82_FR_41450 82 FR 41283 - Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 7296, and Opportunity for Public Meeting, Sacramento Peak Observatory; New Mexico

82 FR 41283 - Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 7296, and Opportunity for Public Meeting, Sacramento Peak Observatory; New Mexico

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 167 (August 30, 2017)

Page Range41283-41284
FR Document2017-18409

The United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7296 for an additional 20-year term subject to valid existing rights. PLO No. 7296 withdrew approximately 2,489.40 acres of National Forest System land from mining, but not from mineral leasing, to protect the scientific values of the Sacramento Peak Observatory located in the Lincoln National Forest. PLO No. 7296 will expire on November 28, 2017, unless extended. This notice gives the public an opportunity to comment on the application and to request a public meeting. This notice also amends the number of acres subject to PLO No. 7296. The number of acres that are subject to the withdrawal has been increased due to previously unsurveyed sections being surveyed since the withdrawal was originally created.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18409]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM932000.L14400000.ET0000.17X; NMNM-85612]


Notice of Application for Extension of Public Land Order No. 
7296, and Opportunity for Public Meeting, Sacramento Peak Observatory; 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest 
Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend 
the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 
7296 for an additional 20-year term subject to valid existing rights. 
PLO No. 7296 withdrew approximately 2,489.40 acres of

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National Forest System land from mining, but not from mineral leasing, 
to protect the scientific values of the Sacramento Peak Observatory 
located in the Lincoln National Forest. PLO No. 7296 will expire on 
November 28, 2017, unless extended. This notice gives the public an 
opportunity to comment on the application and to request a public 
meeting. This notice also amends the number of acres subject to PLO No. 
7296. The number of acres that are subject to the withdrawal has been 
increased due to previously unsurveyed sections being surveyed since 
the withdrawal was originally created.

DATES: Comments and public meeting requests must be received by 
November 28, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments and public meeting requests should be sent to State 
Director, BLM, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanette Martinez, BLM New Mexico 
State Office, 505-954-2040, or via email at [email protected]. Persons 
who use telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Relay Services at 1-800-877-8339 to reach the BLM contact 
person. The Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question for the above individual. You will receive 
a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USFS has filed an application requesting 
that the Secretary of the Interior extend the withdrawal created by PLO 
7396 (62 FR 63380 (1997)) for an additional 20-year term. PLO 7296 
withdrew approximately 2,432.40 acres of National Forest System land 
from mining to protect the scientific values associated with the 
continued operation of the Sacramento Peak Observatory. Subsequent 
surveys of unsurveyed sections 28 and 33 revealed the area subject to 
the withdrawal contains 2,489.40 acres and is now described as follows:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Lincoln National Forest

    T. 17 S., R. 11. E., sec. 26, SW\1/4\; sec.27, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\; sec. 34; PB 46 and PB 51, as depicted 
on Protraction Diagram approved June 18, 2003.
    The area described contains 2,489.40 acres in Otero County. This 
legal description is identical in size, shape, and location as the 
description in PLO No. 7296, as published in the Federal Register (62 
FR 63380 (1997)). Portions of the withdrawal originally described as 
sec. 28, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and S\1/2\, unsurveyed, and sec. 33, unsurveyed, 
are now identified as PB 46 and PB 51, respectively.
    The purpose of the proposed extension is to ensure the continued 
protection of the scientific value of the Sacramento Peak Observatory. 
This includes the protection of the area from pollution, dust, 
vibration, and light that would interfere with the operation of the 
highly sensitive components of the Observatory.
    No suitable alternative sites exist as the infrastructure 
investments of the SPO are in place at the optimal position for the 
type of activity ongoing at this site. The use of a right-of-way, 
interagency agreement, or cooperative agreement would not provide 
adequate protection.
    The USFS would not need to acquire additional water rights to 
fulfill the purpose of the requested extension.
    Records pertaining to the extension application can be examined by 
contacting Jeanette Martinez in the BLM New Mexico State Office at the 
address or phone number shown above.
    For a period until November 28, 2017, all persons who wish to 
submit comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the 
withdrawal extension application may present their views in writing to 
the BLM New Mexico State Director at the address indicated above. 
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the address listed above during regular 
business hours. Be advised that your entire comment, including your 
personal identifying information, may be made publicly available. While 
you can ask us 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 an opportunity for a public meeting is 
offered in connection with the withdrawal extension application. All 
interested parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being 
heard on the withdrawal extension application must submit a written 
request to the BLM New Mexico State Director at the address indicated 
above by November 28, 2017. Upon determination by the authorized 
officer that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the time and 
place will be published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper 
at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    The withdrawal extension application will be processed in 
accordance with the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4.

Debby Lucero,
Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and Resources.
[FR Doc. 2017-18409 Filed 8-29-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2017 / Notices 41283 below. We are especially interested in Summaries, and special publications, to protest and contain all reasons and public comment addressing the for use by Government agencies, evidence in support of the protest. The following issues: (1) Is the collection industry education programs, and the protest must be filed before the necessary to the proper functions of the general public. scheduled date of official filing for the U.S. Geological Survey; (2) will this The authorities for this action are the plat(s) of survey being protested. Any information be processed and used in a Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 protest filed after the scheduled date of timely manner; (3) is the estimate of U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). official filing will be untimely and will burden accurate; (4) how might the U.S. not be considered. A protest is Michael J. Magyar, Geological Survey enhance the quality, considered filed on the date it is Associate Director, National Minerals utility, and clarity of the information to received by the Chief Cadastral Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey. be collected; and (5) how might the U.S. Surveyor for Idaho during regular [FR Doc. 2017–18362 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] Geological Survey minimize the burden business hours; if received after regular BILLING CODE 4338–11–P of this collection on the respondents, business hours, a protest will be including through the use of considered filed the next business day. information technology. If a protest against a plat of survey is Comments that you submit in DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR received prior to the scheduled date of response to this notice are a matter of Bureau of Land Management official filing, the official filing of the public record. Before including your plat of survey identified in the protest address, phone number, email address, [17X.LLID957000.L14400000.BJ0000. will be stayed pending consideration of or other personal identifying 241A.X.4500109308] the protest. A plat of survey will not be information in your comment, you officially filed until the next business Filing of Plats of Survey: Idaho should be aware that your entire day following dismissal or resolution of comment—including your personal AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, all protests of the plat. identifying information—may be made Interior. Before including your address, phone publicly available at any time. While ACTION: Notice. number, email address, or other you can ask us in your comment to personal identifying information in a withhold your personal identifying SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the protest, you should be aware that the information from public review, we following described lands are scheduled documents you submit, including your cannot guarantee that we will be able to to be officially filed in the Bureau of personal identifying information, may do so. Land Management, Idaho State Office, be made publicly available in their An agency may not conduct or Boise, Idaho, in 30 days from the date entirety at any time. While you can ask sponsor and a person is not required to of this publication. us to withhold your personal identifying respond to a collection of information Boise Meridian, Idaho information from public review, we unless it displays a currently valid OMB cannot guarantee that we will be able to T. 15 S., R. 40 E., Section 3, accepted May control number. do so. 26, 2017 Title of Collection: Ferrous Metals T. 14 S., R. 21 E., Sections 26, 33, 34, Survey. Timothy A. Quincy, accepted May 26, 2017 OMB Control Number: 1028–0068. Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho. T. 11 N., R. 17 E., Section 24, accepted May Form Number: Various, 15 forms. 26, 2017 [FR Doc. 2017–18393 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] Type of Review: Extension of a T. 11 N., R. 17 E., Section 25, accepted May BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P currently approved collection. 26, 2017 Respondents/Affected Public: ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be Business or other-for-profit institutions: obtained from the Public Room at the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. nonfuel minerals producers and Bureau of Land Management, Idaho consumers of ferrous and related metals. Bureau of Land Management State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, Total Estimated Number of Annual Idaho 83709, upon required payment. [LLNM932000.L14400000.ET0000.17X; Responses: 2296. NMNM–85612] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1199 hours. Timothy A. Quincy, (208) 373–3981 Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Notice of Application for Extension of Total Estimated Number of Annual Public Land Order No. 7296, and Respondents: 1020. Land Management, 1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho, 83709–1657. Persons Opportunity for Public Meeting, Estimated Completion Time per Sacramento Peak Observatory; New Response: 10 minutes to 1 hour. who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Mexico Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: Monthly or Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, annually. to contact the above individual during Interior. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour normal business hours. The FRS is ACTION: Notice. Burden Cost: There are no nonhour available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, burden costs associated with this IC. to leave a message or question with Mr. SUMMARY: The United States Department Abstract: Respondents to these forms Quincy. You will receive a reply during of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service supply the USGS with domestic normal business hours. (USFS) has filed an application with the production and consumption data for 13 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES ores, concentrates, metals, and A person or party who wishes to requesting that the Secretary of the ferroalloys, some of which are protest one or more plats of survey Interior extend the duration of the considered strategic and critical. These identified above must file a written withdrawal created by Public Land data and derived information will be notice with the Chief Cadastral Surveyor Order (PLO) No. 7296 for an additional published as chapters in Minerals for Idaho, Bureau of Land Management. 20-year term subject to valid existing Yearbooks, monthly Mineral Industry The protest must identify the plat(s) of rights. 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41284 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2017 / Notices National Forest System land from as sec. 28, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and S1⁄2, the regulations set forth in 43 CFR mining, but not from mineral leasing, to unsurveyed, and sec. 33, unsurveyed, 2310.4. protect the scientific values of the are now identified as PB 46 and PB 51, Debby Lucero, Sacramento Peak Observatory located in respectively. Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and the Lincoln National Forest. PLO No. The purpose of the proposed Resources. 7296 will expire on November 28, 2017, extension is to ensure the continued [FR Doc. 2017–18409 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] unless extended. This notice gives the protection of the scientific value of the BILLING CODE 3411–15–P public an opportunity to comment on Sacramento Peak Observatory. This the application and to request a public includes the protection of the area from meeting. This notice also amends the pollution, dust, vibration, and light that DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR number of acres subject to PLO No. would interfere with the operation of 7296. The number of acres that are the highly sensitive components of the National Park Service subject to the withdrawal has been Observatory. increased due to previously unsurveyed [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023998; No suitable alternative sites exist as PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] sections being surveyed since the the infrastructure investments of the withdrawal was originally created. SPO are in place at the optimal position Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural DATES: Comments and public meeting for the type of activity ongoing at this Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, requests must be received by November site. The use of a right-of-way, Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, 28, 2017. interagency agreement, or cooperative Phoenix, AZ ADDRESSES: Comments and public agreement would not provide adequate AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. meeting requests should be sent to State protection. Director, BLM, New Mexico State ACTION: Notice. The USFS would not need to acquire Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New additional water rights to fulfill the SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Mexico 87502. purpose of the requested extension. Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Records pertaining to the extension Tonto National Forest, has completed an Jeanette Martinez, BLM New Mexico application can be examined by inventory of unassociated funerary State Office, 505–954–2040, or via email contacting Jeanette Martinez in the BLM objects, in consultation with the at jeanette@blm.gov. Persons who use New Mexico State Office at the address appropriate Indian Tribes or Native telecommunications device for the deaf or phone number shown above. Hawaiian organizations, and has (TDD) may call the Federal Relay For a period until November 28, 2017, determined that there is a cultural Services at 1–800–877–8339 to reach the all persons who wish to submit affiliation between the unassociated BLM contact person. The Service is comments, suggestions, or objections in funerary objects and present-day Indian available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, connection with the withdrawal Tribes or Native Hawaiian to leave a message or question for the extension application may present their organizations. Lineal descendants or above individual. You will receive a views in writing to the BLM New representatives of any Indian Tribe or reply during normal business hours. Mexico State Director at the address Native Hawaiian organization not SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USFS indicated above. Comments, including identified in this notice that wish to has filed an application requesting that names and street addresses of request transfer of control of these the Secretary of the Interior extend the respondents, will be available for public cultural items should submit a written withdrawal created by PLO 7396 (62 FR review at the address listed above request to the Tonto National Forest. If 63380 (1997)) for an additional 20-year during regular business hours. Be no additional requestors come forward, term. PLO 7296 withdrew advised that your entire comment, transfer of control of the unassociated approximately 2,432.40 acres of including your personal identifying funerary objects to the lineal National Forest System land from information, may be made publicly descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native mining to protect the scientific values available. While you can ask us to Hawaiian organizations stated in this associated with the continued operation withhold your personal identifying notice may proceed. of the Sacramento Peak Observatory. information from public review, we DATES: Lineal descendants or Subsequent surveys of unsurveyed cannot guarantee that we will be able to representatives of any Indian Tribe or sections 28 and 33 revealed the area do so. Notice is hereby given that an Native Hawaiian organization not subject to the withdrawal contains opportunity for a public meeting is identified in this notice that wish to 2,489.40 acres and is now described as offered in connection with the request transfer of control of these follows: withdrawal extension application. All cultural items should submit a written interested parties who desire a public request with information in support of New Mexico Principal Meridian meeting for the purpose of being heard the request to the Tonto National Forest Lincoln National Forest on the withdrawal extension application at the address in this notice by T. 17 S., R. 11. E., sec. 26, SW1⁄4; must submit a written request to the September 29, 2017. sec.27, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, BLM New Mexico State Director at the ADDRESSES: Neil Bosworth, Tonto and S1⁄2; sec. 34; PB 46 and PB 51, as address indicated above by November National Forest, 2324 East McDowell depicted on Protraction Diagram 28, 2017. Upon determination by the Road, Phoenix, AZ 85206, telephone approved June 18, 2003. authorized officer that a public meeting (602) 225–5201, email nbosworth@ mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES The area described contains 2,489.40 will be held, a notice of the time and fs.fed.us. acres in Otero County. This legal place will be published in the Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is description is identical in size, shape, Register and a local newspaper at least here given in accordance with the and location as the description in PLO 30 days before the scheduled date of the Native American Graves Protection and No. 7296, as published in the Federal meeting. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Register (62 FR 63380 (1997)). Portions The withdrawal extension application 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural of the withdrawal originally described will be processed in accordance with items under the control of the Tonto VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Aug 29, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments and public meeting requests must be received by November 28, 2017.
ContactJeanette Martinez, BLM New Mexico State Office, 505-954-2040, or via email at [email protected] Persons who use telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Services at 1-800-877-8339 to reach the BLM contact person. The Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation82 FR 41283 
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