15E C 1⁄4 S31 1991’’, at the center 1⁄4 post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T4S R15E
section corner; section corner; AP3 S7 MWD 1991’’, South 14°09′14″
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline 11. Continuing South 89°47′42″ West on West, a distance of 392.44 feet, to the
of section 30, to the center west 1/16 the east-west centerline of section 31, a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless steel post with a
section corner; distance of 666.27 feet, to a 21⁄2″ brass cap marked ‘‘T4S R15E AP3 S7
Thence, southerly on the north-south diameter stainless steel post with a brass MWD 1991’’;
centerline of the southwest 1⁄4 of section cap marked ‘‘T3S R15E S31 CEW 1/64 2. South 17°42′07″ West, a distance of
30, to the southwest 1/16 section corner; 1991’’, at the center east west 1/64 2113.85 feet, to the point of intersection
Thence, westerly on the east-west centerline section corner; with the north-south centerline of
of the southwest 1⁄4 of section 30, to the 12. South 0°49′44″ West on the north-south section 7;
south 1/16 section corner of section 30 centerline of the northeast 1⁄4 of the 3. Continuing South 17°42′07″ West, a
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only, on the range line between Tp. 3 S., southwest 1⁄4 of section 31, a distance of distance of 133.81 feet, to a 21⁄2″
Rs. 14 and 15 E.; 1329.96 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless diameter stainless steel post with a brass
Thence, southerly on said range line, to the steel post with a brass cap erroneously cap marked ‘‘T4S R15E AP2 S7 MWD
corner of sections 30 and 31 only, Tp. 3 marked ‘‘T3S R15E S31 CE SE 1/64 1991’’;
S., R. 15 E.; 1991’’, at the center east southwest 1/64 4. South 0°37′28″ West, a distance of
Thence, along the following 19 courses as section corner; 1808.72 feet, to a 21⁄2″ diameter stainless
shown on the map recorded January 4, 13. North 89°45′56″ East on the east-west steel post with a brass cap marked ‘‘T4S
1998 in Records of Survey, book 103, centerline of the southwest 1⁄4 of section R15E AP1 S7 MWD 1991’’;

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be received by February 16, 2017. A public meeting on the proposed withdrawal will be held on January 18, 2017 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at UC Riverside Palm Desert, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, California 92211.
Contact		David Smith, Superintendent, Joshua Tree National Park, 760-367-5502 or Doug Herrema, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 760-833- 7100. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 to contact either of the above individuals. The Service is available 24 hours a day, 7-days a week, to leave a message or question with either of the above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation		81 FR 81798

81 FR 81798 - Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Notice of Public Meeting; California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Land Management

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