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snippet:	To geospatially represent Withdrawal cases within Mineral and Land Records System (MLRS).
summary:	To geospatially represent Withdrawal cases within Mineral and Land Records System (MLRS).
accessInformation:	U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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description:	This dataset contains current and historic withdrawal cases with the dispositions of 'Authorized','Interim','Pending', or 'Status Record'. Withdrawn lands in Federal ownership, effectively removing an area from settlement, sale, location or entry for the purpose of limiting activities to maintain other public values in the area or to reserve it for a particular public purpose or program. There are four major categories of withdrawals: 1. Administrative withdrawals are made by the President, the Secretary of the Interior or other authorized Executive branch officers. Examples include Executive Orders (EOs), Secretarial Orders (SOs), Public Land Orders (PLOs), Departmental Orders, U.S. Geological Survey Orders and BLM Orders. Currently, only public land orders signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Interior are used for Administrative withdrawals. The President retains the authority to make emergency withdrawals. 2. Presidential Proclamation withdrawals are made by the President with authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The President may use this authority to designate landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest. 3. Congressional withdrawals are legislative actions taken by Congress in the form of public laws. Examples include Wilderness designations, creation of National Parks and Wild and Scenic River designations, among others. 4. FPA or FERC withdrawals are established under the authority of the Federal Power Act (FPA) of June 10, 1920. Such withdrawals are automatically created upon filing an application for hydroelectric power development with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC (formerly the FPC). NOTE: FERC power project withdrawals differ from power site reserves, power site classifications, waterpower designations and reservoir site reserves, which are all Administrative withdrawals. The data are derived from Legal Land Descriptions (LLD) contained in the US Bureau of Land Management's, BLM, Mineral and Land Record System(MLRS) and geocoded (mapped) using the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) derived from the most accurate survey data available through BLM Cadastral Survey workforce. Geospatial representations might be missing for some cases that can not be geocoded using the MLRS algorithm. Each case is given a data quality score based on how well it mapped. These can be lumped into seven groups to provide a simplified way to understand the scores. Group 1: Direct PLSS Match. Scores "0", "1", "2", "3" should all have a match to the PLSS data. There are slight differences, but the primary expectation is that these match the PLSS. Group 2: Calculated PLSS Match. Scores "4", "4.1", "5", "6", "7" and "8" were generated through a process of creating the geometry that is not a direct capture from the PLSS. They represent a best guess based on the underlining PLSS Group 3: Mapped to Section. Score of "8.1", "8.2", "8.3", "9" and "10" are mapped to the Section for various reasons (refer to log information in data quality field). Group 4: Combination of mapped and unmapped areas. Score of 15 represents a case that has some portions that would map and others that do not. Group 5: No NLSDB Geometry, Only Attributes. Scores "11", "12", "20", "21" and "22" do not have a match to the PLSS and no geometry is in the NLSDB, and only attributes exist in the data. Group 6 :Mapped to County. Scores of "25" map to the County. Group 7: Improved Geometry. Scores of "100" are cases that have had their geometry edited by BLM staff using ArcGIS Pro or MLRS bulk upload tool.
licenseInfo:	These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "as is" and may contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data might not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Official records may be referenced at most BLM offices. Please report any errors in the data to the BLM office from which it was obtained. The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by BLM. These data may be updated by the BLM without notification.
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title:	BLM MLRS Withdrawals
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