05-24579. Public Land Order No. 7653; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Department of Energy To Protect the Caliente Rail Corridor; Nevada

AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:

Public Land Order.

SUMMARY:

This order withdraws approximately 308,600 acres of public lands within the Caliente Rail Corridor, Nevada, from surface entry and the location of new mining claims, subject to valid existing rights, for a period of 10 years to allow the Department of Energy to evaluate the lands for the potential construction, operation, and maintenance of a rail line which would be used to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository as part of the Department of Energy's responsibility under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.

DATES:

Effective Date: December 28, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 775-861-6532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The evaluation of the Caliente Rail Corridor will assist the Department of Energy to determine through the preparation of the Caliente Corridor rail alignment environmental impact statement, conducted pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., whether to construct the rail line in that location. Construction of a rail line within the Caliente Rail Corridor would require that the Department of Energy apply for and receive a right-of-way grant from the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C. Subchapter V.

Order

By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public lands are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for a period of 10 years, to allow the Department of Energy to evaluate lands within the Caliente Rail Corridor for the potential construction, operation, and maintenance of a rail line which would be used to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository as part of the Department of Energy's responsibility under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.

A corridor 1-mile in width that contains a portion of, or is wholly encompassed within the following sections and/or quarter sections and government lots:

T. 1 N., R. 43 E.,

Sec. 23, S1/2;

Sec. 24, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 25 and 26;

Sec. 27, E1/2;

Secs. 34, 35, and 36.

T. 1 S., R. 43 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, and 4, S1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4;

Secs. 2 and 3;

Sec. 4, E1/2;

Sec. 9, E1/2;

Secs. 10 and 11;

Sec. 12, W1/2;

Sec. 13;

Sec. 14, E1/2 and NW1/4;

Sec. 15;

Sec. 16, E1/2;

Sec. 21;

Sec. 22, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 23, NE1/4;

Sec. 24;

Sec. 25, E1/2;

Sec. 27, W1/2;

Secs. 28 and 33;

Sec. 34, W1/2.

T. 2 S., R. 43 E.,

Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, S1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4;

Secs. 4 and 9;

Sec. 10, W1/2;

Sec. 15, W1/2;

Sec. 16 (except patented land);

Sec. 20, SE1/4 (except patented land);

Sec. 21 (except patented land);

Sec. 22, W1/2 (except patented land);

Sec. 27, SW1/4 (except patented land);

Sec. 28 (except patented land);

Sec. 29, E1/2 (except patented land);

Sec. 32, NE1/4 (except patented land);

Secs. 33 and 34 (except patented land);

Sec. 35, W1/2 and SE1/4 (except patented land);

Sec. 36, SW1/4.

T. 3 S., R. 43 E.,

Secs. 1, 2, and 3 (except patented land);

Sec. 4, NE1/4 (except patented land);

Sec. 10 (except patented land);

Secs. 11 and 12;

Sec. 13, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 14;

Sec. 15, E1/2;

Sec. 22, E1/2;

Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;

Sec. 27, E1/2;

Sec. 34, E1/2;

Secs. 35 and 36.

T. 4 S., R. 43 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, and 4, S1/2NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4;

Sec. 2;

Sec. 3; lots 1 and 2, S1/2NE1/4, and S1/2;

Secs. 10 and 11;

Sec. 12, W1/2;

Secs. 14, 15, and 22;

Sec. 23, W1/2;

Sec. 26, NW1/4;

Sec. 27;

Sec. 28, E1/2;

Sec. 33;

Sec. 34, NE1/4 and W1/2.

T. 5 S., R. 43 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 3, NW1/4;

Secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 15, and 16;

Sec. 17 (except patented land);

Secs. 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34, and 35.

T. 6 S., R. 43 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1, 2, 3, Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive, and Sec. 23;

Secs. 24 and 25 (except patented land);

Sec. 26;

Sec. 27, E1/2;

Sec. 34, E1/2;

Secs. 35 and 36.

T. 7 S., R. 43 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1 and 2;

Sec. 3, E1/2;

Secs. 11 to 14, inclusive, Secs. 24 and 25.

T. 1 N., R. 44 E.,

Sec. 19, lots 2, 3, and 4, E1/2SW1/4, and E1/2;

Secs. 20, 21, and 22;

Sec. 23, W1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 24, S1/2;

Secs. 25 and 26;

Sec. 27, N1/2;

Sec. 28, N1/2;

Sec. 29, N1/2;

Sec. 30, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, and E1/2SW1/4.

T. 7 S., R. 44 E., Partially Surveyed

Secs. 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, and 20;

Sec. 21, NE1/4 and N1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 27;

Sec. 29, W1/2;

Sec. 29, SE1/4 (reserved minerals only);

Secs. 30 and 31.

T. 8 S., R. 44 E., Partially Surveyed

Sec. 2, E1/2;

Sec. 9, N1/2 (reserved minerals only);

Sec. 9, S1/2;

Sec. 10, N1/2 (reserved minerals only);

Sec. 10, S1/2;

Sec. 11, SW1/4;

Sec. 12, E1/2;

Secs. 13 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 22, NE1/4;

Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, and Sec. 36.

T. 1 N., R. 45 E.,

Sec. 19, lot 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 20, S1/2;

Sec. 25, S1/2;

Sec. 26, NW1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 27 to 30, inclusive;

Sec. 32, N1/2;

Sec. 33, N1/2;

Sec. 34, N1/2;

Secs. 35 and 36.

T. 8 S., R. 45 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 19 and Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive.

T. 9 S., R. 45 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive, Secs. 8 to 14, inclusive, and Sec. 24.

T. 1 N., R. 46 E.,

Sec. 25, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 26, S1/2;

Sec. 27, S1/2;

Sec. 28, S1/2;

Sec. 29, S1/2;

Sec. 30, lot 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.

T. 9 S., R. 46 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 7 and Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive;

Sec. 22, SW1/4;

Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive, and Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 10 S., R. 46 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1, 2, 12, and 13.

T. 1 N., R. 47 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1/2NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4;

Sec. 2;

Sec. 3, SE1/4;

Secs. 10 and 11;

Sec. 12, NW1/4;

Sec. 14, NW1/4;

Sec. 15;

Sec. 16, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 20, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 21;

Sec. 22, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 28, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Secs. 29 and 30;

Sec. 31, lots 1, 2 and 3, NE1/4, and E1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 32 NW1/4.

T. 2 N., R. 47 E.,

Sec. 25, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 35, E1/2;

Sec. 36.

T. 10 S., R. 47 E., Partially Surveyed

Sec. 6, SW1/4;

Secs. 7 and 8;

Sec. 9, SW1/4;

Sec. 15, NW 1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 16, 17, and 18;

Sec. 21, N1/2 and SE1/2;

Sec. 22, E1/2NE1/4, W1/2, and SE1/4SE1/4;

Sec. 23, S1/2NW1/4 and SW1/4;

Sec. 26, W1/2;

Sec. 27; E1/2 and SW1/4SW1/4;

Sec. 28, NE1/4;

Sec. 34;

Sec. 35, W1/2 and SE1/4.

T. 11 S., R. 47 E.,

Sec. 1, SW1/4;

Sec. 2;

Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S1/2NE1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 11;

Sec. 12, W1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 13;

Sec. 14, N1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 24, N1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 25, NE1/4.

T. 2 N., R. 48 E.,

Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 3;

Sec. 4, lot 1, S1/2NE1/4, and S1/2;

Sec. 8, E1/2;

Sec. 9;

Sec. 10, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 16, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 17;

Sec. 18, SE1/4;

Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E1/2, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 20;

Sec. 21, NW1/4;

Sec. 29, NW1/4;

Sec. 30;

Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE1/4, and E1/2NW1/4.

T. 3 N., R. 48 E.,

Sec. 13, E1/2 and SW1/4;

Sec. 23, E1/2;

Sec. 24;

Sec. 25, N1/2 and SW1/4;

Sec. 26;

Sec. 27, SE1/4;

Secs. 34 and 35;

Sec. 36, NW1/4.

T. 11 S., R. 48 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 7, S1/2;

Secs. 8 to 11, inclusive, Secs. 14 to 22, inclusive, and Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive.

T. 12 S., R. 48 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive;

Sec. 9, NE1/4;

Secs. 10 and 11;

Sec. 13, SW1/4;

Secs. 14, 15, and Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;

Sec. 35, E1/2;

Sec. 36.

T. 13 S., R. 48 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and Secs. 22 to 26, inclusive;

Sec. 36, NE1/4.

T. 3 N., R. 49 E.,

Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Secs. 3 and 4;

Sec. 5, SE1/4;

Sec. 7, E1/2SW1/4 and SE1/4;

Secs. 8 and 9;

Sec. 10, NW1/4;

Sec. 16, NW1/4;

Sec. 17, N1/2 and SW1/4;

Sec. 18;

Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE1/4, and E1/2NW1/4.

T. 4 N., R. 49 E.,

Sec. 24, SE1/4;

Sec. 25;

Sec. 26, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 33, SE1/4;

Secs. 34 and 35;

Sec. 36, N1/2 and SW1/4.

T. 12 S., R. 49 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 31.

T. 13 S., R. 49 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 13, 14,

Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, and

Secs. 29 to 36, inclusive.

T. 14 S., R. 49 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive,

Secs. 8 to 11, inclusive,

Secs. 15 and 16.

T. 4 N., R. 491/2 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36.

T. 1 N., R. 50 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S1/2NE1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 12, NE1/4 (excluding Kawich Wilderness Study Area).

T. 2 N., R. 50 E.,

Sec. 1;

Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S1/2NE1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 11, E1/2;

Secs. 12 and 13;

Sec. 14, NE1/4;

Secs. 24 and 25;

Sec. 36, E1/2 and NW1/4.

T. 3 N., R. 50 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 14;

Sec. 15, E1/2;

Sec. 22, NE1/4;

Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, Secs. 35 and 36.

T. 31/2 N., R. 50 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 33 and 34.

T. 4 N., R. 50 E., Partially Surveyed

Secs. 30 and 31;

Sec. 32, SW1/4.

T. 13 S., R. 50 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 30 and 31.

T. 1 N., R. 51 E.,

Sec. 6 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 7 (excluding Kawich and South Reveille Wilderness Study Areas);

Sec. 17 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 18 (excluding Kawich and South Reveille Wilderness Study Areas);

Sec. 19 NE1/4 (excluding Kawich Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 20 and 28 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 29, E1/2 and NW1/4;

Sec. 33, E1/2 and NW1/4;

Sec. 34 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area).

T. 2 N., R. 51 E.,

Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4;

Sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1/2NW1/4, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 31, (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area).

T. 1 S., R. 51 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 2, (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 3;

Secs. 11, 12, and 13 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 14, E1/2;

Sec. 24; Sec. 25, E1/2;

Sec. 36, E1/2.

T. 1 S., R. 511/2 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 19, 29, and 30 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Sec. 31;

Sec. 32 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area).

T. 2 S., R. 511/2 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 4 and 5 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Secs. 6, 7, and 8;

Sec. 9, (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

secs, 16 and 17;

Sec. 18, NE1/4;

Sec. 20, NE1/4;

Sec. 21.

T. 2 S., R. 52 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 7 and 11 (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Secs 12 and 13;

Secs. 14 to 18, inclusive (excluding South Reveille Wilderness Study Area);

Secs. 19, 20, and 21;

Sec. 22, N1/2;

Sec. 23, N1/2.

T. 1 S., R. 53 E.,

Sec. 25;

Sec. 35, E1/2 and SW1/4;

Sec. 36.

T. 2 S., R. 53 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 3 and 4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 2;

Sec. 3, lot 1, S1/2NE1/4, and S1/2;

Sec. 7, lot 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 8, S1/2;

Secs. 9 and 10;

Sec. 11, N1/2 and SW1/4;

Sec. 15, N1/2;

Sec. 16, N1/2 and SW1/4;

Secs. 17 and 18.

T. 1 S., R. 54 E.,

Sec. 1, S1/2NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 10, SE1/4;

Secs. 11 and 12;

Sec. 13, N1/2;

Secs. 14 and 15;

Sec. 16, SE1/4;

Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 20, S1/2;

Secs. 21 and 22;

Sec. 23, NW1/4;

Sec. 28, N1/2 and SW1/4;

Secs. 29 and 30;

Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and E1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 32, NW1/4.

T. 1 N., R. 55 E.,

Sec. 13, S1/2;

Sec. 14, SE1/4;

Sec. 21, S1/2;

Sec. 22, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 23 and 24;

Sec. 25, NW1/4;

Sec. 26, N1/2;

Secs. 27 and 28;

Sec. 29, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 30, SE1/4;

Secs. 31 and 32;

Sec. 33, N1/2.

T. 1 S., R. 55 E.,

Sec. 5, lot 4 and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 6;

Sec. 7, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE1/4, and E1/2NW1/4.

T. 1 N., R. 56 E., Partially Surveyed

Sec. 1;

Sec. 2, S1/2NE1/4 and SE1/4;

Sec. 9, S1/2;

Secs. 10 and 11;

Sec. 12, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 13, NW1/4;

Sec. 14, N1/2;

Secs. 15, 16, and 17;

Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, E1/2, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, 3, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, and NW1/4SE1/4;

Sec. 20, N1/2;

Sec. 21, N1/2.

T. 2 N., R. 56 E., Partially Surveyed

Sec. 36.

T. 1 N., R. 57 E., Partially Surveyed

Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1/2NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, and W1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 6.

T. 2 N., R. 57 E.,

Sec. 13;

Sec. 14, SE1/4;

Sec. 22, S1/2;

Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive;

Sec. 29, S1/2;

Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E1/2, and E1/2SW1/4;

Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive;

Sec. 36, NE1/4 and W1/2.

T. 2 N., R. 58 E.,

Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Secs. 3 and 4;

Sec. 5, S1/2;

Sec. 7, lot 4, E1/2SW1/4, and E1/2;

Sec. 8;

Sec. 9, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 10, NW1/4;

Sec. 13, SW1/4 and S1/2SE1/4;

Sec. 17, NE1/4 and W1/2;

Sec. 18;

Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, and E1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 20, S1/2;

Sec. 21, S1/2;

Sec. 22, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 23 and 24;

Sec. 25, N1/2;

Sec. 26, N1/2;

Secs. 27 to 30, inclusive;

Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, NE1/4, and E1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 32, N1/2.

T. 3 N., R. 58 E.,

Sec. 24, SE1/4;

Sec. 25;

Sec. 26, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 33, SE1/4;

Secs. 34 and 35;

Sec. 36, N1/2 and SW1/4.

T. 2 N., R. 59 E.,

Sec. 2, lots 2, 3, and 4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1/2NE1/4, and S1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 4;

Sec. 8, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 9;

Sec. 16, N1/2 and SW1/4;

Secs. 17, 18, and 19;

Sec. 20, NW1/4.

T. 3 N., R. 59 E.,

Sec. 12, E1/2 and SW1/4;

Sec. 13;

Sec. 14, SE1/4;

Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 20;

Sec. 21, S1/2SW1/4 and SE1/4;

Sec. 22, NE1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive;

Sec. 29, N1/2;

Sec. 30;

Sec. 33, SE1/4;

Secs. 34, 35, and 36.

T. 2 N., R. 60 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 1.

T. 3 N., R. 60 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 5 to 8, inclusive, Secs. 18 to 22, inclusive, Secs. 25 to 31, inclusive, Secs. 34, 35, and 36.

T. 4 N., R. 60 E.,

Sec. 20, SE1/4;

Sec. 21, S1/2;

Secs. 22, 23, and 24;

Sec. 25, N1/2;

Sec. 26, N1/2;

Sec. 27, E1/2NE1/4 and W1/2;

Secs. 28 and 29;

Sec. 30, SE1/4;

Sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, E1/2, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 32;

Sec. 33, NW1/4.

T. 2 N., R. 61 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 6.

T. 3 N., R. 61 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 2, 3, 4, and Secs. 9 to 15, inclusive;

Sec. 22, SE1/4;

Secs. 23 and 24;

Sec. 25 (excluding Weepah Spring Wilderness Area);

Secs. 26 to 33, inclusive.

Secs. 34, 35, and 36 (excluding Weepah Spring Wilderness Area).

T. 4 N., R. 61 E.,

Sec. 19, lots 2, 3, and 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 20, SW1/4;

Sec. 28, SW1/4;

Secs. 29 and 30;

Sec. 31, NE1/4;

Secs. 32 and 33;

Sec. 34, S1/2.

T. 1 N., R. 62 E., Unsurveyed

Sec. 1, E1/2;

Sec. 12, E1/2;

Sec. 13.

T. 2 N., R. 62 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive;

Sec. 5, N1/2;

Secs. 10 to 14, inclusive;

Sec. 15, NE1/4;

Secs. 24 and 25;

Sec. 36, E1/2.

T. 3 N., R. 62 E.,

Sec. 18, lots 2, 3, and 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 19;

Sec. 20, W1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 28, W1/2 and SE1/4;

Secs. 29 and 30;

Sec. 31 (excluding Weepah Spring Wilderness Area);

Secs. 32, 33, and 34, inclusive;

Sec. 35, SW1/4.

T 1 N., R. 63 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 6, 7, 8, Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive, and Secs. 26 to 30, inclusive;

Secs. 32 and 35, inclusive.

T. 1 S., R. 63 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13.

T. 2 N., R. 63 E.,

Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Secs. 18, 19, 30, and 31.

T. 1 S., R. 64 E.,

Sec. 7, lots 2, 3, and 4, E1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 15, SW1/4;

Sec. 16, S1/2;

Secs. 17 and 18;

Sec. 19, NE1/4 and E1/2NW1/4;

Secs. 20 to 23, inclusive;

Sec. 24, NW1/4 and S1/2;

Sec. 25;

Sec. 26, N1/2;

Sec. 27, N1/2.

T. 1 S., R. 65 E.,

Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 20, SW1/4;

Sec. 27, W1/2 and SE1/4;

Secs. 28, 29, and 30;

Sec. 32, N1/2;

Sec. 33, N1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 34;

Sec. 35, NW1/4 and S1/2.

T. 2 S., R. 65 E.,

Sec. 1, S1/2NW1/4 and SW1/4;

Sec. 2;

Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, and 3, S1/2NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, and SE1/4;

Secs. 11, 12, and 13;

Sec. 14, NE1/4.

T. 2 S., R. 66 E., Unsurveyed

Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive, Secs. 7 to 14, inclusive, Secs. 16, 17, 18, 20, and 24;

Secs. 16 to 18, inclusive.

T. 2 S., R. 67 E.,

Sec. 7, E1/2SE1/4;

Sec. 8, S1/2;

Sec. 9, SW1/4;

Sec. 14, SW1/4 and W1/2SE1/4;

Sec. 15, NW1/4 and S1/2;

Secs. 16 to 20, inclusive;

Sec. 21, N1/2 and SE1/4;

Sec. 22;

Sec. 23, NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2, and SE1/4;

Sec. 24, NW1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, and NW1/4SE1/4;

Sec. 25 NW1/4NW1/4;

Sec. 26, NE1/4;

Sec. 29, NW1/4;

Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, NE1/4, and E1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 35, NW1/4NE1/4;

Sec. 36, W1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4, and SE1/4.

T. 3 S., R. 67 E.,

Sec. 1;

Secs. 12 and 13;

Sec. 16, E1/2;

Sec. 20, SE1/4;

Sec. 21, W1/2NE1/4, SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, and N1/2SW1/4SE1/4;

Sec. 23, E1/2;

Secs. 24 and 25;

Sec. 28, W1/2NW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 29, NE1/4, SW1/4, N1/2SE1/4, and SE1/4SE1/4;

Sec. 32, E1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, and E1/2SE1/4;

Sec. 33, lots 2 and 3, and NW1/4;

Sec. 35, E1/2;

Sec. 36.

T. 4 S., R. 67 E.,

Sec. 1;

Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S1/2NE1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, S1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4;

Sec. 5, lots 1 and 4, SE1/4NE1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, and S1/2SE1/4;

Sec. 6, lot 1, S1/2NE1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 7, lot 5;

Sec. 8, S1/2SE1/4;

Sec. 9, N1/2NW1/4 and SW1/4;

Sec. 12, NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, and SE1/4.

T. 2 S., R. 68 E.,

Sec. 23, S1/2;

Secs. 25 to 29, inclusive;

Sec. 30, E1/2, SE1/4NW1/4, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 31, NE1/4 and E1/2NW1/4;

Sec. 32, N1/2;

Sec. 33, N1/2;

Sec. 34, N1/2;

Sec. 35, N1/2;

Sec. 36.

T. 3 S., R. 68 E.,

Sec. 1;

Sec. 12, NE1/4;

Sec. 19, lots 3 and 4, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1/2NW1/4, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and E1/2NW1/4.

T. 4 S., R. 68 E.,

Sec. 6, lots 5, 6, and 7, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 7, lots 2, 3, and 4, NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 8, W1/2;

Sec. 17, NW1/4;

Sec. 18, lot 1, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4.

T. 2 S., R. 69 E.,

Sec. 30, lots 3 and 4, and E1/2SW1/4;

Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Sec. 32, S1/2;

Sec. 33, S1/2.

T. 3 S., R. 69 E.,

Sec. 3, lot 4, S1/2NW1/4, SW1/4, and SE1/4;

Secs. 4 to 7, inclusive;

Sec. 8, W1/2;

Sec. 9, E1/2 and NW1/4;

Sec. 10;

Sec. 11, SW1/4;

Sec. 13, S1/2;

Secs. 14 and 15;

Sec. 22, NE1/4;

Secs. 23 and 24;

Sec. 25, N1/2.

T. 3 S., R. 70 E.,

Sec. 8, S1/2;

Sec. 9, S1/2;

Sec. 10, S1/2;

Sec. 11, S1/2;

Sec. 12, S1/2;

Secs. 13 to 17, inclusive;

Sec. 18; lots 8 to 12, inclusive, and E1/2;

Sec. 19; sec. 20, N1/2;

Sec. 22, NE1/4;

Sec. 23, N1/2;

Sec. 24, NW1/4.

2. This order does not authorize the construction, operation, or maintenance of a rail line to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the Yucca Mountain Repository.

3. All public lands included in this withdrawal will be managed in accordance with applicable Bureau of Land Management land use plans, laws, regulations, and policy. The actions of the Department of Energy in evaluation of the lands covered by this withdrawal will meet the Bureau of Land Management's definition of “casual use” as set forth at 43 CFR 2801.5. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.

4. This withdrawal will expire 10 years from the effective date of this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the expiration date pursuant to section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (2000), the Secretary determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(a); 43 CFR 2310.3-3(b)(1))

Dated: December 21, 2005.

Mark Limbaugh,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.