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| Geothermal Power Plants on BLM land in Nevada |
The Secretary of the Interior has issued a Public Land Order withdrawing 694,838.84 acres of public lands 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 up to four years for land management evaluation purpose in Churchill, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, and Pershing Counties, Nevada.
In addition, 68,809.44 acres of Federal land in the Dixie Valley area of Churchill County are withdrawn from the mineral leasing laws.
The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, reported Aug. 31 that the withdrawal keeps the lands closed to these uses to maintain the current environmental baseline relative to mineral exploration and development for land management evaluation, subject to valid existing rights, to allow the Department of the Navy time to complete its environmental evaluations under the National Environmental Policy Act.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will be exhibiting at the GRC Annual Meeting & Expo from 14-17 October in Reno, Nevada, USA.