Notice of Addition of Lands to Proposed Withdrawal; Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[NV-930-1430-01; NV-37171]

Notice of Addition of Lands to Proposed Withdrawal; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy has filed a request to add

approximately 7,584 acres to their withdrawal application for the

Fallon Range Training Complex of the Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada

(formerly known as the Master Land Withdrawal). The original Notice of

Proposed Withdrawal was published in the Federal Register, 47 FR 46892,

October 21, 1982, and amended by 57 FR 43468, September 21, 1992.

DATES: Comments and requests for meeting should be received on or

before April 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Nevada

State Director, BLM, 850 Harvard Way, PO Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State

Office, 702-785-6507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 3, 1995, the Department of the

Navy filed a request to add certain lands to their existing withdrawal

application. These lands are in addition to those published in the

Federal Register, 47 FR 46892, October 21, 1982, and 57 FR 43468,

September 21, 1992. The following described public lands

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are to be withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the

general land laws, including the mining laws, subject to valid existing

rights:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

Parcel No. 1

T. 21 N., R. 35 E.,

Sec. 17, W\1/2\ excepting W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;

Sec. 18, lots 5 to 11, inclusive.

Parcel No. 2

T. 21 N., R. 34 E.,

Sec. 25, lots 1 and 2, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\.

Parcel No. 3

T. 20 N., R. 34 E.,

Sec. 2, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\,

S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\

Sec. 3, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;

Sec. 10, E\1/2\E\1/2\;

Sec. 11, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\.

Parcel No. 4

T. 19 N., R. 34 E.,

Sec. 3;

Sec. 4, all that portion lying easterly of the easterly right-

of-way line of State Route 121 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 9, all that portion lying easterly of the easterly right-

of-way line of State Route 121 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 10;

Sec. 15;

Sec. 16, all that portion lying easterly of the easterly right-

of-way line of State Route 121 as aligned in 1995.

T. 20 N., R. 34 E.,

Sec. 26, W\1/2\E\1/2\ and W\1/2\

Sec. 27;

Sec. 28, all that portion lying easterly of the easterly right-

of-way line of State Route 121 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 33, all that portion lying easterly of the easterly right-

of-way line of State Route 121 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 34.

Parcel No. 5

T. 16 N., R. 33 E.,

Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and the portion of the S\1/2\NW\1/4\ lying

northerly of Highway 50 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and the

portion of the S\1/2\NE\1/4\ lying northerly of Highway 50 as

aligned in 1995;

Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and N\1/2\SW\1/4\

excepting therefrom Highway 50 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\ excepting

therefrom Highway 50 as aligned in 1995, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/2\, and

that portion of the SW\1/4\ lying southerly of Highway 50 and

easterly of State Route 31 as aligned in 1995.

Parcel No. 6

T. 16 N., R. 33 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 2 to 4, inclusive, that portion lying northerly of

Highway 50 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 2, lot 1, that portion lying northerly of Highway 50 as

aligned in 1995.

Parcel No. 7

T. 16 N., R. 33\1/2\ E.,

Sec. 1, N\1/2\, that portion lying northerly of Highway 50 as

aligned in 1995.

T. 16 N, R. 34 E.,

Sec. 4, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, that portion lying northerly of

Highway 50 as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 5, N\1/2\N\1/2\, that portion lying northerly of Highway 50

as aligned in 1995;

Sec. 6, N\1/2\N\1/2\, that portion lying northerly of Highway 50

as aligned in 1995.

The areas described aggregate approximately 7,584 acres in

Churchill County.

The additional lands are needed to link the proposed withdrawal for

the B-17 electronic warfare area with non-Federal lands in Dixie Valley

acquired by the Navy. The area will be used for ground troop and

vehicular movement and visual cueing for aircraft flying at high speed.

This withdrawal will be authorized under the Act of February 28,

1958, 43 U.S.C. 155-158, and requires legislative action by Congress.

For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this

notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or

objections in connection with the addition of lands to the proposed

withdrawal may present their views in writing to the Nevada State

Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with the addition of lands to the proposed

withdrawal. All interested person who desire a public meeting for the

purpose of being heard on the proposal must submit a written request to

the Nevada State Director within 90 days from the date of publication

of this notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a

pubic meeting will be held, a notice of the time and place will be

published in the Federal Register at least 30 days before the scheduled

date of the meeting.

Two public meetings were held in June 1995 for the purpose of

scoping the environmental documentation to meet National Environmental

Policy Act requirements for the proposed withdrawal. The draft

environmental impact statement currently under preparation includes the

addition of the 7,584 acres described in this notice.

For a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice

in the Federal Register, the additional described lands will be

segregated , as specified above unless the application is denied or

canceled or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. The

temporary uses which will be permitted during this segregative period

are rights-of-way, leases, permits, or discretionary land use

authorizations that do not significantly disturb the surface of the

land or impair values of the resources.

The temporary segregation of the additional land in connection with

the withdrawal application shall not affect administrative jurisdiction

over the land, and the segregation shall not have the effect of

authorizing any use of the land by the Department of the Navy.

Dated: January 19, 1996.

William K. Stowers,

Lands Team Lead.

[FR Doc. 96-1189 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]

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