[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-16682]
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[Federal Register: July 11, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
43 CFR Public Land Order 7069
(CA-940-5440-10-ZBAF; CACA 30534)
Withdrawal of Public Land in Aid of the State of California To
Study a Site for the Proposed Ward Valley Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Facility, San Bernardino County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,000 acres of public land from
agricultural entry and mining for a period of 3 years for the Bureau of
Land Management to allow the State of California sufficient time to
fully study its proposal to site a low-level radioactive waste facility
on the land. The land has been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Romoli, BLM California Desert
District Office, 6221 Box Springs Blvd., Riverside, California 92507,
(909) 697-5237.
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 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public
land is hereby withdrawn from settlement or entry under the
agricultural land laws and location under the United States mining laws
(30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, to protect the land while the State of California
conducts a study of the area to determine the feasibility of locating
the proposed Ward Valley Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility at the
site, and for other purposes:
San Bernardino Meridian
T. 9 N., R. 19 E.,
Sec. 26, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
Sec. 34;
Sec. 35, W\1/2\W\1/2\.
The area described contains 1,000 acres in San Bernardino
County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the land
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 3 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) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: July 1, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-16682 Filed 7-8-94; 8:45 am]
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