[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 23335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10012]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Public Land Order No. 7761; Extension of Public Land Order No. 
6849; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by 
Public Land Order No. 6849, as corrected, for an additional 20-year 
period. The extension is necessary for continued protection of the 
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in Washoe and Humboldt Counties, 
Nevada.

DATES: Effective Date: April 22, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela C. Ridley, Bureau of Land 
Management, Nevada State Office, P.O. Box 12000, 1340 Financial Blvd., 
Reno, Nevada 89502, or 775-861-6530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To maintain the purpose for which the 
withdrawal was first made, an extension is required for the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service to continue to conserve and protect the sagebrush-
steppe landscape for optimum populations of native plants and wildlife 
including pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, pygmy rabbits, and greater 
sage-grouse. The withdrawal extended by this order will expire on April 
21, 2031, unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 
that the withdrawal shall be further extended.

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, it is ordered as follows:
    Public Land Order No. 6849 (56 FR 16278 (1991)), as corrected by 
Public Land Order No. 6907 (56 FR 57806 (1991)), 56 FR 24119 (1991), 
Public Land Order No. 6862 (56 FR 27692 (1991)), and 75 FR 74743 
(2010), that withdrew 457,800 acres of the Sheldon National Wildlife 
Refuge from location under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 
2), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the 
wildlife habitat and unique resource values, is hereby extended for an 
additional 20-year period until April 21, 2031.

    Authority:  43 CFR 2310.4.

    Dated: April 1, 2011.
Wilma A. Lewis,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-10012 Filed 4-25-11; 8:45 am]
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