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Executive Order 8579

Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as an Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range; Utah

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on October 29, 1940.

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Signed recordOctober 29, 1940

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Publication record5 FR 4314

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 28). Executive Order 8579: Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as an Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range; Utah [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8579

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8579: Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as an Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range; Utah." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8579.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8579: Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as an Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range; Utah}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8579}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8579; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Supersedes EO 6910, November 26, 1934; Executive order of June 14, 1921 (unnumbered series); Executive order of February 19, 1926 (unnumbered series)
Amended by EO 9526, February 28, 1945
Revoked by Public Land Order 1240, October 21, 1955 (20 FR 8119) (in part); Public Land Order 1477, August 30, 1957 (22 FR 7138) (in part); Public Land Order 1777, January 13, 1959 (24 FR 425) (in part)
See Public Land Order 4474, July 2, 1968 (33 FR 9822)

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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