Public Land Order No. 7909; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7873; Withdrawal for Land Management Evaluation Purposes, and Correction of Legal Land Description; Nevada

概要

This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7873 for an additional 4-year term. The withdrawal created by PLO No. 7873 expires on August 23, 2022. This order continues the withdrawal of 694,838.84 acres of public land in Churchill, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, and Pershing Counties, Nevada from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, for 4 years for land management evaluation purposes. In addition, 68,809.44 acres of Federal land in the Dixie Valley area (Churchill County, Nevada) continues to be withdrawn from leasing under the mineral leasing laws. Including the 8,722.47 acres of Department of the Navy (DON) lands, the total Federal land continue to be withdrawn by this Public Land Order is 772,370.75 acres. Non-Federal lands totaling 66,160.53 acres are described within the withdrawal area. Any current or future Federal estate interest in these non-Federal lands is subject to this withdrawal. Additionally, this Order corrects a portion of the legal land description publish